Longbow Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Dealing with the issue of my stowage tarps being too rough. I hit them with a few coats of Vellejo grey primer, brushed on. Then two heavy brushed coats of Vellejo gloss varnish. Straps are just cut Tamiya masking tape and then varnished. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 All masked and ready to go. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 BOOM !! Now 24 hour dry time.... Tarps after the treatment and primer. Rest gets to dry too.... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3talpig Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Longbow said: Dealing with the issue of my stowage tarps being too rough. I hit them with a few coats of Vellejo grey primer, brushed on. Then two heavy brushed coats of Vellejo gloss varnish. I have always used two part putty....... roll it nice and thin coat in talcum powder so it doesn't stick to everything and drape over the vehicle or stowage ....its has weight so tends to want to lay naturally also has the benefit of being able to sculpt in things like stitching, seams, eyes for rope and such. It has the benefit of also making other stowage look natural because you can push said stowage into the soft putty, and when it sets you can just lift it off paint and refit later. On the Sherman i made the sheet under the stowage as the main tarp and the one on top the ground sheet. Edited September 14, 2020 by M3talpig 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper dog Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 6 hours ago, Longbow said: Firefly Ic, somewhere wet and muddy. Might be a well known photo but .....still a good-un! Don't often see a Firefly with the duck bill tracks. Its exactly the same issue that's making me hesitant with a Sherman kit at present. I do enjoy the perusal stage, select a kit from the stash have look inside, look out for potential pitfalls get the imagination going to see its potential...... The George Dring story I always find fascinating, stalking the enemy on foot as he would as a game keeper in civvy street with his Firefly following on behind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper dog Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Caught Submit by accident before finished my reply! Stowage looking good under primer, as is the M10! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 2 hours ago, M3talpig said: I have always used two part putty....... roll it nice and thin coat in talcum powder so it doesn't stick to everything and drape over the vehicle or stowage ....its has weight so tends to want to lay naturally also has the benefit of being able to sculpt in things like stitching, seams, eyes for rope and such. It has the benefit of also making other stowage look natural because you can push said stowage into the soft putty, and when it sets you can just lift it off paint and refit later. On the Sherman i made the sheet under the stowage as the main tarp and the one on top the ground sheet. Looks excellent !! I’m working on the air recognition panel now. 1 hour ago, Jasper dog said: Caught Submit by accident before finished my reply! Stowage looking good under primer, as is the M10! Prematurity posting will not be tolerated here !! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 AL-140 air recognition panel under construction. Its about as fragile as a Robins egg. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3talpig Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Jasper dog said: Caught Submit by accident before finished my reply! 17 minutes ago, Longbow said: Prematurity posting will not be tolerated here !! I think he got over excited......... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3talpig Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 16 minutes ago, Longbow said: AL-140 air recognition panel under construction. Has somebody been watching youtube....that looks like a very similar method i saw on my recommended list the other night ..only he used silver foil...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 55 minutes ago, M3talpig said: Has somebody been watching youtube....that looks like a very similar method i saw on my recommended list the other night ..only he used silver foil...... Silver foil didn’t work for me lol. There was no way that white glue and acrylic paint were working with tin foil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon The Tanker Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Man i have missed a lot, but that's what happens when you're in your last few weeks of school. Amazing work! Cannot wait to see this done! Have a good day Brandon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 16 minutes ago, Brandon The Tanker said: Man i have missed a lot, but that's what happens when you're in your last few weeks of school. Amazing work! Cannot wait to see this done! Have a good day Brandon Thanks for the Like Strike, Brandon !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 First paint is on.... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3talpig Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 42 minutes ago, Longbow said: First paint is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper dog Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) First paint.... Whoopie-do, what ever...... 5 hours ago, M3talpig said: I think he got over excited......... If leaving a positive comment gets nothing but abuse then, humph! I wonder why I bother, bring a pair of reprobates up from nowhere, encourage them and they turn on you! Under normal circumstances I might have said great work on the panel, looks really good as does the faded OD. Might have.... Then again I'm not the sort of person to shoehorn a photo of his own work in just to bask in its glory.... This is how to make tarps out of two part putty, blah blah blah... Fiddle sticks! Laters! Edited September 15, 2020 by Jasper dog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 very nice additional kits, and thanks for tracing paper... may try grease proof BUT don't think that the glue (or varnish) will soak in? Have seen others use aircraft paper (for remote control planes) as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Looking very sharp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 hour ago, robw_uk said: very nice additional kits, and thanks for tracing paper... may try grease proof BUT don't think that the glue (or varnish) will soak in? Have seen others use aircraft paper (for remote control planes) as well Grease proof will take the varnish. Personally, I’m going to stay away from the white glue, in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) The paint looks really good, are you just going to weather straight on top? Excellent work on the scratch built items, who needs aftermarket eh!? Edited September 15, 2020 by SimonT Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 hour ago, SimonT said: The paint looks really good, are you just going to weather straight on top? Excellent work on the scratch built items, who needs aftermarket eh!? Hi Simon.... It’s going to get a gloss coat. The Matt surface would hold too much of the oil washes and wouldn’t allow blending. I’m actually really pleased with the wading trunk, but forgot to dent it up before painting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Longbow said: Grease proof will take the varnish. Personally, I’m going to stay away from the white glue, in the future. lets try it on the old Tamiya Easy 8 - grease proof paper and Galleria matt varnish - it may be that you need some sort of stronger acryllic medium to get it to "set" Edited September 15, 2020 by robw_uk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, robw_uk said: lets try it on the old Tamiya Easy 8 - grease proof paper and Galleria matt varnish - it may be that you need some sort of stronger acryllic medium to get it to "set" I’m just using Vellejo gloss now. A couple of brushed coats and it sets rock hard. Edited September 15, 2020 by Longbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbow Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 Oh My Goodness. That was painful. 3 hours work. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 painful but worth it... very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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