1/48 Revell Mig-21PF - Decaling just about done!

[wbill76]

No way to learn new things other than by doing them!

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Had the chance to spray the base coat using Alclad's airframe aluminum. I was expecting it to look somewhat shinier that what I am seeing. It did seem to brighten overnight, yet it looks like I will not spray any panels with regular aluminum due to too much contrast. either that, or I tape off some panels with this color and spray the aluminum over the entire plane.










The pylons look lighter for some reason, but I'll take it.


The drop tank looks rough on purpose. Base coat is Tamiya's gray primer that had some sections sanded down to make it smooth.

[deafpanzer]

SHINY!!! Good paint job!

[wbill76]

I'm with Andy, nice and shiny!

[Leon]

Nice work on the painting!

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Just as a side a note. Before you spray more paint over a layer of previously dried paint. Make sure the lacquer thinner has been thoroughly rinsed from your airbrush and the bottle. Or you will see with no problems exactly how many layers or paint and primer you have added to your model.

[wbill76]

Lacquer thinner is powerful, and unforgiving, stuff! Sounds like you got a bit of a shock, hope it's not too serious!

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Just a small part of the upper tail section. Sanded down, resprayed the black paint and waiting for it to cure. Will reapply the Alclad sometime soon.

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It's official, either my model is getting back at me, or my build space is haunted. After fixing the issue on one side of the tail section, it occurred on the other. After I "assumed" I cleared out the lacquer thinner properly before doing a touch up on one section. I think the Model Gods are laughing at me...

Yet, I did get most of it fixed. Just a couple of things to fix, plus add the green to the bottom vertical stabilizer and see about either adding red identification stripes (like Eduards Mig-21PF)or green to the small section to the top vertical stabilizer that I've seen on some Mig-21's. Or just stop painting!

[deafpanzer]

Looking good by the way!

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Thanks, green was added along with the black undercoat for the section that is being repaired. Once that cures, will spray the Alclad and hide the lacquer thinner on the other side of the house. Needs to be nowhere near this thing.

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Fixed up the tail section. Still a little rough were the paint was stripped, so I might have to work that into the build. here it as it stands now:

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As an aside, since I seem to be fumbling with my terminology when I am trying to type something out. These are the red stripes I am thinking of doing. Photo from Eduards.com website

[deafpanzer]

I think its a great choice... red stripes and star... you can't go wrong!

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Just about done with the painting portion. Slight overspray with the red, so I am deciding on calling it done and not dealing with it, or power through and fix the overspray before I do the decaling.

With the tape on:




Tape off:




Going to leave the overspray and uneveness on this side:



Thinking of fixing the overspray on this side:

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Overspray fixed. Will post a picture once I do the decals this weekend.

[wbill76]

Glad you decided to fix the overspray, those red bands are a nice touch and will naturally draw the eye!

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Decals completed. Unless you count the missiles, then need to finish those up.











Missiles painted (terribly) and partly decaled. Will go through and touch up again, but this the part of the build that just makes me wince. I think the issue was the white I used, just came on too thick. Plus no matter how I tried to apply the black, it just came out as a blob. Will need to reevaluate this or consider it as a lesson learned and improve from there.




Drop tank.  Looks rough on purpose.  Sprayed Alclad over Tamiya gray primer that was lightly sanded.  Wanted to see how the rough texture would look.

[deafpanzer]

Missiles look good... just please make sure it is not armed!

[wbill76]

One trick you might want to try with brush painting to get things smoother is to dip the brush tip in the appropriate thinner first, then touch it into the paint and apply. Takes a little bit of practice, but I've found it to be a great way to improve brush-applications for things. For some colors that don't cover as well, like white, you may have to do more than one pass, but it does work. HTH!

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Mar 28, 2016 12:54:25 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

Missiles look good... just please make sure it is not armed!

  I can neither confirm nor deny that this bad boy will be armed in flight.   Looking into how to weather this bad boy since due to the seams on the build.  I somewhat butchered them since it was my first attempt.

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Mar 28, 2016 14:25:34 GMT -5 wbill76 said:

One trick you might want to try with brush painting to get things smoother is to dip the brush tip in the appropriate thinner first, then touch it into the paint and apply. Takes a little bit of practice, but I've found it to be a great way to improve brush-applications for things. For some colors that don't cover as well, like white, you may have to do more than one pass, but it does work. HTH!

Will definitely have to look into that. My mistake was spraying Tamiya Primer *bonehead mistake I know* in an effort to cut down the amount of layers due to priming. Will need to work on that next go around.

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Okay, this somewhat of snag on this build, hence no updates. I am trying to decide on weathering it or at least giving a panel wash. Unfortunaletly, since I kinda butchered some of the panel engraving, I know it will highlight that. Or I could just go ahead and mount the pylons and drop tank and leave it nice shiny. Any suggestions?

[wing_nut]

Maybe be selective with pin washes in the panel line, avoiding areas of concern. But all shiny is cool too.