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Old 30-06-2006   #21 (permalink)
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a tip i got of nigel....the deck looks quite shiney. Give it a sand down with a fine grade wet and dry paper, give it a wash, wait for it to try. This way the paint will adhere to it alot easier!!
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yes Nigel the kit came with some aircraft, 16 in all. i did a search on google and it seems to be a common kit being produced by a few different brands (airfix,revell,italeri)

and Richard i have not yet done anything to the deck yet, but i will sand it down like you said. is 1000 grit good enough?
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im not sure, have to ask nigel on that, i use 1200c!
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Any wet or dry would do the job. The important thing is that you do not use a grade that will leave marks after it is painted and that depends on the paint and method of application..

I think you should get away with 1000 but I would do a quick test peice on say the underside of the deck. If you can see scratch marks then you need a finer grade.
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i think that i have some 1200 laying around.
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if you use 1000 make sure you use plenty of soapy water as well
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thanks for the tip Nigel.
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can anyone recomend a color to paint the "grey" part of the ship and another grey that would look good as the flight deck color, i think that it should be darker.

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probably ghost grey for the ship and medium sea grey for the deck ??? but a few of the ship moddellers may be able to give you a more definitive choice
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goast grey is nice...if your using humbrol enamels the do a US Goast grey erm... no. 127 and maybe us medium grey no.126

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