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                        Painting the hull

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                        JO ATC
                        • Member since
                          January 2008
                        Painting the hull
                        Posted by JO ATC on Friday, February 8, 2008 5:15 PM

                        Can someone, with my appreciation, please post the steps you took to paint the hull of a ship?

                         I am doing a 1/350 Missouri......looking for how you taped it off and where you got your stencils if you used them.  Also, what colors were painted first and to make the camo.....should I be able to tape over already painted sections as long as I allowed ample time to dry?

                         

                         thanks so much for your input.

                        John

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                        EdGrune
                        • Member since
                          August 2005
                        • From: Mansfield, TX
                        Posted by EdGrune on Friday, February 8, 2008 5:35 PM

                        Gave you the rundown a couple of weeks back

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                        JO ATC
                        • Member since
                          January 2008
                        Posted by JO ATC on Friday, February 8, 2008 5:44 PM

                        Dang....I thought I did.

                         

                        thanks

                         

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                        modelbob
                        • Member since
                          April 2007
                        Posted by modelbob on Friday, February 8, 2008 6:56 PM

                        I'm working on a 1/350 Wisconsin and here's what I did. Spray the waterline area flat black.

                        I used 3/16" wide masking tape at the waterline to produce the boot topping. Leave this tape on and mask above it and spray the lower hull dark red. Mask the lower hull and remove masking from the upper hull leaving the boot topping tape in place. Spray the upper hull color of choice.

                        Remove lower hull masking and boot topping tape and touch up if necessary. Getting the 3/16" boot topping tape around the stern will be tricky!  modelbob@hotmail.com 

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