Re: 1:48 Tamiya Corsair
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 5:40 pm
Navy engines are gray FS 16081.
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Re: 1:48 Tamiya Corsair
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 5:49 pm
Re: 1:48 Tamiya Corsair
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 6:52 pm
Bruce knows me very well! My gray was taken from looking at one particularly “well-lit” reference photo, and he knew I wouldn’t have been able to live with it if I saw a photo of the engine displaying what the color looks like under the proper conditions. Also, the instructions which call out XF-19, “Sky Gray” and I now believe this a misprint.
On further review with Bruce, including looking at a perfectly-lit reference photo from the factory, we determined that XF-18 was almost dead-on:
So I masked, and re-painted. What I did was, I mixed XF-19 and XF-18 1:2, thinned it, and went to town. This is a much better match. Here’s what I got:
BOOYAH!!!!
And as an added bonus, the paint kept its “I like to turn gray in extreme lighting” characteristic:
Thank you Bruce for catching that! Much appreciated!
...oh, also, I’m currently listening to:
On further review with Bruce, including looking at a perfectly-lit reference photo from the factory, we determined that XF-18 was almost dead-on:
So I masked, and re-painted. What I did was, I mixed XF-19 and XF-18 1:2, thinned it, and went to town. This is a much better match. Here’s what I got:
BOOYAH!!!!
And as an added bonus, the paint kept its “I like to turn gray in extreme lighting” characteristic:
Thank you Bruce for catching that! Much appreciated!
...oh, also, I’m currently listening to:
Re: 1:48 Tamiya Corsair
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 6:54 pm
That is beautiful.
Great description and photography as well!
Great description and photography as well!
Re: 1:48 Tamiya Corsair
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 7:20 pm
Hey man, thanks again for your help! It’s gonna look so cool once the cowl is painted and it’s installed, I can’t wait!
Re: 1:48 Tamiya Corsair
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 7:44 pm
Much better! Although a semi gloss finish on the crankcase might be a good idea as well... 
And you can’t go wrong with The Cult. A very under appreciated band.
And you can’t go wrong with The Cult. A very under appreciated band.
Re: 1:48 Tamiya Corsair
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 7:48 pm
Yes! Do you use Future floor polish... or whatever it is called? You could paint that on and let it cure in a ziplock or you could spray semi gloss... but yes, engines have a sheen, the sheen from the metal... good, good work!
Re: 1:48 Tamiya Corsair
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 8:11 pm
I don’t have the floor polish, but I have a nice semi-gloss I can use on this that’ll look lovely!
Re: 1:48 Tamiya Corsair
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 9:14 pm
Thumbs up!
Re: 1:48 Tamiya Corsair
Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 4:12 am
Nice engine. Great song