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Ensign Expendable posted:Yup, many thin layers is fine, one thick layer and you're hosed. Ask me how I know this. Painting miniatures? I did that with an old metal space marine dreadnought nearly 20 years ago. Mercifully, being metal, it survived a bath in brake cleaner and was repainted. I doubt that sort of thing would fly with plastic or resin.
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You just have to change the bath. Cillit Bang degreaser works fine on resin or plastic.
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May 27, 2017 11:28
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I had good results with pine sol.
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Arquinsiel posted:You just have to change the bath. Cillit Bang degreaser works fine on resin or plastic. Oh most definitely. I use Simple Green or Super Clean now and they work great so long as it's acrylic paint to be removed.
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For Tamiya X or XF paints I just use hot water with a bit of washing soda mixed in. Dissolves the paint in seconds, no need to brush even. Just swish the part through and see the paint disappear.
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May 28, 2017 13:21
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Arquinsiel posted:You just have to change the bath. Cillit Bang degreaser works fine on resin or plastic. Really? I thought degreasers were bad for resin as they leech the hardener out? I'm completely sorted for stripping plastic and metal now with Biostrip, but I have a fair pile of forge world resin I want to strip  I've been trying various strippers on large lumps of cut off gate material but they always end up turning it into rubber that crumbles away.
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Give it a shot on some scrap to be sure, because there are dozens of types of resin out there. Worked fine on old Battlefront miniatures when I used them.
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May 28, 2017 15:14
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Cool! Thanks, i'll grab a bottle and give it a go.
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Anyone who designs a model tank such that the individual track links connect to the sprue on the surface where the links are supposed to mesh with eachother is a monster. That is all.
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If anybody in the UK wants one of these then let me know here and I'll send it your way. Only proviso is that I would like to see it built and painted here. https://industriamechanika.com/shop/michael-herm/79-the-knight-by-michael-herm.html
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big_g posted:If anybody in the UK wants one of these then let me know here and I'll send it your way. Only proviso is that I would like to see it built and painted here. I'd be intersted- how much would you want w/shipping?
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Lobster God posted:I'd be intersted- how much would you want w/shipping? Nothing but has to be UK, the only cost is that you have to build and paint it with progress pictures in this thread.
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big_g posted:Nothing but has to be UK, the only cost is that you have to build and paint it with progress pictures in this thread. Oh cool, am in UK and would definitely be up for progress posting. Been looking for a large-ish model to work on and practise a few new techniques on (got some Florey washes recently and want to try out some oil paint stuff too). Should I PM for details?
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Lobster God posted:Oh cool, am in UK and would definitely be up for progress posting. Been looking for a large-ish model to work on and practise a few new techniques on (got some Florey washes recently and want to try out some oil paint stuff too). Should I PM for details? Yeh, drop me a PM.
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After 2 years of intermittent lunch breaks the giant brass steam train is now actially in motion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEvcbf7TraM
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Just finished my Tie/IN. The Interceptor has always been my favourite SW ship so when I found the 1/72 Bandai kits in the UK I had to pick one up .    
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Just finished my Tie/IN. The Interceptor has always been my favourite SW ship so when I found the 1/72 Bandai kits in the UK I had to pick one up . Dope. Nice wash. Did you take any progress pics or can you describe your wash process? I'm gonna build the A-wing in that line and am always looking for tips.
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I like the lego blaster bolts. Also tie interceptor is the best, was one of my fav ships to fly in TIE Fighter. Shields are for babies.
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Van Dis posted:Dope. Nice wash. Did you take any progress pics or can you describe your wash process? I'm gonna build the A-wing in that line and am always looking for tips. Thanks  No progress pics but it was literally just a black wash all over and wipe off the excess on the flat surfaces with tissue. Probably far from the best way to do it but it's quick and easy.Baronjutter posted:I like the lego blaster bolts. Also tie interceptor is the best, was one of my fav ships to fly in TIE Fighter. Shields are for babies. Thanks, the blaster bolts actually come in the kit, and you can attach them to the chin guns or the wingtips.
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You mounted them with little lego transparent cones though no??? Or something that happens to look exactly like them. Am I going mad?
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Baronjutter posted:You mounted them with little lego transparent cones though no??? Or something that happens to look exactly like them. Am I going mad? I'm not familiar with the lego parts but those clear bits come in the kit too.
