Disaster Strikes!
I sprayed the superstructure color on and waited 24 hours to remove the masking.
Well the moment of truth arrived and I removed the masking. The decks went very well and looked great. Then I pulled the liquid mask from the hull sides. And virtually every last spec of the white hull paint came up too! !@#$%^&*! I hate it when that happens.
I then faced the moment every modeler faces... box it up and put it back in the stack until I had the nerve to face all that ruined work or try again. I went upstairs to watch TV and to avoid thinking about all the work I'd just ruined.
The next day, I took the hull, placed it in a one quart plastic baggie and hosed it down with easy off oven cleaner. I let that sit for 24 hours to thoroughly loosen all of the paint. It's important because you don't want to obscure that beautiful detail with too much paint.
After 24, I used a tooth brush to scrub off the paint. It should come off pretty well and I didn't cause any damage to the resin hull.
I queried some folks on the internet and they recommended priming the hull with Tamiya Surface Primer L (Gray) . I bought some at the local hobby shop and remounted the hull to my building slip with Rubber cement. (I found that the PVA kept drying too much and the hull became loose)
After a quick spray of the primer, I'm back to square one.
3 comments:
D'oh! I am sorry to hear that. I have been following your blog since you mentioned it on SteelNavy, hang in there and don't give up! As an aside this actually inspired me to start my own blog. Are you going to try that liquid mask stuff again or just use tape?
Cro: I recently built the Maine that you are currently building. If I can be of any help, just email me (rcicc59@aol.com)and I'll tell you what worked for me. I feel bad about your paint adhesion problem, but luckily it happened at a very early stage of the game.
Thanks guys. I will continue the build because it is such a nice kit.
Bob, I saw your build and the mention of Al Ross' help. Other than leaving off the torpedo boats, were there any other significant changes from the prototype to how she looked when lost in Havana?
Chris - Yes, I will do the liquid mask technique again. I've had good success with it in the past, it's my fault for not properly priming the resin. Hopefully no issues this next time round.
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