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San Felipe 1690 by ZHL
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I finally got around to painting the gun barrels I had 3D printed.
I built a paint booth out of scrap materials. I used a kitchen hood, left over from a renovation. I almost threw it away, but it came in handy. The rotating platform is a sports disc my daughter used when she was younger. And some corrugated cardboard from some household appliance. Figuratively speaking, I "assembled it from scratch." First, I primed it with Tamiya primer from an aerosol can. I airbrushed it with Tamiya F 34 acrylic, but thinned it out a bit with black paint. After everything dried, I sealed it with Tamiya semi-gloss acrylic varnish. Painting a hundred guns is a bit tiring, after all.
I spent almost the entire day on what seemed like a simple job. Also, due to asthma, I have to wear a respirator when using an airbrush. My bronchi are very sensitive to isopropyl alcohol, which is the base for acrylic paint thinner.
I built a paint booth out of scrap materials. I used a kitchen hood, left over from a renovation. I almost threw it away, but it came in handy. The rotating platform is a sports disc my daughter used when she was younger. And some corrugated cardboard from some household appliance. Figuratively speaking, I "assembled it from scratch." First, I primed it with Tamiya primer from an aerosol can. I airbrushed it with Tamiya F 34 acrylic, but thinned it out a bit with black paint. After everything dried, I sealed it with Tamiya semi-gloss acrylic varnish. Painting a hundred guns is a bit tiring, after all.
I spent almost the entire day on what seemed like a simple job. Also, due to asthma, I have to wear a respirator when using an airbrush. My bronchi are very sensitive to isopropyl alcohol, which is the base for acrylic paint thinner.