I'd already had one go at rescuing this lump of dust and plastic but somehow the dark blue paintwork wasn't doing it for me. Mitchells should be bare metal, or at a push, green - right?
While scraping off the decals various bits of bomber inevitable came loose and I went over the thing adding glue to strengthen it's aged joints. A rough brush of black covered any bare plastic.
Then it was on with the 'bare metal. as a heavy drybrush. I know this works well over black - and the blue was very dark....
Then it was on with the 'bare metal. as a heavy drybrush. I know this works well over black - and the blue was very dark....
Looks spiffy and shiny!
ReplyDeleteLooks great in a coat of silver.
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Pete.
Huge improvement already Tim! Looks great in silver!
ReplyDeleteTim, that is looking the biz now. You mentioned scraping off decals. My go-to for this is Testors Easy Lift Off: a bit will take decals off and leave the paint underneath alone; more will take off any paint including thick enamels down to bare plastic; and more still will decouple plastic parts stuck together with solvent glues. A great product. Cheers, Dave
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