Paint Repair

[merriman]

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[Harquebus]

Great tutorial! Also, in an operating model I feel a little bit of damage either repaired or left as-is (depending on appearance) adds a bit of character and realism. In your case however, the damage revealing the white undercolour had to be repaired because it did not add anything to the model and further damage in that area could eventually result in a hull breach. Not good.

[merriman]

Great tutorial! Also, in an operating model I feel a little bit of damage either repaired or left as-is (depending on appearance) adds a bit of character and realism. In your case however, the damage revealing the white undercolour had to be repaired because it did not add anything to the model and further damage in that area could eventually result in a hull breach. Not good.

Thank you, Harq.

I'm with you to a point with actual damage contributing to the display. To a point. Rubbing against a scale pier piling, and some scuffing of the hull (damned sand-bars, screams the Pilot) are weathering 'enhancers'. But, as you point out, grinding away the paint-job to reveal the basic substrate is something that just has to be fixed. But, in this case, it is only cosmetic. Not prelude to a flooding casualty.

A point of clarification. The hull to this type r/c model submarine is not a pressure-proof vessel; the interior of the hull is a free-flooding space. Only an inner water tight cylinder (WTC) has the water tight spaces in which those items that need to operate in a dry condition are housed. Like so:





David