…And So How Are the Projects Going?
28 March 2006
Given my poor track record with completing something I decided tonight that I would paint the 1/48th scale Tiger I kit I’ve been messing with. Now as you will know if you are a serious model builder, Snap-Tite® kits are made for kids to put together without having to use glue (or plastic cement). So it shouldn’t be hard for me to build, correct? Wrong! I couldn’t leave well enough alone when I was building it. I had to putty and fill in gaps and drill out the gun barrel. Of course I couldn’t accomplish drilling out the double muzzle brake. Anyway, my faithful Badger® decided to act up tonight. It spit and spewed. Partly my fault because I didn’t mix the paint and thinner well enough first go round. After doing some painting the airbrush came to the thinner and that’s what I was spraying – just thinner. I remixed my paint 50/50 and ensured that it was well stirred this time. That’s when the Badger® decided it want to spit every once in a while. Plus the spray would go at a slight angle every once in a while. Time for a major cleaning of the airbrush. This is what the first coat of panzer schwarzgrau looks like on the model.
Given my poor track record with completing something I decided tonight that I would paint the 1/48th scale Tiger I kit I’ve been messing with. Now as you will know if you are a serious model builder, Snap-Tite® kits are made for kids to put together without having to use glue (or plastic cement). So it shouldn’t be hard for me to build, correct? Wrong! I couldn’t leave well enough alone when I was building it. I had to putty and fill in gaps and drill out the gun barrel. Of course I couldn’t accomplish drilling out the double muzzle brake. Anyway, my faithful Badger® decided to act up tonight. It spit and spewed. Partly my fault because I didn’t mix the paint and thinner well enough first go round. After doing some painting the airbrush came to the thinner and that’s what I was spraying – just thinner. I remixed my paint 50/50 and ensured that it was well stirred this time. That’s when the Badger® decided it want to spit every once in a while. Plus the spray would go at a slight angle every once in a while. Time for a major cleaning of the airbrush. This is what the first coat of panzer schwarzgrau looks like on the model.
30 March 2006
FineScale Modeler® did another one of their surveys and the outcome was reported in the editorial of the most recent issue. FSM found that the mean productivity is 5 models completed per year. Hmm, guess I’ll have to schedule an hour per evening and work on my stuff. Yes, that’s the ticket! Self-discipline! Now why didn’t I think of that before?
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