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thank you for the advice and all the details. i think i will try the alclad and see how it goes. any tips on how to strip the chrome completely off a part to prepare for the alclad?

Hi guys, can you please advise on how to remove chrome plated parts of their runners without leaving a mark of unchromed spot where the stub was? if there are any other tricks for this, i would appreciate it if you could share some thanks in advance, yarin.

thank you all guys for the great tips! i will try to implemet your recommendations today! :) should i "do" something between coats? sandpaper, polish etc... ?

Hi guys, i just bought a new airbrush (iwata eclipse hp-cs). i think i have a pretty solid technique and i can spray a pretty even nice looking coat on my parts. i started with some small parts and i have a quiick question about their finish. before i had an airbrush i painted the small parts with a brush (enamel paints) and even though i could see the brush strokes, the finish was pretty solid and shiny. the finish with the airbrush seems a bit sadny and quite doll. the part is not as smooth to touch as i expected it to be. i want to stress again, the coat is very thin, no splashes or anything - really nice looking coat, which simply misses the shine and the smooth touch. do you guys have any tips on maybe what i should do between coats and what i should do in order to provide a smooth finish for my parts? thanks in advance, yarin.

Thank you for the quick reply Ray. Can you guys provide me with more comments on this matter? i would love to hear from additional folks who painted their models by hand.

Hello, I've never built a model kit before, i just ordered my first one a couple of days ago and i've been reading as much as i can for these past few days. SInce i've never done this before i can only assume, but i think i'd like to hand paint my models. i searched for information about brush painting the body of the model but failed to find any useful stuff. so, my question is - is it possible for me to hand paint an entire model? i'm especially interested to hear your opinions about the model's body itself of course. I'm a kind of an OCD guy in pretty much everything i do so i'm not affraid of painstaking work to get things perfect. I'm fresh out of the box in this hobby so i hope i provided all the details you guys need. Thanks in advance, Yarin.