Tag: gloss

• Glossing Over it All

  

  I tend to gloss over many things; my qualifications, my time spent in the chorus line of Le Crazy Horse*, the mysterious mounds in the back yard… And I now religiously gloss over my models in preparation for decaling. I have been caught by silvering too many times to take it lightly. The problem of…

  Dick Stein

  January 28, 2022

  1:72 scale, Decals, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized, Workshop

  Acrylic, Decals, gloss, Lacquer, varnish

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Eight – To Gloss Or Not To Gloss

  

  That is the question. Do I risk putting decals on a paint surface or do I run over it entirely with Mr. Color 47 and wait until I have a clear gloss cover? I think I have made enough alternate decisions and mistakes with this matter to be able to dictate what to do –…

  Dick Stein

  December 6, 2020

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Decals, Japanese aircraft, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, subassembly

  Decals, gloss, matt, semi-gloss

• Unsticking – Part One – The Problem

  

  A recent paint job that required three colours sprayed onto a model aircraft fuselage went pretty well – the lightest colour first and then two more in layers with masking tape application between the coats. I have the business of dilution and air pressure pretty well sussed for the types of paint. Note that in…

  Dick Stein

  February 3, 2019

  Acrylic, Colour Schemes, Modelling materials, Painting, research, Uncategorized

  gloss, Masking, Painting