Tamiya 1/350 Tirpitz

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Tim,
I have used PE on some railway wagons. I spayed with etch primer, and then colour before fitting.
I notice here that the PE bits are fitted before painting, confused!

I have a hate, hate relationship with PE lol, i had a go at painting first, primed with mr surfacer 1500 then top coat but a lot of it has come off during taking off the sprue and fitting so next time will try brush painting after fitting

Big headache lol

[boatman]

I have a hate, hate relationship with PE lol, i had a go at painting first, primed with mr surfacer 1500 then top coat but a lot of it has come off during taking off the sprue and fitting so next time will try brush painting after fitting

Big headache lol

WELL Bob boyo thats what i do paint it after its been fitted with a small hairy stick
chris

[Tim Marlow]

I just fit it during the build then paint it in situ. I usually use cellulose primer (Alclad or Tamiya) for the model, which sticks better to brass. I only use water based acrylic primer on purely plastic models with no etch upgrades. In the olden days, before motor cars and aeroplanes, I used car primer. It was also cellulose and designed to stay on sheet metal! In fact, I’m hard pressed to tell the difference between Tamiya primer and duplicolor car primer. Absolutely ideal :tongue-out3: After that, any top coat of paint is fair game.
I did more or less the same thing in my railway modelling days, except I usually used epoxy to stick PE onto plastic rather than superglue. Epoxy sticks better and takes handling much more readily than CA, but is far less friendly to use. If it was going on to a brass structure then I mostly soldered it on…..

[hirschberg]

Hi Mark.
Do the Eduard frets include upgrades for the main mast. I have seen a rather cool brass array being sold
by a company Timos modelworld on ebay. I am intersted in. I have ordered the Eduard frets, so I suppose
that I will have to wait and see when it arrives, or can you put me out of my misery now?

[Mark1]

Hi Mark.
Do the Eduard frets include upgrades for the main mast. I have seen a rather cool brass array being sold
by a company Timos modelworld on ebay. I am intersted in. I have ordered the Eduard frets, so I suppose
that I will have to wait and see when it arrives, or can you put me out of my misery now?

Hope this answers your question

[hirschberg]

Thanks Mark, nice one. That saves me a bit of money. It looks like the eduard PE appears to be a very nice bit of kit.
Stuart

[Mark1]

Thanks Mark, nice one. That saves me a bit of money. It looks like the eduard PE appears to be a very nice bit of kit.
Stuart

Your welcome :thumb2: there's enough to keep you busy for a lo----------------ng time.

[Dave Ward]

Stuart,
If you want to see the Eduard instructions follow this link https://www.eduard.com/Eduard/Tirpit...F350%20tirpitz the instructions can be downloaded on the right hand side....................that's a lot of PE!!!
Dave

[boatman]

HI whats happening on this build ?
chris

[hirschberg]

HI whats happening on this build ?
chris

Right nothing. I have a big problem in model room. It will take a couple of months to sort out.
I'm having to replaster a section of wall, so a lot of stuff to move out, rest of room covered with plastic sheeting.
This sort of prob was the last thing I needed, ho hum.
All this just after building a new workbench to accomodate bigger kits.
I'll get there.