Thank you.Looks good to me Joe. Nice job
Canopy painting is a bit of an art form though. Two ways that I know of….mask with tape and spray them (fiddly, but doable with patience) and hand painting. Hand painting is not that hard, just needs practice, a steady hand, a decent brush and properly thinned paint. You can clean up overpainting by scraping it off with a cocktail stick sharpened to a chisel edge. Don’t use anything harder or you run the risk of scratching the canopy…..
Thank you.Looks really good Joe.
I made this model last year.
I struggle big time with with seams and wings in Aircraft and so do other people from what I read.
You wouldn't know from your model though. It's a great finish.
looks ok to me very nice model indeed sir
chrisb
You should try blogging your build as you go in the relevant section.Thank you.
Next up is a Hawker Tempest Mk 5, but I'm a slow builder, so it might be while before I get to post the results.
Yep, gotta agree, that looks very nice indeed ,
As far as canopy painting is concerned,one word to say.....
..... MASKS
(Just my personal preference of course!)
I've done both. The handcuttibg is difficult for me so I've only done it on simple canopies.I'll give everything a go... do you hand-cut your masks or use specialist pre-prepared ones?
And do they works as well with hand brushing as airbrush?
I usually use Eduard,pre cut,mask sets. They're not that priceyI'll give everything a go... do you hand-cut your masks or use specialist pre-prepared ones?
And do they works as well with hand brushing as airbrush?
Never heard of the sponge technique. I might give it a go.I usually use Eduard,pre cut,mask sets. They're not that pricey
Can be airbrushed or brush painted.... personally I do neither anymore,I found,a short while ago,that by using a dry sponge and lightly dabbing the paint on,I can avoid the paint bleeding under the mask pretty much completely .
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