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Piet reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Yep, I try to do the same but perhaps I was guilty of not doing it enough beforehand.
OC.
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Piet reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Thank goodness for Acrylics - it was the best day of my life when I first started using them over enamels, no more turps/thiners smell in the room with the wifes acute nose and dislike of strong smells, and the shear convenience of just having a jar of distilled water to clean brushes and a rag between color coats.
OC.
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Piet reacted to CDW in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
I'll just mention this one little thing that often amounts to a big thing (with paint) down the road.
Each and every time you remove the cap from your paint bottle, wipe off any excess paint from the rim of the jar and also wipe down the inside of the lid where it screws down to the top of the paint bottle, before you put the cap back on the bottle.
Why? A large cause (if not the cause) of paint chips inside you bottle is dried paint that accumulated at the lid and came off and fell inside the bottle when you removed and reapplied the lid. That's where all the little bits and pieces of paint are coming from that you can't break down for a smooth flow. Once that bottle gets enough of those pesky dried paint flecks inside it, your paint jobs and frustration will grow and grow.
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Piet reacted to CDW in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
That's some excellent looking brush paint work, OC. I like it a lot. It shows your talent with a brush, and that's something most of us have forgotten how to do or maybe never learned.
And it seems to me you are enjoying yourself by doing it. After all, that is the main purpose of our hobby, enjoy it, relax, and unwind.
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Piet reacted to lmagna in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Ken
In some cases the bottles of paint I own are made by companies that are no longer making model paints at all! In fact my bottle of Testors Universal is marked with the logos for Model Master, Pactra, and POLLY Scale! I think these are all paints made by Testors today but the bottles no longer are labeled the same. Maybe I have been lucky but this particular bottle/brand of thinner has worked fine on everything I have used it in.
Now watch the next time I use it turn the paint into some kind of curdled mess!
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Piet reacted to lmagna in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
It is certainly OK, almost everyone just uses water to one extent or another to thin and clean Acrylics. Some also use window cleaner, (Windex or similar here in the US) and/or Alcohol as thinners or dryers etc.
My suggestion on using actual Acrylic thinner instead of the other choices was only for the possible added benefit of rejuvenating the pigments in old paints.
I have used this bottle of Testors to revive a number of jars of paint from numerous manufacturers over the years for both brush painting and airbrush use. Some of the bottles were almost maple syrup thick. Once I even revived a bottle of dried paint when my grandson left the lid lose and used it for brush painting. Had to let it sit a few days, and I did not try to airbrush with it at all, but it worked fine for painting figures which is what my grandson and I were doing at the time. (Just shows how cheap I am though).
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Piet reacted to Canute in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Guys, I'd use the branded thinner recommended for the line of paint you are using, since you're trying to dilute and spray or brush it onto your model. You want it to go on smooth. Use the water, Windex, or home brewed other thinners to clean brushes and air brushes. And wash the paint crumbs, stuck up in the bristles, out with soap and water. I have some old brushes I used to apply oil based paint, back in the day. Now I use them for dry brushing.
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Piet reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Thanks lou, I always assumed water was ok to thin and break down the thickness of the paint?
OC.
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Piet reacted to lmagna in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Maybe someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I believe water just thins the paint but does nothing about dissolving the pigments back into solution.
I have had MUCH better results with older paints using, in my case, Testors Model Master Acryl Universal Acrylic Thinner. I have a 4 oz bottle that has lasted a LONG time. The bottle recommends a four-to-one mix depending on the viscosity of the paint being used. I believe that it not only thins the paint, but also brings the pigments back into solution.
It is only slightly more expensive than a new bottle of paint and goes much further. You may want to give it, or something like it a try instead of water. I also use window cleaning solution, (Blue) instead of water as a thinner.
In spite of all your paint issues your build is looking good.
