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urumomo said:
Yes , rattlecans .
An investment in an airbrush is sound , but you also need the air supply and then time to learn how to use it .
It sounds like you are in a hurry .
I'm suggesting using rattlecan paint for the body color for the helo and the JLTV .
so just those 2 cans of color .
Then you can do the other parts by brush .
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Where would I be getting accurate spray paint colors. I'm trying to come close to the real helicopter colors and very accurate with the JLTV. There's a paint color matching thing for the JLTV but it is too small for me to read.

Where do you find painting instructions? Is there a place online that has them?


EDIT:: JLTV-GP M1278 tactical vehicle. <--- has the images that are too small..
 
urumomo said:
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10888610
Has full instructions , just click on those pages for full screen size .
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WOW!!! COOL! but it has an error or something one of the colors is missing I highlighted it in yellow highlighter

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WOW!!! actual instruction kit for the Chinook is AMAZING@ I understand everything so far. I downloaded the PDF and I LOVE IT! After watching the video of people assembling the Chinook (CH-47A) I think I will have no problem assembling it. I bought it yesterday and it seems like a week has passed. I'm really happy with you guys on here!!! Timely responses for me, the noob that I am.... I see it all coming together!!! My dreams are coming true!

Have a good night. It;s time for my bed time and meds. Talk to you tomorrow maybe?
 
STARMAKER.REBEL said:
"It looks like you ordered lacquer paints (is that right?)."

Yep I looked it up in google even... LOL I chose the lacquer because it dries faster. 'maybe that is the wrong basis for choosing Lacquer?

Lacquer thinner works to clan the brushes right? Can you use lighter fluid or is that for Acrylic?
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No. Nothing wrong with using lacquer paint. I thin with lacquer thinner and yes, they can be hand brushed. In fact hardware store lacquer thinner from Walmart had leveling properties in it - even better for a laying down a nice coat airbrushing.

Ventilation is wise, or wear N-95 mask/respirator mask.

As I've already mentioned, I thin a majority of my paints (acrylics, lacquers, and enamels) with lacquer thinner with the exception of certain acrylic brands of paint - PollyScale, Mr. Hobby, Mission Models, etc…
 
STARMAKER.REBEL said:
Okay... I bought the olive drab faded at https://www.scalehobbyist.com/ I also bought flat black and yellow for the rotor tips and stripes. What do I do with the interior cockpit? where did you get the instruction manual? When I was a child I never even looked at the instructions but I got hit in the head multiple times and lost some of my brain power. I'm disabled now and can't understand simple instructions anymore. It's embarrassing! So I just decided to pick the paint by the color square thing. I need the instructions so I can start learning the Helicopter. Where did you get the painting instructions?

I can no longer fully function. I forgot to get the orange and had to make another order. I need brushes now is there a kit of some kind for lacquer brushes? Can I use the same brushes for acrylic and lacquer? How do I clean brushes for each paint?

YOU GUYS ARE COOL! I'm choosing the 'B' in the instructions. Of course I'm using the most difficult paint scene. LOL!
I Want it to be blatantly ARMY as much as possible.

Thank you for the information. I'm still trying to figure out how to pick the color using the instructions, but I sincerely thank you because I already have like 6 models to paint.
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You can get orange paint at Hobby Lobby - Testors little square bottles.

As far as interior colors goes, read this….

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/184702-ach-47a-interior-colors/

However, if you're displaying its rear doors closed, skip on it. You're not gonna see it. Just concentrate on the cockpit color instead.
 
BlackSheepTwoOneFour said:
But he's gonna get the instruction guide in the kit once he receives his order. :rolleyes:
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Who knows when the kit will arrive and I memorize the instructions because I have to. (I have memory problems and have to be able to remember everything I'm going to do in sequence. I also want to order the correct paint so the paint can show up in a tmiely manner.

No worries, I understand your post. You're still cool.
 
OH NO!!!! I thought that the ARMY helicopter version had brown on it for the main base color but In the instructions I downloaded from your link it's dark flat green! Olive Drab faded is more brown than green. Hopefully I can use the brown on the JLTV or something. I bought the closest thing I could get on the https://www.scalehobbyist.com/ and it looks like Medium olive green is as close as I can get to the picture I attached.

