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How are you guys striping your tail rotors?

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  • Member since
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  • From: NW Washington
How are you guys striping your tail rotors?
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Sunday, March 13, 2011 2:54 PM

  Hey guys,

 

   Working on the Academy 1/48 500MD ASW kit, specifically the tail rotor.  I masked off a good section of the ends and painted red first, as the pattern is going to be a red-white-red.  Would you just mask over the red, leaving a narrow stripe in the middle so you can airbrush white, or what?  It came with orange decals for it, but I wanted to change it up a little.  I was just wondering, other than decals, if you had a method in particular for that.

 

                                       Thanks!

 

                                               Chris

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Posted by Boba Fett on Sunday, March 13, 2011 3:07 PM

ALWAYS paint the lighter color first. I would have done this: Spray the entire thing white (well, within reason) mask off the read area, spray, then mask off the red/white areas and spray the inside of the rotor black or whatever color you're using.

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  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, March 13, 2011 3:32 PM

Ditto

Like he said, white before red. BIGTIME! But I have been lucky in that most chopper kits I have done have decals that cover that marking...

 

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  • Member since
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  • From: NW Washington
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Monday, March 14, 2011 12:58 PM

   Yeah, I thought of the "lightest color first" thingy about 1/2 an hour after I sprayed the red.  Oh well.   I think I'm going to try to mask it with some clear tape to get the line thickness right.  We'll see what happens.

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  • From: Wherever the hunt takes me
Posted by Boba Fett on Monday, March 14, 2011 1:14 PM

you could just strip it... that, or mask off the red, use a primer, then spray the white. it might cause paint buildup, but the red won't bleed through the white

  • Member since
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  • From: NW Washington
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:37 AM

    Well, last night I hit it with the white.  I masked off the red leaving a stripe in the middle, and shot some white on it.  It actually turned out ok.  I was using MM Acryl flat white, and as I think most know, the Acryl's dry pretty fast out of the airbrush.  That was my saving grace.  I was able to throw a second coat on within a minute or two.  It's not gonna win any awards, but it looks good enough for me.Yes  Thanks for the support though, guys.   :)

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  • From: South La
Posted by Ti4019 on Saturday, June 4, 2011 11:46 PM

and dont forget the erosion strip on a lot of TR's. On a USA helo with yellow tips you should also underpaint with white , yellow doesnt cover well. 

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