I just stumbled upon this on ebay. Had to share! US guys, you might give it a shot. 25$ as a starting bid for a PG Zaku is an amazing price! Good luck to whoever bids for this guy!
A couple of days ago I had a girlfriend of mine working in my airbrushing quarters on one of her F1 kits. One of the questions she had was about spiderwebs. I tried to explain that sometimes airbrushing can and will produce this kind of effect, while working with enamels anyway. My question would be why? Anyone have any clue of why varnish (most…[Read more]
Gravity only. This anomaly is so rare on any other paints that I don’t give it much attention. However I am curious abot the origin of this strange effect. I suppose it could be similar to cotton candy effect, made mostly by paint not thin enough or bad temperature whyle painting. Though I’m mot sure.
you’ve basically got it.depending on the enamal your using, a combination of fluid thickness and humidity/temps causes a very fine build up on your neddle, just before the tip, causing that effect.
Hi guys. Just came back from a nice vacation and wanted to check back on my previously posted stuff. As for my spider web problem I had before, I’m still waiting on an airbrush I’ve ordered from HLJ. The long wait for my order to ship became a regulkar thing during summer vacation time I guess. But it’s on it’s way to me as we speak and I’ll soon…[Read more]
Amazing! It’s a true retro sci-fi classic!
To be honest, I love this stuff a lot more than the new “special effects make you go blind” kind of stuff. Good story > special effects!
A beginning is a very delicate time. Know then that it is the year 10,191. The Known Universe is ruled by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, my father. In this time, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The Spacing Guild and its…[Read more]
The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The Spacing Guild and its navigators, who the spice has mutated over 4,000 years, use the orange spice gas, which gives […]
A short question, of sorts. I’ve done seam lines before but sanding them propperly always came out hard to do or left surface not smooth enough for painting. Any advice? Using files and sanding sticks will do the trick but what grain? What would be my basic for sanding down excess glue roughly and then what grain should I get for that fine finish…[Read more]
Basically, to eliminate sanding scratches, you sand the surface again with a finer-grit sandpaper. The finer-grit sandpaper will make its own scratches, obviously, but they’ll be smaller. Continue the process through a few stages and the scratches will be small enough to be indistinguishable.
For most of my modeling work I use four sanding…[Read more]
I’m using polishing files for fingernails to sand things down. They are very flexible so you can use it on round parts and they have parts with very high grit to buff up and shine your nails. But it works on plastic parts really good to.
I myself am using a 240 for rough sanding, followed by a 1000 and after that I run it down with a flexible fingernail file for some fine polishing. I guess a flexible nail file is around 1500-2000 or so. A knife’s good too for that exess glue that’s easier cut than sanded. But still watned to read what the others use. This is a hobby where one can…[Read more]
Thanks a lot guys. I’ve already filled my bookmark list with some nice stuff. At the very least I have this year’s “to buy” list set. I guess I won’t be getting that Perfect Zeong any time soon so why not give this a go while I can!
Thanks again. If someone else has something to add, we’re all here to learn and compare our knowledge. You’re all welcome.
The paint on this kit is pretty much nailed with the blue appearing a LOT lighter than it really is due to my cell phone camera sensitivity + morning sun light source. Overall, I’m pretty satisfied with these little guys that come in two colours and are a real treat to modelers who enjoy painting small details making it something truly awesome. 🙂