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I usually spray some future over the decals before spraying my final clear coat.

Are there any brick and mortar stores that cary them like lowes, hobby, lobby, etc.?

I literally have one hand. I lost my right hand in a car accident several years ago. It makes opening bottles and closing them tightly a real bitch. My wife always gets on to me for using my teeth .

We actually have one of the powerd jar openers, but the bottles are too short. I am not familiar w/ the V-shaped ones.

Anyone know of a good vise that I could use to hold paint bottles such as model master while I open them? I only have one hand and I would rather not break a tooth trying to use my teeth. :D I am looking for something to secure the bottles on the table so I can open and close them. Any suggestions?

Anybody here ever tried Super Clean on clear parts?

Model Master Enamel Black Window Tint.

I painted some clear parts with black tinting, but I got it on too heavy so it does not look even. Is there a way to remove paint from clear pieces without damaging them?

I am having issues with some enamel paint that I am brushing on. It dries withing 5-10 seconds so if I hit that area with a brush again, I get gummy clumps and bad smears. It is just a specific bottle of paint. It may be old or a bad batch. I considered buying a new bottle, but I would like to salva...

I have a bottle of paint that is drying faster than normal making it a pain to pant with. I heard somewhere that you can get some retardants to make paint dry slower. Anyone have a link?

I am finishing up a model with no decals and the paint already has the desired finish (flat). Is a clear coat even necessary? Some of the paint is white. Would clear coat help prevent discoloration?

btw i admire your resolve in not letting the missing limb hold you back from what you like to do. i myself can barely do my models with both hands!! i can't imagine the complexities it adds to the hobby only having one hand. just holding a piece and then work on it would require a jig of some sort ...

I don't really have a problem glueing stuff in place. The problem I ran into w/ the launch tower is that the pieces are very awkward to try clamping (and fragile as well) and I don't want to have to hold a part in place for an hour while the glue sets. That is why I was looking for a less brittle al...

An additional wrench in the works is that I only have one hand, so using string is pretty much out of the question since I can't really tie it. I have been able to use weights, bottles, etc. to get some of the pieces into a stable position for glueing, but some of them are just too awkward.

They are not obscenely warped, but enough that they don't fit together properly. Most of the pieces are for the scaffolding framework on the launch pad, so clamping them would not work. Super glue has worked pretty well so far, but there are some areas that will take more stress and I am afraid the ...

Do these bond strong pretty fast? The model is old and a lot of the parts are warped so they want to pul apart or not line up. I need something that will bond fast and strong enough to keep them from pulling apart.

What is a strong, fast drying type of glue for styrene? I am working on a 1/144 shuttle launch tower and there are several parts that can't really be clamped. I have tried Super Glue which holds pretty well, but it still seems rather brittle. Regular plastic cement takes far too long to dry. Suggest...

Does the Paasche 1/2 oz jars for the model H airbrushes screw directly onto Model Master paint jars? I have a few 1 oz jars and I am tired of pouring paint back and forth between jars.

The airbrush is brand new. It was the first time I had used it, so there would not have been any paint buildup.

I recently purchased a Paasche external mix syphon feed AB (don't remember the exact model #). I have had a few problems and have several questions. 1 . What tip size works best for MM acrylics, particularly for large area coverage? It came w/ a 1, 3, and 5. 2 . Is there a difference between the air...

is ther an easy way to apply reflective tape behind clear parts? Would you get a glow effect if you put the tape behind a clear part and then painted the part clear red or clear blue?

I just bought an Paasche external mix airbrush and I was wanting to know what psi works best with Model Master acrylics? Also, what tips work best, especially for large area coating?

I discovered after the future dried thoroughly, that what I thought were beads of future were in fact bubbles in the decals. The glossiness of the future made the existing bubbles show up more. I followed some tips I got here on the boards to pretty much eliminate them.

In the past, I have always used spray bomb dullcoats, such as from Testors. I recently tried airbrushing on a Model Master Flat Clear Acrylic instead. I wound up with spots that looked "frosted" when the light hits them just right. This primarily occurred where I had large decals. Is this ...

It turns out that Starshipwife09 id MY wife . She had apparently created an account to find out what kind of airbrush to get me. She ended up just giving me cash instead, so I could pick out my own. My local Hobby Lobby has an Pasche external syphon feed brush. How well do those work?

Sticking the decals w/ a knife and adding a bit more future got rid of most of the offenders. The ones I could not get rid of were the ones where I had a decal on top of another decal. I put some future on between decals, but maybe I did not get enough. This was my first attempt at using aztecking d...

The decals that are bubbling up were rather brittle when I applied them (apparently a bad batch from PL). Could that have been a contributing factor? It is almost like they are trying to expand a bit and are causing wrinkles.

I have been having trouble with some of the larger decals I have applied. I will apply them and everything looks fine, however, when I put on the top coat of future, air bubbles start to appear. I am not sure if the future is causing areas to lift off a bit or if the future is causing existing bubbl...

I just recently started using Futur as a clear coat. All was going well until yesterday. I had applied a set of 3rd party aztecking decals to my NX-01 and when I applied the top coat of future, the future kept trying to bead up on the decals. As it dried, it smoothed itself out some, but when the li...

Hi starshipwife09! If starshiphusband09 is reading this, then your surprise may be spoiled :( Check out the Iwata Revolution at Dixieart: http://www.dixieart.com/Iwata_Revolution_Airbrushes.html Specifically, the model about halfway down this page, the CR with a fixed 1/3 oz paint cup. This configu...