3D printed 1/48 Thresher

[Das Boot]

Oh, you meant the model. Duh!

[SubDude]

Thanks David! That is exactly what I needed. Casey, I appreciate the effort.

[SubDude]

Non-skid on. It will be more subdued as I progress.



I also have the waterline marked on it.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Thanks David! That is exactly what I needed. Casey, I appreciate the effort.

... and don't over-state the difference in shade between non-skid and hull. It should be barely seen. I recommend a mist-coat of the black over the non-skid to subdue it more. It's much too distinct as is.

David

[SubDude]

Better...

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Better...

WHY DON'T YOU JUST PAINT IT WITH A POWER-WASHER LAODED WITH BLACK PAINT, AND SET ON 'KILL'??!!!!.....

No! You ruined it. You can't do good work with a rattle-can, damnit! Invest and learn how to use a proper single-action air-brush. Now your THRESHER has been fly-specked to death.

Nuts!

Wet-sand that goop off the top of the hull and sail planes and start again.

Go to Harbor Freight and get one of those fifteen-buck touch-up air-guns and a Paasche H-model air-brush.

You're too good a talent to be slinging paint with fire-crackers!!!!

Finesse, man.... FINESSE!!!!

Paasche H-1AS Single Action External Mix Airbrush Set with 0.65 mm Tip (webstaurantstore.com)

You people!




David
The Horrible

[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.

[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]

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]

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

[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

[SubDude]

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

[Das Boot]

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

[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.

[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