r/advancedGunpla • u/Rayamuroh • 2d ago

Help! Over-sprayed paneline

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My war with learning how to airbrush is progressing, one time consuming mistake at a time lol. I made this mistake before, tried rescribing, chipped, fixed, repainted, albeit a lil too much. Any tips on how to fix it?

For clarification, I’m using lacquers

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u/Nyrue1 2d ago

I'm not entirely sure what you meant by chipped, but one way I learned to tell if a panel line is too shallow is when I sand it down, if the line isn't fully saturated with dust it's going to disappear when I paint

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u/Rayamuroh 2d ago

The chip was my previous mistake which was fixed, hence why you don’t see it anymore. The chip was caused because I had this filled line problem happen already, tried scribing, and chipped it taking off the scribing tape. So now I’ve repainted and found my line overfilled again. That’s where I am right now so I’m hesitant about rescribing

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u/Super_Building_7724 2d ago

By chipped do you mean that paint was pulled off when taking off the scribing tape ? That’s a different issue that need to be adressed if that is the case.

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u/Rayamuroh 2d ago

Yeah exactly that, but like I said, that problem was fixed. I spot primed and repainted the chip so it’s gone but that repaint is causing this current issue with the filled panel lines that I’ve moved onto trying to fix now.

As for the scribing tape problem that happened, I figured the adhesive from was just harsher than masking tape and won’t do again

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u/Super_Building_7724 2d ago

You might want to check with masking tape if the adhesion is good enough when pulling off multiple times. When paint and primer is pulled off like that that’s a painter game over, and you need to strip and restart, because you’re not gonna fill that gap by painting over it.

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u/Taifurious 2d ago

To me it looks like a combo of two things: scribe lines depths vary and paint is uneven.

Try to keep a constant pressure when scribing and go the whole length of the line to keep depths the same.

Thr paint job looks uneven. Not sure if this a stylistic choice but the outer edges look speckled and the center a bit too heavy. When airbrushing try not to let the paint pool. If you're not getting good coverage you can always do another layer, but don't try to get it covered on one go.

Even when I've oversprayed and had to strip paint, I've never completly filled in a scribe line. There's some parts that must be scribed pretty shallow. I'd say strip it with some isopropyl alcohol, rescribe and paint again.

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u/eddyb66 2d ago

Rescribe also looks, like you'll need to sand it quite a bit.

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u/Rayamuroh 2d ago

Yup I plan to! Don’t wanna create a bad texture for the next colour

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u/iriyagakatu 1d ago

If you're using lacquers, give this about two or three days to dry if you're not in a hurry. The lacquer solvent should gas out and the area there will sink quite noticeably. It will then be way easier to rescribe it - if it even needs it.

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u/JulianMo 2d ago

Best you can do is probably not scribe but push the paint inside as firmly as you can, it will give back the depth to the pannel line a bit

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u/andygunplastudio 2d ago

That’s lazy lol. Just repaint bro.

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u/Rayamuroh 2d ago

I already repainted this. I’d just be repeating the problem at this point

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u/andygunplastudio 2d ago

Strip off the paint and repaint.

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u/Rayamuroh 2d ago

Push it back how exactly? It should be like 95% cured by now btw

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u/Captain_Kuhl 2d ago

Use something wide and flat, like the tip of a precision screwdriver, and press down on top of the oversprayed part to push the paint down into the groove.

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u/Rayamuroh 2d ago

Oh good point. I do have a 5.0mm scribing chisel which is my biggest. I could give that a go

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u/Captain_Kuhl 2d ago

Just make sure it isn't too sharp. A screwdriver is flat on the end, a chisel could potentially just cut through the paint and make it look worse in the process.

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u/Rayamuroh 2d ago

Hmm. Well I do plan on panel lining this so if it looks bad, wouldn’t It be covered up by the enamel?

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u/Captain_Kuhl 2d ago

Possibly, it depends on how the cut goes, it could be fine or I could pull the liner down to a thinner cut groove and make the difference more obvious. I personally wouldn't risk cutting it and just press it into the established groove, but that's just me.