F#%K YOU CARPET MONSTER!!!!! (Or Testor's 1/48 Mystery Ship)

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Re: F#%K YOU CARPET MONSTER!!!!! (Or Testor's 1/48 Mystery S

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:47 am

After putting it away for a while, I've dragged it out again. The issue I faced after painting the red was that it didn't come out anywhere near as glossy as I would've liked. I attempted to polish the right wing with my Dremel, with not-so-good results...
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Switching to Micromesh sanding cloths, I managed to bring the left wing up to a reasonable shine. There are still some flaws in it, though..
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The thing is, the polishing process has removed the paint and primer on the wing tip. So my question is, how can I restore the paint? I guess I could just spray it back on, but...
Any and all suggestions welcome!
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Re: F#%K YOU CARPET MONSTER!!!!! (Or Testor's 1/48 Mystery S

Postby tor lives » Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:19 pm

Frankly mate, she needs a "caustic bath" complete strip. Given the nature of the finish and colour you are dealing with, I don't see any other alternative.
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Re: F#%K YOU CARPET MONSTER!!!!! (Or Testor's 1/48 Mystery S

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:56 pm

Well crap. Can you suggest an effective way of sealing the cockpit to prevent losing oain in there?
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Re: F#%K YOU CARPET MONSTER!!!!! (Or Testor's 1/48 Mystery S

Postby tor lives » Sat Jul 15, 2017 1:04 pm

Cap'n Wannabe wrote:Well crap. Can you suggest an effective way of sealing the cockpit to prevent losing oain in there?


As brutal as it sounds, you would need to re-split the fuselage and extract from the cockpit area what you want to save from the caustic soda bath....then start again. I just had to split the 747-100 I am working on and although it hurts (indeed it feels like a massive step backwards), it is for the greater good of the project. Some times ya gotta be cruel to be kind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXaufjU8FDg .
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Re: F#%K YOU CARPET MONSTER!!!!! (Or Testor's 1/48 Mystery S

Postby hrtpaul » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:24 pm

And when you repaint it, use pink tamiya primer instead of the grey and it'll look like a much brighter red.
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Re: F#%K YOU CARPET MONSTER!!!!! (Or Testor's 1/48 Mystery S

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sat Jul 15, 2017 6:49 pm

Given I use acrylic paint, a caustic bath wasn't necessary. I generally use Selly's BBQ cleaning foam to strip paint - it works wonders.....after about 10 minutes, the paint's gone. Normally I'd just spray it all over and put it down, but this time I got a bit wise. I carefully painted it around the cockpit with a brush (after removing the transparency), then scrubbed with a toothbrush. It took about 4 goes, but I got most of the paint off. Then I sprayed the rest in sections - there's just the bottom of the right wing to go.
Once it's back in primer, I'll go over it and fix all the blemishes I can find, then micromesh the primer. After that, I'll use the pink primer I picked up this morning (got that for my 1/48 Miss Behavin' T-6 Reno Racer..)
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