Well here’s the pics of the matte clear coat incident. Overall, though I’m dissapointed, I learned a lot and I think it’s a big step from my first model. I’m not sure if I’m going to try and fix this one or not. I may just leave well enough alone and let it be. Besides the frosty look comments are welcome.
It does not look that bad from over here. In fact, it looks quite good!
Looks great to me ,the decaling came out nice ,
and nice weathering too
Thanks Dom, and Obiwan… you’re too kind.
Doesn’t look bad at all. For future reference, I have had good luck with both Testors and ModelMaster clear laquer overcoats, you may wanna try them. The final coat may wrinkle the decals momentarily, but they settle right down smooth again.
Well, I can kinda see a bit of what you described in the other thread but it doesn’t look too bad. Is it one of those things that looks worse to the naked eye?
I had a similar problem many years back and remedied it with an application of pastels. It may be hard to find a color that’ll look okay on the OD, and it may be even harder to mix a color but if you wanna try and rescue it using pastels, lemmee know via email and we’ll see what we can do.
Other than that coat of frost, it looks too nice not to try something…
Fade to Black…
It looks pretty good from where I’m sitting. You can’t expect everything to go perfectly all the time, as long as you learn from your mistakes. I’ve had success with Gunze flat clear and have never had any problems with it, so you might want to try that or another brand.
Keep up the good work and I hope you have better luck next time.
adam believe what you read. it looks ok. i can faintly see what you describe but in the pics it is hardly noticable. well done.
joe
Looks good to me. The decals, on the tail especially, seem to have gone down very nicely. There is some evidence of some funky textures and shades on the wings, but from the pics, it’s hard to see.
And the enhanced panel lines go a long way, and definitely set the model in a higer light.
hey, HEY, hey!! lookin’ good from my house adam!! i notice a tad, but its not bad friend. thats a nice looking build!! later.
Not that bad in the pics, Iv’e seen worse on my own bench. If that’s only your second build, I’d say you’re learning pretty fast.
Regards, Rick
Looking good. Only a very small bit of frosting… nothing to take a lighter to it for[;)]
As is usual in these “disaster and panic” cases, it looks a lot worse to you than it does to us. I see a pretty fine piece of work. If you can correct it without making it worse, do so. Otherwise, display it alongside anything else you would be proud of.
Yep, I agree. it looks better than any of the models I’ve ever done!
Blackwolf, Pingtang, zokissima, Joe, SD, Rick, Woodbeck, sharkskin, Ryan… thank you for the kind words. A lot of the positive things about this model can be directly related to the lessons I’ve learned right here on this forum from friends like you all.
Steve-O… I’ll let you know, I’m kind of wrapped up in my Mustang Ranch GB project right now but I may try to fix it in the near future. And by the way… it is one of those cases where the lens makes it less noticeable.
Did you use a lacquer flat coat? Testor’s Dullcoat? If you did, is it humid where you are located? What it looks like to me is what is called “blushing” in the auto painting industry. It happens when the relative humidity is to high. That is just a possible explanation. I wouldn’t worry too much about it, it looks good.
I think your p-47 looks great , thanks for sharing the pics .
Reguards ,
Earl
I think it looks just fine. I am a big fan of Polly Scale Clear Flat - it never affects decals and has never given me any trouble. I used to use lacquer dull coats and had many issues with them before switching and have never looked back.
I have to pretty much go along with what most of the folks here have said with regard to your Thunderbolt! She’s a good looking build, and can set on my display shelf any day of the week. semper fi, mike
To me it looks like where paint may be worn off on the real thing!
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/p47-2.jpg
If you do feel like you might want to cover it up you could do one of those mottle schemes that were more commonly applied to heavy bombers to break up their outilne. I screwed up a paintjob once and salvaged it by mottling here and there with a different darker tone of OD.
With a P-47 its really hard to say what you’ll see as for allied aircraft the P-47 had really varied schemes. Otherwise Id say it looks great, just like wear! If you could accent that or remove an amount to your liking using the pastels or perhaps the mottle scheme then thats up to you. Youve got a great looking airplane already!