Papa 695s Airfix 1/72 Mustang Lollipoop.

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Here’s to hoping you won’t see a ridge along where the silver came off, though.
 
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That's what I like to see a real modellers workbench laid out to build models not set up as a showpiece layout. Like your model progress by the way.
 

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That should eliminate the problem, yep :smiling3:
 

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HI Ian enjoyin your mustang build so far an I know this a bit of a stupid question but why do you guys spray the model black ? as your answer hopefully will help me on my future builds of my kits . Please remember im fairly new to plastic kits
 

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HI Ian enjoyin your mustang build so far an I know this a bit of a stupid question but why do you guys spray the model black ? as your answer hopefully will help me on my future builds of my kits . Please remember im fairly new to plastic kits
Hi Chris when using Silver or any of the metallic colours it shows up better on a gloss black base.
 

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why do you guys spray the model black ?
In this particular case I can see the point of black primer: under metallic paints, it can give the colour more depth.

Priming with black on general principles is, as far as I know, mostly a science-fiction/fantasy wargamer’s thing, and I doubt most of them know why they do this, other than because it’s the norm in that field. (And leads to many, many questions on forums such as, “How do I paint my figures white over a black undercoat? I tried and I need like a dozen coats!” :rolling:)
 
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There’s also the black basing technique, it’s meant to give you tonal variations in the top colour giving a truer look than pre and post shading.
 

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Well you managed a good recovery Ian.
Like the anti spill system with the TET ! Mines jamed into a fancy coffee lid , been there before !
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Parts of the silver have pulled away
I've had that happen with my last two builds - a touch annoying. The Jet Provost was a pain to fix, the Blenheim, I lost interest in fixing so turned it into an all black night fighter. Lazy, idle - yes...
 

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I've had that happen with my last two builds - a touch annoying. The Jet Provost was a pain to fix, the Blenheim, I lost interest in fixing so turned it into an all black night fighter. Lazy, idle - yes...
Not sure if it's the primer or the fact the plastic was too smooth.
 

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Well I've had to totally strip this one, the paint kept peeling every time I put some masking tape on.
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That's a real shame Ian as it was looking really good. Hopefully the next paint will adheres better.
 

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Now then, the last two problems I had with paint lifting were both Airfix kits. And now this ? We've both been building for a while, so it's not like were new to this game. I'm certainly not doing anything different.
 

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Now then, the last two problems I had with paint lifting were both Airfix kits. And now this ? We've both been building for a while, so it's not like were new to this game. I'm certainly not doing anything different.
This time I've also given the plastic a slight texture by giving it a little sanding. so we'll see later.
 

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HI Ian its a shame to see all that work wasted having to strip the plane as ive never had that problem as I just spray the colour paint I want onto the planes
an ive built a few.But ive never tried what you guys do an that's painting it black afore you put on the top coat an I cannot understand why it should lift

did you use tamyia masking tape ? as ive found that very good an its never lifted my paint off But please rember im new to this panel lineing an wheathering
so ive got a lot to learn
 
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