Naiveambition
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Well to date there isn't too many things I haven't tried to polish at one time or another, and now adding French polishing to the roster. I know this isn't a model but thought it may go well with the stands and bases used to mount the motors.
Info is better explained on various webpages better than I can, so I won't go into a long explanation.
I also planned to polish the metal , but I can't take it apart, so with the difference in finish, I went with the matte look using scotch bride for final sanding and coloring. It came with raw grinder and tooling marks so a lot of file work was needed. Following I believe George Britnells technique of using tooling blue and scrape off the layer slightly then reapply and repeat. I think this one is the best file work I've done to date. Always had bad luck, so shyed away from filing often.
The French polishing, for my first time turned out decent. I now know what is needed to produce a great finish. As related to model building it is by nature more succeptible to damage. At the same time is easier to fix damage vs a poly clear. It does however highlight every flaw, so prep work is a must. But once I got the order of application it breezed by. Roughly a week but it should be half that. As for the finish it is wow
nice deep chatoyantcy. It is for sale but the more I look at it the more I want to keep it. The iPad camera doesn't do it justice that's for sure
Info is better explained on various webpages better than I can, so I won't go into a long explanation.
I also planned to polish the metal , but I can't take it apart, so with the difference in finish, I went with the matte look using scotch bride for final sanding and coloring. It came with raw grinder and tooling marks so a lot of file work was needed. Following I believe George Britnells technique of using tooling blue and scrape off the layer slightly then reapply and repeat. I think this one is the best file work I've done to date. Always had bad luck, so shyed away from filing often.
The French polishing, for my first time turned out decent. I now know what is needed to produce a great finish. As related to model building it is by nature more succeptible to damage. At the same time is easier to fix damage vs a poly clear. It does however highlight every flaw, so prep work is a must. But once I got the order of application it breezed by. Roughly a week but it should be half that. As for the finish it is wow
nice deep chatoyantcy. It is for sale but the more I look at it the more I want to keep it. The iPad camera doesn't do it justice that's for sure
