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Hello everyone! So after many attempts failing at correctly airbrushing I finally became decent enough to where I stopped sanding/repainting. Surprisingly airbrushing the Tamiya chrome silver was easier than the flat white by a great margin. (And clean up) This is my proudest moment so far.
Sadly I screwed up trying to make my own gray color and as it turns out Tamiya flat white + Tamiya light gray = weird sea greenish gray. I didn't like it at all so I sanded her down and started over. Another unfortunate thing is that the raised panel lines are now gone. The recesseed panel lines are slightly jagged as I tried to scrape them out without a proper tool. I finally decided it was "good enough" considering how much time I've spent un-warping parts, puttying, sanding, puttying again, sanding too much, re-puttying etc.
Also I've learned that masking + airbrushing is much less prone to bleeding under the tape than hand brushing. I'm pretty pleased with the engines. I don't think I'll attempt it for the main hull dark gray bits but here's hoping for steady hands tomorrow.
Now I just need to airbrush some Future, glue the rest together and pray nothing goes wrong. :thumbsup:
Sadly I screwed up trying to make my own gray color and as it turns out Tamiya flat white + Tamiya light gray = weird sea greenish gray. I didn't like it at all so I sanded her down and started over. Another unfortunate thing is that the raised panel lines are now gone. The recesseed panel lines are slightly jagged as I tried to scrape them out without a proper tool. I finally decided it was "good enough" considering how much time I've spent un-warping parts, puttying, sanding, puttying again, sanding too much, re-puttying etc.
Also I've learned that masking + airbrushing is much less prone to bleeding under the tape than hand brushing. I'm pretty pleased with the engines. I don't think I'll attempt it for the main hull dark gray bits but here's hoping for steady hands tomorrow.
Now I just need to airbrush some Future, glue the rest together and pray nothing goes wrong. :thumbsup: