Aegis! Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Hi kabayan EXO! What did you use to strip the paint off the valk? Looks very clean and very nice to paint on a new color scheme! gian7675 Castrol Super Clean Degreaser... Reusable... Clean... and biodegrable. Just like Lysol, just leave it in there and use a fine grit sanding paper to wipe off the paint. The valk actually came out whiter than that but I messed with some panel lining and stuff. And taken at night with a low flash, maybe I'll take another pic under daylight next time. Wala nang horas ngayon! Nice tip , talking about Castrol I was thinking of making a World Rally Championship based colour scheme with Castrol colours on a valk ...although being my first cutom I think I should try on a 1/60 or a Banpresto first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurin Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Pardon my ignorance, but I'm assuming you took the valk apart and then dipped only the painted parts in the solution. . . or did you dunk the whole thing!?! What grit (minimum) would you suggest for sandpaper? Thanks! H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 (edited) Yeah it was taken apart and I left just the parts I needed in the degreaser. Then I wet sanded it with a hobby sandpaper, I think it's 600, superfine. EDIT: Correction, it was a 400 grit sandpaper. Edited December 13, 2003 by >EXO< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gian7675 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Yeah it was taken apart and I left just the parts I needed in the degreaser. Then I wet sanded it with a hobby sandpaper, I think it's 600, superfine.EDIT: Correction, it was a 400 grit sandpaper. Hi ya EXO! Thanks for the tip! Last question, when you took the valk apart, stripped, painted and re-assembled it, did the joints become loose? Or is the tightness of the joints still the same? If it did get loose, how loose are the joints now? I wonder if other customizers of 1/48 valks had looseened joints when they took apart their valks and re-assembled them... gian7675 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Do Customized pics count? Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Hi ya EXO!Thanks for the tip! Last question, when you took the valk apart, stripped, painted and re-assembled it, did the joints become loose? Or is the tightness of the joints still the same? If it did get loose, how loose are the joints now? I wonder if other customizers of 1/48 valks had looseened joints when they took apart their valks and re-assembled them... gian7675 The joints didn't become loose because there was no paint removed from any articulation point. I only sanded where the paint was. That valk was my Hikaru VF-1A. I did find that the red was more difficult to remove than the black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfunk Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Hi ya EXO!Thanks for the tip! Last question, when you took the valk apart, stripped, painted and re-assembled it, did the joints become loose? Or is the tightness of the joints still the same? If it did get loose, how loose are the joints now? I wonder if other customizers of 1/48 valks had looseened joints when they took apart their valks and re-assembled them... gian7675 The joints didn't become loose because there was no paint removed from any articulation point. I only sanded where the paint was. That valk was my Hikaru VF-1A. I did find that the red was more difficult to remove than the black. That looks great, what about doing a wash and some slight weathering, That white looks pretty sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull 001 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 What did you use to strip the paint. To strip mine i ended up sanding it. I was hoping to avoid having to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draykov Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 I thought this 1/48 UNAF low-vis from Kadena Air Base in Hobby Japan was pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 What did you use to strip the paint. To strip mine i ended up sanding it. I was hoping to avoid having to do that. From a earlier post, I still had to use sandpaper though... Castrol Super Clean Degreaser...Reusable... Clean... and biodegrable. Just like Lysol, just leave it in there and use a fine grit sanding paper to wipe off the paint. The valk actually came out whiter than that but I messed with some panel lining and stuff. And taken at night with a low flash, maybe I'll take another pic under daylight next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bake_art Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 (edited) kinda looks cool in all white, I think I might keep this one this way... Now that's a real "ghost" fighter *gets buried under a ton of MPC's for that bad pun* Edited December 17, 2003 by bake_art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyowelb Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 nice job kabayan EXO...are you really planning on keeping it white? musta na sa lahat ng pinoys.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 ha! madaming filipino dito! yeah, I decided to keep it white, actually it became my spare piece valk. I already took 2 parts out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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