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                        Aaargh! Matching bottle color to spray color?

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                        Gerarddm
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        Aaargh! Matching bottle color to spray color?
                        Posted by Gerarddm on Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:52 AM

                        Found a pefect Model Master enamel, FS30117 Military Brown, to do the wood deck on my 1/700 Yamato. Problem is, hand painting made it look too splotchy. I can't seem to find a spray can color to match, any suggestions? The primer is light gray enamel.

                        BTW, would hitting the deck with some dullcoat clear even out the splotchiness ( is that a word)?

                        Or any suggestions for re-stripping, and a different hand-painting technique for an even finish?

                        Thanks-

                        Gerard> WA State Current: 1/700 What-If Railgun Battlecruiser 1/700 Admiralty COURAGEOUS battlecruiser
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                        T_Terrific
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                          April 2005
                        • From: Baton Rouge, LA
                        Posted by T_Terrific on Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:07 PM

                        How about stripping it and spray-painting it with the MM product?

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                        Gerarddm
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                          March 2004
                        Posted by Gerarddm on Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:52 PM
                        Tom, don't have an airbrush and that particular MM color isn't available in spray cans.
                        Gerard> WA State Current: 1/700 What-If Railgun Battlecruiser 1/700 Admiralty COURAGEOUS battlecruiser
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                        Wilbur Wright
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                          February 2006
                        • From: Boston
                        Posted by Wilbur Wright on Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:46 PM

                        No ....flat will not help even it out....however there is no reason you can't get a good finish for a deck in that scale using a brush..................wood decks have many tones, and will look more realistic if you vary the tones slightly from the base color, over different light coats.

                         

                        Try to experiment on a piece of scrap plastic. Base coat brushed on first, then some varying of color, here and there on the deck.

                        <> Use good red sable brushes!

                         

                        Others chime in.... 

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                        Wilbur Wright
                        • Member since
                          February 2006
                        • From: Boston
                        Posted by Wilbur Wright on Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:49 PM
                        BTW my Yamato in 350th scale has a much more (yellow woodish ) tone to the deck. Then weathered.
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