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Although I get decent results (usually) from acrylics, I still have a deep distrust of acrylic as a medium and prefer enamels even though acrylics make for an easier clean up. I prefer Tamiya brand but also use Hannants own brand colours for specific FS colour matches. Both work best with Tamiya thi...

Have you tried acrylics?

I like the Welcome to Mars design by Peter Ellison. Its been years since I saw it in an art book and thought then that it deserved being built - even a kit released although I was certain that would never happen.

Last resort trick. Hot water. Soften. Bend back to straight. Drill into the end lengthways whilst still straight. Let Cool Cut a length or brass rod to the right length. Place part in hot water. Soften. Bend back to straight. Insert brass rod. Driible in superglue. Use a rig to hold shape. Let glue ...

Not tried painting these yet, but a trick to painting the flexible polythene figures (Airfix, Revell etc) is to: 1. Was thoroughly in detergent and rinse 2. Mix some white glue (Elmers or Evostick) with water so its a milky consistancy. Paint onto the figure. As it dries it shrinks rto a felexible s...

Agreed. Get both. A pin vice isn't a huge investment and is a useful tool for projects requiring a more delicate touch. A dremel may cost more but is versitile and can used for more than drilling. But as the warnings say, its easy to end up melting what you are working on even if set to a slow speed...

To be honest I prefer to use something like a Gundam fine line pen and then remove the excess with a Q Tip and isopropyl alcohol..

Agree with badwrench on the priming.

That said thank god companies like GW have switched to plastic. SO much easier to customise.

This comes up as a topic quite often in paper modelling forums.

Its certainly possible to print the paper parts and use as a template for a styrene model.

The real trick would be to print the coloured parts to styrene and assemble a full colour mode

This comes up as a topic quite often in paper modelling forums. Its certainly possible to print the paper parts and use as a template for a styrene model. The real trick would be to print the coloured parts to styrene and assemble a full colour model. I have had a go but without success. As suggeste...

Another way - assuming you want accenuate lines - is to use the Gundam fine point markers. Just draw within the panel lines and clean any overspil with a wipe of alcohol on a q-tip.

Looking forward to the kit release - lighting it would be great - and have a batch on order. That said, I just received the MAV model spinner that was packed with a Blue Ray of the movie http://www.hlj.com/product/medmav-83830 Pretty good model, pre-finished with opening doors etc. Spinner Model But...

Personal choice? I do an internal undercoat of black to serve as a light barrier and prevent bleed through. Then I will use either silver or a gloss white as the internal reflective coat. I've also tried putting silver foil burnished onto the inside of small models. I'm sure there are a whole host o...

Water does work pretty well and if the mix is thinned OK it doesn't take that long to dry.

That said I tend to use either commercial isopropyl alcohol or Tamiya brand acrylic thinner and fall back on water if I'm out of alcohol.

Not noticed any significant difference in performance.

Would a coat of Tamiya metallic blue with a top coat of smoke give the approximate effect?

From the UK and I say Deck-ull....

Then again, I was born in Canada

There is a fine line between genius and insanity.

Some people are both

Seriously though. Wow!

I just do not trust Superglues- they work for a while but can just let go or sheer with applied stress, or jsut when they decide to. Agreed. There are times I will use it out of desperation but I have absolutely no faith that I won't find the model has fallen apart a few days/weeks/months later. At...

Cool

Didn't realise those were your work. I still have a part built Omega waiting to be based up and painted along with a Narn G'Quan class cruiser.

Come pay day this is on my wants list!

It does look good. Certainly matches what we saw on screen (which, granted wasn't that much).

How does it compare in scale terms to, say, the gaming mini of the Omega Class or to the Revell B5 station kit?

Two issues here 1. You should be able to shoot it through an airbrush without thinning 2. It can be thinned with water and cleaned off with Isopropyl alcohol. I can't say for sure, but I suspect you will get better results if thin with Isopropyl as well. 3. I hope that the Future is the old formulat...

I try to avoid the paint first build later approach if I can. Not only (as stated) is it likley you will need to sand off some of the paint to get a decent joint, fill gaps etc, there is a risk that the glue will dissolve the paint and you get runs. The paint can get scuffed and dirty from handling....

Assuming you have decided on the actual base itself, whether it is a wood base, painted block of resin or whatever, then the choice of stand is - as stated - pretty much a matter of subjective preference (and, of course, price). There are factors that will influence a decision such as the weight of ...

Is the wash intended to add a level of toning to the areas of silver or just to pick out the panel lines? If you are just going for the panel lines, I regularly use a Gundam Fine Line marker (black or grey depending on the base colour) and simply run the pen along the inside of the panel lines. When...

I used to use them as model bases. Glue together and then spray with a suitable base colour, add some landscaping there you are. Good for 1/72 AFVs, 1/144 aircraft and smaller 1/72 aircraft etc

There are some labels that you can't remove. There is an increasing tendency when using clear food packging - bulk ice cream tubs for example for the label to be printed on a clear plastic sheet. That is then inserted in the mold and the plastic injected. The label and the package become a single it...

I use this RTV 101 Silicone Rubber

Works great. Easy to use.

Is it hard? Only if you let it be. I'll build OOB without any worries but equally I will try to customise the model even if only in a small way. That may simply be dropping the flaps on an aircraft, building the hatches open on a tank, adding a diferent weapons load out to the hard points than came ...

I like the design but can't quite get past the name. Nebulizer.... From my former career in pharmacy, "nebulzer" immeditely calls up the image of a nebulizer is a device used to administer inhaled medication in the form of a mist - an alternative to the more common pressure inhaler. It doe...