Chronic's Research and Aeronautics Project (C.R.A.P.)

[kerick]

Try an acrylic clear coat. It shouldn't react with enamel paint.

[TheChronicOne]

Aieeeeeee! I see the hand of the Chronic Ninja!!!

Thanks for the paint info.  I did an interweb search to find out if it is enamel.  I got conflicting answers.

Wish I knew what the difference was... all the others same paints work fine...   it's just the yellow colored one acts up. I've yet to do any experiments. One I want to try is to put down the yellow then clear over it before the 15 minutes is up then maybe later on it will allow me to put a coat on after transfers whether it be 1 week or one month after.

But... hell, this stuff is so slick the decals are going to grab like mad and it's not as if i haven't built stuff before without using clear coat after to "Seal it in."  In fact, I have models from 30 years ago where I put the waterslides directly on top of matte acrylic paint and all these years later they're still on and not even chipping or anything. I would pick it up and start rubbing on it them or anything but then again I wouldn't do that in any scenario anyway....     

[TheChronicOne]

Try an acrylic clear coat. It shouldn't react with enamel paint.

Definitely want to try this. I'm planning a trip to HL pretty soon and I'm going to peruse. I've conisdered this before but my hesitation has always been that I don't see how I could get a smoother and clearer finish than I would otherwise or if I had just left it alone. The latter is the case in this one.... right now, the finish is so damn nice I don't think I could do anything other than make it worse if I were to try to add more layers to it so on this one at least I'm just going to put the transfers on and let 'er rip.

Recommend of a good brand??

[TheChronicOne]

These transfers are sketchy so I stopped and put decal fix on them all and left it at this for today. I'll get back at it tomorrow. 

[Old Wombat]

Looks good, though.

[TheChronicOne]

Thanks!!  Yes, I'm so happy with the way this one is going. Seems to look pretty good and hasn't been overbearing... I wish they all went like this.

[PR19_Kit]

The current DHL scheme  looks very good, and you're doing it justice with the DC9 Brad. 

[zenrat]

Try an acrylic clear coat. It shouldn't react with enamel paint.

...Recommend of a good brand??

Not one you can buy over there.  Sorry.

[NARSES2]

Looks good, though.

It certainly does 

[kerick]

It's looking great right now! I say press on with what you are doing.

[TheChronicOne]

Thanks, y'all!! I am now motivated to press on. I'll be trying to get the rest of the markings on today after lunch. I hope all goes well. I put the decal fix on yesterday and it will have had 24 hours to dry (not that I think it's necessary, but it doesn't hurt any I guess) so this is the one thing standing in the way of completion.

I've decided to...... go ahead and USE the resin parts. This has gone well and hasn't eaten up a ton of time so why not spend a couple hours putting that detail on there? Someone went to all the trouble to produce the stuff so the least I can do is not just throw it in a box somewhere.  (Hope I ain't making none of yous guys feel guilty; I have plenty of itty bitty parts rat-holed myself because I couldn't be arsed to put them on  ).


Acrylic clear....      Guys, have a look at what I found. I found a spray! 



I wonder....  I'm going to have to snag this and some brushable kind both and get to using those plastic spoons I bought. We'll run some experiments and get down to the science of model building.



EDIT:  Krylon, the brand I'm already using, makes it, too!! Hells bells....    Kinda pricey but with the %40 off coupon.....

[PR19_Kit]

What parts are resin in that Fly kit Brad?

[TheChronicOne]

I only have the ones on the left, for a regular DC-9.


The stuff for the Firebird, which I don't have. I included this picture for interest anyway. In the instructions for the normal DC-9, the resin parts are highlited in grey I think it was so it's easy to keep them straight.

Previous owner of my kit took out the stuff for the Firebird (aside, oddly, the rail, part #10, that goes on the roof in the middle where a slew of the resin parts attach).


I will likely forego those itty bitty ones about the size of a comma on a printed page but I'm at least getting the stuff that goes on the roof and the larger ones.

[PR19_Kit]

Thanks. 

I've never heard of that Firebird version before, apparently it's a USN sponsored test aircraft. Veeeeery interesting.

[Rick Lowe]

That spray clear looks good, Brad - and if it's the same brand, is probably formulated to go over their other paint .
If not, if you mist on a couple of coats first, it should play nice. Hopefully.