Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
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Duke Maddog
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Re: Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
Way to go Lyle! That does look like a smooth coat of white. better than I can do at any rate. I can never get any white to lay down clean; it always ends up looking dirty like a convoy of trucks ran over it! Happens no matter what I do!
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
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Stikpusher
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Re: Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
Oh just throw some red stars on it and call it an I-16... 
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Re: Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
Thank you, Mark! I bet your white paint it right on.Duke Maddog wrote:Way to go Lyle! That does look like a smooth coat of white. better than I can do at any rate. I can never get any white to lay down clean; it always ends up looking dirty like a convoy of trucks ran over it! Happens no matter what I do!
That has potential!Stikpusher wrote:Oh just throw some red stars on it and call it an I-16...
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
Stikpusher wrote:Oh just throw some red stars on it and call it an I-16...
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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mustang1989
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Re: Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
LOL!Stikpusher wrote:Oh just throw some red stars on it and call it an I-16...
These are interesting little aircraft. Looking good so far Lyle.
Re: Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
You should see it now. The red was a disaster, seepageon every mask, way too much paint. The horizontal stabilizers came off with the tape. Right now, it has been roughly taken apart and is soaking in iso. Haven’t thrown it in the trash ...yet.
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mustang1989
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Re: Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
Try to spray it on in very light layers at first Lyle. You're not looking for a wet coat so much as you are adequate coverage. After you achieve some good coverage, then you can open that needle up some and get a little thicker coat on there and you'll be fine.
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
I agree. Do several light coats to build it up and let dry in between. Several light coats will do wonders.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
Another trick to fight paint seepage is to spray a gloss coat first to seal the mask edges.
John aka JKim
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Re: Gee Bee Racer - Lindberg 1/32
Thanks for the great tips, guys. I am going to change needles on the ab. A cup of paint lasts maybe thirty seconds. Way too much. I did intend light coats, but it was not going to happen. The masks I cut did look okay in areas. I was oh so close to spraying a clear first. But, I got antsy, and for reasons I cannot explain, went ahead. So, most of this was self inflicted.
I guess I deserved it.
I guess I deserved it.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..