Skipjack 1/72

[greenman407]

Looks really good Mark! Are you happy with the results of the new paint?

OH! Your probably refering to my Gripes about failed clear coat application. Dont Worry. I still have the oppurtunity to ruin this paint job as well. Clear coat is yet to come.

[greenman407]

So far , so good trout. As you know the paint was never the problem,..........it was the "Blankety....Blank#*<":@^** body filler or something that kept bubbling up until my disgust was high enough to "Banish" the sub from my sight to a "Penal" colony, until I could stand to look at it again. Ive NEVER had such problems before. At anyrate......Ill see if I can muddle thru the rest of it.

[trout]

Looks really good Mark! Are you happy with the results of the new paint?

[greenman407]

I pulled the tape off this morning. Ill need to get a washcloth and some soap to remove some of the tape residue. Ive been experimenting with different spray clears. Ive pretty much decided to go with clear satin to dampen the gloss. Clear Matte is too extreme. As soon as the paint is dry enough to work with, Ill be taping off the hatches and spraying them with Orange that the clear will reduce down to international orange or thereabouts.

[greenman407]

I was able to airbrush on some black.

[greenman407]

I am finally ready to put on some Black. It is, however raining. I hope I can get some on this afternoon.

[greenman407]

The spot putty that I was using is the Bondo brand ,single part red putty. I noticed than in a few spots it was eating the old paint. Then I looked on the label and saw that it contained Xylene, toluene and some other very nasty sounding chemicals. I then acquired some Bondo, two part professional spot putty. It didnt have all those solvents in it. It has worked much better too. Today I pretty much finished the sanding and filling to my satisfaction. Now I need to put some thin CA on the hull seem that indicates the water line so that tommorrow I can cut in the new line. Then I gotta wet sand the whole upper hull, to accept paint. We r getting thar. Hold on to ya tatters.

[greenman407]

Today I got the Evercoat sanded down and smooshed on some red spot putty.

[greenman407]

I am DOOMED to FOREVER only being able to upload teeny weeny pictures! Woe is me!

[greenman407]

I did that already. I selected Large and then full size. They still come out this size. Daves got it figured out though.

[trout]

Edit your post, then it looks like you can select the size of your photos.

[greenman407]

I guess ill have to be satisfied with tiny pictures.

[greenman407]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]n107620[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]n107619[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]n107618[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]n107617[/ATTACH] I got some Evercoat metal glaze on the BooBoos. Ill try to get them sanded down tomorrow.

[HvyCGN9]

Hvy, I have received some fresh Evercoat Metal Glaze but havent done anything yet. My job has me working 5am to 5PM. Im hankering to do something very soon.

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Yup! I had been doing similar hours 8am - 8pm doesn't leave much time for much else! Fortunately now that winter is here my hours have returned to a more regular 8am to 4.30-5pm leaving me with some time to do some building!! Hope you get your hull sorted mate!!

My Skippy comes out of drydock this week for a run in the big pool at Wagga Wagga, so weeknights this week will be spent prepping her for the weekend.....

Cheers Bruce

[greenman407]

Hvy, I have received some fresh Evercoat Metal Glaze but havent done anything yet. My job has me working 5am to 5PM. Im hankering to do something very soon.