1966 CH-47A Chinook Helicopters

[Jakko]

I did indeed Airbrushing is a complete set of skills that will come on top of the other modelling skills you're only just learning, so in my opinion it's probably better to stay away from it for the moment.

 

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I did indeed Airbrushing is a complete set of skills that will come on top of the other modelling skills you're only just learning, so in my opinion it's probably better to stay away from it for the moment.

I have used more than half of the H304 bottle now and I'm worried that I need to buy more.

 

[Jakko]

For a model that large, you're probably not wrong …

 

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For a model that large, you're probably not wrong …

I don't want to buy one paint jar by itself... Shipping costs less per jar if there is more than one jar right? Now I see spots that I missed too.

 

[Jakko]

Oh, right, you're in the same situation I'm in: no shops anywhere within reasonable travel distance? Almost certainly, shipping cost is charged by weight, but in steps, so ordering a couple of bottles of paint will cost the same for shipping as when you order just one. What I would do is ask myself what else I need from wherever you order your paint — more paint colours that you don't have yet, new knife blades, a set of crew figures etc.? Not that I would recommend buying things you don't actually need, though. Rather, it's smarter to figure out what you do need so you can buy it all in one go and save on postage.

 

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Can you show me some good white? I already have two black but no white.

EDIT:: I have an F-15 that needs a flat white and a LOT of it. (I have the whole bottom wings and fuselage and missiles to paint white) Maybe there is some white that doesn't need primer?

EDIT:: I need enough white paint to cover the whole bottom of the F-15 5 or six times

 

[Jakko]

For white paint for large areas, buy a spraying can — it's never going to work out well if you're going to brush-paint it. White primer from a store that sells car paints will probably work quite well, though I'd advise you to test it on some spare parts or empty sections of sprue from the F-15 kit first.

 

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Both halves together dry fitted together.

THIS IS HUGE!

 

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A set of paintbrushes came in the mail yesterday. I remember looking at them online but my memory is worse than before and I don't remember buying them. They're the same color as my other paintbrushes that are for all types of paint so I hope they work.

EDIT:: They're 'Golden Maple' paintbrushes

 

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I;m scared to try the paintbrushes. Are they for all paints or what? on tha back it says "Golden Maple Det...r.Oil.Models, 40k

One says "5/0 Golden Maple" if that helps 'click the thumbnail' This picture was taken with my good old Canon EOS 800D

 

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Okay I finally found my purchase on Amazon. ( I still don't remember the purchase though.) It doesn't say in the description wether or not they will work with lacquer or not though. I THINK they are okay for lacquer because they are nylon... Am I correct?

Sometimes God does things like making me buy these brushes. I would NEVER have bought these because it doesn't say Whether or not they are any good with Lacquer. I DEFINITELY wouldn't have paid $21.00 But they might be what I actually need to close the gap between Walmart paintbrushes and tiny brushes.
They are HERE:: Golden Maple Paintbrushes

 

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YAY! Now I KNOW it was GOd sending me an 5/0 brush!! I would have flat out given up trying to paint small parts if I didn't have that Golden Maple burush set.

 

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the smallest parts...

 

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re-painted the fire extinguishers bottles. I need glasses. My Social Worker told me that she was going to bring me some kind of Magnifying Glass so I can see better. I didn't see the bad spots on the fire extinguishers until I saw I saw the picture my Canon EOS 800D took and I posted that on here. I decided to put another coat of RED-Gloss on them.

I'm not going to take pictures of every small thing I do unless that's what you would like me to do. I used almost ALL of my H12 on the rotors. I sort of ran into a problem. The painting guide stuff doesn't paint what color the bottom part that holds the rotor blade so I assumed that it was H12. D33 and 34 C31 all look black in pictures and videos so I will probably use ALL my H12 on those parts. (Click the thumbnail)

 

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I wish I had bought more jars of paint. I ran out of H304 (Oilve Drab) and I decided to try and make sure I have enough for a couple more coats of H304 paint. I painted the Rotor blades and that took more than half my bottle of H12 Flat Black. This is such a HUGE model and I didn't know it would take ALL my paints and I didn't think I would need to purchase more of everything except RED-Gloss. Also I would NEVER have spent $31 on a set of paint brushes but The God of Israel made me do it.

EDIT :: I'm getting better at painting already. Praise God, King of the Universe thank you for everything you, Lord God have given me.

 

[Jakko]

In case you ever decide to build a helicopter this big again: the rotor blades would also have been good candidates for spraying with generic black paint from a hardware or car paint store. It's a paint colour you can buy easily from other sources that model shops, after all, and this kind of paint is almost always cheaper than that intended for modellers.

 

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In case you ever decide to build a helicopter this big again: the rotor blades would also have been good candidates for spraying with generic black paint from a hardware or car paint store. It's a paint colour you can buy easily from other sources that model shops, after all, and this kind of paint is almost always cheaper than that intended for modellers.

I can't be spraying anything in here. I live in an Adult Family Home where I live with roommates. I would go out on the back deck but rain water comes in through the terrible awning thing and I live in Western Washington State where it rains a lot unexpectedly. We just went got a walk and it rained on the way back I really don't like the black I put on the rotors. I once thought I was going to make a movie and there were laser guns that the bad gun who turned into a good guy had. I bought a Nerf gun and painted it with black Acrylic from Fred Meyers craft section and this paint I have now looks exactly like the paint I bought then. Anyways, I HATE how this turned out. (It looked great before it dried.)

EDIT:: How do I fix it? it's think and lumpy in one spot and thin with brush marks in another.

 

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Would another coat of paint make it better?

EDIT:: Or just make it worse...?
EDIT:: EDIT:: maybe sand them a little and then another coat of paint?

 

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Newer Chinook on a off-road recovery of a burned out truck and trailer... I haven't watched all of it and had to skip through ads. (I'm just posting this so I don't forget where I was watching it.
EDIT::: forgot the link

Chinook at work

 

[Jakko]

If you get some alcohol (not the kind you're supposed to drink), you can almost certainly use it to take the paint off again, either by soaking the blades in it, or with a cloth.