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SkunkDuster posted:I wonder if that rapid thinner is just leveling thinner without the retarder, aka hardware store lacquer thinner. Which isn't actually a bad thing. I use straight lacquer thinner with Mr. Color paints when I want to build up a lot of thin coats fast. Leveling thinner without the retarder is the normal Mr Color Thinner. Rapid thinner is a different product that they say is better for metallics or matte finishes.
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Mar 12, 2022 02:32
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1:72 Revell M2A2 Bradley.   Quite a decent kit.
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Mar 12, 2022 17:05
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Nice work! Revell's 1/72 armour range is actually pretty good, far less variable than their aircraft.
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Mar 12, 2022 23:34
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A lot of them seem to be downscaled Italeri 1/48 scale kits, which makes things a little fiddly at times.
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Mar 12, 2022 23:52
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I recently got my models out of storage and threw them on a shelf without any thought, and realized I'd accidentally done a little 1960s time capsule. I do wish they were all the same scale though. Edit: Just noticed the sideview mirror on the bus broke in transit. Whoops.
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Slugworth posted:I recently got my models out of storage and threw them on a shelf without any thought, and realized I'd accidentally done a little 1960s time capsule. I choose to believe that the APC goes around informing people about things like spotting domestic abuse and the importance of staying in school.
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Mar 13, 2022 02:12
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Slugworth posted:Edit: Just noticed the sideview mirror on the bus broke in transit. Whoops. Now it's even more authentic !
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Mar 13, 2022 02:47
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tidal wave emulator posted:Nice work! Revell's 1/72 armour range is actually pretty good, far less variable than their aircraft. I normally don't build armor but the few Revell kits I've built in this scale have been pretty good. Still gotta pick up a Boxer MRAV in that scale too. They also occasionally rerelease old 1:76 kits from what I've noticed, and I recall in one case one got labeled as being 1:72, which is just sneaky.
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Mar 13, 2022 11:18
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The 1/76 kits are Matchbox reissues and usually come with crew figures and a little diorama base. I love them.
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Mar 13, 2022 11:46
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Phy posted:From what I remember when I was interested in trying one out, the semi-recent Bandai transforming VF-1 kits were supposed to be kind of dodgy and floppy, but the VF-25 and 31s were ok (if sticker hell)? I'd still be worried about scraping the paint, had I ever painted a drat thing in my life. I built the Draken III in Mirage's colors about a month ago, still need to paint it. Still a little fiddly to transform since Bandai hates to put alignment pegs on the kits but better than the VF-25 and VF-1 kits they put out. The main body transformation is pretty wild compared to other Valks.
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Mar 14, 2022 22:59
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Can I get an airbrush recommendation? I've had an old $30 Master airbrush for years, the trigger is getting sticky (I probably got some cleaner in there by mistake) but looking into the repair process and how much enjoyment I've gotten out of this hobby I figure I might as well upgrade. The Badger line looks good and affordable to me. My local Blick has mostly Iwata stuff. I mostly paint miniatures these days but I have a few gunpla projects waiting for warmer weather.
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Marx Headroom posted:Can I get an airbrush recommendation? I've had an old $30 Master airbrush for years, the trigger is getting sticky (I probably got some cleaner in there by mistake) but looking into the repair process and how much enjoyment I've gotten out of this hobby I figure I might as well upgrade. The Badger line looks good and affordable to me. My local Blick has mostly Iwata stuff. I mostly paint miniatures these days but I have a few gunpla projects waiting for warmer weather. I have a Badger Patriot 105 and it works decently enough.
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Mar 16, 2022 15:44
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Marx Headroom posted:Can I get an airbrush recommendation? I've had an old $30 Master airbrush for years, the trigger is getting sticky (I probably got some cleaner in there by mistake) but looking into the repair process and how much enjoyment I've gotten out of this hobby I figure I might as well upgrade. The Badger line looks good and affordable to me. My local Blick has mostly Iwata stuff. I mostly paint miniatures these days but I have a few gunpla projects waiting for warmer weather. If you're in the US, The Badger Patriot 105 is a good sturdy easy to maintain brush and readily available. You can often find them on sale for ~$65. If you're not in the US they can be harder to get so a Panache or Iwata are probably better choices.
