Another Softscience Spitfire (Mk Vb)

[AndrewR]

Looks smart Ralph.

And this has been (and still is for you slow coaches ) a great GB.

I am somehow reminded of ex-smokers by this.

I wouldn't know, I've never smoked...

[flakmonkey]

[Dirkpitt289]

The spitfire looks great. Well as much as a Spitfire can look that is.

Cheer up Dirk, we will get round to a P-51 GB eventually


Andrew

Oh goodie goodie goodie

Not for nothing I could always just go build one or twelve on my own.

[Softscience]

Looks smart Ralph.

And this has been (and still is for you slow coaches ) a great GB.

I am somehow reminded of ex-smokers by this.

I don't get it

[Softscience]

The spitfire looks great. Well as much as a Spitfire can look that is.

Cheer up Dirk, we will get round to a P-51 GB eventually


Andrew

Oh goodie goodie goodie

Not for nothing I could always just go build one or twelve on my own.

I wouldn't mind joining you for some mustangs. Matter of fact, I think I have a half-finished Allison engined pony in my stash. Thanks Dirk, I think you just helped me pick out my next project

[AndrewR]

Looks smart Ralph.

And this has been (and still is for you slow coaches ) a great GB.

I am somehow reminded of ex-smokers by this.

I don't get it

He means I am being smug and self-righteous

[Softscience]

I'm an ex-smoker, and I'm not smug an.... oh


:-p

[Softscience]

BLAST!!!

I was giving the spit an oil wash tonight and all of the sudden out of nowhere, patches of paint began to wrinkle up and peel away :(


I used acrylics, why in the world did they react this way to testors thinner??!?!

Looks like another unfinished GB entry for me.... I'm on a roll

[flakmonkey]

I've had that, and worse, happen before. Once I used MIG pigments thinner to wash the rotor head on Academy's 1/48 CH-53E, and once the thinner had eaten through the acrylic paint it attacked the plastic and I watched the rotor blades drop off one by one. All seven of them. A real Wile. E. Coyote moment; if it had happened to somebody else it would have been hilarious. Just one reason I have gone to acrylic washes. FWIW, lighter fuel makes a good thinner for oil based washes and is kinder to the existing finish.

[Softscience]

I'm going to look into those that you mentioned in the PM. Its just a blasted shame that all of the really good xtracrylics etc is mail order only. I like to have stuff like this on hand.

[AndrewR]

That's a real bummer Ralph. What a shame at this point in the build

What acrylics were you using, and was it just the paint that came off, or did the primer come off too?

Andrew

[Softscience]

I was using Poly Scale acrylics. These things typically don't require a primer, so I didn't use one.


I have about four or five patches of paint which came off. I'm going to let things cure for a few days and then sand down around the bare spots and repaint. The only potential problem is that I mixed my shade of ocean gray, and it will be interesting to see if I can match it.

[Martin R]

The only potential problem is that I mixed my shade of ocean gray, and it will be interesting to see if I can match it.

Ralph,

They would have had the same problem on the real thing in this timescale, wouldn't they?

regards,

Martin

[jssel]

Gee, Ralph. I've never had that happen with PolyScale before. With or without primer. On an un-primered build I normally wipe down the model with achohol pads to get my "greezy" fingerprints off the plastic. A sure sign of that is the paint will bead up. Do not, I repeat, do not give up. Maybe careful masking and another shot of spray will clean it up.

[AndrewR]

What do you use to thin Polyscale acrylics?