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[kentyler]

it's more of an experiement than anything

what i really want is a model that has all the internal frames and then to be able to put the "skin" on it, sort of the way you can do with a ship model

i have a couple of ww i airplane models that have the internal frames...but i have built any of them yet

[elliott]

Interesting thread. Your last remark does raise a question though. Why would you apply foil then paint over it? Of course I could be missing the blindingly obvious here.

[kentyler]

what i'm trying to avoid is the separations between the sections a traditional paper model is built in, even when its very well put together

so i thought applying a foil "skin" would let me "paper over" those divisions (except the ones that mirror the real panel separations, of course), i'm also hoping the softness of the foil will let me do some scale "rivets"

everything shows through paint... and i'm hoping the "real" division lines between the foil panels will show through just enough to have an effect...

[kentyler]

is in the painting
here you can see (sort of)
apply a line of "rivits" with the point of a pencil
then using a cut out to draw the white stripe
and painting the bottom of tail a neutral gray
and the "rivits" can be seen, but in a muted way
which is just the effect i was hoping for !!

[kentyler]

on the tail

adding the tail wheel doors
sometimes the glue goes on the piece
for small pieces i spray the glue on the foil, then stick the piece to that
the tail ready to be painted

[kentyler]

and the wing roots

some of the detailing is done after the pieces are in place
rather than trying to cut things like the holes for the shell chutes first
i glue the foil on, then find the holes, cut to the corners
and fold the excess under

[kentyler]

spruces things up

i use the paper part to make a mask for the star and for the invasion stripes
trace the lines with a pencil and it makes a little indented line in the foil
that you can paint up to

the foil is clearly showing the flaws of the paper body it covers... so i will have to up my game
but the ability to "rivit" the foil and the way the rivits show through the paint is encouraging
i'm going to also try a little "weathering" by removing the paint and letting the foil show thru when
the whole plan is painted

[whulsey]

To make a suggestion for lines such as on the insignia, that you try using a ruling pen with a ruler. That's if you can still find ruling pens (might have to wind up at a pawn shop or such buying a drafting tool set). Another trick for those that I was shown many years ago is after you have drawn your set up lines use an architect's scale. Set if up like an inverted pyramid and use it as a guide to steady the hand while drawing the line with a brush. You need to practice some, but with a bit you can learn to lay down a 1/16 line, 5 or 6 inches long that almost looks like tape.

[scon10]

The metal effect looks very good. You said, that you sprayed glue to the metal foil to stick it to the model. Can you show a picture of this spray? I would like to try this too.

I have tried to make a model once with metal-covered paper, which alo had a nice effect. It is demonstrated in the thread " DC-6B in Scratch building" or a title like that. It was a few years ago, maybe 5 or 6, I'm afraid I don't remember when exactly. You may look that up.

[kentyler]

of the spray

while working on the area between the wings i made a great discovery
the foil is soft enough to be sanded down if there are minor wrinkles left
after it has been shaped to the plane... for some reason the picture of the area after painting is not here.. i get it tomorrow, but after sanding, the paint job comes out very smooth

i found some olive drab, so i could start painting on the top portion of the plane