Been using bare metal foil & size(glue) various manufactures for yeas. Advise using a small piece of float glass, its flatter than a snakes arse in a waggon rut. Use a Stanley blade at an angle 30 deg or so to wipe off the glue. Hone the blade on 6000-12000 paper on glass then a quick spot of jewellers rouge. that way you get a very thin layer of glue. I use an artists pencil blender to burnish. I think hey are made from paper not sure. Works a treat.
I impressed with what you have done with the Mustang already, and I'm looking forward to see it finished. I especially like the colour difference on the panels between the different types of aluminium. I am building a 1:400 ship, and you have to be very mindful of the scale all the time, a bit of weathering could easily equate to a stain that would be 5x5 meters in real life, my little sailors would of course never allow a stain like that on their ship🙂.
I have been polishing aluminum for years. Throw away the brass and mothers. Try using 0000 steel wool first then polish with jewellers white bar compound with your dremel. And you will have chrome in seconds.
Amazon sells very thin aluminum wrappers used by choco/candy makers. It is similar to the super think tin foil you find in choco bar wrappers. It might be something you want to try.
Good afternoon. I'm from Russia. Like you, I have been doing modeling for many years. Your videos are very useful and thanks to them I am making some progress. I would like to ask you if there is an opportunity to make a video review of your paint box. If you can share the drawings, I will be very grateful to you. Thank you. And creative success.
Great video as usual Will. Really was expecting this one! One question: how do you deal with the jonction between panels? Do you cut them after you glued them? No risk to damage the other already installed panels?
Thank you! I recognized later that I sort of skipped that step but yes… Trim afterwards and be very careful not to screw up anything you've already done.
I use leaf , not foil , there's a learning curve , and do's and don'ts to follow examples would be , all brass shells can be quickly skinned in real brass , and if you touch them a lot afterwards , the brown up very nice Ships bottoms are skinned in real copper , I let it age on my front porch then shoot it in thin hull red , gives it a lot of depth Airplanes are always skinned in silver, actually Aluminum leaf , after you paint , you can go back and rub spots , looks just like the real
@@IllusionSector I am a solitary model builder with no social media presence Techniques I have developed I have never seen anyone use , I am only interested in sharing these for all molders benefit , was hoping someone else could try this and share it on there channel
@@paulwilson1529 Yes ! The leaf , much better to think very thin cling wrap , rather then sheet metal , would suggest you practice with cling wrap to get the hang of it The glue " Sizing " just a modified white glue , PVA , can be thinned , apply to part in a broad one stroke , you want a thin even coat , wick up any puddles Seizing drys temp sensitive warm and dry quicker , part will dullcoate when dry Leaf , store between two heavy books , I transfer individual sheets to small wood sheet to work with To lay the leaf , make sure your fingers have no glue , pick up and do a gentle wave to keep sheet floating , as soon as it hits the part , there is no repositioning just allow sheet to bond Allow sheet relax and bond before any heavy burnishing , there will be wrinkles and cracks depending on shape of part , flat being best , curved needs a more careful lay of the leaf Cracks and wrinkles are not to worry , wrinkles are quickly burnished out , just like real Al cracks will have exposed sizing , need to deal with this first off , merely take a scrap piece and carefully lay over crack , excess burnish off when dry , I like to use all Colors , copper , brass and silver as an alternate to primer on large flat pieces Copper blends well with darker colors , brass works wonders with yellow warm and silver cover everything else , Hope you all try this , I find it a qucik , clean alternate to dragging out the messy metal paint
