On these adapters, the silver was painted first. The silver was masked off, the orange area got a white undercoat, followed by the orange paint.
Look close -
On the left, there is some slight discoloration at the shoulder. This was where the the tape adhesive mask made contact with the silver paint.
TIP: Polish the slight discolor with polishing compound to remove any adhesive and even out the silver.
Notice the brown ring around the body to the right of the silver.
It is visible on the kit face card, not shown in the kit instructions. I wanted to add it to the show models.
There is also a gold color on the edge of the fin attachment plates. I didn't add the gold - I didn't want to risk a very difficult mask.
Here's the only spray brown I could find that was close. I don't normally use Rusto paints anymore, sometimes you are stuck.
This has a new "5 in 1" spray nozzle. The dial is rotated to different settings.
I did some tests using the High (setting 1), Medium (setting 2) and Low (setting 3) nozzle settings.
Be aware - the High setting 1 is a VERY heavy flow. The Medium setting was still too thick. I ended on Setting 3, the low setting.
On the left is a less detailed "flying" version. I also didn't smooth out the molding seams.
On the right is a "show" build. These two builds got the extra brown ring and smoothing of the mold marks.
The flying builds got tube seams filled with CWF, but not the extra filler/primer spray and sanding. The flying builds didn't get as much attention to the balsa grain on the fins, no filler/primer follow up.
That's a great tip on the polishing compound. I'll remember that one. What brand did you use?
ReplyDeleteHi Dave,
DeleteRegular Turtle Wax Polishing Compound in the green tub.