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Even though I gave Aztec high praise all those years ago, I have since switched to an Iwata Hi-Line and I can safely say that I will never touch an Aztec again.

macfrank wrote:I usually just spray another layer of the underlining paint color (or just Future, which is clear) over the tape to seal it. Once that's dry, I just spray the next layer.

That's the method that I use as well.

I just got one, and I'm curious as to how your suppose to use the MAC feature (Micro Air Control), and what your suppose to use it for.

All the light blocking must be done on the outside of the model, because all of the windows are cast on the surface. This is the Soveriegn Replicas 1/650 Ent-E model. I need a color that blocks up all the light bleed, in the fewest coats possible (preferably 1 or 2 coats) so all of the window masks ...

Is there an "off the shelf" brand in a spray can that I can go to some place like Lowes or Home Depot to get, that works very fast (like in 30 minutes) at removing paint with a minimum amount of scrubbing, but won't effect the spot glazing putty and superglue thats holding all the fibergla...

Opps! Didn't see that we already have a sticky thread on this subject until after I posted this!

Is there an "off the shelf" brand that I can go to either Lowes or Home Depot to get, that works very fast at removing paint with a minimum amount of scrubbing, but won't effect the spot glazing putty and superglue thats holding all the fiberglass and resin parts together?

Ok gents, I need some opinions on what type and brand of silver (spray can) to use as a light blocking barrier (this is suppose to work better than just using black). One of the things that I think screwed up my build of the Soveriegn Replicas 1/650 Ent-E kit is that I had to lay down so many coats ...

I use an Iwata HP-C Plus now, and its the best airbrush I ever used, and I was a die-hard Aztec user for 10 years.

I got the same results when I tried it on white decal paper to. :roll: You sure you haven't got a RGB vs CYM problem there. Those are 2 standards for color recognition on PC's/Printers, if your image is one format and the printer produces the other you might get that results. HTH. No, it prints in ...

Sounds like the the paper is absorbing the ink improperly or... and this gets tricky... the printer is printing equal amounts of all 4 colors which tend to make mud. A proper gray is a % of some mixture like 100c75m50y100b. But, it'd look brown on paper too if that was the issue. Sounds like a pape...

Kylwell wrote:Is it printing just black ink or is it a 4c gray?

Its printing all the colors, and the printer is in good working order. But for some reason, the color grey is coming out as brown.

Kylwell wrote:Boy... er... uhm... sounds like something in the paper is altering the ink color. Is it the same printer settings?

Same settings.

I'm having trouble printing some decals. They are rendered in grey, which is correct, and print grey when I print them on normal white copy paper. However when I print them on clear ink jet Decal paper they print out in a brown color Whats going on here??????

I'm having trouble printing some decals. They are rendered in grey, which is correct, and print grey when I print them on normal white copy paper. However when I print them on clear ink jet Decal paper they print out in a brown color Whats going on here??????

I've never had a problem with my Aztec A7778 Airbrush. Perfect results every time.

Thanks for the above info, but I found a way to do what I had in mind already.

Romulan Spy wrote:Do you have access to Floquil Railroad enamels? You might like to try Platinum Mist, a very light silvery color.

I do, but I won't use enamels. Acrylics and Lacquers only for me.

TER-OR wrote:Yeah, it's probably what you want. It does a good job for aluminum-doped fabric.

Thanks, I'll go with it then.

For an upcoming project I will be needing a very light Aluminum color paint. I see that Alclad 2 makes a "White Aluminum" paint. Is this the color that I'm hoping?

Yes. Try a smaller tip and lower pressure Thanks for the quick reply! I did go to my local hobby store and bought the finest tip they had. I still can not get a thin enough line. Is there anything else I can do because I really need to be able to pre-shade this model. Very low pressure and very thi...

What material works best to pack on top of a bunch of LEDs or other independent light sources to defuse the light into looking like one whole source?

Kylwell wrote:Yeah but it was designed by a monkey smoking crack.

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Thanks!

I'm in need of paint. There are no worthwhile LHSs in my area, and I'd like to get it all in one shipment if possible. Does anyone know of a decent online store that ships: Alclad Lacquer Mr. Surfacer in Rattle Can Polyscale paint Ideas? Call Mike Smith @ Colpar Hobbie 1-800-876-0414 He's got it al...

Does anyone know how you can go about programing various sounds onto a chip and then hook the chip up to a speaker? I thought it would be cool to be able to add sound effects into models.

Thanks John.

I need a silver that I can paint over with other colors, then mask, and paint more colors, and not have the masks rip up the paint. I had that problem happen last night. The paint I put on over the silver came off with little difficulty.

I've been using an Aztec for 10+ years and never had a problem. I think they are great.

WedgeCharlotte wrote:They also ship all the tubes I've bought with a dual connector inverter.

Then it should be ok then, I will guess.

Leave a little bit around and on top of the seam, because most putty's shrink as they cure.