Burt has finished another delightful fast for us. This time he dipped into the Korean War era to bring us what is probably the most famous fighter of the 1950s.

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Hi Burt.

I like your F-86 build.looks real sweet.
All it needs now is a Mig in its gunsight.

Well done.

Regards

Chris

Thanks for the compliment

Beautiful -86!

Burt,
just an outstanding build. I really love a F-86 with a NMF. I'm really interested in trying out your clear glosscoat over the Gloss Black primer, and leaving the gray primer on the shelf.
Joel

Thanks everybody for your kind words

What did the gloss coat over the gloss black do? I would think it redundant. Did it make a difference in the finish? Did you thin out the future and how?

I've seen this done a few times now, and it solves the issues I've had with my Alcad finishes.

I've primed the model with Tamiya Gray primer, then polished it the best I could, but it was never really smooth as glass. I've used both Alcad Gloss Black (it's an enamel base), and Tamiya Gloss Black (Acrylic polymer base) over the primer. The issue is that the gloss is just a skim coat, and mimics the undercoat surface so that it has to be rubbed out. I've also struggled with that. The end result is that the Alcad finish isn't as smooth as it should or could be.

By eliminating the primer coat, and starting with a thinned Gloss Black, you end up with a smoother surface base coat, that is very easy to polish out just using a cotton cloth. The Pledge/Future, Alcad Clear Gloss, or even Testors Metalizer Clear seals the Gloss Black, and they're all basically self leveling. So just a rub down with a cotton cloth gives you near perfect surface to apply the Metalizer paint of your choice.

If you use Pledge, it needs to be thinned 1:1 with Windex, then a final coat thinned 1:2 or even 1:3.

At least, that's the theory, and as I've said, I've seen it done twice, and the results speak for themselves.

Joel

To skurcz: Sorry for the late reply. I am not quite sure what Future did for the Gloss Black. I suspect that it gave the model a smoother surface. Yes Future did change the finish. it seemed to me that the finish lacked some luster. However, the finish was more even than apply the Alclad over the Gloss black. And yes I thinned the Future with Windex.