825 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 22 minutes ago, Dads203 said: If you can find the Tamiya branded retarder for acrylic paint, it will transform the brush abilities of Tamiya paint fella. It’s not very expensive and I found my jar on Amazon. It really will help. Thanks, I'll have a go and see if I can get some. I like the colours of Tamiya paints but they're an absolute nightmare at the end of a brush. I think I only use the clear ones now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads203 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 A bit more than I paid but here is what you need. Admittedly I bought mine a few years ago. It goes along way to making tamiya paint behave when brush painting. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paint-retarder-acrylic-paint-40ml/dp/B002TZVZE4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3862HMVJNO1KG&dchild=1&keywords=tamiya+retarder&qid=1596485280&sprefix=Tamiya+ret%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 On 8/3/2020 at 9:11 PM, Dads203 said: A bit more than I paid but here is what you need. Admittedly I bought mine a few years ago. It goes along way to making tamiya paint behave when brush painting. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paint-retarder-acrylic-paint-40ml/dp/B002TZVZE4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3862HMVJNO1KG&dchild=1&keywords=tamiya+retarder&qid=1596485280&sprefix=Tamiya+ret%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-1 Thanks, I'll see about ordering some. On the Sea King I've added a few more transfers and all the aerials. Which will now need some painting. I've added the transfers to the air intake filter box and it looks OK but a little flat. Not unsurprisingly. The next job is to sort out the rotor head and blades but first there's a metal strip along the leading edge that will need masked nad painted. Airfix suggest Humbrol 53, Gunmetal, for this but I wonder if a dull steel would be closer. I must admit I'm not looking forward to the masking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 Painting complete and an initial coat of matt varnish added. I've varnished it panel by panel with slightly varying amounts on the brush to seeee if I can replicate the streaky look of these machines. The wheels are on and all the aerials, etc.. just the rotors to finish and the intake cover to add. I need to demask the main canopy before that's done. The rotors are painted and I've started on the transfers on the tail rotor. But I've still to mask the metal strip down the front of the blades. It's a job I don't fancy doing so I am procrastinating. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Transparencies unmasked and (a little bit needed) tidied, nearly all the remaining transfers on and lots of bits and pieces added. I finally grasped the nettle and masked the main rotor blades and painted the leading edges with Hu53 Gunmetal. It wasn't all that bad after all. Three off the sprue, tidied and ready for transfers. Ends painted with a sliver of yellow so the ends have yellow after the transfers are on. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 That’s a great paint job and well done on the rotors 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 On 8/23/2020 at 6:33 PM, Valkyrie said: That’s a great paint job and well done on the rotors Thanks. It's moving on bit by bit. Doing the transfers on the rotors have been taking a bit of time as you can only do a few at a time without moving the ones already on. I've added a few more bits to the he airframe though, including the airintakes and filter box, and the aerials. Have a problem with the tail rotor as one of the red/white/red tip transfers has just disappeared. Although the transfers are nice, some seem to lack adhesion. I will sort something out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 All the little bits added and the rotor assembled and fixed. So apart from a little bit of touching up, this is complete and will be gallery bound soon. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Tidy work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Finally finished and now in the gallery. Along with two other builds this has been sitting waiting for its gallery photos to be done. All down to my procrastination. Here she is and another picture with some of her sisters. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 You have done a fantastic job on all of these Westland’s !! Not sure how you managed to build so many heli’s for a single GB, if only I could finish one 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Very good indeed and that trio looks superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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