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Post by mz3 on Aug 29, 2023 15:38:58 GMT -5
So, the masking pulling up the paint kind of took the wind out of my sails on this. My motivation is low. But, I am starting to get it back. Today I started repairing the areas where the tape pulled up paint. ![](https://i.postimg.cc/8C6fCJdd/20230829-142141.jpg) ![](https://i.postimg.cc/VvYJ4Kx4/20230829-142207.jpg) ![](https://i.postimg.cc/XqQpPw3W/20230829-142213.jpg) I also went over the larger chips and filled them in a bit. I used the base green of xf-70 with tamiya paint retarder, 10 paint/1 retarder, and a fine brush. Just lightly dabbed in the paint. The large area in front of the meatball looks too glossy and bright. Hopefully it will blend in once I start weathering. I left it a little chipped trying to see if it will hide any edges from the damaged paint.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Aug 29, 2023 15:56:26 GMT -5
I think it looks really good
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Post by jeaton01 on Aug 29, 2023 15:59:22 GMT -5
It's going to be fine!
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Post by stikpusher on Aug 29, 2023 18:29:28 GMT -5
It does have a nice well worn appearance as it looks right now.
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Post by 406 Silverado on Aug 29, 2023 19:10:22 GMT -5
Man that is RIGHT on! I wouldn't change a thing on this paint job at all MZ.
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Post by Joe Rix on Aug 29, 2023 19:44:48 GMT -5
It appears to me that you are doing very well in the recovery process MZ. You got this.
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Post by TJ on Aug 30, 2023 3:26:35 GMT -5
There was a problem area? I don't see no stinking problem area
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Post by handiabled on Aug 30, 2023 6:14:16 GMT -5
Looks great from here!
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Post by mz3 on Sept 9, 2023 20:49:52 GMT -5
😡 So i decided to add a few more chips ![](https://i.postimg.cc/g0XLPDbz/20230909-194709.jpg) ![](https://i.postimg.cc/FspLbzx4/20230909-194715.jpg) This pos almost got thrown into the wall!
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Post by mz3 on Sept 10, 2023 9:31:53 GMT -5
Last night I started working on the black boarder around the hinomarus. I prepared the tape like before, made sure it wasn't too tacky and applied it to the surface. Painted the black. Started to pull the tape off and a huge strip of paint came off with it. Needless to say I was mad. I step away from it for a couple of minutes. Sat back down and decided this paint needs to be stripped and the aluminum paint needs to be properly sealed. My growing concern was how this chipping issue would be affected by the weathering process.
It was incredibly easy to remove the paint, obviously. It took about ten minutes. I used a stronger painters tape to left all the paint off.
I started reading about how to seal the aluminum paint. People are still saying alclad aqua. One person said AK sealer. A couple of people said Testor metallic sealer. Guess I'll just try all of it.
I think this was a blessing in disguise. It felt like there was bad things coming if I left the paint on.
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Post by 406 Silverado on Sept 10, 2023 9:35:25 GMT -5
I can see where you could get frustrated after that last picture post here. Looking forward to seeing the results of your efforts MZ.
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Post by mz3 on Sept 10, 2023 13:36:15 GMT -5
Hmm.... ![](https://i.postimg.cc/bwN8r4fy/20230910-122512.jpg) Now that the sun is lighting up my work area, this looks kind of nice to me.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Sept 10, 2023 16:05:53 GMT -5
That does look really cool!! Sorry you’ve had those issues with the paint peeling.
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Post by deafpanzer on Sept 10, 2023 20:16:10 GMT -5
Hang in there you will make it work! Like you said I am glad it was addressed early than later on.
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Post by Medicman71 on Sept 12, 2023 10:26:25 GMT -5
Man that sucks that the paint peeled up like that.
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Post by mz3 on Sept 17, 2023 19:40:35 GMT -5
Ok... ![](https://i.postimg.cc/26mtS4QQ/20230917-183317.jpg) So I stripped off all the acrylic. I'm ashamed to admit I never knew windex strips tamiya paint so well. I've heard and read about it. But never tried it. I was impressed. I actually bought the windex to clean windows. I have a few topcoats coming in over the next few days. I'll test them and go from there.
