So today had me working on my gundam tryon 3 for a friend of mine and I have to say the kit has impressed me so far. Looking forward to painting this one once I finish my degree at university. View
I’ll be copy-pasting this to the other group as well.
Does anyone have any advices on how to make a vacuum spray booth? Like the one that can be seen here http://www.hlj.com/product/ATXSPB-02/Sup
Or at the very least some more affordable ones. Thanks in advance guys!
I thought of using some sort of beefed up kitchen aspirator or something like that. But due to the paint residue I don’t think it’d last all that long. I could find a used one for some 15USD but I’d just be throwing money aroind if it would go dead in a week, if you know what I mean. On top of that, I doubt ot would be strong enough to pull the…[Read more]
Hi All , i want to take out the Hand paint on the model kit before and apply the airbrush now, how i can do it ?
2/ Is acrylic good for airbrush ? which consistency should it like ? milk ? or in middle
For removing paint I’ve used water and a nail brush and that’s worked pretty good, but that was for acrylic paint. For other paints you may need more of a solvent.
Acrylics are great for airbrush. I’ve use Tamiya and Createx mainly, usually thinned with Tamiya thinner. “Like full-fat milk” is usually pretty good, although some paints will spray…[Read more]
Soak the pieces in Simple Green at least over night and then give them a wipe the next day. If the paint is still a little stubborn after that amount of time, let it sit longer. Acrylic comes off pretty quick but enamel takes much longer. I have left plastic kits in a Simple Green bath for as long as 3 or 4 days with no effects on the plastic…[Read more]
Left a ship I painted some few years ago sit in that thing for some two weeks. No problem there for the plastic. We don’t have Simple Green here so I probably think you were talking about your avarage window washing spray bottle stuff.
“Simple Green All-Purpose Cleaner can be used on any washable surface, from floors and walls to laundry and vehicles.” Truly a miraculous substance. You can get a bucket of this and while washing your car you can spray some of this on the walls to get them cleaned too. As a matter of fact, one can dump one’s week old laundry in the same bucket.…[Read more]
Window washer, an ordinary one without amonia will work for enamels. But you’ll have to leave it to sit in it for a while. Often a day or more depending on the thickness of the paint.
Don’t just spray over your hand paint job, you’ll have to strip it.
I would suggest use of enamel tinner to remove the excessive paint or use zippo fluid. Beware of industrial tinner, those really melt your plastic. I think use zippo fluid is the best because a tin of it usually just cost like USD3, its more easier to find compare to enamel tinner which is more expensive….
I’m not entirely sure, to be honest. I’m using my own compressor as a point of comparison, and the specs are pretty similar (1/6 HP, 1700RPM, though mine is rated for 42L/min while this one’s only for 23L/min)
My concern, I guess, has to do with duty cycle. If you work a compressor too hard, it will overheat and turn itself off until it cools…[Read more]
Looks good to me. I have a similar compressor and its great. The one you are looking at has a regulator so you can control the psi (amount of air pressure) and it has a tank so you have reserved air – pretty much means that the compressor will eventually turn off, but you can still use it. Sorry if i’m rambling and u know all this already – i…[Read more]
Hi guys,
the new MG RX-78-2 ver3.0 is going in the direction of RG kits with inner frame and more armor layers with different color tones, so I don’t think is the best RX-78-2 MG kits for airbrushing.
Which RX-78-2 MG kit is the best for airbrushing experience in your opinion? Ver 2.0, Ver.Ka or… another less famous RX-78-2 MG kit?
They look similar, both follow the design of the PG, and the OYW uses the PG-style leg frame of the v1.5… But the v1.5 used a lot of v1.0 parts (the arms, for instance) while the OYW was more in line with the early v2.0 kits… So they’ve got some stuff in common but IMO there’s just no reason to buy a v1.5 any more, unless it’s for historical…[Read more]
It’s all easy once you get a hang of it. Heck, people airbrish RG kits, with it’s tiny parts and do a good job out of it too. You can eitgher do multiple shades of each white or do it all in one shade. It just takes a bit more time. Now if you want to do it as fast as you can, painting the whole kit in white after assembly would be the easiest way…[Read more]
it’s all practice and patience. figure out what you want to do, plan it out, then just do it. more you do, the better you’ll get.
now i don’t paint RG’s, not cuz it’s hard, but i treat em as action figures so i’m happy just panel lining and simple clear so i can ‘play’ around with em but thats my choice.