Oh Woe Is Me!

[AeroplaneDriver]

My hopes of finishing my Sea Jaguar FRS.1 came to a sudden stop tonight.  I sprayed a Future coat around lunchtime, then went out for the afternoon wih the intention of decaling tonight.  

But when I got home the Future coat looked like crap and the paint beneath was bubbling up in a few spots!  

So gone are any hopes of finishing this one but the weekend.  Work and Donna's work Christmas party will have me tied up until Monday now.

I've stripped the Future off with Windex, and given the whole thing a good soapy wash.  It's drying now, and will likely need to have the EDSG repainted on Monday.  

It's a shame because I worked very hard to get just hte right shade mixed for the redish metallic cannon troughs, and they came out perfectly!  

Oh well...stay tuned for Sea Jag Round Two.

[The Cat a.k.a Meowbag]

Unfortunate

If it helps, I had to snap 1/4 of my vaugley F-15 based thing off and re-glue, re-fill and add re-add the plasticard because it'd superglued it at entirely the wrong angle yesterday.

[Captain Canada]

Nick, that sucks ! I was looking forward to seeing that baby all done...jaguars are sooo sexy ! Especially ones in EDSG.

It also sucks when 'real' life gets in the way of modelling, eh ? I'm currently in the same boat.....spent a week getting the TSR all ready to go, then got busy at work and lost all momentum........another week off of work, got her all painted, and now I'm back to work and we're busy as heck !

I'm already working on BS excuses to get out of commitments for the weekend.......

     

[Sisko]

I'm probably one of the clumsiest modellers around I spill stuff, break things glue things on backwards etc etc.

So I know what you are going through.

Look at it as a growth experience.

[Rafael]

Not to worry, second time's the charm!!!

(......or third, fourth, fifth, etc.)

Have fun, A-D!!! we already are enjoying it with you!!

Rafa

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Never sprayed Future/Kleer, never will ! - sorry to hear of your troubles, Nick, really I am.

Our friend Dork the Kit Slayer introduced me to Kleer about twelve years back and I still have that original bottle (half full) that I bought way back then. I use a flat quarter-inch good quality sable brush (which I replace every two years) which is used only for this purpose.

Works every time.

Ian

[B777LR]

Cant you do without that misterious JMN inspired poison called future? And what is future?

[Brian da Basher]

Cant you do without that misterious JMN inspired poison called future? And what is future?

Future or Johnson's Kleer is a floor wax (no, it's a dessert topping! ack!) that has a ton of other uses. Some use it as a final clear coat to prevent decals from silvering.

You have my sympathies on the obstacles you've faced on this project, AD.

Brian da Basher

[Archibald]

The SO-4060 is also stalled from two days now... putty, sanding, putty again, repainted...
Keep on, this Sea Jaguar is cool!!!

[Shasper]

Gee, makes me feel better about the poo-poo (with an english accent) I had w/ Charette One's masking  


Keep going Nick!

SHas B)

[Martin H]

Never sprayed Future/Kleer

same here, after hearing a little story from the then marketing man from SAM publications a few years back.

SAM P decided on the off chance to contact Johnsons to see if they would like to run a few adverts in sam P's mags. The boys at Johnsons were quite keen  and asked what perpose their product got used for in the model world. Mr marketing man say " we tend to spray it as a varnish", to witch the Johnsons bod replys "what?!!!!!  You spray it?! dont you know its toxic in vapour form?" that was the end of the chat, Johnsons havent placed any ads in model mags in this country that i know of.

[AeroplaneDriver]

I actually toyed with the idea of brushing it on for this build, and I think I'll go ahead and try that when I get the paint sorted out.  After all, what's the worst that can happen?  At least it's easy to strip off.    

Thanks for the tips guys!

[Shasper]

Brushing on works well, if it's even. Go for atleast 3 coats (2 full strength + 1 cut w/water) to make sure you havent missed a spot.


Shas B)

[lancer]

I've ALWAYS brushed my Klear coat onto the model. Never wanted to clog up my airbrush with it, and now I will never airbrush Klear now.  

[Roger the Cabin Boy]

That's strange because there's a car shop rattle can product called 'back to black' which is marketed for restoring bleached out plastic grey bumpers.  I'd swear that was just Johnsons's Klear in aerosol form.  

Klear is sold elsewhere as 'Future'.  Except in South Africa, where I was asked to take a couple of bottles down to my modelling hosts.  "Ain't no Future in South Africa!" they said...

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