Tamiya rattle cans

[Adam the Akrodude]

Hi my name is Adam and I'm a real newbie when it comes to gloss finishes!

I've been working and almost completed a little Zlin-50M in 1/48 and used Tamiya rattle can silver and gloss for the first time and love the stuff! It's so good, I feel like I'm cheating using it!

Now, the all important question is, what is the Tamiya gloss white and gloss red like - can anyone advise? I had a flick through a recent Fine Scale Modeller in the newsagent and there was a article on a 737 build and the modeller used Tamiya rattle cans and polished between coats. I think he also put the cans in warm water as well to boost/help regulate the pressure.

Can you airliner builders who have used Tamiya rattle cans help advise me on their experience with this painting technique.

Cheers

Adam the civie newbie!

[hrtpaul]

I'm certainly no expert but watch the Tamiya gloss on different paints cos it WILL eat paint and decals alike. Ask my 1/32 Sea Fury how I know this It should be ok over other Tamiya rattle cans but after my experience, I don't use it anymore. But that's just me. I have heard that the white in the rattle can is good for airliners. I tried it once and it came up ok though it could have been shinier with a coat of gloss over the top I guess. Also I always put my cans in some warm water before using them as it seems to spray better. For the white you could also try the Tamiya white primer as Antoney Wilkinson did on his white Caribou with a gloss coat over the top. I'm doing this on a civvie F-104 I'm doing at the moment. Hopefully it works Hope that helps mate

[Adam the Akrodude]

I'm certainly no expert but watch the Tamiya gloss on different paints cos it WILL eat paint and decals alike. Ask my 1/32 Sea Fury how I know this It should be ok over other Tamiya rattle cans but after my experience, I don't use it anymore. But that's just me. I have heard that the white in the rattle can is good for airliners. I tried it once and it came up ok though it could have been shinier with a coat of gloss over the top I guess. Also I always put my cans in some warm water before using them as it seems to spray better. For the white you could also try the Tamiya white primer as Antoney Wilkinson did on his white Caribou with a gloss coat over the top. I'm doing this on a civvie F-104 I'm doing at the moment. Hopefully it works Hope that helps mate

Cheers Paul

I also noted with great interest Eric Galliers effort with his Supermarine S.4 racer. He used Tamiya white primer and polished it - that man is genius! I would not be mixing paint brands - did that once with a bad outcome. You would think that using a same brand should be OK - you'd think (touch wood).

BTW - can't wait to see your civie 104! I bought the Red Baron 104 to build - how cool will they look next to each other either at Expo in competition or on Ray's table one day!

[hrtpaul]

This is the one I'm doing Adam http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/defaul ... k=MEC_NI2t

[Adam the Akrodude]

This is the one I'm doing Adam http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/defaul ... k=MEC_NI2t

Oh my!
In 1/48?
When will it be finished?

[hrtpaul]

In 1/72 from Italeri. It's OOB and might be finished or very close to by the time I head back to TSV in 2 weeks

[Adam the Akrodude]

In 1/72 from Italeri. It's OOB and might be finished or very close to by the time I head back to TSV in 2 weeks

Are you tempted to get the 1/32 kit? I've been thinking about the Italeri 1/32 kit. I think someone else is also bring out a 1/32 104 as well. Happy days!

[hrtpaul]

Nah mate. Too big and I've already got too many big kits with nowhere to put them at this stage. I do have a 1/48 Hasegawa F-104C in the stash to do 1 day though