just got done spraying my M41 Walker bulldog in OD green and am about to give it a coat of Future so I can start weathering. I managed to get some very fine dust and specs in the paint. I am not sure if I should just take a high grit sandpaper and sand them out before applying the future or is there a better technique? How do you armor guys deal with crap in the paint and working around all the fine PE to get all the stuff out of the paint before each coat?
I generally sand with a fine grit paper it happenes to me time to time too. i’m sure some of the others have a different approach.If it is in a tight spot use a popcicle stickor something small that will reach in the area you are working in with the sandpapercut to size and glue it to the tip, works for me since you are not gonna be appling a lot of pressure.
I would take an entirely different route.
It’s a tank, tanks get dirty, incorporate the little flecks of dust into your weathering. Don’t make more grief for yourself trying to sand something out that you’re going to try to put back on in the end.
I’m with Robert on this one. I think it is one of my favourite reasons for modelling armour!
Matt
Good point guys never thought of that duuuuh see I told ya the guys got ideas[:D]
Yea, you could just think of it as the crew put another coat on it during a dry windy day [:D]
I spent about 10 years building car models. The hard part was trying to create a flawless paint job. Eliminating or covering over little specks of dust/dirt was always a tedious chore!
Now that I’m building armor it’s almost the exact opposite. If something ‘gets’ into the finish I just try ‘go with it’ and let it be a part of the ‘weathering’! If nothing else, this way is sure alot less stressful! So in other words “go with the flow”! This is a long way of saying I agree with Robert!
Glenn
ain’t armor great?!
yeah just add a few more hairs and paint it like straw
DOH! I never thought of that! Good thinking! Amazing ow some of the implest things can so easily be overlooked.