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- Fri Sep 06, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Wave 1/24 Nemo's Car Model Kit The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; how to modify the kit?
- Replies: 9
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Re: Wave 1/24 Nemo's Car Model Kit The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; how to modify the kit?
I would suggest wandering through this site for a few hours to get an idea of what power systems could have been available http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/museum.htm
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:15 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Nail Polish...anyone ever use them for painting?
- Replies: 12
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Re: Nail Polish...anyone ever use them for painting?
Look up the MSDS on them. You'll find them chock full of acetone.
There are "green" lacquer thinners and they genuinely work. They smell like soy is about the only drawback. We used to use them a lot for cleaning airbrushes when we didn't have a vent booth.
There are "green" lacquer thinners and they genuinely work. They smell like soy is about the only drawback. We used to use them a lot for cleaning airbrushes when we didn't have a vent booth.
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:04 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Nail Polish...anyone ever use them for painting?
- Replies: 12
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Re: Nail Polish...anyone ever use them for painting?
In thin coats lacquer thinned with lacquer thinner dries too fast to affect the plastic. If you soak it in lacquer thinner there will be problems. 100% flashes off too quickly for a lot of uses which is why there is lacquer thinner, now with even more unicorn farts. Nail polish cleaner/remover cover...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:39 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Nail Polish...anyone ever use them for painting?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 127514
Re: Nail Polish...anyone ever use them for painting?
Used to be that nail polish were lacquers, well technically synthetic lacquers but lets be real nobody uses original lacquers anymore. That being said I'd suggest a lacquer thinner, typically 80% acetone and 20% unicorn farts, to try to thin them. I've tried a number of less smelly lacquer thinners ...
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:56 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Applying Walthers Solv-a-set with an airbrush?
- Replies: 7
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Re: Applying Walthers Solv-a-set with an airbrush?
My only concern, provided you're using adequate ventilation, would be seal degradation. For that you'd need to get an SDS or MSDS on Solvaset and see if the seals for your airbrush are proof against it.
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:27 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Not a lot of experience working with acrylics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 128817
Re: Not a lot of experience working with acrylics
I would avoid adding soap. While it does reduce surface tension it also reduces bonding making the surface really, really, soft. A commercial surfacant will do also reduce the surface tension but won't affect bonding. To be honest I've never asked if something was airbrushable. I just see if it'll w...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Not a lot of experience working with acrylics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 128817
Re: Not a lot of experience working with acrylics
Did you do that with a single action airbrush or were you shooting with a double action brush? How much PSI? Yeah, even the Daler Rowney bottles don't say you can airbrush those iridescent inks. Kinda misleading. Unless I'm going for an "opaque" color, I was going to goof around to see ho...
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:33 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Not a lot of experience working with acrylics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 128817
Re: Not a lot of experience working with acrylics
I used a .35 needle to spray them. That's a medium size. IIRC I added a bit of clear gloss acrylic to the mix to help them stick.
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:31 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Not a lot of experience working with acrylics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 128817
Re: Not a lot of experience working with acrylics
I've sprayed quite a bit of Daler-Rowney Pearlescent ink. They work much better with a good base coat of white and a seal coat afterwords. They're now particularly soft like old Createx were but better safe than sorry.
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:41 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Clear-coating bare aluminum … but with what?
- Replies: 9
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Re: Clear-coating bare aluminum … but with what?
There's a product called Alumaclear that is made for bonding to raw aluminum. Baring that I'd suggest a 2K urethane clearcoat as they bond incredibly well and do not show wear or yellowing.
- Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:43 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: How Do You Start?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 272874
Re: How Do You Start?
There's also Model Design & Blueprinting Handbook, Volume 1 by Charles Adams, https://www.amazon.com/Model-Design-Blu ... 0979175232
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:11 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Burnishing Chrome foil
- Replies: 19
- Views: 194464
Re: Burnishing Chrome foil
Be sure to check out Hasegawa's line of metallic films & colors.
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:11 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Anyone else have problems with Vallejo?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 103377
Re: Anyone else have problems with Vallejo?
I usually add a drop of flow improver as it helps my ham fisted painting. Shaking will not properly mix Vallejo as had been stated. I modified one of those immersion style paint mixers to fit through the neck of Vallejo bottles to get them mixed well. Basically I shaved it down to diameter then file...
