So, where was I? Yes, about to do large areas of airbrushing. In the kitchen. Large areas to include the counters/worktops and sink.
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Acrylic doesn't stick to steel so no bother there. Actually, though there was paint on all horizontal surfaces by the time I'd finished, it was all in dry, dust form and cleaned up easily. Fortunately, I used a dust mask this time.
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Other precautions were putting the plug in the sink!
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And finding these...
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Strips of rubber sheet to give me a grip on those Tamiya bottle tops. How do they get so tight?
So, I started by laying down some shading. I wanted the upper colour to be more faded than the undersides. [Yes, I know that this colour didn't actually fade but I wanted to play.] I sprayed white on the topsides and black underneath, leaving the grey plastic to underlay the middle region. I concentrated on the panel centres to give the impression of structure, [Yes, I know that real aircraft don't fade from the centres of the panels but I wanted to play.]
I was about to finish with the white when I suddenly remembered that there were white theatre markings to go on as well as blue. Could I combine the preshading with laying those markings down? Well, I thought I'd have a go.
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Which got me to here. I then applied the black wherever it seemed most fitting - the belly, under the tail etc. I left it all to dry while I lunched, walked the dog etc. then masking.
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so far, so good...
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Oh. You remember me asking If anyone smelled disaster coming? lol Here it was, a masking difficulty. Those rocket launch stubs are rather fragile so...
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This was the best I could do at the time.
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On with the blue. I'd thinned the paint so much that I had complete control of the application. Usually, one coat completely covers all my base colours so this was great! I probably left off when the shading was a bit too pronounced but what the hall? I'd wanted to play, hadn't I?
And the masking difficulty?
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Hmm. I will touch it up in aircraft carrier style - with a brushful of the wrong colour paint, applied by the engineers to prevent corrosion. Well, I'm convinced anyway.
Even when things go a little awry, I really enjoy demasking. Crisp lines look so good!
I'm right back into the hobby now.
"Got my mojo workin'.
Got my mojo workin'.
Got my mojo workin' but it just don't work on you."
Unfortunately, my musical mojo is also workin' so I'm splitting my time between model making and music making on the guitar. I hope this doesn't slow me down too much.
