Tamiya Bell X-1
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2 13 June 2017, 18:30
Martin OostromThanks Lukasz & John.
Lode, that would be edition 10 Testpilots.Had to check in my collection8)
22 June 2017, 21:09
Martin OostromI. Dont. Get. It.
I used one 5 ml cup of primer in my airbrush. It started out reasonable, turned too dry and finished too thin. It almost seems as if the paint is sinking from the carrier fluid. After a couple of minutes I het a whitish film on top of the paint in my cup. And this is during spraying. I'm sure I shook the bottle long enough.
25 June 2017, 14:15
Martin OostromI still don't get it. Sanded the black primer smooth. Wanted to add white scribbles as a form of preshading. Used Mig's One shot primer white. Dilluted it with some acryllic thinner, also from Mig.
Test scribbles on a bit of plastic went fine. Then the airbrush clogged up, threw grainy bits of paint. I already lowered the recommended airpressure, dilluted the paint. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
I now guess that primers don't agree with my 0.2 nozzle.
This project looks jinxed 🙁
25 July 2017, 14:46
Martin OostromHi Lode, I hope you're wrong. My airbrush is less than a year old and not much used, I bought it new. The problems I have are with Mig's primers. I'll do some testing with my 0.4 needle and with other paints.
Thanks for thinking along!
Martin
25 July 2017, 20:06
Martin OostromPainted the orange with my 0.4 needle. Went well.
For this bright colours, I'm not so sure Michael Phillips' blackbasing works. If you look at the canopy, you'll see its way more bright than the rest of the plane. I had to use much paint to get this bird orange. On the other hand, the blackbasing kept it from being too Orange.
What do you guys think?
13 August 2017, 15:14
Soeren R.I must admit that its a little bit to dark in my opinion.
Here a pic of the Glamorous Glennis
airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/bell-x-1
Black basing is a nice technique - no question ask - but I think it doesnt work so well with "bright" colors like the orange of the X-1.
You can see this in Matts videos. It looks great, but it gets really dark.
Youtube Video
Mine will be white primer, yellow "base" coat, pre shading with a red brown and then the orange.
13 August 2017, 15:38
Martin OostromSören, I'd love to say you're wrong, but you're absolutely right. I guess I'll have to pretend mine is seen at night 😉
13 August 2017, 15:46
Soeren R.Btw are you gonna to repaint the canopy,
because the struts of the canopy are painted in black😉
13 August 2017, 15:50
Martin OostromNo I won't. This is one of grey styrene. I've got the clear one separately. That bit I did think through.
But thabks for the advice. Appreciate it 👍
13 August 2017, 16:06
Martin OostromBlackbasing didn't work as planned. Had to use so much orange paint, some panel lines seem flooded. Will have to see what a wash will do.
15 August 2017, 16:01
Martin OostromDecals on. Unmasked the canopy. To do: add undercarriage.
I'm doubting whether to give it a wash. Some panellines near the front are alnost flooded with orange. I don't feel like I could get a decent result. She Could look better, now its a whole lot of orange.
Need to sleep on it.
22 August 2017, 19:09
Spanjaardlooking nice
question, you use the aluminium foil to get the lines to be masked and use that to cut the mask? seems a good idea!
23 August 2017, 06:46
Martin OostromThanks Lode & Spanjaard.
The aluminum is used to 'lift' the lines. Then I taped some masking tape over the foil (beware of mirror images!). The I cut the masks. It's a bit fiddly with so many small windows on this scale, but this actually worked quite well.
It's a variation of Don's method: Youtube Video
23 August 2017, 07:09
Martin OostromAdded a brownish wash. The wings picked up decently, the fuselage did some.
27 August 2017, 14:34
Martin OostromShe's ready. Only the base is left. But that needs a bit of drying time.
27 August 2017, 17:32
Martin OostromFinished! For the final result, check here Bell X-1 in loading pit | Album by Mahoo76 (1:72)
27 August 2017, 19:08
Album info
Totally frustrated with my WIP Revell Supermarine Stranraer | Album by Mahoo76 (1:72) Stranraer build, I decided I wanted to do a quick build. This is it!
