can someone pls help me figure out how to do a panel line wash i mixed up the enamel and the thinner and then i use the thinner to wash out the excess paint on the sides but the problem is the paint underneath the pieces are also coming off after it but im using tamiya acrylic paint and i top coated it with a semi gloss coat before i add the panel line
The problem is the thinner you’re using to wash off the excess is too strong. Probably also too strong for thinning the enamel paint. Then when you are applying the wash this may start to dissolve the clear coat already…. Then by using the thinner to wash the excess you’re taking away all clear coat that wasn’t dissolved and also the paint. Real…[Read more]
Also, don’t use a semi gloss if you’re going to do panel washing, use a full gloss. You want that top coat to be as smooth as possible to let the wash flow quicker and more freely. this will also aid in the clean up. I would also suggest that you give the top coat time to cure. While you only need to wait for it…[Read more]
What brand clear coat? There are two kinds of acrylics. Water based and alcohol based. The water based is the weakest one.
A lot of model builders swear by Tamiya X22. It’s alcohol based.
Just change your thinning agent. What you’re using right now is just too strong for your clear coat! Trust me
I did a search on the internet and found out that MM acrylics are true water based.
According to Mokanaman on YouTube Vallejo clear coat acrylic is the weakest off all he has used. This is because it’s also a real water based acrylic. He swears Tamiya acrylic clear is the best.
So accordingly MM acrylic is really weak. Probably the weakest of…[Read more]
Need help on this one. what kind of spray paint to achieve a realistic sword because I’m painting Exia’s GN swords trying to make look like a sword not some light grey coated paint
Krylon makes a spray paint that should work really well(I use it myself). It’s their Premium original Chrome. They make other paints like it as well(brass, silver, gold, etc), all made to resemble metal when totally dry. They come in these skinny cans, and normally cost a bit more then normal spray paint(in terms of volume), but they’re worth it…[Read more]
so i tried to start an order for parts from gentei kits and i made an order like early june but they never confirmed for me its my first time using this service is it supposed to take forever for them to confirm the order so i can pay for it
from my experience the response time is usually quite fast, although i have never done a parts order. Not sure if that makes a difference though. Toss an email out there to confirm if the order was received.
Just wanting to ask this question, anyone here have any advice how to swap the cloth like piping on thunderbolt series zaku to the normal zaku type piping
Ok im working on the F type zaku ll mg 2.0 and i thought the pipeing was supost to be eaier its just as much a pain. I thought it would be loose and you just trim the pipe pieces off and they would slide ,but no i have to force them down to the poi t im afraid ill break something. Is this just me or is it normal for the kit
It’s normal. It’s cased by the fact that the harder plastic pieces your “sliding” onto the internal pipe are molded on top of a softer plastic(or the softer plastic is molded into the Harder plastic. I don’t work for bandai, so i have no clue which way they do it). Though the two wont bond to each other, if you look at the space where the harder…[Read more]
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.
The problem is the thinner you’re using to wash off the excess is too strong. Probably also too strong for thinning the enamel paint. Then when you are applying the wash this may start to dissolve the clear coat already…. Then by using the thinner to wash the excess you’re taking away all clear coat that wasn’t dissolved and also the paint. Real…[Read more]
im using testor thinner so ur saying that stuff is too strong then?
Yes. It seems it’s dissolving your clear coat. Just try it out on a empty runner
Are you using an Acrylic gloss?
Also, don’t use a semi gloss if you’re going to do panel washing, use a full gloss. You want that top coat to be as smooth as possible to let the wash flow quicker and more freely. this will also aid in the clean up. I would also suggest that you give the top coat time to cure. While you only need to wait for it…[Read more]
yea im using acrlyic semi gloss over tamiya acylics
What brand clear coat? There are two kinds of acrylics. Water based and alcohol based. The water based is the weakest one.
A lot of model builders swear by Tamiya X22. It’s alcohol based.
Just change your thinning agent. What you’re using right now is just too strong for your clear coat! Trust me
im using modelmaster acrylic semi gloss coat im not sure if its waterbase or alcohol based whts the difference anyways
I did a search on the internet and found out that MM acrylics are true water based.
According to Mokanaman on YouTube Vallejo clear coat acrylic is the weakest off all he has used. This is because it’s also a real water based acrylic. He swears Tamiya acrylic clear is the best.
So accordingly MM acrylic is really weak. Probably the weakest of…[Read more]