Hardly no snow this year either, and that’s the reason for this song I wrote some years ago.
Still not done with the lyrics yet, but the general idea was that I wanted snow for Christmas. Hopefully I’ll come up with complete lyrics and do a new version with song, and real instruments.
Håkan
I added the engine hood, painted it silver and started masking off areas around.
Engine hood added
Then I masked for the olive green on top of the hood and front of canopy. Here it is painted and unmasked.
Olive green painted and unmasked
After that I clear coted the entire plane with future/pledge floor polish.
clear cote
The main reason is to secure the paint and prepare for decals and further painting.
Next step will be painting stripes and start adding decals.
Håkan
This is an old build that I picked up, mainly to test metal paint for another build.
The plane is a P-51D Mustang and originally intended to be Big Beatiful Doll, but I changed my mind, and will use the BBD decals for another build.
The plane was already painted with Humbrol 11 Silver, which gives a nice look, but the color has a tedency not to harden as it should, and becomes soft, leaving fingerprints after holding it a while. The remedy for this is to paint a clear cote over the silver color, which in this case also makes an excellent base for the special metal colors I’m about to use.
The colors I’ll use are AK interactives True Metal, which comes in tubes like those for oil or acrylic artist colors. As I understand it it’s kind of vax with metal pigments, and the colors can be polished once they’re applied.
I started out by masking areas of my choice.
Masked and ready for paint
True Metal can be applied with whatever means you like, brush, fingers, q-tip, or be diluted with white spirit and air-brushed. In this case I’ve chosen the latter option.
Actually I’ve already tried appling with brush ie hairy stick on some panels.
Panels painted with different nuances of metal color
Colors polished.
Polished panels
In the pic above I’ve already unmasked and polished both the hand brushed and the air brushed panels. In my opinion, the air brushed panels are smoother, but both works and I think I managed to get a used look.
Next step will be adding engine hood and some more painting. I will also seal the metal with a clear cote.
Håkan
Music and Model building 