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I've been watching the Steve Dymszo painting videos and he recommended painting the entire ship at once because that's how they did it at ILM, but that seems OK for someone with a large area to paint in, but what about the rest of us who dont have a large room to paint in? Does it make more sense to paint the hull pieces as they come in and then do small details and damage like blast marks and stuff after it's fully assembled, or does it make more sense to paint it as one whole piece?
I'm just curious how everyone else is planning to paint their ship?
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I am painting mine in parts, whereby I am currently painting the lower hull as one piece but then I have the benefit of the garage to do this in. I am doing it this way to avoid any slight shade differences between panels by painting them individually as they arrive.
However saying that, there is nothing to stop you doing it a panel at a time, you just need to pay more attention to getting a colour match between the panels as you go. A slight different shouldnt really matter too much as one you start adding all the weathering stages you probably wont notice and differences anyway.
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I dont think there will be much color difference as I plan on using tamiya insignia white (per Steve Dymszo), so there shouldnt be much difference at all in base color.
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You should be fine painting it in small sections. If your using the Tamiya paints; they are pretty good about keeping their formula consistent. Then, even if you have a slight difference in your base color it will be minimal at the worst, your weathering should hide those differences. Ron Best Regards,
Ron
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I think that as far as the hull is concerned, you should probably just be light blocking the back side with black or silver. If you plan on repainting the entire exterior I'd suggest waiting until you have plating done (or at least the bottom) and doing it after you have it all bolted to the frame. If you plan on just doing touch ups and keeping the existing paint job with the slightly mismatched hull playing colors, then sure, do it piece by piece. You just won't be able to give it a proper primer and pre shading if you do each one separately. But if that isn't your plan, then it should work.
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I think since you will be weathering quite extensively you are probably fine painting in sections.Once you have assembled the plates you can then apply washes to even out any slight mismatches, but I have found the Tamiya paints are pretty consistent.
Carl
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