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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 24, 2007 16:14:22 GMT 12
Hi all,
We all like to see how other modellers do things, especially those who achieve fantastic results. So share your tips or write some tutorials that will help others along the way.
Cheers
Dave
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Post by Bruce on Oct 24, 2007 22:21:02 GMT 12
what? give up our secret methods....  |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 25, 2007 20:23:10 GMT 12
There are some really interesting tips throughout the forum, the most potentially useful one so far for me was the use of Mr Muscle to remove old paint work. Great idea, this new tips and tutorial board.
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Post by smithy on Oct 25, 2007 21:01:05 GMT 12
Great idea Dave. I think all modellers no matter what skill level are always looking for new ways of doing and improving things.
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Post by paulashman on Feb 12, 2013 19:07:03 GMT 12
Mr muscle? Oven cleaner?
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Post by flyjoe180 on Feb 19, 2013 10:13:56 GMT 12
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Post by phil on Feb 20, 2013 8:35:44 GMT 12
Spray Mr Muscle oven cleaner onto your kit/parts and put it all in a ziplock bag for a few hours (or overnight).
The using a soft tooth brush and running water, simply rinse it all off. It might take a couple of goes if there is stubborn paint, and remember to rinse it all really thoroughly.
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Post by horicle on Oct 3, 2013 14:55:32 GMT 12
A couple of observations from all those wasted years.
Selecting a paint type.
I ended up using the Tamiya Color acrylic series because.
1. Before drying it is water soluble making brush care and spill correction easy.
2. After drying it is quickly and easily broken down with Meths. You could even dunk the whole model in meths and expect nothing else to disappear. Not recommended.
3. For brushing you can dampen the paint brush with water to improve paint flow.
Using filler.
Ever tried putting masking tape along each side of the crack/indent/whatever you need to fill. Then sand out the filer before lifting the tape. All that surface detail adjacent to the c/i/w remains. Sometime the filler shrinkage works to your advantage.
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