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RGL

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  1. So my next big build for 2022 will be the USS Thetis Bay with a full work up. I found this image on the internets and wondered if I could replicate this point in time, a bunch of worn out aircraft being retuned to the US for overhauls. Thetis bay was Casablanca class carrier and full plans and colour schemes are all available online free of charge. I will of course add them to this log with references.
  2. I giver her a dark yellow wash and it works! Blends it very nicely and makes it look like dirty canvas. What a fluke!
  3. Painting pretty much done, weathering next. Again, I’m making this up as I go along, how the hell does one weather a blimp!
  4. My limited reading and the photos in b&w really do show very far panels on top, so a black overspray seems to work OK
  5. So this is the look I’m going for, apparently the tops of them were not painted (or less paint) to allow Leaked helium to escape
  6. The chipping looks good, make sure it’s on the facing bits like the bow and bilge keels
  7. I’m constantly stripping and cleaning my airbrush, and I do like their paints, which I think with Tamiya lacquer thinner. Acrylics dry the top very quickly so I also have a cotton bud dipped in clean thinner to while the tip regularly.
  8. So started to paint the blimp, so many panels, and so much more sanding needed, big seams and a lot sine shown up
  9. What are you using? Airbrush and what type of paint?
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