AliGauld Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Done as an experiment for myself in doing a NMF. It came out reasonably. Primed with Tamiya LP Black Gloss Painted with Xtreme Metals Polished Aluminium Alclad Duraluminium,Dark Aluminium, Airframe Aluminium. Tamiya Nato Black, Rubber Black, Medium Sea Grey. Finished with Aqua Gloss Varnish I knew that metallics like this would be fragile but how much surprised me. There were numerous touch ups and resprays due to them rubbing off even after coating with aqua gloss. I have learned so much doing this though and thought I'd stick it up for viewing. As always and comments, criticism and help gratefully received. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Fantastic Mig-17! Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 Just now, GiampieroSilvestri said: Fantastic Mig-17! Saluti Giampiero Thanks very much that's very kind of you. Cheers, Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Quack Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 You kept this one quiet! Perhaps you felt you had enough going on in the WIP pages?! Very successful exercise in metal finishing I'd say. Nice result sir. Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 13 minutes ago, Dr. Quack said: You kept this one quiet! Perhaps you felt you had enough going on in the WIP pages?! Very successful exercise in metal finishing I'd say. Nice result sir. Q This is the one that was going on in the background to give me something to do when other things are drying, gluing or I'm having to think about how I'm going to do a certain bit. It's far from perfect but as a first attempt and a learning process it's done what I wanted. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 More than just a reasonable outcome - that's really nice work and a super metal finish! Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Vultures1 said: More than just a reasonable outcome - that's really nice work and a super metal finish! Well done Thanks so much. It came out better than I expected. Cheers, Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Nice and shiny! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, exdraken said: Nice and shiny! Thank you very much. That's very kind of you. Cheers, Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Marvellous MiG, great finish ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 8 hours ago, Wulfman said: Marvellous MiG, great finish ! Wulfman Thanks so much. Cheers, Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 It looks very nice and there is no sign of your problems with the paint rubbing off. I find that AK XM is a very robust NMF paint whereas Alclad will blow away in a gentle breeze so I wonder if it was the Alclads letting go in your case? I generally don't bother with a black base for my NMF but spray a coat of Tamiya AS-12 decanted from the aerosol as a base layer on top of a smooth primer, that way if there is any lifting it's a silver colour showing through. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Duncan B said: It looks very nice and there is no sign of your problems with the paint rubbing off. I find that AK XM is a very robust NMF paint whereas Alclad will blow away in a gentle breeze so I wonder if it was the Alclads letting go in your case? I generally don't bother with a black base for my NMF but spray a coat of Tamiya AS-12 decanted from the aerosol as a base layer on top of a smooth primer, that way if there is any lifting it's a silver colour showing through. Duncan B Thanks Duncan, It was mainly the AK that was rubbing off but I think it was because of the Tamiya lacquer gloss black underneath. It was so smooth that I think there was nothing for the AK to grip to and I've not had a problem with AK in smaller areas previously. I'll give your method a try on my next attempt. Was that what you did with your stunning Duck? Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, Ryan Hothersall said: Nice build. Thanks for your kind comment. Cheers, Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 17 hours ago, Vultures1 said: More than just a reasonable outcome - that's really nice work and a super metal finish! Well done I agree. It looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Just now, SAT69 said: I agree. It looks great! Thanks so much. Cheers, Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 That is beautiful! What did you think of the kit itself? I love how that looks in such a reflective metal -- the more I see and use the AK extreme metals, the more impressed I am. Great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, opus999 said: That is beautiful! What did you think of the kit itself? I love how that looks in such a reflective metal -- the more I see and use the AK extreme metals, the more impressed I am. Great work! Thanks very much The kits is very nice. Finding room for the necessary nose weight took some thought. The only issue I had with the plastic was that nose ring, which is 3/4 in shape required shimming to fit properly. Apart from that it kind of fell together Cheers Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 21 hours ago, AliGauld said: Thanks Duncan, It was mainly the AK that was rubbing off but I think it was because of the Tamiya lacquer gloss black underneath. It was so smooth that I think there was nothing for the AK to grip to and I've not had a problem with AK in smaller areas previously. I'll give your method a try on my next attempt. Was that what you did with your stunning Duck? Cheers, Alistair I don't think I was using the Tamiya AS-12 underneath at the time I did the Duck but that was painted with AK XM paints. The first builds I used the AS-12 as a primer on were my Eduard Mustangs last year but I've been using it regularly since then. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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