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That's a bunch of questions and most having more than one answer. On the steel then color then scratch, one thing which would help is to put a clear coat over the steel before the color coat, giving an extra layer of safety. As for enamel or acrylic, there are a whole lot of "that depends on .....

Having the cloth damp works best for me.

Does the fine print on the spray can, if that is what was used, say something to the effect of "Recoat in ...." If you used airbrush, was the paint enamel or acrylic - very different answers. What will details be painted with - enamel or acrylic - again, different answers. Gloss enamel is ...

http://www.micro-loco-motion.com/ Have advertised for decades in model railroad magazines and have been articles about using various motors for propulsion and effects. One of those things I keep intending to do but get distracted by other projects. Google finds they have an ebay store. "THE MOT...

"Best way" in painting tends to usually work out more precisely as 'best way for your way of doing things given what you are doing at the time' but there actuality are some universal truths. One being, the less air reaching the paint that's not actively in use, the better. And your Model M...

In situations like that I go with the primer where I can tell where the paint went over it.
The hard practicality of that trumps esoteric antishading.

Static electricity charge in your body zapping components?

Kylwell wrote:Also be careful of handling the model as increased heat brings out oils in the skin that when transferred to a model cause the paint to not stick.

Would wager that advice arrives by virtue of personal experience

FatherRob wrote:The temperature in our garage was ranging between 70 and 75 degrees, ...

so far that has been perfect spray painting temp in my experience.

Maybe y'all are scratchbuilding bigger things than I do. The .040 is heavy framing material around here - even for a 15inch long 1/48 scale space fighter. Or HO scale and On30 scale train car and locomotive bodies. Then again, there are problems with my hands and that is the heaviest I want to try t...

Interesting. Will have to check our little burg.

CarlGo wrote:Looks like it's time to shop for pastels and chalk... Just to re-cap, the order of operations should be paint, then decals, then clear coat, then weathering, than another clear coat, right?

Pretty much.

The couple times I did the CA + baking soda thing, 5 years later it was sprouting snowflake crystal towers.

A light dulling of the finish. If an airbrush is available, mist a coat of some dusty color over the model, just on the edge of being enough to show

Is a ways off from happening yet - maybe October - this is good info to have since for first time ever I'm going to mount lighted model on a stand with power frm the stand.

What motion picture is it going to be in?

Probably ought to add a note that lacquer thinner is pretty potent in the aromatic realm.

chiver wrote:spam? spam and ice cream are a horable mix..

Have heard SPAM is national food of Hawaii.

To be honest, the weathering I did was a little heavy for my taste, but from far away it looks good :) And after seeing pics of the filming model, I was surprised how heavily weathered it looked, so I guess my brain went there. Take a picture at 1995 television screen resolution and see if that doe...

Something similar to Ziz' method works for me. Tape, sticky notes, are useful too :arrow: keep them away from where liquid glue might encounter the adhesive. For spatulas I use the X-acto style large and narrow chisel blades. Sometimes on the handle so as to dip in Testors liquid cement before picki...

Kylwell wrote:Future does have a shelf life of sorts. It will thicken over time but a dash of water will fix it.

Interesting to note, would have never guessed the water thing.

Pretty cool

Also looking for the best way to make à wash for panel lines? If the goal is to have a wash settle in to engraved panel lines it is a good idea to apply that wash over gloss paint or a gloss coat over matte paint because on matte paint the wash will settle in to the miniature-sandpaper-like surface...

In the time-honored way of saying it, "That'll fly!"

karim wrote:Pure CSS Glossy Button (with a "Sliding Doors" fallback)
... The typical solution to this problem is a sliding doors approach.

I'm glad you know what you are talking about! I haven't a clue.

Reason for glosscoating before decals is that matte, flat, paints have a surface which under a microscope looks like sandpaper - that is how they break up light reflection. Laying a decal over that is like laying a sheet of paper on a gravel road, it only touches the high points - that is what cause...

As has been said, the liquid plastic glues weld the material. Tube glues - a little bit but no so much as the liquids. Each has things it is better for. Also, when sanding, CA is immensely harder than styrene or ABS; that's something to keep in mind. Ah, that brings up that styrene and ABS require d...

do you apply it to the whole rim of the parts being cemented or apply it only to the pins and holes on the model for fitting it together? A: Yes, I do. Meaning, that sometimes when using the liquid glue applied with a brush I will start by putting a bit on the pins and/or tabs and then after proper...

Okay, so, how long until you can do this at home?

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Okay, so, how long until you can do this at home?

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