So I'm going to Walmart and I might get brushes there. I really appreciate all your help. I'm probably not going to paint all the lights and I might just paint the cockpit all back. At least I can understand the instructions well enough to get me started in the cockpit.
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OH NO!!! there's no guide for painting the bottom!

EDIT:: It looks like the brown is prefect for the JLTV-GP M1278 tactical truck. God of Israel is Good and doesn't waste things.
 
STARMAKER.REBEL said:
Who knows when the kit will arrive and I memorize the instructions because I have to. (I have memory problems and have to be able to remember everything I'm going to do in sequence. I also want to order the correct paint so the paint can show up in a tmiely manner.

No worries, I understand your post. You're still cool.
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LOL!
STARMAKER.REBEL said:
OH NO!!!! I thought that the ARMY helicopter version had brown on it for the main base color but In the instructions I downloaded from your link it's dark flat green! Olive Drab faded is more brown than green. Hopefully I can use the brown on the JLTV or something. I bought the closest thing I could get on the https://www.scalehobbyist.com/ and it looks like Medium olive green is as close as I can get to the picture I attached.

So I'm going to Walmart and I might get brushes there. I really appreciate all your help. I'm probably not going to paint all the lights and I might just paint the cockpit all back. At least I can understand the instructions well enough to get me started in the cockpit.
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Thats fine to use Faded Olive Drab. I wouldn't worry about it. Look at the photo of real Chinook chopper.

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The stuff I ended up buying looks like it will work for the JLTV-GP It's this :: color What if I mixed it with some sort of sandy colored lacquer... THen it will look like the picture yiou loaded?
 
IT looks like the interior is dark grey... What if I just don't paint the interior... Isn't the model gray to begin with?
 
Is there a way to straighten the rotors? As you can see in this picture it looks like the rotors are drooping a lot. I want it to look like it is in flight carrying the JLTV.
EDIT:: Maybe flip the rotors over? Anybody tried that yet?
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urumomo said:
Dip them boiling water and you can bend them .
They'll remain in that new shape once cooled .
They'll cool pretty quick but you can run them under tap water to speed it up .
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WOW! I was worried about it not looking like it was in flight. I can't wait for all my mail. Like I said before, I ran out of money buying paint and brushes. "Ran out of quarters for the shipping machine." I can't believe how inexpensive paints are.

CH-47A Chinook Helicopter
Paint Brushes
Medium Olive Green
brush cleaner
Luminous Orange
Black
Lemon Yellow
Olive Drab Faded
 
To reshape thermoplastics they need to be at what's called the glass transition temperature ( Tg )
the Tg for the polystyrene used in these kits is 212F ( 100 C ) ,, coincidently the same temp as boiling water .

Those blades are so thin they won't need to much time in the boiling water .
15 , 20 seconds ?
You can't overheat them since the boiling water will never go above the 212 , but I'm sure you know that .
Wear Gloves , ;)
 
If you've never done it before, don't dip the rotors in hot water. Rotors is normal when in resting mode.

If you want to create them as "in flight", Use clear sheet and make your own prop blurs. Cut circles using a bladed compass.

Curious question… how will you display your completed Chinook in flight? Sounds to me it's a diorama you'll be doing.

Plastic clear dowels can be used to hold your Chinook in flight. I'll betcha you'll find them at Hobby Lobby.

Here's how I did my Beaufighter as "in flight" ….

Vintage 1/72 scale Airfix kit; included stand. I added clear part from my scrap sprue stash. I wanted to display it as on final approach with torpedoe released. Pretty cool, huh?

It took a lot of thinking to get what I wanted.

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Thanks for the invisible propeller technique. The Chinook rotor blades only spin at like 250 RPM though and I love the blades in the kit. Like a still shot from a camera on a sports activity setting that catches a runner and makes him look like he is not moving. I think you mean Diorama because I went to suspend the JLTV from the Chinook as like a display? I THINK my paints will arrive before the model.
 
still waiting... might be a long wait but that's okay I can memorize the information in areas like WIKIPEDIA, ARMY lectures, YouTube and more just plain research.

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