{"id":4819,"date":"2012-04-12T09:18:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=4819"},"modified":"2012-04-12T09:18:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:18:45","slug":"kallamityindustria-mechanika%e2%80%99s-135-kastor-hovertank-%c2%bb-top-coat-decals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/kallamityindustria-mechanika%e2%80%99s-135-kastor-hovertank-%c2%bb-top-coat-decals\/","title":{"rendered":"Kallamity\/Industria Mechanika\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1\/35 Kastor Hovertank \u00c2\u00bb Top Coat, Decals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FF-Kastor-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" title=\"FF-Kastor-10\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FF-Kastor-10-460x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the blue and chips I applied another satin coat of FFA, then more hairspray. Over the hairspray I sprayed on several layers of khakis and drabs and then masked and painted the stripes. Oncedone I immediately set to chipping with a stiff wet brush.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FF-Kastor-09.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" title=\"FF-Kastor-09\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FF-Kastor-09-460x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The resulting chips are not only rust toned, but blues and brighter greens chips appear giving the craft a much more worn and reused appearance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FF-Kastor-11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" title=\"FF-Kastor-11\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FF-Kastor-11-460x318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once that was done I gloss-coated it all with Future (FFA) and then applied decals. The kit does not come with decals, but I have LOTS of spares (as most of us do) from aircraft, tanks, gundams, etc&#8230; Once the decals were done I applied a flat coat. Next I&#8217;ll hand-paint the mall details, add more chips via a sponge to the delicate parts such as the PE hooks, then start weathering!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FF-Kastor-12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" title=\"FF-Kastor-12\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/FF-Kastor-12-460x314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Ffichtenfoo.net%2Fblog%2Fkallamityindustria-mechanika%25e2%2580%2599s-135-kastor-hovertank-%25c2%25bb-top-coat-decals%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=trebuchet+ms\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 3px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the blue and chips I applied another satin coat of FFA, then more hairspray. Over the hairspray I sprayed on several layers of khakis and drabs and then masked and painted the stripes. Oncedone I immediately set to chipping with a stiff wet brush. The resulting chips are not&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/kallamityindustria-mechanika%e2%80%99s-135-kastor-hovertank-%c2%bb-top-coat-decals\/\"><span>Continue Reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56],"tags":[77,240,714,620,621,82,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4824,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4819\/revisions\/4824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}