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Question on what to do with a paint spill on a wing..

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  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 27, 2003 9:33 AM
QUOTE: Or could I mask off the top of the wing and just apply another coat of primer of the existing paint and then preshade it again, etc., etc.
This sounds like an idea that could give the desired results, apply in thin layers so the paint doesn't build up. Just my two cents. Hope everything works out for you!

/Marcus
  • Member since
    November 2003
Question on what to do with a paint spill on a wing..
Posted by TryintoModel on Friday, December 26, 2003 8:35 PM
I was painting my 1:48 scale P-47D Razorback when I tipped my paint cup over too far. I had about a quarter sized spill right in the middle of a wing. Really frustrating. I had primed the plane with a white primer. Then I preshaded all the panel lines with black (since they were raised). I then painted the bottom grey and the top olive drab. I spilled the olive drab on the top of the wing. Although it is the spill is the same color I was painting, it ruined the preshading job. I'm a new modeler, but the preshading technique was really looking good to me. To cover the spill I had to try and wipe off the excess, which didn't work well, and then apply more olive drab. The result was a noticeable circle with no preshading.

My question is, what would be the best way to try and fix this? Strip the paint on top of the wing and start over? I don't know if it's possible to strip just a part like that. Or could I mask off the top of the wing and just apply another coat of primer of the existing paint and then preshade it again, etc., etc. Or maybe I could just try and put a light preshade over the existing olive drab inside and around the circle and then paint over it again with olive drab. I don't know if this last one will work because the other parts have a distinct lighter olive drab in between the panel lines because of the white primer underneath.

Any help and other suggestions would be appreciated.
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