Snake45 Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 anyone (else) worry how about light transmission through a light body color showing the understructure ? No, but light can go through a body and show where you've painted the inside of it black and where you haven't, if the plastic isn't opaque enough.
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) ... There are times when the lesser of two evils must be chosen for first place, when it should be down to the better of the good stuff. Remarkably like the voting process. Edited February 7, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy
mikemodeler Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 I fall into the paint everything crowd, although I don't enter contests, it is for my own piece of mind. I feel like it should represent what the 1:1 would have been like back in the day.
Junkman Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) I paint the inside of the body, the outside of the interior and the upper side of the chassis flat black. Why you may ask. Yes, why indeed. Because Dennis Doty told me so. Edited February 9, 2015 by Junkman
Tom Geiger Posted February 9, 2015 Author Posted February 9, 2015 Thanks for all the input guys! I guess it's like a 50/50 thing. And it confirms that I'm not crazy and will continue to paint everything!
johnbuzzed Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Remarkably like the voting process. Indeed.
Pizzwizz24 Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 I typically paint everything and because I can admit that I'm just way too "detail oriented" of a person (to a fault my wife would say!). I just cannot complete a build with bare plastic left undone. Just wouldn't seem complete to me. I know, I know..........I've got issues. But like I said, I can admit to them. Lol. I can totally understand the guys that don't paint areas that are unseen and those that don't to save money. Maybe if I were that way, I could finish more than 3 models per year and could afford to buy more!
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 I can totally understand the guys that don't paint areas that are unseen... to save money. It's been working for US car manufacturers for years...
Harry P. Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 I can't see any reason to paint the parts of a model that can't be seen.
Pizzwizz24 Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) I can't see any reason to paint the parts of a model that can't be seen. I can't see any reason to agree or disagree with you Harry. Honestly, we're talking about areas that cannot be seen, right? So why would it matter either way? Kinda silly to debate anyone's preference on this one. Especially yours! We've all seen your builds and there never seems to be anything not detailed to perfection! So if it's not painted then it's definitely not seen. I choose to paint everything but I'm not talking detailing these small areas. A quick pass with the airbrush to cover the bare plastic is all I'm talking about. Not sure how much time or paint I'm wasting there. But again, all kind of irrelevant since the area is not visible. So I guess, ultimately, it can be wasted effort. What I find to be a bit funny is how it can sometimes be the tiebreaker or such for judges? Well.....if a judge can see it, then it is obviously not an unseen area and should be judged. Right? Am I missing something there? Edited February 12, 2015 by Pizzwizz24
Harry P. Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 What I find to be a bit funny is how it can sometimes be the tiebreaker or such for judges? Well.....if a judge can see it, then it is obviously not an unseen area and should be judged. Right? Am I missing something there? No, you're not missing anything. If it can't be seen, it can't be judged. If it can be seen, then obviously that's different. On the other hand, I can't remember ever painting the insides of the engine block or the insides of the rear axle halves. Just sayin'...
Pizzwizz24 Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 I'm pretty sure we can all agree on that but Tom's initial question referenced "surfaces" and his picture displayed half painted chassis. I think this topic kind of took on a further twist and went to some extremes, as some usually do. Kind of like that game you'd play as kids on the school bus. As the joke made its way from the front to the back of the bus the punchline was completely different.
Tom Geiger Posted February 13, 2015 Author Posted February 13, 2015 I'm pretty sure we can all agree on that but Tom's initial question referenced "surfaces" and his picture displayed half painted chassis. Correct Chris, I will paint both sides of the chassis, the outside of the interior tub and inside of the body flat black to avoid any unpainted surface from being seen on the finished product. You can't possibly predict entirely what will be visible. Paint what you think will be visible and Mr Murphy says that you'll be seeing white from an angle you didn't think of, like someone said, through the gap between the body and interior from the top of the doors. I never said I was a fricken neurotic who painted the inside of engine blocks!
sjordan2 Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) Correct Chris, I will paint both sides of the chassis, the outside of the interior tub and inside of the body flat black to avoid any unpainted surface from being seen on the finished product. You can't possibly predict entirely what will be visible. Paint what you think will be visible and Mr Murphy says that you'll be seeing white from an angle you didn't think of, like someone said, through the gap between the body and interior from the top of the doors. I never said I was a fricken neurotic who painted the inside of engine blocks! Ditto. You can't go wrong with painting everything. This is particularly important on larger scale kits where light show-through on bodies can occur, and I may be fantasizing, but I think painting the inside surfaces of bodies adds a sense of realistic "density." That's hard to explain without putting together a detailed presentation. Edited February 13, 2015 by sjordan2
lordairgtar Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 What? I'm not supposed to paint the inside of the engines?
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