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  • Member since
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painting around small parts
Posted by plumline on Monday, August 24, 2009 7:39 PM
  Hello fellow Modelers I am in the process of building a B-17G it has a lot of windows. My question is do I put the windows in and try to mast them all? Or paint the plane halfs separately and put the windows in after and risk messing the paint up?  If I paint the halfs separately then I will need to fill in the seams and spray it anyway. What do you guys do.
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Posted by Bronto on Monday, August 24, 2009 8:00 PM
I put the windows in first, because like most parts they usually have to be filled / sanded to get them to fit right.  Then when you go to paint just mask them off.
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Posted by Gigatron on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 10:54 AM

Interesting dilemna with the B-17 kit.  I'm building the visible version of this kit, so I only have to paint one half.  But, the dilemna is; do I paint only the one half and leave the seam line or do I paint the one half and then a bit over on to the clear side (making it look like a cutaway) and clean up the seam?

But on the solid half, I'm painting first, then installing the windows.  Too much hassle to mask, paint and then do any clean-up.

What you can do, is leave the windows out, paint each half to within a half inch of the seam, install the windows, join the halves, clean the seam and then finish painting.  You'll only have to mask the top turret, the radioman's glass and the canopy glass.  You won't have to mask the cheek glass, the waist gunners, the forward observation dome or the nose.  Leave the dome and nose off until the painting is done.  You could even leave the cheek glass out until then because they are accessible through the front, with the nose off.

-Fred

 

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Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Friday, September 4, 2009 7:47 AM

Mask off past the seam on the clear side so you can fill as normal. There is no stead fast rule that you have to leave the entire fuselage side clear. I've seen and have done myself, painted a fair amount of the clear side to cover those areas which have no detail inside to view. Think of it as a solid "cutaway," leaving exposed those features you want visible. If you use this method you can also hide any illumination resources you install into the model to better highlight those visible details.

Be sure to Future the clear fuselage half! It will help protect it while you fill, sand, mask and paint.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

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