modeler1964
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Last year I made a video about stripping models with superclean here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WknPAl1NOA4
This thing has sat for a while and now I am starting back working on it diligently. Today I primered the thing using duplicolor self etching primer because I like the green color and its good to use over any epoxy that I have used to make clear parts. I then hooked up my trusty Iwata and began to preshade it with gull grey.
The front of the primary hull has been detailed with pipe and some photoetched parts. Areas have been drilled out with a pin vise to accept optical fiber that I ordered from fiberopticproducts.com. I know this is going to tuff to do as the hull is closed up. If anyone has a bit of advice I sure want to hear it! LOL
The engine area has been drilled out and filed to shape then filled with clear epoxy. I then painted it with a mixture of future and orange food coloring. The front section was modified. I trashed the torp tube from the kit and used some aluminum tubing that I felt was better in scale with the kit and faired it in using aves. The double row of windows in the bulb were cut out and filled with epoxy, carefully sanded smooth and are being masked off for paint.
I ordered a clear bridge and disruptors from JT Graphics and I can't wait to get them. I am going to go with a grey/green color (probably Tamiya IJN grey)and have a few ideas for highlighting with darker/lighter panels. Comments and advice welcome as always.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WknPAl1NOA4
This thing has sat for a while and now I am starting back working on it diligently. Today I primered the thing using duplicolor self etching primer because I like the green color and its good to use over any epoxy that I have used to make clear parts. I then hooked up my trusty Iwata and began to preshade it with gull grey.
The front of the primary hull has been detailed with pipe and some photoetched parts. Areas have been drilled out with a pin vise to accept optical fiber that I ordered from fiberopticproducts.com. I know this is going to tuff to do as the hull is closed up. If anyone has a bit of advice I sure want to hear it! LOL
The engine area has been drilled out and filed to shape then filled with clear epoxy. I then painted it with a mixture of future and orange food coloring. The front section was modified. I trashed the torp tube from the kit and used some aluminum tubing that I felt was better in scale with the kit and faired it in using aves. The double row of windows in the bulb were cut out and filled with epoxy, carefully sanded smooth and are being masked off for paint.
I ordered a clear bridge and disruptors from JT Graphics and I can't wait to get them. I am going to go with a grey/green color (probably Tamiya IJN grey)and have a few ideas for highlighting with darker/lighter panels. Comments and advice welcome as always.
