I’ve got a pretty noob question I wanna ask and could use some info from people who know what they’re doing. I want to switch from spray paint to an airbrush and would like to know what equipment I should get. I saw a starter kit on amazon and wanted to know if it was good for a noob like me to is.
Well there’s a number of ways to go, the very simplest would be just an airbrush with cans of compressed air, as you may imagine that’s not all that much better than spray cans. the next level up would be to switch out the cans of compressed air with an actual compressor, this gives you a more even and constant flow of air. then the next step from…[Read more]
oh another thing you’ll see dual action and single action airbrushes. single action airbrushes have a simple trigger to release the air and paint and a double action lets you release the air and control the flow of paint separately giving you better control, but for beginning I’d say go with a single action first and upgrade to a double action…[Read more]
does anyone know how to do scratchbuilding with the epoxy putty ive seen ppl and their tutorials but id really like to see a video of it i cant really find a tutorial of someone scratchbuilding with epoxy putty or platstruct
what do you mean by scratch building? like making they’re own custom parts, or using the putty to alter parts?
If’ you plan making you’re own parts, there are two options that are FAR better then using putty.
1. If you good at sculpting at all, you can use some sculplay clay to make a part, fire it(bake it in your oven), and then make a mold of…[Read more]
There are a few videos of people using putty, but it’s nothing more then them using it to fill in holes and gaps. Putty isn’t an ideal material for building parts. It does serve as a great filler, but that’s about it. When it comes to altering parts, your best friends are going to be plaplate and sand paper, as your typical tools of course. good,…[Read more]
Hi all I’m hoping that someone can provide me with the URL for the site where they had a few pictures with no colors of them of some MG Gundams to test out colors for paint schemes on say for example the MG Stein, Nu Gundam and there were a few others too.
so ive been poking around the interwebz to see if there is a suitable alternative to Mr.Mark Softer and i came across something interesting. Has anyone ever tried vinegar so soften water slides? or if anyone can verify the active ingredients in Mr.Mark Softer to be acetic acid. Im really curious if this will work so any info would be great
i recently bought an airbrush master g-22 airbrush plus compressor on amazon. when i received it i tried it out and i tried to spray with the airbrus with a paint ration of 1:1 using tamiya white and thinner but nothing came out when i pressed the trigger on the low end when i pressed it and pulled it back it splatters and all the paint was runny.…[Read more]
Could be a bad seal on the nozzle, 1-1 works with my Iwata Revolution, you may also be getting moisture build up in the hose line (judging from the runny paint comment), you can normally eliminate that problem with a moisture trap on the airbrush end of the hose, if you already have one on the compressor?
well the g22 is a dual action so if you just press down you get nothing but air, and if you pull all the way back then the paint just runs right out. I don’t have too much experience with Dual action brushes, but I’m thinking you just need to be more gentle pulling back on the trigger.
Hey guys, I just saw the FA unicorn ver ka with the red psycho frame online, a couple of days ago was pretty happy. Then I saw it was a bandai online thing and was sad. I’m not trying to sound cheap , I just don’t want to pay over 100 dollars just for the red psycho frame. So I was wondering if you can get the unicorn ova and the FA unicorn ver…[Read more]
Of course frame parts are identical, so it is possible. If it is really cheaper for you to buy 2 kits. Maybe you can find someone who agree to exchange 2 frame runners – I guess it is not hard to find someone who want green psycho frame unicorn but without this enormous upgrades.
The only really problem would be to find red parts for two more shields.
Hi guys, I’ve heard that instead of using clear paints to paint clear parts, you can use a sharpie (Permanent marker). Is this true, and if so, is it much different to clear paint?
Thanks
I use sharpie for some stuff and yes the light colors will work on clear parts quite well. It takes some practice to get a smooth application though and it smudges off very easily.
@teetee580 when painting your kits with tamiya spray cans, do you paint the inner frame, the reason is, that i am looking to paint the inner frame of my MG Destiny and i just wanted to know if by priming and painting the inner frame does it rub or restrict any movement?
So I’m doing a custom paint job on a 1/48 Gernsback M9 from Full Metal Panic. I was wanting to know if anyone knows of any decals that are out there for this kit? Non were supplied I’m hoping for some to add the extra bit of detail.
You can check with HLJ. If you search within the “supplies” you can find some decals from HiQParts or on the second page for decals from Gesse. Maybe you find there some to your liking