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Greyhawk posted:After 2 years of intermittent lunch breaks the giant brass steam train is now actially in motion Nice. What's the new bote you pictured at the end of the previous page? I've been on vacation so a bit behind on the forum.
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I hosed up the paint on my Earhart's Vega so I put it away and I don't want to see it for a while. Eventually I'll try to fix it but for now I'm over it. AMT, never again. Heads up: Duplicolor isn't as good and easy as Tamiya AS sprays. So... last car I assembled was Revell skill 2. This one is Revell skill 4. Best I can tell is the pieces are generally a little smaller and need more-precise application of adhesive. 12A engine:   I don't know why the carb was on the chrome sprue. I've only ever seen them brown and vaguely steel-colored. clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Jun 3, 2017 |
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Chromed carbs were a thing for a while for dressing up the engine bay, especially when teenagers could afford what are now super-expensive muscle cars from the late 60's, early 70's.
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I built a 1:35 Tamiya Panzer III ausf L. 
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Frenz posted:I built a 1:35 Tamiya Panzer III ausf L. Nice! I haven't had the time to build anything all spring, looking forward to some laze summer days of building hitler sleds.
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lilljonas posted:Nice!  Greyhawk posted:For Tamiya X or XF paints I just use hot water with a bit of washing soda mixed in. Dissolves the paint in seconds, no need to brush even. Just swish the part through and see the paint disappear. I'll have to try this the next time I need to clean up a mistake when painting detail. Their acrylic acrylic thinner works decently for this but I'm always worried it's going to do something to the underlying finish.
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Frenz posted:I built a 1:35 Tamiya Panzer III ausf L. Looks good!
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Williams Bros 1/72 Boeing 247 racer model.  I redid the fuselage and engine logos in Photoshop because the kit decals were completely wrong. An old kit that I picked up cheap, I think it came out OK.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Anyone who designs a model tank such that the individual track links connect to the sprue on the surface where the links are supposed to mesh with eachother is a monster. That is all. I hear you but on tanks that have raised detail on the surface that contacts the ground and raised detail representing the track pins on the sides there's not really an alternative. I was thinking maybe on the opposite face with the guide tooth but that's where they usually hide the injector pin marks. The absolute worst thing to clean up I've seen are injector pin marks in a recessed area below the contact surface.
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Anyone have any experience with a GSI Creos Airbrush? I was looking at the PS289 to replace my current cheap airbrush, and it looked like an interesting alternative to the more expensive HP-CS or H&S Evolution.
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Trying out hand painting the body on this RX7 rather than spraying it. I thought it would be a poo poo show but it's better than I thought so far. I had one in roughly that color about 20 years ago. I know the series 1 never got tornado silver though.
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Lobster God posted:Oh cool, am in UK and would definitely be up for progress posting. Been looking for a large-ish model to work on and practise a few new techniques on (got some Florey washes recently and want to try out some oil paint stuff too). Should I PM for details? Looking forward to seeing this. That's a pretty cool looking model. I 3d printed a Battletech Mad Cat but I think the detail is too coarse to get too crazy with washes and such.
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Revell is releasing a 1/72 Black Pearl with nearly 1000 parts.
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Nebakenezzer posted:Revell is releasing a 1/72 Black Pearl with nearly 1000 parts. I'm gonna buy it. Maybe I'll actually go back to modelling this Summer, too.
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Yooper posted:Looking forward to seeing this. That's a pretty cool looking model. I 3d printed a Battletech Mad Cat but I think the detail is too coarse to get too crazy with washes and such. That is really interesting. Would you show some photos of it? Frenz posted:I built a 1:35 Tamiya Panzer III ausf L. Really clean, neat finish. It's very good!
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So my airbrush's trigger keeps sticking - I think it needs a cleaning, but a cleaning where I remove the trigger, or otherwise let it soak in Iso alcohol. Advice?
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Nebakenezzer posted:So my airbrush's trigger keeps sticking - I think it needs a cleaning, but a cleaning where I remove the trigger, or otherwise let it soak in Iso alcohol. Advice? It may just need some lubricant--the cleaning kit for my airbrush included some for the trigger. Is there a gap you can shine a light into without removing the trigger?
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My trigger stuck a bit, and it turned out I had the spring screw tightened too hard.
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