MikeMoore Posted March 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 The last model I did the Future/Tamiya Flat on, I used a 50/50% and got a nice satin finish. Believe you me, I will test the 90/10 ratio on a test subject before I spray it on my P-40 Well, if you're going for a dead flat finish on that P-40, and get there with the future/flat base combo, let me know what you're ratio is. I promise I won't hurt you much if I try it and it frosts my model! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M. Knights Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Well, if you're going for a dead flat finish on that P-40, and get there with the future/flat base combo, let me know what you're ratio is. I promise I won't hurt you much if I try it and it frosts my model! Mike You'll be the first to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Mike, if you frost the model with your Future/Flat Base combo, then simply re-shoot a coat of Future glosscoat back over the model. It takes the frost away completely. I'm speaking from experience as I frosted an HMS Invincible carrier. I thought it was trash, but I decided to re-shoot a coat of straight Future over it and the model was restored. Real easy. Don't let a little frost stop you from making more awesome models! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M. Knights Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Mike, if you frost the model with your Future/Flat Base combo, then simply re-shoot a coat of Future glosscoat back over the model. It takes the frost away completely. I'm speaking from experience as I frosted an HMS Invincible carrier. I thought it was trash, but I decided to re-shoot a coat of straight Future over it and the model was restored. Real easy. Don't let a little frost stop you from making more awesome models! Mark, I'll keep this in mind for my upcoming experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMoore Posted March 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Mike, if you frost the model with your Future/Flat Base combo, then simply re-shoot a coat of Future glosscoat back over the model. It takes the frost away completely. I'm speaking from experience as I frosted an HMS Invincible carrier. I thought it was trash, but I decided to re-shoot a coat of straight Future over it and the model was restored. Real easy. Don't let a little frost stop you from making more awesome models! Thanks for the heads up on that Mark! I tend to tiptoe into new stuff like a flat coat since it comes so late in the process! Ideas and tips like that are great. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 You're very welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M. Knights Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 Not to hijack this thread, but I experimented with 90%/10% of Flat base and Future. As Mark predicted, you get frosting. I'm glad I experimented first. So far the best flat coat I've found is Floquil Flat Finish from the Railroad colors. However, even that doesn't give me a dead flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberrasig Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Nice looking PR.9 there Mike! :) John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonL Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 (edited) Glad this thread got a bump. Beautiful stuff here! Edited July 11, 2011 by VonL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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