Wow, thanks for the quick replies!  I have to whip together a potato salad (noteworthy because I make it with hard boiled eggs ) but after I'm going to try to seal up the masks before guests arrive. 

Goldhammer- any progress on your panther? 

T e d

Yep, either will work the same

Ted4321

Any thoughts about spraying more yellow after burnishing instead of clear as an attempt to stop bleed? I assume either way, clear or yellow, application should be pretty light.

Should do as well or better. Anything that seals those unseen gaps!

goldhammer

When you mask for the other colors, after you burnish the edges of the tape shoot a coat of clear to seal the edge.  Should prevent any bleed under the tape.

Looking good so far

 

Thanks. 

I'm hoping to get an hour of bench time today. I have most of the mask applied for the yellow stripes.  There seem to be 1 or 2 spots that look like good candidates for bleed.  

Any thoughts about spraying more yellow after burnishing instead of clear as an attempt to stop bleed? I assume either way, clear or yellow, application should be pretty light.

I appreciate everyone's feedback. Thank you. 

T e d

When you mask for the other colors, after you burnish the edges of the tape shoot a coat of clear to seal the edge.  Should prevent any bleed under the tape.

Looking good so far

Ted: That looks great! In the yellow she has a real egg look going on! 

Thanks for the words of encouragement. 

I haven't really masked much in the past.  One model I did a few years ago required some masking and well, it looks good from a good 5 to 10 feet.  It was my first attempt but I'm keeping at it.  It'll be interesting to see what kind of shape the canopy is in when it's time to pull off the mask.  Hopefully it's an improvement over the first attempt. 

Interior and canopy are installed, masked, and yellow applied: 

Every so often during this build I laugh at how very "egg" this model is.  I actually dropped it yesterday.  No yolk (no joke either) but one of the skids broke off.  No real damage but it sure got my attention.  

I'm glad I used white primer, by the way.  So thanks for that tip!

T e d

Ted4321

When I plan out next steps, in my head they only take 15 or 20 minutes, then in reality it takes an hour and a half.

Ted, that has an all-too-familiar ring to it.

Mine is usually "I've got two small parts to make and add; a half-hour, tops."

Four or five hours later....

Just remember...any progress gets you closer to the finish line. But it's not a race, so speed doesn't always help.

Well, you did get something done!!! 

Same boat here, it's been so hot I don't really feel like doing anything. I come home from work, turn on the A/C and end up with a book or movie for the rest of the evening. 

Well I had good intentions for the weekend but the weather didn't really hold out for bench time.  Had about 80 degrees and sun.  I was counting on rain to be able to "get to da choppa" but it wasn't so. On the bright side I built a power wheels for my daughter which was rewarding itself.  

When I plan out next steps, in my head they only take 15 or 20 minutes, then in reality it takes an hour and a half. I think that happened this weekend too.

Sharing a small update anyway. 

Since I last posted I primed most of the remaining parts and painted the chopper's interior. 

Just a little progress. 

Maybe by this time next week I'll have some yellow down...

Should only take 15 or 20 minutes.  

T e d

Ted: Good luck!!!

The Tamiya primer is good stuff. 

Ted4321

It's actually a nice day in my neck of the woods today so i knocked off of work an hour early and stopped by the hobby lobby. They actually had white tamiya primer in stock so I snatched it up.

I love Tamiya white primer. It's become my go-to for just about everything.

You should be fine with the 'regular' yellow over the primer.

Shucks. Already invested in the "regular" x-8 yellow.  At least it's not the clear gloss yellow.  Hoping not to eat my words. 

Thanks for the heads up,  G

T e d

And be sure to use FLAT yellow.  The glossy stuff covers terribly and takes ages to dry.  Good luck on your Magnum helo!  

Thanks for the advice guys. 

It's actually a nice day in my neck of the woods today so i knocked off of work an hour early and stopped by the hobby lobby. They actually had white tamiya primer in stock so I snatched it up.

I'm hoping to get yellow down this extended holiday weekend. 

Thanks again. 

 T e d

Thanks Bish! 

Ted: I'd go with Real G's advice there. Yellow and orange are almost impossible to cover anything beyond white with. Don't ask me, I found it out that five-six coats of yellow STILL won't cover a dark green years ago... 

It is a wonder no ones done a Ferrari 308 like that yet. I looked around when I went back to watching the show and it seems that it's only been issued in the Magnum P.I. box despite being just a generic 308 series car. A deformed version seems like would sell pretty well! 

Nice work on those Gamera.

Prime with white, since yellow and orange have weak covering capability.  I would lay on the yellow overall like you planned to get a good color base.  The orange will be helped a lot by the yellow, so you should not have to lay it on very heavily.  And the brown will easily cover the other colors, so you should not have excessive paint buildup.

I wonder if anyone makes a deformed Ferrari 308?  What a classic shape!

Alright guys/gals, I need to phone a friend...

The time is coming where the chopper needs to be "Magnumized".  I need to paint the fuselage.  I'd like to share my plan of attack and get some feedback before I start.  

My plan is to prime with either tamiya rattle can or tamiya liquid surface primer. They're both grey, it's what I have on hand. 

I'm under the impression that yellow should be the first color and to paint the entire chopper.  Once dry, mask over the yellow where I want yellow stripes.  Next, paint over the entire chopper with orange.  When the orange is dry, add more mask over where the orange areas will be.  After orange is masked, add brown last (last before clear and decals, that is... I'm sure I'll have questions about that later).

A couple of my concerns are having too many layers of paint, yet I'm not sure having yellow under only some of the orange is a great idea- same with orange under only part of the brown. I also wonder if grey instead of white primer may spoil my egg.

My apologies for not posting this under the paint section but I'm sure there is plenty of know- how here to get some valuable feedback. Any thoughts? 

Thank you for the help

T e d

Oh, I'll be using tamiya tape and this is the paint I chose (no, this is not a tamiya commercial- just trying to keep everything in the same family): 

Goldhammer: As long as you're happy I'm happy! Looking forward to both the Panther and the Sherman then! 

And thanks guys. As I think Greg said before the overall shape of the Stuart just works with the 'egg' shape better. I wonder that Fujimi didn't try the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank, it seems it would fit with the egg motif better than the Type 97 to me. 

Thanks Steve and Greg.  Appreciate it

Great to see the 'heavy metal' contingent on the field!

Goldhammer, that's one litter-kicking Kitty you've got there! (Note how I resisted the impulse to say it's 'purrr-fect'...?) My first thought was 'TigerMeet' schemes for AV's! Really a great effect.

Gamera, your pair looks impressive as well. (Somehow the Stuart looks much more imposing in a foreshortened 'egg' format; maybe it just makes the gun look bigger!) But the Chi-Ha is the jewel, all lethal-looking and 'jungly.' Well done on both!

Nice Tiger GH.

Gamera,

Paint looks great.  I especially like the camo scheme.  

Well done. 

T e d

Nice.

BTW: A little work I got done on both kits before I left on vacation:

Appreciate it

Photo is just fine

Panther and Sherman in progress.

GH: Just got you posted! Awesome looking Tiger!!!

Lemme know if you want me to change out the photo.

And looking forward to the Panther.

Thanks Ted, just my twisted humor surfacing.

Goldhammer,

Awesome job!  It's GRRRRRREAT!

Very cool indeed! 

T e d