We’ve all had those days where nothing seems to go right. Yesterday was one of those days. First I see that finish issues have completely ruined what was the best camo paint job I have ever done on a plane. Ugh! So then I move on to the Metal Earth Millennium Falcon. I really should have chosen a different subject for my first foray into this medium. After several problems I decided it just wasn’t worth the headache that this $6.00 kit was causing me. Into the trash it went.
So onto my entry into the GB. The B-Wing Starfighter. I’ve decided to paint on the sprues, so my first step is to shoot a coat of primer. I paint and go to set it aside when I realize that I have just painted the clear canopy! Now none of the Bandai kits that I’ve done so far have included a clear canopy, just the open frame. I knew this kit had one, but that fact slipped my mind. So before the paint dried, I tried to remove it with thinner. Big mistake. Although it got the paint off, it etched the plastic to the point where it was bin worthy.
Totally frustrated at this point, and it was only 9:00 a.m. to this point in the day, I decided to just back away from the modeling for the day.
This morning, with the sun shining for the first time in a week, and a clear head, I’ve decided I have three options. First is to just go with the bare frame that my other Bandai Star Wars ships have. The second option is to just make my own canopy with clear styrene sheet. Third would be to try and sand through the etching until I get back to a clear surface. The canopy is rather thick, so I think this may work. If not, then I’ll go to #2 as I don’t really like the look of the bare canopy.
But for now, since the sun is finally out, I have a significant amount of gardening to do to get ready for planting this years veggie crop. And then there’s the lawn. Oh, I dont even want to talk about the lawn after a week of rain! Hopefully the tractor will start.