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Mar 16, 2022 15:45
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tidal wave emulator posted:In a similar vein, Mig 29 kits and Ukrainian digital camo masking sets are now sold out across the web as every aircraft modeler out there is now building a Ghost of Kiev model. Well, someone made the masks for a 1:32 version. And of course a 1:72 version.
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Mar 16, 2022 15:56
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Marx Headroom posted:Can I get an airbrush recommendation? I've had an old $30 Master airbrush for years, the trigger is getting sticky (I probably got some cleaner in there by mistake) but looking into the repair process and how much enjoyment I've gotten out of this hobby I figure I might as well upgrade. The Badger line looks good and affordable to me. My local Blick has mostly Iwata stuff. I mostly paint miniatures these days but I have a few gunpla projects waiting for warmer weather. I've painted several gunpla kits with a Badger P105. It's a good airbrush, well-made and with a wealth of videos online for how to git gud. Cleaning is easy, and if you run a shot of cleaner every time you change colors you won't have to take it apart very often. Protip: get some beads, hematite or other stone, not glass, about 8mm and put a couple in all your bottles of primer. They do wonders to help shake things up.
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Mar 16, 2022 16:09
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Seems pretty unanimous and in line with where I was leaning. Thanks!
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Mar 16, 2022 16:28
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mllaneza posted:Protip: get some beads, hematite or other stone, not glass, about 8mm and put a couple in all your bottles of primer. They do wonders to help shake things up. I got a thing of 100 little metal balls off amazon for a few bucks and throw them in all my paints.
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I've never had to call Badger customer support, but I've heard it is excellent. The main thing I don't like about Badger is that their air hose fittings are much smaller than Iwata. Iwata uses what seems to be the industry standard sized fittings so your hoses will hook right up to dehydrators, manifolds, or quick releases. With Badger, you might have to get adapters or hoses with a badger fitting on one end and a standard fitting on the other. I have a pair of Badger 150s that I used for years and they were good airbrushes. The only reason I don't use them any more is that they are siphon feed. I picked up an Iwata HP-CS gravity feed maybe a decade ago and haven't used either of those 150s since then. I much prefer gravity feed over siphon feed due to less parts and much easier cleaning. I also picked up a Badger SOTAR 20-20 a few years back from Amazon when it was on sale. It is also a good airbrush, but I rarely use it. With the Iwata being my main workhorse, the only time I really use the 20-20 is when I need REAL fine lines. It is excellent at detail work.
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Mar 16, 2022 18:37
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I got a Badger Xtreme Patriot (lol) 105 as my first 'proper' airbrush after using the cheapo one that came with my compressor for a few months. I do like the tall trigger it has which sets it apart from the rest of my airbrushes now, but one downside is that Badger needles can only be removed from the back due to the wee plastic ball on the end of them - usually I prefer pulling the needle out from the front so it doesn't drag paint through the whole mechanism. I recently got a Mr Hobby Procon Boy PS-270 (which I believe is made in the same factory as Iwatas) and it's wonderful to use. Great handfeel.
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Mar 16, 2022 18:59
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Phy posted:From what I remember when I was interested in trying one out, the semi-recent Bandai transforming VF-1 kits were supposed to be kind of dodgy and floppy, but the VF-25 and 31s were ok (if sticker hell)? I'd still be worried about scraping the paint, had I ever painted a drat thing in my life. The non-transforming Hasegawa kits are decent, though they really need to overhaul the VF-1 molds because the alignment pins don't align anymore.
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tidal wave emulator posted:I recently got a Mr Hobby Procon Boy PS-270 (which I believe is made in the same factory as Iwatas) and it's wonderful to use. Great handfeel. I don't have any personal experience with Badgers but I highly recommend Mr Hobby (also known as GSI Creos) airbrushes. I have the PS-289 which is a .3 needle and PS-290 which is a .5 needle and I feel like that pretty much covers everything. They are great airbrushes they atomize paint very well and the prices are good too for the Japanese built quality I think I paid like $150 each?
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Charliegrs posted:I don't have any personal experience with Badgers but I highly recommend Mr Hobby (also known as GSI Creos) airbrushes. I have the PS-289 which is a .3 needle and PS-290 which is a .5 needle and I feel like that pretty much covers everything. They are great airbrushes they atomize paint very well and the prices are good too for the Japanese built quality I think I paid like $150 each? I have the same pair and love them both. The PS-290 in particular does 90% of what I need while being extremely sturdy and easy to clean/maintain. I had a Badger 105 previously and it was fine and reliable but something of a blunt instrument compared to the Mr Hobby brushes.
