mark31 Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 I keep 24hrs between the paint jobs. Im going to try polishing and then painting again. I hope that will solve the problem. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dekenba Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I would leave 48 hours between coats at least - everything else you are doing seems fine & that's the only thing that I can see that would cause the cracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 Ok thanks for the advice i will try that. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) Posibility that the blue paint has reacted with the primer, just out of interest what primer did you use? Looks like the primer hasn't had the chance to gas off properly which had caused the top cote of blue to crack. I've seen this before with some of the tamiya rattle can paints and other companies primers. Regards Dan Edited September 6, 2012 by Dads203 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Thanks for the tip. I have used grey from tamiya all the paint and thinner, Im going to sand it down,masking and repainting, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 I have al the places masked so lets try again with the bleu. I have used another shade off bleu the result. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeg Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 This looks like it's going to be a great looking hawk, can't wait to see it finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkkeeper Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 just looking at the photo above the angled panel below the rudder should be longer & end almost at the edge of the tailcone rear edge, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Amazing paint work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 just looking at the photo above the angled panel below the rudder should be longer & end almost at the edge of the tailcone rear edge, Thanks for pointing that out but im not going to change it after al the work i have done for painting. All the rest thanks for the nice words. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcclure Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Great work and very nicely saved too. A good example of perseverance as it must have been disheartening to say the least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antony Robertson Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 That's awesome, I'm off to the ad Astra site! Antony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z Aviator Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Really, really nice.. Can't wait to see it finished!Keeping my thumbs that the paint won't crack again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 just looking at the photo above the angled panel below the rudder should be longer & end almost at the edge of the tailcone rear edge, Not really his fault, the Revell kit includes both lengths of fillet but only directs to use the shorter one in the instructions. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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