3D printed 1/48 Thresher

[SubDude]

Ok. I will give that a try.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Working on a test piece...I think it needs to be more uniform. Less of the mask perhaps.

Not bad. Tom's right, overlay more mask-mist-scrub-mask-mist-scrub. Occasionally lay down a solid clear coat to protect the work you like and don't want to ruin.

David

[trout]

Actually, with more layering, it will look really good.

[SubDude]

Working on a test piece...I think it needs to be more uniform. Less of the mask perhaps.

[SubDude]

Maybe only a very light scum line along the waterline and a super light "dusting" on the lower quadrant of the upper hull-half, down to main axis. My USS Trepang was done depicting her condition about 1 month after a 3 month drydock period, wherein she was cleaned off very well. If I can find a pic and figure out how to attach it, I'll post one. Maybe.

That was my thought as well. Please do.

[wlambing]

The tan growth on boats is what remains of micro-critters that attached themselves to the hull and subsequently died from the copper compounds in the paint. The adhesive these things generate is tenacious to say the least! Pretty much the only way to remove that coating of critters is by a diver guided pneumatic scrub-brush while waterborne, or power washing while in a dry dock. Same happens to slightly larger stuff like barnacles, though certainly not on such a large scale. Years back, Ed Tordahl did a really nice rendition of sea-scum on his USS Ullyses S. Grant. In reality, the micro-critters grow in splotchy colonies, with large gaps between them, and contact with things like fenders, camels, and tug boats tend to remove the coatings as the boats get moved around and moor. Maybe Ed could post a "show-and-tell" picture?? I think he did that paint job out of rattle cans, but I could be wrong! Please remember that Thresher had a relatively clean hull when she left the shipyard!! Maybe only a very light scum line along the waterline and a super light "dusting" on the lower quadrant of the upper hull-half, down to main axis. My USS Trepang was done depicting her condition about 1 month after a 3 month drydock period, wherein she was cleaned off very well. If I can find a pic and figure out how to attach it, I'll post one. Maybe.

[JHapprich]

I really don’t think I’ll be punching a hole into a can of spray paint.

I use a prepared cleaned out old sprayhead with a long silicon pipe instead of the tight nozzle installed. Then spray out as much paint as i need into a glass and leave that open some time to release any gas left before closing that glass. Less messy

[SubDude]

I really don’t think I’ll be punching a hole into a can of spray paint.

Only time I have was with a can of clean metal primer that clogged up on me and the stuff was $17 a can off of Amazon so I decanted it and sprayed it through my airbrush. Was messy but it worked.

[Das Boot]

I really don’t think I’ll be punching a hole into a can of spray paint.

[SubDude]

How effective is the anti-foul paint at preventing the nasty tannish marine growth from forming?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Most professional critics are masters of spouting off about stuff they themselves can't do, or do poorly (Ellsworth Toohey comes to mind), and are less than worthless, they are destructive -- I have nothing but contempt for those cocktail-party, articulate, loud-mouths.

But, a Master of a craft, who is also a critic on that subject (Bob Ross comes to mind), yeah. His words have merit. His critique is not casual comment, it's instructive.

David
Student of the Craft and Critic

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Clearly if I was afraid of your "eloquently worded critiques" I wouldn't post anything here but it is all for the sake of improvement and clearly practice does make one better along with the support of others. If I learned nothing from this that would be tragic indeed. Thank you for being my biggest critic. Now, back to work...

There you go. That's the stuff!

David
Poet And Don't Know It

[SubDude]

Clearly if I was afraid of your "eloquently worded critiques" I wouldn't post anything here but it is all for the sake of improvement and clearly practice does make one better along with the support of others. If I learned nothing from this that would be tragic indeed. Thank you for being my biggest critic. Now, back to work...

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I have an Iwata Neo airbrush and I can use it. Yes, the base black paint was a rattle can thus the reason I misted over the non-skid with it. I suppose I could have sprayed the paint into a container to then use in the AB or decanted the whole can but it never crossed my mind. There are still quite a few layers to go before this is done. All is not lost...besides, I am not out to de-throne the master but I do consider it a lesson learned.

Oh... enough of the humble-pie stuff. This is competitive model-building, second-placers get skinned and eaten! Man up! You're in the Big Leagues now, pal.

I expect to eventually be de-throned. It's inevitable. But, to do so you'll know you've been in a fight -- and it was all worth the knocks and miss-steps. You can be so much better at this painting thing than you know. The only time I grant ANYONE here a positive comment on their work is when they actually EARN it. No safe-rooms or time-outs here! So, break out your Iwata (whatever the **** that is?!), decant some of that rattle-can goo, and start practicing on a test article with a real, honest to God, paint applicator.

I'm sure you have unpainted hulls standing in shop corners all over the place by now -- use one of those to test out your air-gun/brush. Play with it, try different masking techniques, paint chemistries, pressure-distance-thinning ratios, etc. Go nuts!

Experiment!

Get to it.




















David

[SubDude]

I have an Iwata Neo airbrush and I can use it. Yes, the base black paint was a rattle can thus the reason I misted over the non-skid with it. I suppose I could have sprayed the paint into a container to then use in the AB or decanted the whole can but it never crossed my mind. There are still quite a few layers to go before this is done. All is not lost...besides, I am not out to de-throne the master but I do consider it a lesson learned.