Its been a while since I had to put this little plane away for a move. Since then our friend Toshi has inspired me to dig it out and get back to work on it.
I tried some paint removal because I wanted to start a repaint, but it got a little messy and by the time it was sorted out I thought I was in the clear. Turns out I wasn’t as fortunate as I thought. The old paint layers ended up filling in the panel lines and I couldn’t see it til I reprimered.
This morning I decided I was going to have to dig that stuff out and I picked up my scribing tool and it turns out that its not as bad as I thought. Since the panel lines are acting as guides it hasn’t been nearly as horrible of an experience then I thought it was going to be.
Unfortunately it means I’ll have to respray the bottom, which as of last night was pretty decent. Oh, well. We gots ta do, what we gots ta do. Onward!
Its ugly, but I’ll fix it. I’ll also never try removing large amounts of paint with Testors Acrylic paint remover again. Everything got sticky and it didn’t want to wipe off very well at all. It was like I’d rubbed the model down with honey.
I hate sticky. >:(
Well, that’s what I’m up to. Have a great day, my fellow modellers!!
What’s you got’s to do isn’t so bad. These issues are something you can overcome with your eyes closed! So far everything looks great! I can’t wait for more future updates! Your fellow forum modeler.
lol. Thanks guys. I’ve changed my mind about the paint scheme which is why its back in black. So far, so good.
The rescribing of all of the panel lines is progressing, though tedious and eye straining. Because of the old paint flowing into all of the recesses this job is sometimes hard and I’m afraid some of my panel lines are going to be wrong, but I will push forward regardless. Some of the places where I didn’t try to clean off the old paint look as if they have a fresh primer on them and I’m glad my experiment didn’t go past the wings and central fuselage or I’d be at this for a week and should probably just start over with a fresh kit lol.
Right side is complete. Now on to the left side. [sigh]
Looks like you’re recovering well, great job on the build. I use fumeless oven cleaner because it works great on both enamel and acrylic and will not soften the plastic; might have to use a toothpick and/or an old toothbrush to remove paint from the panels
I normally use fumeless oven cleaner as well. But I didn’t want to lose my cockpit paint. Since, all of the little tiny knobs are made out of paint, that would be bad.
If I’d simply sprayed over the piant job that was already there, I would be having less problems with this lol. Live and learn. That just part of the hobby.
Hey Mike. I hate to hear about the paint blues brother. For future reference brake fluid on a moistened rag will get all the paint out and cleans up with water. Love the build and the progress man. Take care, Joe
Seriously?! Does it just wipe off, or do you have to soak it for a while first? This could have saved me a lot of time lol. Although my scibing is turning out quite well… dangit.
That would’ve definitely helped out here. After a primer spray last night however, I can say that my rescribing adventure is working out quite well. Besides, I think I need the practice. I’ve got a couple of Monovell kits that I plan on adding some scribing to and I’m not fully confident in my abilities yet. The Stuka doesn’t look bad, but I got a little too heavy handed with a couple of those panel lines and it shows.
So this build is up next for completion in my que. I just hope I can tame those overly thick Academy decals as well as I did on the SPaD. …without repainting them lol.
Thanks, Mustang. At the moment they are the furthest from my mind. I really wish I had started with the brake fluid paint removal. This build is getting a little messy with the rescibing and sanding proceedures. Plus its been around 85+ degrees around here which makes some of the paints I use stay a bit tacky. This hasn’t been fun and I wish I had an “Undo” feature with this build.
Right now I’m on the edge of just trashing this one and moving on to another. I’m still on the side of the fence for continuing, but its close. Things at least are starting to look a little better with this one.
Checking and rechecking. Sanding, and sanding a little more. This build has gotten UGLY.
I’m still thinking I can get her back into shape, but I’ve made a lot of errors and correcting them is painstaking work.
Thanks, Mustang! The Sky Grey and the Flat Earth were masked and air brushed, but the rest of it so far has been hand painting. Its rolling along pretty good now.
This mornings progress has been applied to the prop and spinner. Again, this was done by hand, and a steady hand it has taken lol.
All Vallejo so far. Black, White, Sky Blue, and Yellow with a touch of Hull Red to give it the darkish tone it should have.
Of course there will be some touch-ups along the way, but so far, so good.
I’m finally past the point where I was before. The deja vu feeling has passed lol.
