{"id":1130,"date":"2012-09-06T08:30:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T08:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2012-09-17T08:00:35","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T08:00:35","slug":"painted-mobile-phone-mast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/09\/painted-mobile-phone-mast\/","title":{"rendered":"Painted Mobile Phone Mast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A couple of weeks ago we mentioned our new 15mm Mobile Phone Masts<\/a> which were available through our Shapeways Store<\/a>. I’ve finally had a chance to paint the first of these, the tower mast with three antennae.<\/p>\n

I first stuck the model onto a 40mm round figure base, with a large washer stuck underneath to weigh the base down and make the tower stable. I made a little stand from it from a square of plastic card with a bolt in each corner made from hex section plastic rod. The base was then covered in PVA and sand. Normal superglue works fine when sticking Shapeways plastic parts, you don’t need any special adhesives. Once everything had dried, I undercoated with a spray can of white primer.<\/p>\n

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I then painted it in two shades of grey, a pale grey for the base and top framework and a green-grey (Tamiya Slate Grey) for the tower body (although this isn’t too obvious from the photos). After a black wash and drybrush, the three antennae were picked out in white. The final touches were a few splashes of orange-brown wash for rust patches (these towers are out in all weathers after all). The base was painted in Tamiya Flat Earth, drybrushed a pale stone and then patches of static grass were PVA’d on.
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\nSo that’s it – a simple enough paint job, bringing communication to the backwaters of the galaxy.<\/p>\n

The other phone mast, the larger lattice tower, is being saved for a later date – I have a slightly more elaborate base planned for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago we mentioned our new 15mm Mobile Phone Masts which were available through our Shapeways Store. I’ve finally had a chance to paint the first of these, the tower mast with three antennae. 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