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And the farmer plowed on (as we say down here) steadily you continue, fast isn't necessary, as long as you keep that momentum. lovely, mate -
On PE, Tamiya, vallejo doesn't stick, at least their airbrushable primer. I've bought a rattle can primer from vallejo, which I have tot try. Since I do have quite a stack of PE leftovers, I'll be trying it on some of that. Let you know how that will turn out. I used the flat and gloss rattle cans from them, and those worked fine. A little getting used to in the beginning, as you do not see the quantity very well, so better a pass less than a pass to many I would suggest. You can always add another layer if needs be. I hope it will be as good as Tamiya. Tamiya is rather expensive here in Europe due to import duties, and transport. Vallejo is Spanish so that gives them a fair advantage
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Acrylics don't adhere to PE, whatever you try to clean it. The only options are: 1. Use a primer which sticks to it, or etches into the surface, or 2. use an ageing agent like blacken-it. However, even the latter isn't 100% proof, if you dare, the most certain way is an etching primer. Since PE can be rather thin, you do run a risk
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You should also take into account the type of ship, for a merchant ship might have them below, a warrior wouldn't, another aspect to conside are the circumstances a ship sails under (is that English?), entering pirated territory, in war with another "sailing power", etc
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Anyone for forth? I've still about 20 pcs tripple AA to go I wouldn't hold your breath to see if I'll finish in time for you not to choke
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Gents, thanks for the likes and the comments. Ken, I read somewhere that a bloke stuck the tape to his forehead to make it less sticky ... interesting, as it would mean you are adding grease to the part below the masking tape. Not something you would be looking for whilst painting a model ...
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They were already looking for ways to improve on their speed, so it seems from the way their frames are placed at least ...
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Never knew it was for that, thought you needed it to stick the decals on I use painter's masking tape a lot cause it's wider and cheaper, the blue one. I let this dry unil tomorrow before I mask it
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Ha, no way, Ken. That's a piece of wooden deck from Musashi. As you can see on the grey part, I preshaded very lightly. Might have given a pass less of the red ... Next the water line and the uper hull. Something to look forward to for tomorrow
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Tried my hand at the hull, airbrush anti-fouling... mixture Vallejo Air hull red 15 drops, white 1 drop, 10 drops of thinner, used for the hull 75 hull red (calculate the rest yerself lads) Cut the bridge's planking to size ... sweaty work...
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That's some seriously nice brass work, Cees. Very nice details you added to her ... lovely
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Nice cigar mate. Your paint work turned out rather well ... I think your final coat of flat laquer won't pose a problem
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There is a distinct difference between a PC and and a model ship, but as digibeet - what you call an illiterate - you probably wouldn't know
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It depends how it locks up ... it doesn't respond to anything anymore (not even Ctrl + Alt + Del) you get a blue screen (of death) ... is it a pc/laptop or a flimsy tablet ... options, options, options
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Despite your frustrations, they look good. I wonder if you would be able to get them "fully" functional, since you would have needed a certain amount of friction which you do not really get with PE, or loose real fast. You can still make them twirl though ...
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If I'm not mistaken, I should receive one presently ... I might make the whole UK destroyer fleet if I don't watch meself! I know there is a Dutch destroyer amongst the lot, just need to find it, and get a fitting kit to build it
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Do me a favour, count the posts which are related to this build, and subtrack them from the total postings on this build ... I don't mind some fun ... livens things up, but I start to wonder who's build this is
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Than I should stop all together ... just pulling your leg. I know about the timeframe, but even that is to long presently, so I'll just take it very slow, like a threehunderd year old turtle at strolling snail pace
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Life can be a bitch for modelling ... good to see you back at the bench.
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I'm still at the tripple AA's, can do but a few a day, sometimes none, cause they give me a bl**din' headache, which I cannot use presently - neither at work, nor at home - so you will have to do with the other builds I'm at which are not swamped by those iniminitiny parts
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