John, how about us sending some buckets with Dutch rain water over to Carl and George? 😂
@clipper @johnb @gblair

@alfred, @gblair, @clipper, indeed, a record breaking amount of rain in May. I think we could definitely send more than just some buckets. Not only May, but also March and April were quite wet. I think most people would be very happy to share some rain with you guys 😄

Excellent painting results, my friend @gblair!

Thanks, Spiros (@fiveten) and John (@johnb). Sadly it doesn't look like that anymore.

Here is the story:
I mixed 3 different colors of Model Air together to get the red I used on the plane. This morning I got ready to continue painting when I noticed that the colors had separated as they dried. There were places where you distinctly 3 separate red colors on the surface of the model. I tried a couple times to remix the red, but they dried noticeably different than the existing paint. I finally realized that my only option here was a repaint of the entire area, but I decided to remove all the paint rather than possibly getting a big paint buildup. The good thing about acrylics is that they are easily removed with alcohol. I had used Tamiya Flat White as an undercoat for the red, but I had missed a spot. Rather than using the airbrush again I used a little Tamiya White Primer from a spray can. As you might guess, the alcohol removed everything except the Tamiya Primer.

I plan to repaint the red tomorrow. I am not sure I trust the Model Air mixture anymore, so I am looking at other alternatives. One of the Model Air colors that I used was in one of their new bottles, which supposedly also means that the paint is a slightly modified formula. I wonder if there was a problem mixing the old and new formulas of Model Air. I don't think so, but there has to be a reason the paint separated as it dried. More tomorrow.

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Weird how those paints got seperated, George @gblair
Luckily you were able to remove the paint relatively easy.
Looking forward for the re-paint.

That’s quite strange because I did exactly the same with the day glo areas on my T-bird!

1/48 RNLAF T-33A (GWH4819)

I mixed Vallejo and Ammo acrylics. Did you dilute the mixture as well, George?

Today was repainting day. I really wanted to take my time so that I didn't make mistakes, but I really wanted to get this done so I can move on to the next model. I cleaned the model one more time with alcohol, then I sprayed Tamiya White Primer from a spray can over the entire model. I let it dry for several hours. I didn't want to pin my hopes on Model Air again, so I decided to use Mr. Color Shine Red, which looked like a good match. I have never used Mr. Color before, but I thinned it with some Mr. Color Leveling Thinner and sprayed it in the areas that would be red. I like the way the paint behaved, but I still don't like putting lacquer in my airbrush. I let the red dry for several hours, then masked the red areas using Tamiya tape. My next experiment was with the NMF. I had done some experimenting with Tamiya TS-30 Silver Leaf sprayed from a can. I sprayed several light layers over the metallic areas and then set it aside to dry. After a few hours drying, I think it looked pretty good, so I removed the tape. I am happy with how it looks, so clear gloss and decals starting tomorrow. Yeah.

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Looks really good, George @gblair
Also the stripe turned out perfectly.