Hello everyone,
Well, it was an exciting meeting Tuesday. We had three new
faces with us tonight.
Like most, if not all, of us chaps who had been in the hobby
in their teens, but migrated away as they entered adulthood, only to return
later in life to pick it up again.
A big welcome to Andy, Don and Darryl..
And a welcome back to John, who can only get to see us a few
times a year, since he has to come in from Carbonear. Good seeing you guys.
Also on hand was Steve R, Steve F, Dave, Mike, Chris, Gary
and myself.
This must be the largest showing we have had in a few years
for sure.
There were a number of displays of in-progress and completed
work tonight, and we had some demonstrations of hobby related techniques to
boot.
If you were to call it a “theme” night, you would call it
Paint Night.
Steve F. gave us a demonstration of decanting rattle can
spray paint to an airbrush paint jar. I had tried this before, but not as slick
as Steve did. The rattle can spray consistency is perfect for airbrushing, no
thinning required. Steve swears by the Krylon brand of paint. It creates
excellent results, but more importantly in order to get paint match, Krylon
confirms to the FS paint standards!
Check out a shot of Steve decanting.
Taking a straw tube, connect to the nozzle on the spray
button. Most nozzles have an indentation to hold the straw (like the ones you
get with WD40), so no taping, etc is required. The part I had never saw was to
use a Badger 200 paint jar top with the lead to the internal mix chamber. Just
put a couple of turns of tape on the tip of the straw for a snug fit, and press
away. It is OK if you see some mist coming from the small air hole in the top
of the jar lid. The excess air needs to be expelled, otherwise it won’t work.
Steve also demonstrated some of his results on two Canadian
F5 Freedom Fighters. The blue fighter is standard model paint (Tamiya I
believe) and the tan/brown was decanted Krylon. I couldn’t see the difference
in person.
John showed us the difference in color of various model
paints, even though they are supposed to be the same color. He used the plastic
fuselage and wing panels of a Revell/Monogram 48 scale B-29 Super Fortress (HUGE plane). You can see the
various greens and grays. The point would be to test the color before you spray
to ensure it looks the way you want.
John also had a panel sprayed using the Alclad Aluminum
product line, using the lite, white, dark aluminum along with Duralumin.
Appropriately enough, he painted the forward fuselage of the B-29 (No picture).
I had tried Alclad once before and was impressed. It takes a bit of preparation
on the model to get the appropriate finish before using, but the finish is
superb when done right. AND very durable - scrape and scratch resistant, as
John demonstrated, and sets up very quickly, meaning you can get many different
color sessions done in a short period of time (30-60 minute between coats? Wow.
John also brought back his lineup of P-40 aircraft. They
depict the evolution of the model line from the early inspiration - the P-36,
right up to the P-40N.
Also tonight, Chris showed us the progress of his next
piece, his Jagdpanther Late G model, Interesting camo patterm, can’t wait to
see his weathering job when its finished.
Dave brought in his Hetzer.
Gary brought in his progress piece, his Lamborghini..
So that was it for this month.
If anyone has pictures of their works in progress or completions
that they had not brought in, please send them along to me and I will put them
up on the website and Facebook page.
So long for now, see you next month.
Keep Building!!
Joe
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