Plastic Modeling

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

One of the many close calls that I may, or may not have survived.

Is that really a "may or may not" situation?

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

One of the many close calls that I may, or may not have survived.

Do you mean one of the alleged close calls that if it were to have happened you clearly survived it?

...Unless you secretly died and your mind entombed in a machine body...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spuds

...Unless you secretly died and your mind entombed in a machine body...

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Is that really a "may or may not" situation?

Originally Posted by Spuds

Do you mean one of the alleged close calls that if it were to have happened you clearly survived it?

...Unless you secretly died and your mind entombed in a machine body...

Yes, maybe.

[spike021]

Legos count as plastic, right?

I just built my first Lego project since I was a kid. Happened to be in the toy section at Target the other day and the box caught my eye. My dad has been building the fancier NASA Legos like the Saturn V so he kinda inspired me as well.

Not bad for a $13 kit... took about two hours. Nice weeknight project to do while watching the Giants baseball game. Most of the black outlines, the Porsche emblem, and the traditional rear “turbo” script were decals. I wasn’t 100% accurate due to tremors but managed to do a decent enough job.

Might need to buy one of the fancy super car lego kits now...

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by spike021

Legos count as plastic, right?

Shouldn't one of those cones be stuck in a wheel well?

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Shouldn't one of those cones be stuck in a wheel well?

No comment!!

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Hellaflush haha. Just don't get the Supra one. Looks nothing like the Supra.

[Tcoat]

Trying to convince guys on the modeling forum that nothing looks like bare metal as much as bare metal! They all want to paint their bare aluminum with very sensitive metallic paints.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well damnit that will teach me to stop researching when enough is enough!

Found another picture from an angle I haven't seen before. Now I have to add oxygen tanks and plumbing. I was just going to throw them on the scrap heap but there they are in all their glory. Also need to drop the starboard flap completely and take more material off the spine.

Photoshopped!! Ignore them.. just count yourself lucky that the wreckage isn't hiding any other more complicated stuff ie the Titanic or something as big and nasty..

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Well damnit that will teach me to stop researching when enough is enough!

Found another picture from an angle I haven't seen before. Now I have to add oxygen tanks and plumbing. I was just going to throw them on the scrap heap but there they are in all their glory. Also need to drop the starboard flap completely and take more material off the spine.

I completely get this, I would have to fix it as well, particularly if it was going to a public setting.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Trying to convince guys on the modeling forum that nothing looks like bare metal as much as bare metal! They all want to paint their bare aluminum with very sensitive metallic paints.

I love working with aluminum foil!

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Trying to convince guys on the modeling forum that nothing looks like bare metal as much as bare metal! They all want to paint their bare aluminum with very sensitive metallic paints.

Meh.

I'll take some Alclad II paints over working with foil any day. Have it knocked out in a few hours vs. weeks.

I do agree that foil does produce a good look on larger aircraft IF the builder takes the time to really do it right. More than not it looks like crap though with defects and wrinkling that throws it out of scale for me. It also seems to really limit what you can do to the model after the process (weathering, washes and so on.)

In the end it is another tool/process to use. What DOES matter is the result and the enjoyment during the build.



Paint:

Foil:

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Kiske

Attachment 200587
Meh.

I'll take some Alclad II paints over working with foil any day. Have it knocked out in a few hours vs. weeks.

I do agree that foil does produce a good look on larger aircraft IF the builder takes the time to really do it right. More than not it looks like crap though with defects and wrinkling that throws it out of scale for me. It also seems to really limit what you can do to the model after the process (weathering, washes and so on.)

In the end it is another tool/process to use. What DOES matter is the result and the enjoyment during the build.



Paint: Attachment 200586

Foil: Attachment 200585

Not "foil" Bare Metal Foil. It s a modeling product that is self adhesive and very very thin. Yu don't get the issue you do trying to glue on regular foil. Take minutes to apply and is easy as can be. Far less time than having to prep the surface, have a perfect gloss black coat as a base and then spraying extremely fragile metal like paints on. Paint just does not look like real metal. Even the best of the Aclcad does not look real. The guys on the modeling forum say they don't use it because it costs too much for a 6"x11" sheet. It is $7 to $9 and goes a long way if you plan things out right. I find that funny because they will spend $20 for a pair of resin wheels since they have a slight bulge in them or $40 for a detail set that is completely enclosed inside a fuselage and can't be seen at all but then have a crappy looking fake metal finish to save a couple of bucks.

You are correct though that if that is what makes them happy and they are satisficed with the results then all is good.