Matt: Nice job on your Do-335.
Eagle90: Great start to your Focke Wulf.
Thank Joe Rix.
Thanks Lostagain: Yes straight out the can, smooth and even. I see the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. Excellent detail work. Balsa wood always comes in handy.
68GT: Nice RLM grey scheme on the 229.
Bruce: Nice airbrushing on your Type 4, sillyputty always comes in handy with camouflage.
Looks like I spoke to soon, thought that Tamiya TS-30 would seal over the Model Master Silver Chrome but the TS-30 would not cure to mask over. So I decided to strip the paint down to the primer and start over. I used orderless mineral spirits, went right through both Tamiya and Model Master paint.
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After I washed the plane down with soap and water on Q-tips, I airbrushed on Tamiya X-11 Silver Chrome. About three to four light coats. For some reason X-11 didn't dry enough to mask, silver like powder would come up on the tape. So I sealed the X-11 in with X-22 clear, this has seemed to work.
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After allowing the X-22 to dry I masked up for XF-62 Olive Drab, XF-16 Flat Aluminum & X-2 White. The X-2 white was put down first, for Model Master 1708 Insignia Yellow
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