Lord Riot Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) A brief hiatus from Victors and Vulcans, but still from my favourite era, the Swift. Kudos to Airfix for offering such a rare type. Have to say though it looks so small after making a Victor! Edited October 22, 2017 by Lord Riot Formatting 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 I saw on another thread these could be gloss, are the Humbrol colours suggested in the kit accurate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romel Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 great airplane. I will buy one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 The humbol colors are close enough I think. As for the gloss coat, that can be handled by a gloss top coat of your favorite varnish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) Thanks, that’s great. Does anyone know when to spray on the acrylic clear varnish after painting the matt grey and green please? Do you leave it 24 hours then just spray all over? There’s no need for rubbing or anything is there? Ive never used it before, I don’t want to ruin the kit! Edited October 23, 2017 by Lord Riot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gondor44 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 8 hours ago, Lord Riot said: Thanks, that’s great. Does anyone know when to spray on the acrylic clear varnish after painting the matt grey and green please? Do you leave it 24 hours then just spray all over? There’s no need for rubbing or anything is there? Ive never used it before, I don’t want to ruin the kit! If your unsure about a painting technique you should use a practice piece or mule. That could be an old or unfinished model that you have lost interest in, paint part of it as if you were painting the kit your wanting to paint and see how it turns out. Gondor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magua87 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 17 hours ago, Lord Riot said: Thanks, that’s great. Does anyone know when to spray on the acrylic clear varnish after painting the matt grey and green please? Do you leave it 24 hours then just spray all over? There’s no need for rubbing or anything is there? Ive never used it before, I don’t want to ruin the kit! I put my Swift on a stick (cardboard in the exhaust pipe) and sprayed the whole thing in one session. Definitely practice on an old kit. Gloss coats are not my forte and they take a bit of practice. I've been using Tamiya X22 with Tamiya's paint retarded to help put down a wet coat on the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S5 modeller Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Hope it goes well for you. The few times I've tried gloss coating a kit I've had terrible reactions between the varnish and the paint. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 I'm thinking now I may steer away from using gloss varnish! Aluminium underside applied... I was expecting it to be paler, but this is Humbrol 56. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Anyone know how to smooth out the brush lines in the aluminium paint? Is there a polish or anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battle Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Lord Riot said: Anyone know how to smooth out the brush lines in the aluminium paint? Is there a polish or anything? I've had a similar problem in the past and I find that 'Humbrol Gloss Cote' can help to make brush marks less conspicuous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Underside masked ready for upper grey spraying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 And the grey sprayed. Waiting about 24 hours now before hand painting the Tamiya XF81 green camo pattern ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Camouflage added! Hopefully the colours are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) Moving swiftly on ... Edited October 29, 2017 by Lord Riot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 On 25 October 2017 at 11:47 AM, Lord Riot said: Anyone know how to smooth out the brush lines in the aluminium paint? Is there a polish or anything? You can remove brush marks by giving the paint a rub-down with fine Micromesh between coats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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