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Post by HotRodTom on Dec 31, 2021 14:22:36 GMT -5
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jerry
Rebel
the "BIG DEAL"
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Post by jerry on Jan 2, 2022 7:51:51 GMT -5
One sweet rod!
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Post by sharp on Jan 2, 2022 13:31:04 GMT -5
Cool hot rod! Nice work on the pinstripes and lettering too.
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Post by skip on Jan 3, 2022 9:38:30 GMT -5
Tom, That's the Monogram '36 Ford Coupe, right. Nice job on the hand lettering!
Once or twice, I have used a really small quill pen to apply enamel pin stripes. Not sure how it would work with the acrylic paint you are using. The quill pen produces the thinnest enamel pinstripes that I have been able to slather onto a model. You have to experiment with how much you thin the paint, it's sort of a compromise between flow and how much the stripe will spread on the paint surface. I've heard of other pinstripers using a striping sword made for watercolor, acrylic paints. Thinning out the belly and most of the mid-tip hairs until there are only 8 or 10 hairs left on the tip. Then using thinned enamel paint to lay on the stripes.
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Post by HotRodTom on Jan 8, 2022 13:37:16 GMT -5
Tom, That's the Monogram '36 Ford Coupe, right. Nice job on the hand lettering! Once or twice, I have used a really small quill pen to apply enamel pin stripes. Not sure how it would work with the acrylic paint you are using. The quill pen produces the thinnest enamel pinstripes that I have been able to slather onto a model. You have to experiment with how much you thin the paint, it's sort of a compromise between flow and how much the stripe will spread on the paint surface. I've heard of other pinstripers using a striping sword made for watercolor, acrylic paints. Thinning out the belly and most of the mid-tip hairs until there are only 8 or 10 hairs left on the tip. Then using thinned enamel paint to lay on the stripes. Thank you Skip! Yes, it was the Monogram '36 kit form sometime in the 90's issue. Had it, built it, lost it. lots of life happened. The pinstriping sword that I used for this was actually (get ready for this!) a toothpick. And, it was enamel that I used. Thinned just past milk thickness to almost ink. I have heard of, and even occasionally tried making a scale-model sword for striping. taking a testors 00 brush and trimming it to 3 or 4 hairs, etc. Or, using a Koh-i-noor drafting pen with paint instead of ink. Did it. The Koh-i-noor drafting set is nice, but kind of pricey. Once you have used one, you won't want to go back to a "regular" pen. See more here: Koh-i-noor rapidograph set of 7 As with most of my modelling supplies and kits from the past, those were lost in a flood, or a move, or a divorce.
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