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Great news everyone!
🕑 Added 2021-01-22 18:11:03 +0000 UTCGreat success! The paint is gone, and it went without a hitch. Almost! The VMS Clean Slate worked like a dream, I just poured it over the model with a pipette and then attacked the surface with a paintbrush. I had to rinse it with water and reapply the paint stripper several times, but the result was good, almost perfect. There were a few spots where the paint was more sturdy and I quickly wiped it away using lacquer thinner, but as you can see even that wasn't enough in some places! Resin holds paint very well for whatever reason, that small box on the rear fender just won't let go of it lol. Some residue was also left on the lower hull, but it's nothing horrible. It has no volume or texture, it's just stains. Could it be because I used Pigment Fixer when I was weathering it? It's a mystery...
Also, a few parts fell off but it's nothing horrible. Well, it was built by a friend of mine, if I was building it, it wouldn't happen 😆I'm always very generous with glue. Unfortunately, I damaged the idler wheels while breaking the tracks off. As you'll see under close observation, the "ring" around the wheel came off with the tracks. I'm too lazy to cut a new one from styrene, so I'll probably take advantage of modern technology from the future and 3D print new rings. I also broke a couple of teeth on the drive sprockets but who cares, those won't be visible at all 😁
It's off to a good start!
Comments
Night Shift
That's an interesting approach, I'd most likely strip the whole model as well 😁
Night Shift
You can apply it with a brush or slowly pour it over the model with a pipette, I already used it twice and still have almost half a bottle left :)
Martin Webster
I like the VMS clean slate, I recently had to strip the side of a BRDM, after I screwed up the decals, it did the job nicely. Normally, I would've stripped the whole model with Mr Muscle oven cleaner, which I would've probably lost some small pieces when washing the oven cleaner off.
Eric
I love a refurb. I’ve jus gotten my second bottle of clean slate. the first one I had, I used the whole bottle on one tank, this time I’m going to try and brush it on and see if I can make it go further. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out👍
