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Another Fordson project in 1/16th scale

Started by Chuck Doan, September 21, 2021, 08:17:48 PM

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TRAINS1941

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Quote from: Chuck Doan on March 19, 2022, 02:40:22 PM


Added some safety stripes and some more chips.
Hi Chuck, what technique do you use to do that with the chips? That looks great on the model.
Regards Helmut
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Chuck Doan

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Thanks Guys!

Helmut, It is the hairspray technique.

The primer coat was Tamiya TS-1 Red Brown from the spray can. Let it dry thoroughly; in this case about six years, but normally at least a couple of days.

Then I applied hairspray using my airbrush. I use the type of hairspray that comes in a pump bottle (full strength). I did approx. two coats. I like the control I get, especially around a model like this one (inner and outer surfaces to reach).
After an hour, I airbrushed a custom mix of Tamiya XF red and yellow (Rellow or Yed, whichever you like), building up thin coats.

I let it dry for about 3 hours and then added the stripes. I drew the end beams in CAD with the stripes. I printed this drawing full scale, and taped it over some Post-Its and cut some masks. I applied the masks and airbrushed some Tamiya black mix. The Post It stickum is just right for this purpose.

Then I started the chipping. I use a small nylon brush...apply a bit of water to the area and begin lightly brushing until the paint begins to chip. Sometimes a toothpick can be used to break the paint up, but be careful. The exposed surface you see is the Tamiya Red Brown undercoat. I will go back and add some variations to some of the chips.

I love the technique, but it is subjective. This is the second try for this; I got impatient with the yellow coat and built it up too quickly, and my chips were too thick and rounded. So a quick dunk in Windex removed the yellow, but left the enamel undercoat untouched. The next time I built up the yellow color in thinner coats, and the chipping was better. It will also probably help to have a higher quality airbrush than mine. I have seen some sublime chipping done on 1/72 scale tanks.
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Chuck Doan

Thanks!

I got the side numbers on, using the post-it mask method. First productive modeling weekend in about 8 months.



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TRAINS1941

Glad to see you pulled this one out of the archives!!

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Jerry
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Peter_T1958

And now the ordeal for all ,,normal" modeler starts over again...
Cheers,
Peter
BTW. Chuck, this might be your next project? No?


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Bernhard

Well done, very subtle and realistic.

Bernhard

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Excellent work as usual Chuck... loving the yellow.

Peter: That Fordson with the sidecar is bloody brilliant. Someone is going to have to model that.
Paul

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Barney

Looking Great - and a very nice colour to it just looks industrial
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Chuck Doan

Finally starting to throw some dirt n oil on it.










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