Model Forum / General / Models / January 2008

Probably my fault for not thinking, maybe not. Got my hands on some Mig
products thinner for washes whilst browsing in Modelzone Manchester on
Monday whilst the SWMBO was on a business trip. Sounded great reading the
label. Mixed it up with some Mig pigments "Industrial City Dirt" to sandy up
the interior of my Operation Iraqi Freedom CH53E, and things looked pretty
good.  Went down well over 2 week old Vallejo acrylic, settling nicely into
the recesses in the padded fabric panels. This was encouraging. So
encouraging, in fact, that I thought I'd treat the rotor head assembly to a
spot or two. Same Vallejo acrylic, 2 weeks old again.

This time, it decided to strip the paint pretty efficiently from the
plastic. Bummer. Picking up the rotor to inspect the damage, things got
worse. Six out of seven rotor blades fell off. The plastic had been eaten
through. I will admit that at this point I used off colour language. One
complex repair operation later, involving drilling, pinning and Zap CA, all
is sort of well. Going to need some serious masking and spraying tomorrow
though. Such is life.

Having used Mig pigments with water before, I've been really pleased with
the results, so no black marks against them. But that thinner is way too hot
for words. Looks like i'll be consigning the thinner to the bin, and I've
made a mental note to test untried products, even from trusted sources, on
an old donkey first. This comes on the back of my step daughter's New Years
party when five models ( 1/32 F16, 1/48 Phantom FGR2, 1/48 He219, 1/48
Wyvern, and 1/48 Skyraider) got irepairably trashed by some muppet. This
country's gun laws need reviewing.