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logging and tractor repair shed
i've got a side project going on and it's "dead in the water" (pun intended) while i wait for a tamiya color that must be on back order everywhere on the planet. it's the necessary third color to blend the sea water on my uss long beach model. as it is right now it's pretty gaudy:
but i've already decided that i'm going to use this base:
anyway, the paint will be here on april 15 so i thought in the meantime i'd start on this great kit. this one has some incredible castings and i'm looking forward to digging into to it. so far all i've done is mix up a big 20 oz batch of stain and start soaking the strip wood.
i put em in the bags at 7 pm sunday. tomorrow morning at 7 i'll take about a third of them out of the stain and lay em out on the paper towel. i'll take another third out at 1 pm and the rest out at 7. who knows where i'll end up going from there.
but i've already decided that i'm going to use this base:
anyway, the paint will be here on april 15 so i thought in the meantime i'd start on this great kit. this one has some incredible castings and i'm looking forward to digging into to it. so far all i've done is mix up a big 20 oz batch of stain and start soaking the strip wood.
i put em in the bags at 7 pm sunday. tomorrow morning at 7 i'll take about a third of them out of the stain and lay em out on the paper towel. i'll take another third out at 1 pm and the rest out at 7. who knows where i'll end up going from there.
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The LTRS is my prob next on my list so wanted to see your progress on it.
Such a tease Kev...
i'll remove more at 18 hours and 24 hours.
i put the 12 hour boards back in their respective bags.
jeez my workbench is a mess. i'm gonna have to clean it up before i dive into this kit.
as always, the SWSM techniques, even back then were the best and extensively used and rewarded with many incredible results and award winning models.
Looks like you are getting a great variation in colour and tones, everything should be looking naturally blended with subtle differences when assembly starts.
My attention is waiting for updates...
in the morning i'll scoop 'em up and return them to their original bags.
according to the manual i will be coloring the walls after they're sided too.
the manual says to set the powders with mineral spirits. i think i'll stick to the alcohol though unless there's real good reason to use the mineral spirits.
any thoughts on the mineral spirits vs alcohol question?
This is the first kit that the chalk method of wood coloring was used in this manner. It was initially designed to be used with mineral spirits (as per Brian Nolan) then Karl switched to alcohol and I followed suit! Much better experience with the same results.
moral of the story: don't contact a lender on line unless you want to be bombarded with offers. holy smokes. i did that for 15 years (mortgage broker) and it was never like this.
we got our second pfizer shots yesterday and my wife is sick, so i don't know if i'll be down at the bench tonight.
hope so....