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    November 2005
Hand painting White
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:52 AM
I am currently building a 1/48th scale F-117. Have airbrushed the entire model. The problem I am having is on the tires and landing gear having white paint stick to the base coat when using hand brushes. The paint that I am using is Testors flat white enamel out of the bottle. The paint acting like it has no pigment in it. When I had airbrushed the landing gear and bomb bays didn't have this problem.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Jeff Schlotfeld
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    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:17 AM
You can't really paint flat Testors white with a brush, if you need to brush paint parts then you need a paint more designed with brush painting in mind such as Polly S.
Why not airbrush the wheels and landing gear also?

Mike

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  • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 11:30 AM
Or use a spray can of white primer... That's what I do.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 11:38 AM
I always spray white whenever possible. Brushed white never really works out correctly, especially if going over another color.

demono69
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:09 PM
What everyone is saying is that white paint just doesn't work with a brush. Who knows why, but it just doesnt. There are some brands that work better than others, but I've never really come across one that I think does a 'good' job with a brush.

As others have mentioned, highly recommend spraying white. It works much better (as you already saw on your landing gear.)

Good luck.

Murray
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 1:37 PM
Thanks for the info
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Savannah, GA USA
Posted by Bones-coa on Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:29 AM
And just so you know, schlotfj, yellow usually does the same thing.
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