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I meant stuff like Oracal films, widely available in Europe. But thinner and with adhesive weak enough to be used as a masking tape. Finally I've found this and its dedicated masking film ready for plotting. A guy from this store said that if this ripps a paint off models, anything else will too... ...

Simple question - is there any?

Thanks for the tips. I've also read somewhere that denaturated alcohol is best suited for thinning aqueos Gunze. Just for sure - denaturated alcohol is the one purple alcohol using for cleaning oily surfaces ? (In Poland we simply call it "denaturat" :wink:) It's stained purple with some t...

Hi there.

Two fast questions:

1.What's better ? Aqueos or solvent base Gunze ?

2.And, since I have some amount aqueos paints to use, I need to know proportions of mixing them with water (demineralised of course) - for all finishes - gloss, semi-gloss and matt.

I received a small sample of german equivalent of Renshape once - it's called Necuron. It's pretty hard. Far much hard than balsa for sure and even better than PVC foam. So I quit the idea for a while. I don't know, maybe it was wrong type - line of Necuron is wide. I can't say the one I have is eas...

Well in fact I have some experience in this game . Modeling or automotive putty it's my reality but I have to say it - I am tired of those . Simply looking for new techniques, new areas.
BTW I like sanding. Really. Problem is what man needs to sand .

What I seek most since I ever scratched anything is syntetic material with properties similar to balsa wood... Easy to hand-sanding/curving/shaping and woodwormproof :). Is anything like that out there ? Hours of fighting any possible kind of putty to fill styrene skeleton, is a major issue sometime...

I voted fo pre-shading.
But I can't what I would do if I had any experience about post-shading...

Ooo... Nice to know.
Thanks again.

So I thought. But it's always safe to ask.
Thanks.

OK - so there is a problem.
I need it, I bought it and kill me, but I don't have any idea how to use it because whatever I do I don't understand Japaneese and local distributor didn't think about attaching any kind of manual in familiar language.
Any help appriciated.

Eeeeergh, I don't know its proper english name - caustic soda ?

Hmm... personally I use a lot of foamed PVC selling out in big sheets - 122x244 cm - 1-2mm thick, canopies are stamped with VIVAK - it depends - 0,5 or 0,25mm... And at the HIPS - some kind of polystyrene in thickness 0.25 to 1mm... Is there anybody out there who uses foamed PVC :wink: ? It can be c...

OK. It's time for me for some language practicing. What I mean: I'd really like to know what exactly You call "styrene", what is the real english name for the material I call "foamed PVC"... Thankfully I know what the VIVAK is :wink: ... (copolyester) Ohh BTW: "Breathing hig...