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Stainless photoetch? If so, gotta be real careful with those bends. Engine looks great. -
I was in a flight of Phantoms, years ago. doing something pretty similar during hunting season in central Pennsylvania. We were in a low fly area and crested a ridge at very low altitude, spooking some whitetails away from some poor guy who'd probably spent all morning maneuvering to get a shot. As we rounded into a turn I glanced back and saw he wasn't exactly waving goodbye. I could see a bright orange jump suit in the tree line.
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Here's another website with a short article about making homemade acrylic thinner: https://www.cybermodeler.com/tips/thinner.shtml He has a longer blurb here about painting aircraft, but since we seem to have merged builds of plastic ships many techniques will work for us, too. He also addresses airbrushes in the article. The link: https://www.cybermodeler.com/tips/painting.shtml
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Mark, thanks for the pinning. Lou and LH, thanks for reading and adding techniques. I hope we continue to build on this. I want to dig up additional info on using some of the other acrylics, such as Tamiya and Lifecolor.
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A lot of us are using acrylic paints in our modeling. I felt we needed a central location where our various tips and techniques could go, instead of being buried in one of our build logs. One area I see time and again is the proper thinning for airbrushing. Coming from a model railroad and aircraft background, I've seen a few different ways to deal with this. I can't reproduce this pamphlet on our site, but you can get it here. It doesn't cost you anything to log onto the site, but you do need to log in. Sorry about that. https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/subscribers-only/painting/acrylics The whole pamphlet is excellent, but chapters 3 Mixing and Storage & 4 Formulas for Thinners apply here. They address Modelmaster, Badger and Vallejo paints. Like a lot of hobbyists, model railroaders were put out by Testor's when they dropped the Floquil/PollyScale lines. This pamphlet was done to help folks move into acrylics. And many have adopted the Badger and Vallejo paints. Hence the extensive charts for converting the old paints into these newer acrylics. I'd like to see more on the Tamiya paint, since the big box craft stores seem to stock them around here. I've been on another site that also addresses home made thinners, but parts of that site are undergoing renovation and I can't find the appropriate page to link to. More to come. And please add to these tips and techniques.
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Use this link. It doesn't cost you anything to log onto the site, but you do need to log in. Sorry about that. https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/subscribers-only/painting/acrylics The whole pamphlet is excellent, but chapters 3 Mixing and Storage & 4 Formulas for thinners apply here. They address Modelmaster, Badger and Vallejo paints. Like a lot of hobbyists, model railroaders were put out by Testor's when they dropped the Floquil/PollyScale lines. This was done to help folks move into acrylics. And many have adopted the Badger and Vallejo paints. Hence the extensive charts for converting the old paints into these newer acrylics. I'd like to see more on the Tamiya paint, since the big box craft stores seem to stock them around here. Maybe we should put the link in a pinned area in the Paint section. I've been on another site that also addresses home made thinners, but parts of that site are undergoing renovation and I can't find the appropriate page to link to.
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Most acrylics seem to prefer their proprietary thinners. I'd be hesitant to use tap water to thin the acrylics; no telling what chemicals are in there. Buy some distilled water if you want to use water. Don't waste the proprietary thinners on cleaning brushes or airbrushes. I've put out some formulas for home made brews for cleaners, since you will use more cleaner than thinner.
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I wish I still had my 1:1 scale '68 Dodge Charger in dark metallic blue.
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Don't forget the funnel was painted while at sea, so the red looks good. The lino decks, maybe a skosh lighter. Is that the Tamiya paint, Greg?
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Denis, I can't remember the engine color. I'm guessing orange, but I could be all wet on that. And you're brave to even suggest that getting older. Maybe if you say she's aging like a fine wine? Hope she's feeling better; tooth extractions are never less than painful.
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I thought they might be junctions for yardarms or antennas. The detailing you are adding looks very good.
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What's with the masts, Jack? They have a "cranked" look. 🤔
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The MOPAR engines did come from Keith Black, guys. Had a 383 in my '68 Dodge Charger.
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Jack, I'll join in with following your build. And I'm with Lou about the "nose art". Is there a decal for it?
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Like the blue shade, Dennis. Reminds me of Jungle Jim Liberman' s Funny Car from way back then. You might coat those old decals with the Microscale stuff. They make an over-coating to keep the decals together.
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Great work Grant. 👍 All the seizings of the framing remind me of the lashings of timber we did in Scout camp.
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Looks good, Eric. Glad to read you're feeling better. Joint recovery can be tedious.
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Chief, well done. This airedale gives you 2 thumbs up. 👍👍
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I've had some model RR laser kits that use something called "laserboard". It's pretty thin stuff, with no grain, since it's a paper product. Used to build up steel framing for air vents with prototypical flimsy appearance. The Chief's fins look like they are a similar material.
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