Pete's Vampire T11

[adt70hk]

Good to hear that your managed to rescue it Pete!

[JayCee]

A good rescue, Pete. I wouldn't have known where to start.
John.

[stillp]

A good rescue, Pete. I wouldn't have known where to start.
John.

I bet you'd soon find out!
Pete

[Jim R]

I'm glad the Vampire is back on the go.

[stillp]

The Vampire woes continue...
I gave it a couple of coats of Mr Color aluminium, thinned with their standard thinners. Left it a few days to make sure it was really dry. Started masking this morning, and noticed a silver thumbprint on the first piece of tape I put down. Looked at my fingers, and they're covered with a thin layer of silver paint!

I've given it a coat of Galeria gloss and will try masking again when that's had a chance to dry. I just hope the Mr Color fluorescent orange won't react with the Galeria.
What else can go wrong?

Pete

[Tim Marlow]

This one really is fighting back isn’t it…….

[Andy T]

This is really fighting you Pete!

Was it Mr Metal Color by any chance? I have some of those and even once dry they can "shed" metallic particles as they are designed to be burnished / polished after application for a true metal finish.

[Tim Marlow]

This is really fighting you Pete!

Was it Mr Metal Color by any chance? I have some of those and even once dry they can "shed" metallic particles as they are designed to be burnished / polished after application for a true metal finish.

Good call Andy. The old Humbrol Metalcote range were similar I seem to remember…..

[stillp]

Thanks Andy, it is indeed Mr Metal Color, so that explains it. Oh well, it's varnished now.

Tim, I knew Humbrol Metalcote could be polished, but I've never had it come off on my fingers.

Pete

[Jim R]

I hope the gloss coat seals the aluminium. This is certainly testing your patience.

[stillp]

It certailnly is Jim!
Pete

[stillp]

I hope the gloss coat seals the aluminium.

It did - partly. Stopped it coming off on my fingers, but when I removed the masking patches of the silver came off as well. With hindsight, that was bound to happen wasn't it. Also a bit of the fluo orange came off as the tape lifted the silver underneath. I think I won't try to touch it up, I'll give it another coat of Galeria then add the decals, take a few pics then bin it.

It looks a lot worse 'in the flesh'.
Pete

[yak face]

Like a true vampire this one has come back from the dead to bite you again pete ( although not in the neck :dizzy:) shame as it was looking nice , maybe best to look on the build as an experiment in paint properties , some valuable lessons to be taken from this for all of us . The good news is that these Airfix Vampires are plentiful so you can soon get another one:confounded:

[stillp]

Well, it was going to go in the bin, but I just couldn't bring myself to chuck it away - after all, I did splash out £3.99 on it!
I wasn't able to sand off all the damage to the plastic caused by the a/b cleaner, and some of the aluminium paint had come off with the masking tape, but the decals and a coat of satin varnish later, it doesn't look too bad from the usual viewing distance, if you squint a bit...

I'll put some more pics up in Completed Aircraft.
Pete

[Allen Dewire]

Super Save Sir!!!...Looks fine to me!!!...

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Allen