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| Masking and painting, 1/1 Scale... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 6 2015, 10:31 AM (120 Views) | |
| Blue_2 | Jul 6 2015, 10:31 AM Post #1 |
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Builder of aircraft, any scale from 1:1 to 1:144!
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Anyone out there building one of the bigger kits, and getting fed up of the brushwork and seemingly never ending masking up? Spare a thought for those of us on the Victor team then! We are currently repainting the under surfaces of XL231. The underside of the starboard tailplane and elevator alone took me a day to sand, prep, mask and paint. Painting is done handraulically, using a small roller.![]() ![]() ![]() Bear in mind the entire span of the tailplane is about the same as the wingspan of a Hawker Hunter... And the fuselage side demarcation line doesn't half take some tape to mask off! ![]() Well worth it in the end though ![]() ![]() Edited by Blue_2, Jul 6 2015, 10:32 AM.
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| Olde Farte | Jul 6 2015, 10:41 AM Post #2 |
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
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Oh stop whinging, you love it really Graham. Looks good so a brilliant job all round but you have missed a bit under the tailplane.
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| Blue_2 | Jul 6 2015, 10:53 AM Post #3 |
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Builder of aircraft, any scale from 1:1 to 1:144!
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It's just an opportunity to shamelessly publicise our jet really! And I've missed the entire port side!![]() That'll be a job for a couple of week's time. Next weekend I am otherwise occupied; I have to pop down to Wellesbourne to pick up some part worn tyres from the Vulcan XM655 team that will fit our jet, and while I am that way on it'd be rude not to pop in to Coventry and visit my friends on the Shackleton WR963 team! Edited by Blue_2, Jul 6 2015, 10:55 AM.
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| tc2324 | Jul 6 2015, 12:01 PM Post #4 |
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LCDR Tony `Banana's` Clay
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How many rolls of Tamiya was needed for that and was it the 6, 10 or 18 size?
Edited by tc2324, Jul 6 2015, 12:51 PM.
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| Olde Farte | Jul 6 2015, 12:23 PM Post #5 |
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
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Being an ignorant old fart do you mean the bog standard DIY type of roller or is there something special? |
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| tc2324 | Jul 6 2015, 12:53 PM Post #6 |
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LCDR Tony `Banana's` Clay
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The bog standard modelling type Del....
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| Olde Farte | Jul 6 2015, 01:04 PM Post #7 |
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
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You mean you use a roller for your model painting? |
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| Blue_2 | Jul 6 2015, 03:23 PM Post #8 |
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Builder of aircraft, any scale from 1:1 to 1:144!
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Bog standard foam rollers, available from Wilkinson's and other reasonably priced DIY shops. They have to be changed fairly regularly though, as the paint (basically a type of enamel paint) tends to eat the rollers! |
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but you have missed a bit under the tailplane.

7:13 PM Jul 11