That is a lot of white metal!
Sure hope so good job iv got till december lolPlenty of wee bits to keep you busy Simon, should build into a nice model.
Andy.
Wrong choice of words, i wire brushed it and buffed it of with scotch brite to give the paint the best chance, the shine is just a bonus.. hope that makes senseNice one on the family Simon, congratulations. Started in the truck as well I see
Out of interest, why polish off the oxidation?
Yes definatly a few extra parts, which is good as some have the odd blemish so good to have options, and both sets of axles for the front i am building the 6 wheel drive vertion but 4 wheel is there as well if requiredLooks like options or spares have increased the parts count. Seems a lovely kit though.
See what you mean now .Wrong choice of words, i wire brushed it and buffed it of with scotch brite to give the paint the best chance, the shine is just a bonus.. hope that makes sense
Good advice i should point out its a very soft brass wire brush iv been trying and testing different methods and surprised my self with the amount of fine tooling i have lying around not usually used for plastic kitsSee what you mean now .
I used to use a suede brush on white metal railway wagons and military figures to do the same thing. I stopped when I had some softer than usual figures and realised it took all the sharp edges off, blurring the cast on detail…..made them much harder to paint .
I moved on to using jif cream cleanser and an old toothbrush as the fine polishing grit it used was less destructive. Can’t use it now though, the jif formula was changed some years ago to remove the fine grit and it doesn’t work any more…......
I find paint takes extremely well to white metal anyway so haven’t missed that step. It needs a good scrub with dilute washing up liquid though, the casting process seems to leave all sorts of rubbish on the castings. Modern lead free castings are also harder than white metal of old so probably stand up to cleaning better…….a wire brush might be overkill though
Good stuffGood advice i should point out its a very soft brass wire brush iv been trying and testing different methods and surprised my self with the amount of fine tooling i have lying around not usually used for plastic kits
i was worried about how soft or hard the material would be but most of it seems good quality my issue now being how brittle it might be but there in lies another challenge…
simon
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