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15 August 2021 at 12:42 #8972
The good thing about bad weather on the weekend is you get time learn and practice doing a bit of airbrushing.
Check out the progress of the cardboard spitfire. I didn’t realise how hard it is to paint cardboard. I think now I should have sealed the cardboard before attempting this but all part of the journey 🙂
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15 August 2021 at 13:09 #8973
Hi Ron looking great
I usually give every thing 2 coats of cabots clear polyurethane sanding in between coats
You could still use that idea as it would seal the green as well as the cardboard
When finished give 2 light coats of poly and you should have a nice paint job
When you are getting close to finishing a project along comes the smarties with all the solutions
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15 August 2021 at 13:10 #8974
That looks pretty good even so.
Time to build some more.
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16 August 2021 at 10:24 #8995
Looking good Ron, it will appear to be perfect in the air.
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16 August 2021 at 10:46 #8997
Thanks everyone for the comments. Good point Predator, I can’t wait to fly it again to see what it looks like in the air 🙂
That is a great solution regarding the clear polyurethane Moose.
I also noticed that the blue over green changed colour and I was wondering how to get around that?
Maybe a layer of white and then the blue?
I sort of cheated with the circles and used a template. I didn’t think my hand would be steady or accurate enought to paint a circle. The blue and red colour was vibrant on the white template.
I sort of wish I had done art in school now 🙁
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16 August 2021 at 11:06 #8998
You will usually find colours are much more vibrant over a light coloured primer, either white or light grey usually work best.
Polyurethane over the cardboard first should seal it OK, also a thin coat of bondcrete works well (and is far cheaper) to seal cardboard, timber, foam etc.
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16 August 2021 at 12:23 #8999
Any body a (SHOE) rubber thong I need to make a bow bumper for my yacht …TA
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16 August 2021 at 14:14 #9002
I have one here that I used a bit of for the bumper on the Ragazza during the IOM conversion.
From memory the pair of thongs (flip-flop type) cost a whole $2.00 at Big W so it’s probably cheaper to buy a pair than drive out here to pick it up.
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16 August 2021 at 14:25 #9003
THANKS PRED I’m in no rush painting keel and rudder flat black at the moment
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