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Piet reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Good day all, so despite my paint woes I have been able to fix somemore bits on the forward lower deck build-up, these were painted earlier being small parts consisting of - the other derrick and wire cable, a small section of railing the two paravanes, then I drilled out a few port holes but left a few closed.
I then gave the completed section a quick coat of clear matt by hand to seal it, then I glued it down onto the deck.
Here are a few pics showing this stage but also the with hanger/boat assembly dry fitted just to get an idea how its all coming along.
OC.
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Piet reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
No mate, I just drink coffee out of a jar that just requires milk and water, I have tried thinning it down with disstilled water, I found the bottom of the jars had collected alot of sediement, and even after vigorous stiring and shaking till my hand nearly fell off, it still has some residue that comes out and I cant brush it out smooth enough on the model.
Thing is im down to about a fifth of the remaining paint so no wonder im getting all the sediment off the bottom.
OC.
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Piet reacted to lmagna in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
You might try a few drops of paint thinner and stir it really well. If you do need to strain it an inexpensive coffee filter that you may even already have on hand can do pretty well.
Just my amateur .02 worth.
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Piet reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Im already scraping the barrel with the paint quantity, some folk used to suggest straining paint through some types of cloth, if I tried that I would have no paint left, to be honest I looked at the three main plastic jars AP507A. AP507B and AP507C befor I statted my recent re build and thought even then that 507B and C where both looking a bit worse for ware and low, but I thought best to just carry on regardless and see how I get on.
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Piet reacted to cog in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
On the matter of close ups ... take more distance :)
Can't you strain the paint through a fine sieve ...
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Piet reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
I think my problem is Im hand painting with old paint that has small bits inside due to age, I have tried to stir it well and shook the life out of it, im tempted to pause the painting(meaning some building) till I can get some more paint.
OC.
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Piet reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Evening all, on the subject of dust (from my previous post) I have been working on the same area adding some tiny derrick brackets, then painting the two camo colors, then I fitted the two derrick cable support arms, these fitted with ca, they slide down smearing ca glue over my paintwork, when dry I scraped the hard ca glue to try to remove it, then re touched the area with my brush, then I painted the plastic derrick and ca'd some wire to the end - then I glued to the barckets the derrick - again this moved as it was so small and flimsy marring the paintwork with ca, again this had to be scaraped away and the touched up, just not as neat as the original paintwork.
So just the two pics tonight.
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Piet reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Very true mate, its easy to get lost in the scale when working under a magnifier and taking macro photos, in the same way we can be very judgemental f our own close up work ( I keep seeing a dusty messy job with my work - one day in the very distant future I must try to save up for a sprayer)
OC.
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Piet reacted to cog in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
At the scale you're working a lot seems as a trivial update, whilst you may have been at it for any number of hours ... Yesterday I chucked some brass eyelets (8pcs), a "balcony", and a grating on a funnel the size of an inch long pencil ... it took me 3 hours, and it doesn't show it, hell, you can hardly see the brass on the funnel
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Piet reacted to Old Collingwood in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Thank you kindly piet.
OC.
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Piet got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Syren by JesseLee - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale: 1:64
Great looking progress JesseLee. Specially liked your method making the bow netting, very instructive.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Warspite by Old Collingwood - FINISHED - Academy - 1/350 scale - PLASTIC
Post them OC, that way we can see how she growths.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from mtaylor in USS Arizona by popeye the sailor - Revell - 1:426 scale - PLASTIC
Fix looking pretty good Denis. re the rudder, yeah, better to leave it off till most of the hull work is done and on the stand.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from Old Collingwood in IJN Mikasa by CDW - Wave Models - 1:200 scale - PLASTIC
Nice work Craig. PE really makes the model, love it.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMS King George V by RGL - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC
Awesome work Greg.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from src in RCN H-class destroyer by cog - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC
Mind if I join this motley crew Carl? I'll be very quiet and find a place in the cheap seat with my binocs.
Nice looking funnel.
Cheers,
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