- Sun Aug 07, 2022 1:40 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: What is the oldest paint you have that is still good?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 237100
Re: What is the oldest paint you have that is still good?
I used to have a bottle of Pactra (or was it Revell?) acrylic from the 80s that I kept just to be reminded of how bad a paint can be. The stuff refused to cure. Ever. Even after 10 years it was still tacky. Finally tossed it back in the aughts. I've got some Tamiya that's 20 or so years old as when ...
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 5:05 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Diffusion via sheet styrene
- Replies: 12
- Views: 93207
Re: Diffusion via sheet styrene
The farther away you can get the light source from the diffusing material the better it will work. That being said check out the various plastics manufacturers for free samples like this https://plaskolite.com/catalog/optix-ld ... ng-acrylic
- Mon May 23, 2022 2:28 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Best online source for hemispheres?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 436386
- Wed May 04, 2022 11:28 am
- Forum: Important Site News
- Topic: Wonderfest 2022 thread
- Replies: 13
- Views: 61961
Re: Wonderfest 2022 thread
I'm a mod and don't have permission. So let me bug 1-0 about it.
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:58 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Dust! How to vanquish it?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 146759
Re: Dust! How to vanquish it?
Generally I'll mist on some bathroom cleaner then use warm water and gentle water from the spray or shower head to rinse it off. If the decals come off the water is too warm and/or you used too much soap.
- Fri Dec 10, 2021 12:14 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Alternative to soldering wires for lighting
- Replies: 10
- Views: 76055
Re: Alternative to soldering wires for lighting
Get a decent soldering iron. That fixed 99% of the soldering issues I used to have. Temperature control makes a world of difference.
- Sat Sep 18, 2021 4:52 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Dulling down gloss and semi-gloss hobby enamels with flattening powders,can it be done?
- Replies: 7
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Re: Dulling down gloss and semi-gloss hobby enamels with flattening powders,can it be done?
I've done it. It takes a HUGE amount to get a true flat and if you over do it it'll get a frosted look. How much you ask? Roughly a bottle of Tamiya flat base to a bottle of Tamiya gloss paint. I say roughly because as always, results will vary. It's easier to just lay some Alclad matte over it all.
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:04 am
- Forum: Important Site News
- Topic: 25th Anniversary, right?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 502938
Re: 25th Anniversary, right?
Time for a Silver model contest?
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:10 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Sealing photo-etch
- Replies: 11
- Views: 60550
Re: Sealing photo-etch
Do you mean prime? Or are you applying decals to bare metal?
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:09 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Lighting full sized weapons
- Replies: 7
- Views: 68759
Re: Lighting full sized weapons
I'd go with some broad angle LEDs and some diffusing medium like Lumicolor Glacier or OPTIX Flexilume.
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:54 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Decal Paper
- Replies: 10
- Views: 118164
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:31 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Decal Paper
- Replies: 10
- Views: 118164
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:30 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Decal Paper
- Replies: 10
- Views: 118164
Re: Decal Paper
This is my preferred supplier https://www.papilio.com/
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:09 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: polishing Clear resin?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 50181
Re: polishing Clear resin?
You've got to be very careful not to heat the part up when hollowing it out. With opaque parts it isn't a problem but with clear parts you can make the piece go foggy if it heats up. So, with that in mind, use as sharp of a burr as you can find with a coarser cut, go as slow as you can, and don't us...
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:03 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Heat discoloration on real metal?
- Replies: 10
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Re: Heat discoloration on real metal?
IIRC the engine bells are turned aluminum. Heat coloring them won't quite right and it'll need more heat than a candle will provide.
Pick up Tamiya's Weathering Master D Set, Item No:87088. Use the pastel like stuff to heat color the metal then seal with a matte finish.
Pick up Tamiya's Weathering Master D Set, Item No:87088. Use the pastel like stuff to heat color the metal then seal with a matte finish.
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:18 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Stupid question, but....
- Replies: 27
- Views: 340134
Re: Stupid question, but....
Irritate everybody and refer to tiny random details as "gribbles"
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:21 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Dr Mikes, Mercury, or Flexy?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 43134
Re: Dr Mikes, Mercury, or Flexy?
Mercury Adhesives is, quite frankly, amazing. Their triple seal tech keeps the crusties away and the plastic they use isn't gas permeable. It's what I use when I can remember to order it. And yes, I've emptied a bottle of Mercury. Shocked me when I realized the reason I wasn't getting glue out of it...