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hi everyone ...5-high here . just finnished painting my spitfire xive ..i choose to paint it with decaned tamiya -as-12 bare metal silver. it looks good so far and now i,m wondering about panel vereying . witch panels do i choose .???...cant seem to find good pic,s ,,,,, all are black and white or they,r in sun light in flight .anyone have any idea,s . its been a long year for me ...battleing cancer in hospital ...mist out a lost on finescale. be,ing my first attempt back modeling ...oh yea ..one more guys . if as-12 is a lacquer paint is it safe to use tamiya arcrylic paints over it ?. 5- high
Hello. IIRC, silver Spitfires were not bare metal, but were actually a lacquered finish called "High Speed Silver" or something like that. There is no need to do panel variation in that case. Hang in there and best wishes to you on your fight against cancer!
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5 high, wishing the best and a speedy recovery. Post some pictures of your build
Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!
thanks for the info stikpusher.. did not know that . still wondering if i should seal the as-12 before i paint acrylics and washes for the panel lines ..what would u choose ,,gloss or flat???....thanks for the good wishes ..the doc,s think we kicked its but this time.
I say seal with a gloss coat, apply decals, another gloss coat, washes, and then a final topcoat, probably a semi gloss or satin to seal it all in and tie it together. Any exhaust stains, oil leaks, etc. on top of that.
I am happy to hear about the news from your docs. May you have may long years of model building and sharing your work with us here ahead of you.
5-high here , thanks plasticjunkie and yes i,ll send some pic,s of the spit as soon as i can figure out how to transfir it here from my smartphone to the forum ?? do have great pics to share from start to last stage,s........5-high
stikpusher Hello. IIRC, silver Spitfires were not bare metal, but were actually a lacquered finish called "High Speed Silver" or something like that.
Hello. IIRC, silver Spitfires were not bare metal, but were actually a lacquered finish called "High Speed Silver" or something like that.
Stik, was there ever a case where they were NMF? The reason I ask is I'm supposed to be doing a 1/32 gunnery school Mk.XVI for the NMF GB here in what I thought was a NMF. Wondering if a change of my entry is necessary.
Mike
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Ruddratt, I really can't say yes or no to that. I don't have my Spitfire refernces here with me at work, and off the top of my head, i am not that well versed on it. All I do know is that post war, the RAF went to that overall lacquered finish on many of their aircraft types. Considering the amount of rain that the UK gets, not to mention many of their post war Empire outposts, for corrosion control alone, the lacquer finish makes sense. The USAF was done with bare metal by the early 60s for that reason. They still had silver aircraft early on into Vietnam, but those were lacquered as well.
Never considered the environments' effect on the finish, so it does make sense not to leave it bare metal. I'll do a bit more digging and see what turns up. Thanks stik.
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