Antony Robertson Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 (edited) Hi This is my second attempt in this GB, a Mirage III. After the Hawk, where a lot of valuable lessons about the paint were learnt, hopefully i'll get a better finish this time! The box Antony Edited April 17, 2010 by antony robertson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antony Robertson Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 Ok, update time Cockpit painted, fuselage joined and wings attached in less than an hour! No photos of this stage. Painting started with approx 50/50 paint and water, dark brown first followed by the lighter brown then the blue. To my great surprise after only 2 coats of paint i had a really nice coverage., this is what it looked like Decals went on next, and these were quite nice to use, but i've since discovered that the blue dots on the inside of the roundels dont stick and i've lost a couple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antony Robertson Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 Another update Next up on the agenda was trying to paint the silver. This was extremely annoying as it seemed to have a reaction to the plastic as all it did was gather in little pools around the edge of the areas being painted! The only way round it was to paint the areas black first, then add the silver afterwards which worked really well. The gears and all the little bits were then added to produce a finished Mirage! Overall, it was good fun to build but the kit wasn't the best in the world! Any comments welcome Antony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 That's a good effort... it's not easy going back to your roots, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antony Robertson Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 That's a good effort... it's not easy going back to your roots, is it? Cheers Mike, and no it isn't, its far too easy to think " I could just put a bit of filler in here, or i could just build some more detail into the cockpit" Good fun though! Antony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim dix Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Looks good dude, and what do you know, the 'green' was blue in the end . Time for one more before the end of the month!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Black Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Really, nice, Antony! Next up on the agenda was trying to paint the silver. This was extremely annoying as it seemed to have a reaction to the plastic as all it did was gather in little pools around the edge of the areas being painted!The only way round it was to paint the areas black first, then add the silver afterwards which worked really well. Yeah, H11 acrylic is poo. Revell 90 acrylic is a LOT better - I have a little potlet of that for doing small details when I want something that's going to dry quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antony Robertson Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 Looks good dude, and what do you know, the 'green' was blue in the end . Time for one more before the end of the month!! Funny you should say that, i might try and squeeze a Seahawk in if i can find one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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