trekriffic
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Update on the base...
First thing was to gently pry the mask for the black areas away from the granite tile and smoosh it down nice and tight onto the black wooden base:
Orange areas are airbrushed:
After the orange paint has dried the orange masks are prised from the granite and applied. Then yellow enamel is airbrushed over the letters:
Once the masks were removed I could see there was no small amount of paint bleed to deal with.
After removing as much of the offending paint as I could with a microbrush and paint thinner the letters and black silhouette areas were touched up with a brush:
The painted base after touchup. Still wet. You can see where I added some more details to the left side of the block lettering.
Once dry, I'll remove the masking tape from around the edge and give it about 3-4 coats of future to seal the paint. Then probably a few shots of Krylon clear satin.
Thanks for reading along.
Next up... more work on the Spindrift...
First thing was to gently pry the mask for the black areas away from the granite tile and smoosh it down nice and tight onto the black wooden base:
Orange areas are airbrushed:
After the orange paint has dried the orange masks are prised from the granite and applied. Then yellow enamel is airbrushed over the letters:
Once the masks were removed I could see there was no small amount of paint bleed to deal with.
After removing as much of the offending paint as I could with a microbrush and paint thinner the letters and black silhouette areas were touched up with a brush:
The painted base after touchup. Still wet. You can see where I added some more details to the left side of the block lettering.
Once dry, I'll remove the masking tape from around the edge and give it about 3-4 coats of future to seal the paint. Then probably a few shots of Krylon clear satin.
Thanks for reading along.
Next up... more work on the Spindrift...
