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Lancfan's New Workbench

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As I am free of GBs for a while it is time to start on the personal builds I have had waiting in the wings, this is the first of the new workbench builds, the Longest Flight Spitfire G-IRTY using the AZ kit of that same aircraft.
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The polished finish was a stumbling block until I found this paint, it sprays well onto the bare plastic, it is durable and can be overpainted easily- the grey panel is Revell Aqua and the blue nose is Tamiya paint.
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That looks good Ian.
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Andrew, I'm David not Ian.
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A great looking coat of metallic, David and that is a good looking civilian scheme for this Mk. IX build.
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That is a first class metallic finish. I have noted that for possible future reference.
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This is a very simple kit which needed little work to assemble.
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A little filler was needed at the wing roots and the elevators were removed from the tailplanes before assembly
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Four coats of paint from the aerosol can were applied, no primer was used. I'll now leave the model alone for a few days to ensure the paint has hardened before continuing.
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Wow. That's a nice smooth silver coat.

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Great tip David. Looks terrific.
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That is a beautifully smooth looking finish, David.
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That is an amazing finish,David, wow.
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Work has kept me rather busy of late and progress has been slow. As I waited for the chrome paint to harden I dug out the Spitfire PR.19 from the new Airfix BBMF set and made a start on that.
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As I worked on the BBMF aircraft I masked off the Silver Spitfire anti-glare panel and painted it in, when I removed the masking tape I found that the adhesive on the tape had attacked the chrome finish beneath. I decided to start again using spare AZ airframe parts along with the cockpit and tailplanes from the first kit, the canopy was also removed to act as a mask for the cockpit opening. The anti-glare panel was then painted on and masked up ready for the chrome spray- this time it worked perfectly.
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Lovely job Sir! Looks like i'll be after some Plasticote Chrome at some point! ;-)
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I'm confused, what do you think caused the tape to attack the 'chrome' and what did you do differently to prevent it ?
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The adhesive on the tape must have been to blame for the spoiled finish to the chrome paint on the first attempt, the anti-glare panel on the second model was first applied using Revell Aqua Matt Black which was then masked off before spraying the airframe in Chrome Spray.
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I've had that happen with silver paint and masking tape on more than one occasion in the past, David. What I tend to do now with metallic finishes is to apply a gloss clear coat over the paint and let that harden off before using masking tape. In my experience metallic paints aren't terribly durable left on their own.
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