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Egilman
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Nice Job my friend.... You almost have a flight..... (need one more) -
Hi Mark, it's got two on it now, I'm going to do a third but I'm going to paint off the wings first.... there is no way to handle it when the metal finish is buffed on... so right now it is in sealer so I can handle it... Now would be the time...
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Thanks Brother, I'm still figuring out how I want to get this one finished, I"ve put another sealing coat over the current finish and am going to buff in another coat of metal... But I think I'm going to paint off the wings first before I powder buff it out again...... It's a beautiful surface finish, but very very easily damaged also.... Finding a permanent finish sealer for it is going to be an issue here...
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Hi Ken, Thanks... There is no paint except the underlying base coat which has been sealed... the rest of it is metal powder rubbed into the surface in successive layers over their own sealing coats... When I first tried this on the intakes, I got it wrong and had to strip them and do it over.. The metal finish came off as a very very thin sheet of metal, thinner than leafing sheets after the paint let go.... When you apply it, your actually buffing metal into the finish...
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Thanks Guys... That is the point of these powders, put a metal finish on a pre-painted subject... that actually looks like metal..... It's amazing in the effect it has.... It does have some issues though and I'm still figuring out the right technique of applying and preserving it...
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Both if you really want them...
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But at the rate he's building, he will be done before we are served, then where will be be?
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MRAP ATV by CDW - FINISHED - Rye Field - 1:35 Scale
Egilman replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
That dash reminds me of the last winnebago I was in.... -
Hi everyone, Sorry I didn't get back faster, but I've been without the site for at least the last 12 hours..... just won't connect for some reason... I dunno I guess I'm not the only one either..... Anyway, I'll be posting some pics in a bit and addressing your comments my friends... EG
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Well here is an update.... Polished metal, tell me what you think and be honest.... I'm not completely happy with it... It does look the part I think... but I would have done somethings a bit different now that I have this experience.... Tell me what you think.... EG
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Last I left you all wondering if the sealing coat orange peeled.... Well I'm here to tell ya it didn't..... Very very relieved. the reason I get so worried is I had gone this far into a model once and had a sealing coat of clear over a gloss pain just ruin the whole thing.... I'm sure many of you have been there before, but when I get there I get a little anxious.... It has to be done and ruin can be the result... You learn to live with it... If that's the worst thing that ever happens to me, I'm good with it.... First coat of metal, don't expect it to be bright and shiny, there are still two steps to go yet...... Tail first.... Middle section.... Nose section..... And some overall shots.... I think the intakes came out ok, no major ripples or strange lines, not perfect mind you but more than good enough.... Now we varnish it and allow that to completely cure and we then go for the real polished effect.... More later... EG
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It won't be that shiny brother... besides I won't be hitting it with any spotlights..... Anyway, first metal coat is on, of course it is dark, and not there yet. It needs another sealing and metal application to be ready for showing. Pics coming in a bit....
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That is a thought, they do look good in black.....
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I've got faith brother... I just don't completely trust rattlecans.... {chuckle} I'm now in the hand finishing portion so it will be ok... Update coming...
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Thanks Chris, it's the most confounding thing I've ever had to deal with, and it happens right in the middle of my posting wheelhouse..... Frustrating... well I hope it goes away quickly...
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Nice work, movin right along.... {chuckle}
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Between the hours of 1:00pm and 6:00pm Pacific Standard Time, the site forum is inaccessible. It times out when trying to load... I can get to the NRG website and any where else I usually travel, just NOT the forum. I tried re-booting, I've tried Firefox and Chrome It doesn't matter... I contacted the ISP to see if they were doing anything, (I'm paying for unlimited bandwidth) And they say no, they aren't doing anything that would take sites offline or limit access, it is a site issue.... So I'm asking, is there something going on in the background you guys are reconfiguring that has the potential to cause the site to go offline during those hours? Three days in a row at exactly the same times... EG
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Thank you brother, my toes are crossed also... We are half way there, the upper coat went down smooth, I just flipped it for the underside coat we will know in a few hours... Thankfully the only major spraying left is the wings, (which I think I'm going to do in Tamiya white primer then do a wet coat of future to gloss it up) I'm not going to risk this, at this point, to a rattle can of white gloss paint. And the main landing gear bay which needs masking to be sprayed aluminium.... Everything else is individually finishing parts which are all BMF, (wing tanks) or painted raw aluminium, (landing gear) before they go on. Easy Peasy compared to this... EG
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A new definition of being out with your girl and getting hosed....
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On huge wide decals is where you need the paper to be the carrier. You lift the decal out of the water on the paper after it has separated, that is where the slide it off the paper comes from.... (the thin white milky decal glue which dried invisible becomes the lubricant) On older decals, spray it with decal fixative and let that dry before you put it in the water. The main issue with disintegrating decals is not allowing it to completely separate (glue to liquify) from the backing paper before trying to move it off the paper more often than not......... When I do the decals on the side of the Bandit trailer, (4.5" x 21" two part decals on both sides) I will illustrate the way I do it.... EG
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Window maker was engineered for just such kits..... Can you imaging trying to do all those in plastic? Nice job my friend...
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Tiger 1 by marktiedens - FINISHED - Dragon - 1/35 scale
Egilman replied to marktiedens's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Hey brother, it looks great, call me the eternal optimist, but I've always like the look of going into battle, not the look of afterwards...... You captured that beautifully..... Nice job.... -
This is my first time also, and it's the first time for these powders as well, something completely new. I'm expecting some blemishes, too much primer over fill to be perfect. She is dressed in black now and just put the first clear high gloss sealer coat on the top... My main fear is it orange peels rather than lays flat... So at this point it is what it is... it either makes it or it doesn't...... Anyway, here are the shots, a long cool woman in a black dress..... The gloss coat takes a couple of hours to cure before I can flip her over and do the bottom, I won't know how it turned out till tonight.... EG
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Thanks OC, I hope so, but the only way to really know is to put a shiny coat on it, if they aren't smooth they will appear as ripples in the surface....... Got my fingers crossed... (off to paint) EG
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Last update before first paint... Starboard side looks pretty smooth... Port side as well... Now to mask off the main landing gear bay........ ......and I'll be turning it shiny black..... We are going to see how smooth I got it....... EG
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