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I drew on all the so-called
"Zebra" stripes, number 49, the civil number, and the name "HI
TIME - II." I taped on tracing paper over all the
stripes. I would use these tracings later, to lay on top of my
black "Super-Scale" decal film. I traced over the logo, #49,
and N 335J. I drew professional drawings of the latter items, which were
sent off to Chris.
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The fuselage was sanded down to
2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper. This model was going to have a high-gloss
automotive lacquer finish. This was my first try at "lacquer
!" The last operation is::: "I always apply a very thin layer
of paint on my models, and begin to sand it off. This method shows all
the flaws in your model, which should be fixed prior to painting."
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Ron Eminger, who lived in
Cleveland, Ohio makes all his own colors, using the auto-lacquer. I was
in Cleveland in 1987 and saw some of his racers, and "WOW" what
paint job's he had on his models. This was for me, so he gave me written
instruction on "how-to" use the lacquer on plastic.
The original Mustang, so said the
information, had all the panel line's sealed over, and had a high gloss
finish. I filled all the panel lines and had a super finish on the
model. It's now painting time.
I started out using the lacquer,
but some of the panel line started popping up. I called Ron, and he said
this happens to some Hasegawa kit's. He suggested to use another enamle-base
paint, which I did.
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I wrote a story of the painting
process of the high gloss paint job on this model, which was published in FineScale Modeler magazine; ( July,1991 ).
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I tried spraying on the #49, N
335J, and "Hi Time-II;" on a spare Mustang kit, but they did
not turn out very good. I called my modeling friend Chris Hewett, who
makes his own decals. Chris' wife called and said; "Rodney,
do you know that the "hearts" in Hi Time-II logo are
"RED?" I said no, but please put them in "red" if
you can; (she did !). For a mere $125.00 or so, Chris supplied me the decals.
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1/32 Hasegawa
P-51D "HI
TIME-II" A Reno Air Racer" Part One
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1/32 Hasegawa
P-51D "HI
TIME-II" A Reno Air Racer" Part Three
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