*WIP* Panther F9F-5P, Revell 1:48

Adrian

First of all do not thin paint that much (what thinner are you using), that it will be like spraying water, you should try and thin paint 40/60 (approx) the later being thinner. Ensure that you have the right air pressure, pls do not ask me for the right psi because this depends on the consistency of your mix.
Then for spraying you start applying several coats, yes you need to re-spray on the same area but let the paint dry a bit before you apply the 2nd, 3rd, 4th.............coat, you have to continue going like this until you have an even colour all around.
Maybe if you use acrylics you find it easier to spray paint as this dries a lot faster than enamels so the chance of ending up with orange peel is very slim.

You can also use a small hairdryer to dry the paint between coats and so quicken the process.

I hope that you find this explanation useful, else if you still don't get it, we will try and do a demonsrtration at club.

If you end up with orange peel, you have to wet sand with a grade that conforms with the grade of orange peel, i.e. if the orange peel is deep you can start with grade 800 and then finish of with 1000 or 1200.

J

Joseph wrote:Adrian

First of all do not thin paint that much (what thinner are you using), that it will be like spraying water, you should try and thin paint 40/60 (approx) the later being thinner. Ensure that you have the right air pressure, pls do not ask me for the right psi because this depends on the consistency of your mix.
Then for spraying you start applying several coats, yes you need to re-spray on the same area but let the paint dry a bit before you apply the 2nd, 3rd, 4th.............coat, you have to continue going like this until you have an even colour all around.
Maybe if you use acrylics you find it easier to spray paint as this dries a lot faster than enamels so the chance of ending up with orange peel is very slim.

You can also use a small hairdryer to dry the paint between coats and so quicken the process.

I hope that you find this explanation useful, else if you still don't get it, we will try and do a demonsrtration at club.

If you end up with orange peel, you have to wet sand with a grade that conforms with the grade of orange peel, i.e. if the orange peel is deep you can start with grade 800 and then finish of with 1000 or 1200.

J

I thin about 50/50. i usuall continue adding thinner and test spray until i do not have big spray blobs. Painting is not problem! the problem is... spraying the gloss! i think it is the culprit. I thin with white spirit. I find 20 to 15 psi is best.
When the weather is cooler, ill give it another gloss and buy the 1200 and bring it over cos im abit scared to sand it!

To sand the varnish always use the appropriate sand paper for varnish, the ironmonger will know waht type to give you just tell him that you need it to sand varnish, the best grades I find are 400 and 600.

J

Forgot about this topic! I need to take better shots.
I wet sanded the horrible orange peel. Glossed it. Sanded some more parts. glossed again. now ill panel wash, touch up ALOT of sanding mistakes! and spray again, and its soon ready.. about fuc**** time ax dejjaqt I hope it doenst end up looking like a toy

Hi Adrian...

No No definitely NOT...It does NOT look like a toy. Ypu've done a very clean and sharp work and the final result will pay you back.

I like it!

Alex

it looks damn good, I think that you managed to rectify the few things that were bothering you. The paint looks good and so do the decals, far from looking like a toy. Great job.

Model was panel washed and given an overall light wash to make 'streaking'.

Im abit worried cos the aircraft has gone from glossy to matt/glossy patches because of the wash and thinner residue. I hope after the final gloss coat the patches wont show Secondly most panel washing doesnt even show!

can you post some pictures please

AAAAAAAAHHHHH! The moment ive been waiting for! After the party i finally removed all the white tack from the wheel bays and cockpit. Which had been stuck on since JULY! & after 5 months stuck on i was really expecting it to pull of all the paint... but thankfully it didnt in the end! The model felt considerably light after- just to show how much tack was realy stuck in there!

Lovely contrast of green and blue all what i need is a wash


Where the green & blue meets is a bit untidy because of the white tack


problem! it did pull of some finish and there are pieces of plastic or primer showing around the edges of wheel bays. Its gonna be a problem to touch up since both green and blue coloures are mixes i made and finished ages ago! It gives it a chipped look, but i think it looks ugly.

Oh Adrian come on finish this model it looks good as I told you yesterday, Yes I think you can replace those cip marks with metal paint or silver pen..

Panther is finally up on its legs!


Drybrushed with yellow and washed

Very good and nice work indeed, I have to admit that, that future thing is good

Keep up the good work.

J

Joseph wrote:Very good and nice work indeed, I have to admit that, that future thing is good

Keep up the good work.

J

It is the best but its not future that stuck on the wheels, drybrushed and gave a washed buy my hands

That is a lovely finish you have there and with some patience you can make the areas where you pulled paint off to look like chips and they are in the right place, around the access panel so it would naturally chip. I think you did a great job and the model looks really nice.

BULLOCKS! i put its tires on and when placed it on its feet it fell back on its ars! i guess i didnt put in enough weight!

You still can there is a gap between the inst panel , you fill from there some leed...

Adrian, do not give up now, it is great. you will find someway to fill in some lead shot to put in the weight. One of the places is the one Marco indicated and you may also cut the nose cone and fill that up too. If the worst comes to the worst, make a simple nice base for the model and glue it to the base. No problem there.

Time to combat weight problem! I put 2 bolts, a nail behind the panel. Those 2 twisted things are twised solder material which is heavy and soft! They were stuck over the bolts.





Gear, doors, airbrakes, jacks are now on! They were stuck on with a combination of revell contacta, tamiya extra thin, PVA and CA.








Lights
This is a technique i ''invented'' myself. I first paint the lights silver, then paint over with glass paint. Fantastic result! the clear colour allows the light to penetrate it and reflect on the silver, giving a 'lit' look.

it is coming along nice, keep updating

Very interesting Tip Adrian. I will try it.
Your bird is coming up gorgeous!

Ok more progress
Its amaizing, even the simplest of all things gives you problems! The dashboard simply wouldnt fit... i had to remove some plastic to get it to fit! and the camera lenses were so small i kept messing up.

I painted the 2 side camera lenses. The lenses were painted silver than a blob of blue glass paint was put in the lens.



The lense closed up


All camera lenses

CANOPY TIME

I ''restored'' the canopy. I masked it all up again and had to make the blue mix again (which came abit too dark). After that i used car polish. It gave it a shine but didnt hide scratches. Now most modellers would stop at this stage but i decided to dip it in KLEAR and no surprise the Klear slipped off the waxy surface. So to combat this i kept brushing over it and at the same time removing any eccess. and funnily enough it worked. Maybe it broke down the waxy layer? I dipped it in twice. Scratches are still visible but not as much as before.

Nice and shiny


Before

Ah Thank God that you've started using the 1000 ltrs of KLEAR

Joking apart, nice work overall and really nice touch with the cameras Adrian

Keep up the good work mate

Ray

Nice work there Adrian!!

Ray wrote:Ah Thank God that you've started using the 1000 ltrs of KLEAR

Joking apart, nice work overall and really nice touch with the cameras Adrian

Keep up the good work mate

Ray

Eeeeee i forgot to say, after the blue glass paint blob, i added an extra blob of........???