While we
were getting ready for a day at Gig Harbor, a nice little bay town across the
former Galloping Gertie bridge, I decided to use a small window of time to get
caught up on painting.
Most of
what was required was natural metal, for which I used Alclad’s White Aluminum.
Now that I’ve segregated most of the paints which I bought during some of their
paint formulation issues a number of years back, Alclad paint is a joy to
airbrush. Covers well, doesn’t require any thinning, and can be masked when it
fully cures. This covered landing gear on three Hurricanes and a P-47. I also
had two sets of five-spoke early Hurricane wheels in resin, and included those
as well.
Next
came a quick job: painting the Black anti-glare panel on the Lightning F2A. The
paint tried to be a bit contrary by being too thin, but I got that sorted out
without too much difficulty.
The final
color was White, being used to patch up some overspray on the prototype
Yak-130. Once that cures, I’ll be able to start the masking job for the Blue
portions of the aircraft.
Good looking results. I haven't got the hang of multi-part painting- heck I'm so slow I some times forget what part is next. LOL
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Those landing gear now are (mostly) on their respective models, so progress continues. And that statement about airbrush sessions is really just part of my ongoing mantra to try and de-mythologize airbrushing and try not to make it such a psychological block, as it can be sometimes.
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