AMT Romulan BOP

[DarthDuck]

Well,
When we last tuned in the BOP was nearing completion after receiving it's decals. Only a nice clearcoat and we'd be off to the final steps.
THEN, it happened.

The BIRD BLEW UP!

Despite JT Graphics own instructions that Testors lacquer clear was recommended- it BLEW UP!

Initially I carefully wetsanded the small "puckered" areas and even touched them up with a color match, rewetsanded and carefully cleared. It actually turned out as nearly invisible fixes to the problem. But of course, a couple of areas required more sanding than they could support and eventual cut through occurred again.

Not anxious to simply risk repeating it all over again- I broke out the frisket material and started cutting away.

Here's the new bird before it's clearcoating which shouldn't be a problem- it's all in lacquer now and I can account for that. So while not yet trimmed out- here's the current state without shine.








It's all done with pearls, shading and overlays so the hue is highly dependent upon the angle and light source and of course will improve once cleared.