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Before painting. If you wait and do it last, then it covers up all that work you did.

I've used dried Basil and Oregano worked great. Seen crush up real leaf used too. But I like the herbs better because they are real small, dried leaves.

Kylwell® wrote:Pin it and use Wave Black CA.

Ha! I knew you were going to say that.

He's right try Wave Black CA. Great stuff. You too will be hooked on it.

Kylwell, Kylwell, he's our man! If he can't answer it, no one can!

Check out the Hand Punches at your local craft store. I have a great pair of Fiskars 1/16 & 1/4 inch circle. And I picked up some cheap 1/2 inch circle at Michaels. Just don't try to punch through really thick stuff with the cheapos I've already broke one pair.

Does the added Future make the paint glossy? It did a little. Not really glossy. I used it with Tamiya flat yellow. And for what I'm doing the little shine was ok. You might want to try the Liquitex stuff. If your doing really small dry brushing like chips and nicks you might not notice the slight ...

Toss it and use Aves Apoxie Sculpt you can get form the SSM store. Works great, no nasty smell and you can sculpt it like clay.

Tried the Future with Tamiya. Worked great.

Kylwell wrote:You can also get acrylic extenders from art stores. Liquitex makes one.

I have used the Liquitex with their paint but I didn't know you could use it with Tamiya acrylics. Will have to give that a try too.

Kylwell wrote:Add some extender like Future.

Really, that works huh? Got to give it a try.

The question should be " Who doesn't collect stuff for scratch building?" It's starting to become my other hobby.

Was Googling for some pics of rusted metal and found this great site. Great big pics of metal in various conditions.

http://www.mayang.com/textures/Metal/ht ... index.html

I eyeball the 50/50 mix but the big trick is mixing it well and thoughly. It's not good enough to look well mixed (we've found), mashing and folding for about 5 minutes makes sure it well mixed. Kylwell is right. I just started using it, bought it form SSM store and had no problem with it once it w...

Here is one source

http://www.tapplastics.com/index.php?

You could try Tamiya Fine Surface Primer it comes in White.

Has anyone read AVES F.A.Q.?

http://www.avesstudio.com/FAQ_s/faq_s.html

First question is like Babaganoosh's.

Answer - Mix for 2 min and cure for 24 hours.

Oh great, another thing that gets blamed on me. Ha Ha I promise I will not blame you if I have any problems with AVES. I will follow the directions. Alot of things can affect your results with a product impatience , humidity, room temperature, oily hands. Me thinks the fist one is a common problem....

I got to give this stuff a try.

I've only read good things about it. Mostly form Kylwell

Will the Tamiya Surface Primer also stick well to resin? And what color is it? Light Grey? Grey? Dark Grey? Also, will the Surfacer stuff stick well to resin? It should. Go to the Tamiya web page and check it out. It is Light Grey. But I think it only comes in spray cans. If you are going to airbru...