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299_paul · Posted: Mon 14 Jul 2008 13:47 pm Post subject:

Pics as promised. Will leave this to dry overnight then apply the black anti glare panel and touch up the areas where I spilled a bit of silver

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DH764 · Posted: Mon 14 Jul 2008 18:18 pm Post subject:

Looking forward to seeing a camo frightning instead of a grey one for a change !!
Going good .
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299_paul · Posted: Tue 15 Jul 2008 19:15 pm Post subject:

Anti glare panel and fin painted Hu33 (Matt Black).
Once this has dried overnight I'll touch up the paint job and then my favourite part of the build; the decals.

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Ratch · Posted: Tue 15 Jul 2008 21:44 pm Post subject:

Looking good

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299_paul · Posted: Thu 24 Jul 2008 16:51 pm Post subject:

Decals are on. The black stencils on the wings were an absolute nightmare but I managed to get them down in the end and looking half decent (especially when you apply the 6ft rule!!).
Nearly finished now, just needs varnishing then adding of the fiddly bits.

I'll post pics when the model is fully complete which will probably be Monday or Tuesday.
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299_paul · Posted: Fri 25 Jul 2008 16:47 pm Post subject:

Disaster has struck again while using decal fix.
After applying the decals you could still see some of the decal sheet, so I applied some decal fix to dissolve this. Once again this reacted with the Klear and left a milky residue over most of the decals. I waited to see if this would evaporate but it didn't, so I tried washing it off with water and some kitchen towel. This didn't work either so I used some IPA (which I've used before) then this happened:

The paint work is ruined and needs to be completely re-done.

In conclusion I have now learnt my lesson. Said bottle of decal fix is in the bin and the Micro Set/Sol system that I was waiting to use when the decal fix had ran out is now going to be used instead.
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dancho · Posted: Fri 25 Jul 2008 17:20 pm Post subject:

This reminds me of the F-100 I did. I must have twenty coats of Klear (Future) on that thing. I had to scrub the paint off of one wing and start from scratch.

It came out okay, though, I think.
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thomasweir · Posted: Sat 26 Jul 2008 16:26 pm Post subject:

I've started to paint my models in xtracrylic or xtracolor which dry to a gloss finish oblivating the need for klear for the decals. Decal fix works with this no problem. I use the Humbrol varnishes out of the jar to finish off the model to the required gloss/matt or satin coat.

Richard M · Posted: Sat 26 Jul 2008 17:55 pm Post subject:

Ouch! Have you tried painting over with gloss cote, sometimes this will dissolve the matting agent. Might be worth a try over a small area in case it works.
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299_paul · Posted: Sun 27 Jul 2008 13:45 pm Post subject:

No I haven't tried painting over with gloss cote, I've already redone the grey and done a coat of the green. Thanks for the advice though and if it should happen again I'll try this.
I only had a little bit of decalfix left any way because I knocked the bottle over a few months back so I'm not too bothered about throwing away the last dregs of the decalfix.
At the moment I almost exclusively use Humbrol enamels but I'm seriously considering replacing them with Xtracolour enamels, I've already ordered some for my Meteors.
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299_paul · Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 15:16 pm Post subject:

Here she is finally finished:

The finish isn't as good as I would have liked due to the decalling incident, but it's turned out half decent, especially when view from a distance!!

Overall a straight forward build for the age of the kit and I think it builds up to a fairly accurate representation of a Lightning F.3.
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Richard M · Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 15:30 pm Post subject:

Well done, nice to see another GB model finished, you certainly brought her back from the brink in splendid style!
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thomasweir · Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 20:43 pm Post subject:

looks brilliant . well done

flounder_al · Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 22:06 pm Post subject:

Excellent job. Hope i can get up to that standard one day
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299_paul · Posted: Wed 06 Aug 2008 18:58 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys!!

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