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Re: Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:08 pm
by Stikpusher
Thanks TJ. Topside will be done this afternoon and set aside to dry. I won't be able to get any photos until Sunday as I have a dad tasking for the next couple of days...

Re: Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:10 pm
by Stikpusher
Well, I spoke too soon... I was able to get a photo of the topside Gloss Midnight Blue after today's airbrush session...

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now everything gets to sit and dry until the next planned session on Monday...

Re: Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:04 pm
by BlackSheep214
Looking good. :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:

Re: Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:16 am
by Medicman71
Very nice!

Re: Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:12 pm
by Stikpusher
Back home today and able to do another bench session. I airbrushed on the yellow trim areas and the steel area ahead of the afterburners

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Tomorrow I have to do a bit of tape residue clean up, and then it’s decal time!

Re: Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:51 pm
by BlackSheep214
:shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:

What yellow are you using? Chrome Yellow or Blue Angels Yellow?

Re: Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:01 pm
by Stikpusher
Blue Angels Yellow 😉

Re: Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 2:23 am
by tempestjohnny
Ooh shiny!!!!

Re: Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:25 am
by cbaltrin
Wow, that is looking good Stik. Painting yellow is not EZ either but you have very good opacity there!

Re: Monogram Blue Angels F/A-18A, 1987

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:39 am
by Stikpusher
Thanks guys!

TJ, it is very shiny.

Chris, you are quite right about Yellow. What I’m finding for what works better with yellow paint is less thinner. Most yellow paints that I’ve used, in all brands and mediums, are kind of thin to start with. Maybe it’s the pigments themselves, I don’t know.