How to paint stripes on a tail hook - scale modelling tutorial

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@TheBattleRabbit860 5 ай бұрын

Your skill and talent in this hobby of ours is amazing. I find myself coming back to your videos quite often, and I haven't needed to paint any tailhooks yet, but I know where I'll be coming when I need to.

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

That's the goal of these tutorials. Having a library of useful techniques to make building our models a little bit easier

@davidcole333 5 ай бұрын

I too would like to see a tutorial on a good way to repair broken pieces. I like that you kept it in the video because it happens to all of us! The way I would have painted the tail hook would have been to primer it a gloss black (Just the actual hook itself that impacts the carrier deck and grabs the wire) then paint it steel, then hairspray, then black, then chip it. I think I would use the graphite in the areas where the linkages are. Your tailhook is going to look really good when it's installed. You are an excellent teacher! Keep up the good work.

@paulreichelt1259 5 ай бұрын

The best way for a solid repair is to use a very small drill bit and drill a hole in both pieces at the break. I insert a piece of wire or plastic rod in the holes and glue them back together. It takes a bit of test fitting but gives you a repair thats much stronger than simply butt gluing the pieces together.

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

I usually avoid painting light colors over dark colors, hence the gray primer... but it can be done that way too

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

I have a similar approach but will show that at a later point

@mazinman3 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. Good tips here!

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@tomserafini9957 5 ай бұрын

If this were me, the title would have gone from Painting Stripes to How I Fill My Spares Box In One Easy Step. Great recovery!

@MMScaleModels 4 ай бұрын

Haha, well I can't allow myself such liberties If i want to publish any content.

@fabioquintilii7160 5 ай бұрын

Very useful tips! Look forward to learn how to fix the little issue occured in the video! 👍👍👍

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

Yup, that's gonna be interesting... probably an overkill also :)

@lesthiele4921 5 ай бұрын

Greetings my friend, that was a great tutorial on a subject you do not hear much about, that for sharing the video, bedt regards from Australia, Les

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback Les!

@mode1charlie170 5 ай бұрын

I used small pieces of tubing for this once worked great.

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip mate!

@bobrivett7645 5 ай бұрын

Tubing is a great idea. Will have to remember that. Thank you

@dmeritt3425 Ай бұрын

Maybe when wrapping the tape which cover the white sections, fold over each of the two ends of the tape (say the last 2 mm) such that these ends don't stick together. This will allow you to remove the tape more easily.

@skimmer8774 5 ай бұрын

If you have a decal for this you can use it to measure the cut size on your tape.

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

Yeah that's a way too... I haven't seen one of those in a long time though.

@Bob-b7x6v 5 ай бұрын

General dimensioning and tolerancing.

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

Simple, isn't it?

@davidmooney4866 5 ай бұрын

How about a tutorialon chequered patterns i.e.P-51 chequer front 🤔

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

If the opportunity presents itself, why not.

@bobrivett7645 5 ай бұрын

@MMScaleModels Yes please checker board aircraft nose or the vertical tail section or rudder. I worked on A6E-tram birds in the USMC VMA-(AW)-533, They had dark blue & white checkerboard on the rudder. Thank you

@rquest3059 5 ай бұрын

Yes, I would like to see how you repaired the break. I'm never able to keep the pieces aligned and straight.

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

thanks for the feedback mate!

@davidkendall1614 5 ай бұрын

Lay both pieces on a flat surface. Get the orientation right so the break is closed. That takes care of alignment along that plane. Apply extra thin cement. Take a pair of broad, flat tweezers (say, 1 cm wide, flat head). While the parts are still on the flat surface keeping them straight in that plane, squeeze the two pieces straight with the tweezers, using the straight edge of the head to align the pieces perfectly straight in that plane. Now you have vertical and horizontal alignment. Leave for the cement to cure.

@rquest3059 5 ай бұрын

@davidkendall1614 Thank you, I'll have to give that a try.

@davidkendall1614 5 ай бұрын

I’m lazy…I would use 1.5 mm tape 😂. Wouldn’t make much of a tutorial though. Your approach teaches modelling skills more effectively.

@MMScaleModels 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, well I don't have all the available tape widths so there is that :)

@davidkendall1614 5 ай бұрын

@@MMScaleModels And like I said, better that you are teaching the skills 👍. When you DO have the tape of the width that the calculation corresponds to though…duh. Some modellers may not be aware that there are tapes sub-1mm and up.