Had my first play

[VintageRacer]

My mask and paint arrived this morning, thanks Jon for great service (not sure how I managed to order 2 bottles of orange though, my fault, not yours).

Lesson 1: patience!
All things considered, I'm fairly pleased with my first attempt (practicing on scrap lexan cut offs). I don't think I waited long enough for the mask to dry and my blade was already used so not as sharp as it should have been which meant the mask was dragging a bit when I cut.

Also didn't let each paint coat dry properly and managed to put my finger in the red leaving a finger print mark with no red paint and a couple of red finger prints in the white!

My biggest concern was getting the pin-stripes thin and parallel and considering the above problems, I'm happy with the outcome.

Now I've got to fix my compressor Somehow managed to shear off a brass coupling when I was disconnecting my air hose. It must of been brittle as it snapped of very easily and it's left a piece in the thread that I can't get out Grrr.

[U1timate PigDog]

As long as your enjoying yourself I wouldn't worry too much about it,

Its a good idea to keep a hairdryer handy (or heat gun) to help dry liquid mask and paint between coats.

I usually lay down the liquid mask in 3-4 coats hairdrying in between and then leave to dry over night to make sure.

When painting I just lay the paint in thin coats, hairdry in between and then keep going.

This procedure works really well for me and hopefully might help you a bit.

Keep up the practice and you'll be flying in no time, post a few pics up of any scrap work you do and we'll be able to see how your getting on and offer any tips as appropriate.

youtube is a really good start for looking at how to's and i really like the airbrush tricks tutorials by Tony D.

good luck

[gainsy]

Originally Posted by U1timate PigDog

As long as your enjoying yourself I wouldn't worry too much about it,

Its a good idea to keep a hairdryer handy (or heat gun) to help dry liquid mask and paint between coats.

I usually lay down the liquid mask in 3-4 coats hairdrying in between and then leave to dry over night to make sure.

When painting I just lay the paint in thin coats, hairdry in between and then keep going.

This procedure works really well for me and hopefully might help you a bit.

Keep up the practice and you'll be flying in no time, post a few pics up of any scrap work you do and we'll be able to see how your getting on and offer any tips as appropriate.

youtube is a really good start for looking at how to's and i really like the airbrush tricks tutorials by Tony D.

good luck

+1 on all the above
Also check out Jon's how to guides on the rcs graphics worx site, well worth a look
http://www.rcsgraphicworx.com/howtos.htm

[VintageRacer]

Ok, hopefully this isn't too embarrassing! I am happy to accept constructive comments.

The red-orange fade turned out too red and I didn't put down as much blue shading as I had planned.

[gainsy]

1 thing the pro guys have taught me is to have a white piece of paper under the shell so i can see exactly how much paint is going down, it will help you no end with fades
Not bad for your first go buddy, just got to be patient with that mask & let it dry overnight
On to the next one

[U1timate PigDog]

Agreed not bad at all, really well done for a first and like you say, you know what you need to do next time for the fade, not sure which order you layed the paint but putting the orange down and then fading into the red will ease the blend (in my opinion) and will make a redish orange on the tip.

Like said a piece of white paper will help you see how strong your putting the colour on. but looks like it wont take you too long to get upto a good standard, really good start .