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Post by Steve Zuleski on Sept 17, 2023 20:34:40 GMT -5
Hey, Bro, I've been there myself. I personally found an good "Oven Cleaner" bath and a restart makes for a much more relaxed recovery. This is a great looking kit, just redo and Ruck On! You got it, you got it!
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Post by deafpanzer on Sept 17, 2023 21:00:15 GMT -5
You got it! Looking forward to your next update.
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Post by buddho on Sept 17, 2023 21:16:10 GMT -5
One step closer...this is going to be a knockout finish when complete.
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Post by 406 Silverado on Oct 5, 2023 6:51:03 GMT -5
Sorry that you had to take a step backwards on this one but it looks like you'll have things figured out this time around MZ. Looking forward to seeing "Round 2".
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Post by mz3 on Oct 6, 2023 12:39:34 GMT -5
Thanks guys!
I think I got things figured out. I am going to pick up again this weekend. I bought a masking set that has masks for inside and outside the canopy. I'm also going to tweak the green on it a little bit. It was a little to bright for my taste. I figured once I did the weathering it would tone it down a bit. But, since it's stripped down, I can go ahead and get the color I want on it. I might also do a camo on it, just for the hell of it. That's still up in the air at this point.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Oct 6, 2023 23:37:23 GMT -5
Look forward to seeing the reimagined version!
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Post by handiabled on Oct 7, 2023 2:39:52 GMT -5
Standing by....
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Post by mz3 on Oct 9, 2023 20:16:34 GMT -5
Alright, back at it.... ![](https://i.postimg.cc/LsNvsBGB/20231009-184926.jpg) Masked and primed. I have to build a couple of small items before I install these. It's almost all pe parts, so expect a followup with lots of cursing in it!
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Post by adt70hk on Oct 10, 2023 5:15:28 GMT -5
Sorry to hear of the problems you've had.
Hope you can get a better result second time around.
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Post by 406 Silverado on Oct 11, 2023 4:16:27 GMT -5
LOL on the cursing. Looking forward to "Take 2" on the paint work MZ.
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Post by tcoat on Oct 11, 2023 9:34:41 GMT -5
This is the beauty of modeling! You are working very hard to correct "damage" that I worked very hard to create. I would have been overjoyed if tape had pulled off the top coat in the pattern you ended up with. ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51122687825_735d3d6334_c.jpg) ![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51121803158_82c150cae4_b.jpg) Depending on the time period these things can't show enough bare metal. ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/A6M5_scrapped.jpg) ![](https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/ar_3:2%2Cc_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_700/MTgyMDQxNDM5OTA2MTEyODQw/the-mitsubishi-zero.jpg)
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Post by stikpusher on Oct 11, 2023 12:44:17 GMT -5
![](https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/ar_3:2%2Cc_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_700/MTgyMDQxNDM5OTA2MTEyODQw/the-mitsubishi-zero.jpg) This one isn't bare metal showing but was a field applied camouflage of dark green over the original factory applied overall light gray.
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Post by tcoat on Oct 11, 2023 17:20:31 GMT -5
![](https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/ar_3:2%2Cc_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_700/MTgyMDQxNDM5OTA2MTEyODQw/the-mitsubishi-zero.jpg) This one isn't bare metal showing but was a field applied camouflage of dark green over the original factory applied overall light gray. Yep but the wear on the leading edge and wing root shows that the dark green paint used late in the war (and the A6 for sure) didn't stick to nuttin'.
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Post by stikpusher on Oct 11, 2023 18:06:54 GMT -5
I would just say that one, this photo dates from roughly mid 1943, so not exactly late war. The quality control issues of later in the war hadn’t started yet as the sub campaign still had the bad torpedos. And two, I suspect that the green paint was never even applied in those areas that you’re referring to. They are not high traffic areas for the mechanics or armorers.
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