Building the 1/48 Accurate Minatures Avenger in RNZAF colours. Have layed down the intermediate blue and have found that its too dark (mixed Tamiya acrylic). THEN (always the case) found Aqueous Intermediate blue. After reading an article on NOT being able to put that over Tamiya I had a rethink & this is what I propose. Re-prime with Alclad primer, Then Alclad Aluminium II, then salt treatment, then Aqueous I/Blue, fade,drybrush then toothbrush back.
Does this sound ok as giving this to Dad considering he flew with Fred Ladd in 60’s and was a family friend.Is my thinking correct???
Everything sounds good excpet maybe one thing. I’m not sure if you’re considering taking off the original paint or just spraying new primer over the old stuff. Personally, I’d remove the old paint first. Give it a wash with some windex, as windex will take off the acrylic, but not harm the plastic.
The reason being that if you just ave all these layers of paint on there, you’ll be losing some of the finer details.
Dave, I second the motion to strip. I recommend Simple Green to do it, though. It’ll take off any type of paint, and the best thing is that it is totally safe to touch, you don’t need a mask, and it won’t harm anything. One suggestion I have… I wouldn’t use Alclad II to simulate the paint chips. That stuff’s expensive, I usually save it for the bare metal planes. You can substitute tamiya silver, aluminum, or any other metallic color, based on what looks right to you. Good luck!
Why not tweek the Tamiya - I have this problem constantly with their paints - always to dark it seams. the reason I say this is I have my reservations about that Gunze Aqueous. I recently stripped it off a P39 project. It did NOT bond well to it’s own primer even! it can’t be sanded or manipulated - it makes a sort of rubbery thick coat Vs. Tamiya’s very dry extremely versatile paint. Frankly I still am sold on oils but have been working hard to make the acrylic switch. I’ve tried very hard to work with Gunze, read many articles etc etc and like their range of colors better than Tamiya’s, but agree with most thats it’s not all that good of a paint.