The second part to my diorama I am going to buy another model of the same scale as the Chinook I'm going to be building.

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Clear Flat

 

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Anybody ever used clear flat paint over glossy paint?

 

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There are two paints I need to put a clear flat coat over semi-gloss paint.

grey semigloss

and

Olive Drab semigloss

 

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I can't find a paint number for the landing gear struts... just white or something

 

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Anybody ever used clear flat paint over glossy paint?

Yes. It helps cut down the shine of glossy paint - especially in military subjects.

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

There are two paints I need to put a clear flat coat over semi-gloss paint.

grey semigloss

and

Olive Drab semigloss

I don't worry about it. Just spray the whole thing flat clear.

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

I can't find a paint number for the landing gear struts... just white or something

Aluminum. Plain old silver works

I can't find a paint number for the landing gear struts... just white or something

same color as main body color. look at step 25. You will see a small spot where silver needs to go.

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Just to get a little confirmation please look at my list of ordered items.

Can i just paint clear flat to cover the orange gloss?




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What's the Black metallic for??? Burnt Iron what you need for the exhaust nozzles. Clear red on landing lights would be hard to paint over olive drab. I usually use stop light red metallic for most of my wingtip lights/landing lights.

https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...cr=771&pg=1&ppp=48&sb=stocknumber_a&so=d&co=1

 

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Don't spray flat clear until you done all your decals. And make sure you mask all clear windows before spraying any paint, including flat clear. Otherwise, you will get a frosted look on your windows.

Flat clear will seal in your decals to prevent peeling / yellowing over time.

 

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WOW treasure trove of information! Thanks for sharing!

EDIT::: can clear flat be brushed on with a hair brush?

 

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What's the Black metallic for??? Burnt Iron what you need for the exhaust nozzles. Clear red on landing lights would be hard to paint over olive drab. I usually use stop light red metallic for most of my wingtip lights/landing lights.

https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...cr=771&pg=1&ppp=48&sb=stocknumber_a&so=d&co=1

I can't find the Metallic black now... I was trying to be really careful but I still make mistakes.

 

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I found it... Metallic black is H28 on the JLTV chart. it's called steel on the reference chart and metallic on the paint converter... I guess I didn't make a mistake after all.

RIght in the middle of the picture you can see the gun barrel and it says H28.

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

I found it... Metallic black is H28 on the JLTV chart. it's called steel on the reference chart and metallic on the paint converter... I guess I didn't make a mistake after all.

RIght in the middle of the picture you can see the gun barrel and it says H28.


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That not Metallic black. That's the color Steel.

 

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WOW treasure trove of information! Thanks for sharing!

EDIT::: can clear flat be brushed on with a hair brush?

Hair brush?????

You can use spray can or paint brush. Although I never hand painted a clearcoat on the whole model.

 

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Hair brush?????

You can use spray can or paint brush. Although I never hand painted a clearcoat on the whole model.

hair brush... as opposed to air brush. It looks like you are calling it a paintbrush? I have made 3 models now and I haven't painted them. I used a sharpie to outline a canopy, but that's it.

 

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I didn't want/need to go to all this detail by buying all these paints. I already spent $30 on paint. $289.70 all total with models brushes and paints.. Then I find out that there are more paints in the Chinook instructions. I need God's help! Adding the cost of the Vietnam pilots and the total comes to $320.oo

 

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I balanced my prepaid card and found out that I have spent $349.oo already

 

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hair brush... as opposed to air brush. It looks like you are calling it a paintbrush? I have made 3 models now and I haven't painted them. I used a sharpie to outline a canopy, but that's it.

Well…. That's what they're called.

 

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I didn't want/need to go to all this detail by buying all these paints. I already spent $30 on paint. $289.70 all total with models brushes and paints.. Then I find out that there are more paints in the Chinook instructions. I need God's help! Adding the cost of the Vietnam pilots and the total comes to $320.oo

What'd you expect? That's why this is suppose to be a relaxing hobby.

 

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What'd you expect? That's why this is suppose to be a relaxing hobby.

New total is $349.oo. THEN my psychiatrist told me not to try giving my camouflage pattern to the military which ends being fine because I don't underastand how the air intake fits on and I need a video of that procedure or something. I had to tint the windows black because I did something wrong with the dashboard and no matter which way I turned it the darn thing wouldn't fit so now the windows are black. This turned out not be worth my time because I don't have the skills to build the kit.

It's an I Love kit kit. https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...rrier-general-purpose/ILK00063536/product.php