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Blurred Propeller

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, November 17, 2019 6:44 AM

Here is how I make them.  I make inkjet decals of them to apply to a clear plastic disk.

To make the decal, I scan the kit prop in my scanner.  My photo editing program has blur functions- a linear and a rotary blur.  I choose the rotary blur using the hub as the center point and set the blur at about ten degrees.  Then I add a second layer, with a colored circle of the diameter I want the prop to be.  Then I add a third layer, which will be the final decal.  I then copy the blurred prop, set the transparency to about 25-20 percent and paste the prop image into that third layer.  Now I delete the first and second layers, and print out the resulting image onto decal paper. I cut out the decal and apply it to the plastic disk.  Makes a great blurred prop.  I then slice the hub and the blade plane and glue to front of disk.

 

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    May 2016
Posted by learmech on Saturday, November 16, 2019 12:18 PM
Thank you for the link Doug
  • Member since
    April 2009
  • From: Longmont, Colorado
Posted by Cadet Chuck on Saturday, November 16, 2019 11:58 AM

This is where you can get blurred props:

http://www.propblur.com/store/c1/PropBlur.comMain

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

  • Member since
    May 2016
Blurred Propeller
Posted by learmech on Saturday, November 16, 2019 10:07 AM

Ok hive mind. I am in search of a 1/32 scale 4 blade blurred propeller. I don’t have time to make one so I am looking for a after market one. I am building Revells P-51D-5NA kit #03944. Any suggestions on where I can order one would be much appreciate.

Doug

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