[WWI] Gloss and flat finishes The solution

[Tom Solinski]

Thank you thank you thank you !!

 

No not too late. I did intend to test on a scapegoat model, but since the
etching and cracking would have taken a couple of days to show up  I would
have ruined the commissioned aircraft carrier

 

Thanks!

 

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From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
Behalf Of marc flake
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:57 PM
To: World War I Mailing list
Subject: Re: [WWI] Gloss and flat finishes The solution

 


MrT said: "Went to the artists painting area and found a Krylon apparently
enamel product, Matt, guaranteed not to yellow."

 

Nooooooo!  I hope I'm not too late.  I've ruined two models with Krylon
flat.  I thought the first one was ruined because it had not properly dried
or because it was used over acrylics, but the second was ruined even though
the enamel paint had been drying for a week.  The spray eats through the
paint, cracks it up and etches the plastic underneath.  Really weird and
scifi like.

 

Did you look for Ceramcoat's Clear flat?  I have bought a bottle, but haven'
tried using it yet.  I usually use Gunze Sangyo, but my supply is running
low and it doesn't look like I'll be able to replenish it.  I have NEVER had
any luck with PollyScale flat.  I used it on the HMS Dreadnought which ended
up looking like it had taken a trip to Murmansk in December.  I also used it
on an aircraft, which got so frosted I had to completely strip it and start
over.  Last month I tried adding Tamiya Flat Base to Tamiya Clear Gloss and
totally frosted an SE 5a I was working on.  Looked like a Russian WW2 type
aircraft in Winter distemper.  That also had to be stripped.

 

Marc Flake

 

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