D0liveira Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 After all the cuts, I started roughing the ship to remove excess fiber, and after that, applying the polyester putty and sanding until I got the best finish. At this point the body was already used to so much itching because of the fiberglass. HAHAHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0liveira Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 During this entire finishing process, I used a universal primer to be able to find some imperfections and thus remove them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0liveira Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 Continuing the process, I already put masking tape on the lid to mark the window cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0liveira Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 After extensive sanding work to complete the finish, I applied what would be the last coat of universal basecoat and then prepared for the final painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0liveira Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 Before showing the painting process, I will share the attempt to make the base of the ship, which unfortunately was not successful and almost caused an accident with the project. I started the idea of supporting the ship by building the shock absorbers on top of a wooden base, and I was not successful. After that, with little time to make a decision and manage to solve the problem, I asked a friend to make a triangular base in steel Metalon, with support to screw the shock absorbers in a safer and more fixed way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0liveira Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 Below the support ready in the process of painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0liveira Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 Continuing, I come to the most important part of the process of creating the project, which is the painting, and after doing all the smoothing and finishing details, I chose the color and started painting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0liveira Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 But my wife saw the finished painting and thought the color was too dark, and the project could be meaningless. So I had the decision to keep it as it was, or choose another shade of lighter gray. In my workshop I found 2 more shades of gray to decide. The chosen color was Scandium Gray Metallic. This paint has a Polyurethane base, but I did not use the varnish for the final finish and left the finish matte. It took 6 coats of paint throughout the craft to cover the dark color and to achieve a tone that really turned out as I had imagined in the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0liveira Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 Below is a bit of the sanding process and covering the previous color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0liveira Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 Here you can see the difference between the previous color and the final color. Previous: Final color: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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