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acrylics and Silly Putty, a 48 hour adventure....

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  • Member since
    August 2004
  • From: Mission, Texas
Posted by cj95 on Saturday, October 1, 2005 10:31 PM
Looks good.

My question is can you re-use the silly putty afterwards for another project,or do you have to buy a new 'egg' every time?
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    May 2005
Posted by Ron Smith on Saturday, October 1, 2005 10:08 PM
Thanks! You should see USS Juneau's original hull pattern for Ms12mod, it looks like ripples on the water surface. It's pretty safe to say no two Ms12mod patterns were identical and they varied wildly. It's not really supposed to look like waves as it wasn't meant as a concealment camouflage but rather to break up the ship's outline as a disruptive camouflage.
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Where the coyote howl, NH
Posted by djrost_2000 on Saturday, October 1, 2005 8:35 PM
Pretty cool! That's the first camo pattern I've seen that seems to replicate how waves would actually look from a distance. Cool [8D]

Dave
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    May 2005
Posted by Ron Smith on Friday, September 30, 2005 7:04 PM
Thanks Jeff!!!! The hard part is getting the pattern correct or even close on that ship since we only have half a dozen or so photos, mostly from the bow.
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    January 2003
Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, September 30, 2005 4:48 PM
That looks great Ron!!

Jeff
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    May 2005
Posted by Ron Smith on Friday, September 30, 2005 2:08 PM
The 48 hour adventure refers to from just primer to what you see....within 48 hours I shot the bootstripe & masked it, shot the lower hull & masked it, shot the decks & masked them, shot the light grey & masked it, shot the medium grey & masked it, shot the blue and demasked everything. Properly primed and airbrushed acrylics can generally be masked within a couple of hours.

The original color Silly Putty does not leave residue or discolor paint, I don't know about the orange and blue colors Silly Putties. Look for an artcle to be sent to Jeff soon on the technique and it can be used on any type of model.
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    February 2003
Posted by mass tactical on Friday, September 30, 2005 1:25 PM
Looks good. Hopefully your acrylics are well cured. I would be interested in learning if the Silly Putty leaves any residue or discolors the base colors.

Mike M
  • Member since
    May 2005
acrylics and Silly Putty, a 48 hour adventure....
Posted by Ron Smith on Friday, September 30, 2005 10:56 AM
In process photos of a project I'm working on using a painting technique.

USS Farenholt, 1942.



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