{"id":147,"date":"2012-03-01T11:37:16","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T11:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antsnest.net\/blog\/?p=147"},"modified":"2012-03-01T11:37:16","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T11:37:16","slug":"pegasus-war-of-the-worlds-tripod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.antsnest.net\/blog\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"Pegasus War of the Worlds Tripod"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was a Christmas present from Kathy and another project ripe for lighting. The top piece of the hood is moulded in smoky clear plastic which is a really nice touch. Studying the film, there is a pinky-purple light that is visible through the triangles along the edge of the hood, with the rest being metallic – although the triangles between the purple triangles appear to be semi-metalic, semi-translucent if you look carefully!<\/p>\n

I started with a light coat of transparent purple ink along both sides of the hood and then started to mask the areas to remain purple with triangles of Tamiya masking tape. After repositioning a few, I found the purple was lifting straight off the plastic. Not surprising really, you would normally use a primer before laying down any acrylic paints on styrene, but you can’t prime clear parts. Well not with regular primer.<\/p>\n

I stripped all the purple off again with Fairy Power Spray (great for removing paint from plastic without damage) and then used a light coat of Testors Dull Cote clear matt. This is laquer based and adheres well to the plastic. It also leaves a frosty clear surface that the purple ink was able to bind to much more strongly.<\/p>\n

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It was then back to masking the purple ‘windows’ – fiddly but made easier by using 2 overlapping triangles for each window, allowing you to get a close fit to each side without having to cut each one exactly to size in advance.<\/p>\n

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Next is a light metallic coat over the inbetween triangles before masking them off as well for the final opaque top coat.<\/p>\n

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