So some time back, I picked up the Tamiya 1/100 model of the Il-28 Beagle. I love the look of this plane, and I had a vague idea I might pick up some of the PSC T55 and build up a Polish battlegroup as an opponent for my Danes.
So having assembled it... minus the 'glass', I put it aside, and this morning thought I would give it an undercoat of gray primer...
Now whether it was the humidity, or something else.. it went on like sandpaper.. gritty and horrible..
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| Yuck... all gritty |
Not much I could do about it at the time.. so I had to leave it. So when I did get back to it, rubbing it down did nothing, so the last resort was to scrub with white spirit.
And this was the result..
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| Oh dear |
Ok, so having got it back (almost) to bare plastic, I undercoated using black. Much better. And then I had a moment of insanity, and thought I would airbrush it silver.. with Vallejo Acrylics.. I knew it was a dumb idea, but frankly, the whole model was a disaster, how bad could it be?
Utter disaster.. the Beagle looks like it has been painted by Jackson Pollock, and of course I clogged the airbrush, several times, then trying to unscrew the brish to clean it, sheared off the front stem through which the needle passes, rendering the whole thing unusable, and I believe - unrepairable.
Not my best day. Down 1 Beagle and 1 Airbrush.
I feel your pain. I am very wary of what goes through the airbrush and to be honest when I get around to the Tamiya Lightning and MiG-23 I may just use Tamiya's own spray cans for the silver.
ReplyDeleteI also got Poles in 6mm as an opponent for my 6mm Danes. Any excuse to get a T-55 or two onto the tabletop facing off against a Centurion or two.
Looking for a silver lining, I discovered that air brushes have dropped significantly in price, the mini compressor is still good, and a new airbrush is being delivered by Amazon today.
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