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Posted by Shogun on 11/4/2009, 10:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Painting"
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Another way is to pour a layer of the slightly thinned paint into a flat bottomed pan... just enough to get a thin, uniform layer of a depth that's right to be the depth of the waterline desired. Then (very) carefully lower the ship into it and remove. You'll then have to support the ship on dowels with some modeling clay on their ends that project up into the hollow bottom. You need to be careful, however, to have the ship level or the paint may gather at the lowest point. This teshnique provides reeally nice results without masking, but take some practice. I'd suggest trying it on a 'training' model first. Also, I'd have several models ready that need the treatment... it is relatively wasteful of paint, so better to use as much as possible by dunking several ships in a session.
--Previous Message--
: Hi Jim--
:
:
: Welcome to this fascinating hobby! Not all
: ships had black waterline stripes, but, if
: you want to paint them, get some Tamiya
: yellow color masking tape. Very thin, can
: be worked to go around any shape, such as
: sterns. Cut strips about 1/16" wide
: and mask off the waterline, burnish it down
: with your thumbnail, and paint the waterline
: black or whatever color is required. If yuo
: have an airbrush, you can spray it, but of
: course you must mask off the rest of the
: model at least 1/4" or more. 3M blue
: paint masking tape is a good alternative if
: you can't find the Tamiya stuff at a hobby
: shop.
:
: For funnel markings, if you have some clear
: decal paper, lay out the design thereon,
: painting the white first, then the red. Cut
: out around your new decal and apply. Trying
: to tape the funnel and paint on the model is
: way too stressful.
:
: John Youngerman
: --Previous Message--
: Hello everyone! I am new to this Hobby and I
: have recently bought a few ships. I mostly
: like old 1940-50's freighters.
:
: My question about painting is how do you
: paint the waterline on a ship? I am going to
: try when I get my models and am really
: worried about getting it straight.
:
: Also I am trying to collect Canadian Pacific
: Ships and their funnel has six squares - 3
: red and 3 white. Any tips on how to paint
: this on a funnel.
:
: Appreciate any tips or advice.
:
: Thank you very much
: Jim Durning
: Canada
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