Israeli M247 DIVAD

[Wardukw]

Dude I do enjoy your attention to details ...reminds me of me before I got lazy 

no lie 

   

[Jakko]

Junk.

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That's a good word to describe Stynylrez primer, IMHO. The text on the bottle says to use it unthinned and spray thin layers until the underlying colour disappears, so I did. With the result you can see in the photo. This is the third time I've tried using it, and the first time on a whole model — well, two, actually, because I also sprayed the metal parts on a Sherman I was given at the same time. To get this fine result took me three quarters of an hour, and it still doesn't cover properly, but I gave up because my airbrush (Aztek with a light blue nozzle) did due to being clogged so badly I had a devil of a time getting it to even spray airbrush cleaner.

For comparison:

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This is the turret of the Sherman, after about ten seconds' worth of spraying Vallejo white primer from an aerosol can (plus ten more on the other side), which I did because I want a white line on the turret but didn't think I'd get there easily with the Stynylrez.

As a primer, if you ask me, Stynylrez lives up to the name on the bottle: crap.

[Gondor]

Never heard of that stuff, and by the look of what you have gone through I hope I never see it. Defiantly not going to buy any.

Gondor

[Dizzyfugu]

Uh, that looks awful! Is the surface as "wobbly" as it looks from afar? 

[buzzbomb]

Seen the hype on this, now seen the results.
So, as I have also seen your other work, the issue is with the product.

Thanks for posting this. Failures are just as, if not sometimes more valuable to our community than spiffy models.

[The Rat]

I've used Stynylrez grey primer and love it. I've also used the white and it was total garbage.

[kerick]

Wow! That looks like oil mixed with water. Is the surface as rough as it looks?

[Jakko]

Uh, that looks awful! Is the surface as "wobbly" as it looks from afar? 

I'm not sure ... it's hard to tell by feeling with my finger, but I guess I'll find out when I spray something else over it. I hope it won't show, of course. Maybe I should use the Vallejo aerosol can on the side of the M247 turret just to make sure before I start spraying the model in its actual colour.

the issue is with the product.

That's also what I think, which is why I also took the picture with the Sherman turret with another type of primer.

Failures are just as, if not sometimes more valuable to our community than spiffy models.

Definitely. People often fall into the trap of only posting the things that worked well, but IMHO you learn a lot more from mistakes (your own or somebody else's) than from seeing things that worked out perfectly.

I've used Stynylrez grey primer and love it. I've also used the white and it was total garbage.

That is also what others have told me, as I posted these photos elsewhere too: grey and black work fine, white is crap. However, on the whole I don't like airbrush primer anyway. Yes, it's cheaper than from an aerosol can, but you spend about five to ten times as long putting it on and you have to clean the airbrush afterward. IMHO, the reduction in time and hassle of rattle cans weighs up against their greater expense

[zenrat]

Yikes.

Hope you can save it.

[NARSES2]

Failures are just as, if not sometimes more valuable to our community than spiffy models.

Definitely. People often fall into the trap of only posting the things that worked well, but IMHO you learn a lot more from mistakes (your own or somebody else's) than from seeing things that worked out perfectly.

That's very true

[Captain Canada]

That's a drag. The tank is looking great tho !

[Jakko]

I just hope it will still look great once it's painted

[Dizzyfugu]

Failures are just as, if not sometimes more valuable to our community than spiffy models.

Definitely. People often fall into the trap of only posting the things that worked well, but IMHO you learn a lot more from mistakes (your own or somebody else's) than from seeing things that worked out perfectly.

That's very true

The art of whiffing includes the acceptance of misalignments, gaps and other flaws - and to work creatively with them! 

[Gondor]

People often fall into the trap of only posting the things that worked well, but IMHO you learn a lot more from mistakes (your own or somebody else's) than from seeing things that worked out perfectly.

The art of whiffing includes the acceptance of misalignments, gaps and other flaws - and to work creatively with them! 

I often show what's gone wrong and how I fixed it. This provides two things for others, what to avoid doing and how to fix it when it goes wrong. My Project 75 build does that with the tips of the canards.

Gondor

[zenrat]

Maybe, in order to encourage honesty, sharing, learning, and teaching we could add a Wiffies category - Biggest F**kup and recovery?