Can anybody please give me some advise on how to prepare the metal parts before painting. I finished my cannon and carronade, (Must say I'm very impressed for my first time )but the paint on the metal bits keep cumming off. Any help will be appreciated. Is there a spell checker somewhere, I'm a Afrikaans outjie and my spelling aren't up to much .

Thanks for all the help, I really don't know how anybody can start a build without the help of a forum.

Not sure if this is the right way, but i just gave them a light sanding with very fine wet and dry and then painted them,the look good and no paint coming away,

when painting metals i use aerosols(lucky i spelt that right) the eyepins i stick in a cork and give them a spray of primer and a spray of matt black i dont use the acrylics on metals..works for me..paul

cheers lonestar,iam now sanding down the end under the cabin its taking ages any ides of a quick way this can be done?

Hi JGWray

I do NOT paint my metal parts so far BUT based on this tip here I got myself a bottle of "Brass Black".


Haven't tried it on the cannons yet but all other brass parts are black within seconds.

Regard Mr.Quist

Hey JG

I got a can of Tamiya primer from the aviation shop, its grey so you know if you haven't painted something completely, I took their advice on the primer thing. It dries really quickly and smooth so painting over it is no problem

Tamiya's primer works on metal wood and plastic!!

David.
Did you use the dremel just on the stern section mate?
My arms falling off at the mo doing mine with sand paper

Bob

I used my Black Spur (like a dremel) for the stern section and bow where I packed it out with balsa wood then finished it off by hand...still a lot of graft but well worth it though...arms are killing me