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I've been testing various other base paints to use as a substitution for the hard to find Tamiya Insignia White. I tried out 4 different Krylon colors and my initial thoughts were correct. The colors I tried are Almond, Ivory, Flat White and Aqua. Here's what they look like and are pretty readily available just about everywhere in large supplies (so no need to worry about them running out of stock any time soon).  I took some paint swatches I got from walmart and painted them each color to test against the unpainted hull and then took photos under a Daylight bulb. Its a bit lighter which is a good thing because after weathering it's gonna be darker anyway. You can see the results for yourself.   So I'm definitely going with Ivory... I went ahead and painted the top turret and placed it on the unpainted hull and you can definately see how nicely it looks! 
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Good to know there is an alternative to the Tamiya paint.I like the Krylon paints.
Carl
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darbyvet wrote:Good to know there is an alternative to the Tamiya paint.I like the Krylon paints.
Carl
Yeah me too... and they are formulated to work with ABS plastics so they bond very well! I tried out a tape lift up after it dried and no problems with that whatsoever. Very nicely covered and bonded with no chipping!
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Mental note to self... remember that not all lights are as cool as LED bulbs are now! So here's the situation... Here I am happy as can be using my new spray booth and everything is going great... I get up from it for a moment and turn my back and all the sudden I hear CRASHHHHHHHHHH! The florescent light strip I was using in the hood I had attached with hot glue thinking it would be good enough to hold it with no problems seeing as its a florescent bulb... well I was wrong... it got hot enough to melt the glue and the whole think came crashing down... luckily the bulb didn't break. So I drilled a couple of holes in the top of the hood and reattached the lamp with some bolts and washers (notice the top)... now everything is right with the world again! I'm just glad that nothing was damaged (including none of the parts I was working on including some printed pieces!) LrdSatyr8 attached the following image(s):
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I have to admit, seeing this painted with rattle cans makes me nervous. That said you've managed to keep this build quite impressive so I have hope that you know what you're doing. Also, a big fan of pre-shading.
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LeviathanPrime wrote:I have to admit, seeing this painted with rattle cans makes me nervous. That said you've managed to keep this build quite impressive so I have hope that you know what you're doing. Also, a big fan of pre-shading. Trust me... I feel the same way, but I went thru alot of different colors to find the right one. Now to start the weathering on it soon and you'll begin to see what I'm talking about! It's really starting to come together! Thanks for the attaboy! :)
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Looking good, good base to start the weathering. I'll look forward to your progress. Regards
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Thanks Mark... Oooooooo... almost got ahead of myself here. Before I settled on this color, I sprayed the top turret to see how the colors would look. I also did some light weathering to see if the color holds up under weathering. Here's the result (before I painted the hull). 
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Nice results, the colour you went for works really well 
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Looks like you've got the colouring spot on. Regards
Markwarren
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davetwin wrote:Nice results, the colour you went for works really well Thanks bro! I'm quite happy with the results! Came out looking alot better then I was expecting! 
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Markwarren wrote:Looks like you've got the colouring spot on. Now comes the real fun... the weathering! May take awhile but I'm pretty sure I'll have fun doing it!
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Thanks for the paint comparison LS. I have to admit that its nice to have other options other than Tamiya Insignia White etc. It looks like the paint color matches up really well especially in light of the anticipated shading and weathering effects. Works for me.
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Moonman wrote:Thanks for the paint comparison LS. I have to admit that its nice to have other options other than Tamiya Insignia White etc. It looks like the paint color matches up really well especially in light of the anticipated shading and weathering effects. Works for me. Thanks bro... appreciate the love! :)
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Nice work from what I can see. I can't see the pictures in the first three pages of this build, are you able to fix them please? I like your solution for the spray booth, looks like a shop bought one. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Bob Regards Bob Builds in progress
1/12 Spitfire (Deagostini)
1/8 McLaren (Deagostini)
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kwakermad wrote:Nice work from what I can see. I can't see the pictures in the first three pages of this build, are you able to fix them please?
I like your solution for the spray booth, looks like a shop bought one.
Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Bob I'll have to see if I can bring the pics for the previous posts back. Been working on that! :) Been doing alot of 3D modeling lately. Just finished 2 different versions of the Port Side Wall (both ESB and ANH versions) and just finished a new figure today. Still have a few things in the pipeline. But good news... I did finally get my DOA paints and hope to start getting some painting done. Really wanna get this interior done as well but I keep finding more things I wanna fix in it and it's driving me batty! :) Will post more pics soon!
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I'm at a standstill at the moment aswell, awaiting delivery of the photo etch and Deagostini have sent me issues out of turn, still waiting for 57 & 58, so no interior work and no exterior work. Regards Bob Builds in progress
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kwakermad wrote:I'm at a standstill at the moment aswell, awaiting delivery of the photo etch and Deagostini have sent me issues out of turn, still waiting for 57 & 58, so no interior work and no exterior work. I just got billed for Shipment 17 so that should get me up to issue 68... I believe at 71 the whole top will be complete... so I may wait till 18 arrives to start working on the top hull.
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71 covers the top except for the Dish, which is issue 72. But you'll get that with pack 18 also, so you'd be set.
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