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Mar 18, 2022 01:54
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Sometimes it feels like a kit has a million pieces and each one hates you personally. The Miniart GAZ-AAA with M4 Maxim is one of those kits.     
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Mar 18, 2022 03:12
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That’s some good looking snow.
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Mar 18, 2022 03:20
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miniart kits are, ime, all actively hostile to the builder. i had one of their american tractors and that was one of my only modeling DNFs.
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Mar 18, 2022 05:07
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I built their BA-64, T-70 and T-80 before, plus lots of figure sets, and those were all fine. This was easily more frustration than all those combined. I'm eying the WE-210 tracks in my stash with great suspicion, but I know they can't be worse than the Bronco ones.
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Mar 18, 2022 05:17
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The camouflage striping turned out nicely.
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Mar 18, 2022 13:44
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Ensign Expendable posted:Sometimes it feels like a kit has a million pieces and each one hates you personally. The Miniart GAZ-AAA with M4 Maxim is one of those kits. I can hear the delicate *tink* as the gunsight hits the floor after I try to manhandle something that delicate. Great look on those paint stripes.
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Mar 18, 2022 14:20
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Thanks! My masking tape had a lot of trouble staying on, and also you can see that they're not exactly parallel in all cases. I think this is still the best winter camo I've ever painted.
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Mar 18, 2022 15:27
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Bill Posters posted:I have the same pair and love them both. The PS-290 in particular does 90% of what I need while being extremely sturdy and easy to clean/maintain. Do you find you get much paint build-up on the needle and in the area immediately behind the cup? I've found this takes the longest to clean on my PS-270, and I'm not sure if that means the needle packing seal needs replaced (although it's supposed to be solvent-proof) or if there's a bit of a gap between the cup and the needle packing mechanism that paint gathers in. This image indicates the latter is possibly the case:  I think with my Badger the seal is immediately behind the cup and so it doesn't take as much wiggling the the needle back and forth to clean the paint from there.
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tidal wave emulator posted:Do you find you get much paint build-up on the needle and in the area immediately behind the cup? I've found this takes the longest to clean on my PS-270, and I'm not sure if that means the needle packing seal needs replaced (although it's supposed to be solvent-proof) or if there's a bit of a gap between the cup and the needle packing mechanism that paint gathers in. This image indicates the latter is possibly the case: You can tighten that needle packing screw if you want a stronger seal. If you're going to do this you need to be careful since it could permanently deform the teflon ring.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Thanks! My masking tape had a lot of trouble staying on, and also you can see that they're not exactly parallel in all cases. I think this is still the best winter camo I've ever painted. what did you use for the snow?
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Some more progress on the KGV     
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Immolat1on posted:what did you use for the snow? Vallejo acrylic snow 73.820.
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RillAkBea posted:The non-transforming Hasegawa kits are decent, though they really need to overhaul the VF-1 molds because the alignment pins don't align anymore. I'm working on a VF-25 Super Messiah right now, which was probably well above my skill level when I started. Even allowing for the "git gud" factor, there's some janky bits on this kit. More than a couple of assemblies just do not have clear pictures of how they fit. It's also decal hell, 178 numbered decals many of which have multiples. And to top things off, the painting guide isn't in color. I wound up finding a color guide online and printing it to go with the b&w diagram. tl;dr Not super happy with Hasegawa
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To be fair, that's less the Hasegawa experience and more the Hasegawa Macross experience. There's a lot of really goofy attempts to reuse parts between the various fighter modes and it doesn't really work. The multi-layer decals are dumb as hell, though, no argument there.
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Saw this amazing build on Armorama today. Titled "Calm Ripples", by Young Won. Check out more pics at the link below. https://armorama.com/news/calm-ripples-inspirations-by-young-won 
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Thats amazing! Armorama is still around. Diorama is pretty good too I guess.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Sometimes it feels like a kit has a million pieces and each one hates you personally. SEX HAVER 40000 posted:miniart kits are, ime, all actively hostile to the builder. i had one of their american tractors and that was one of my only modeling DNFs. Yeah, that'd be the one. Regardless, that thing came out amazing, and I've added it to my list of purchases.
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