Dpate
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1 hour ago, Roadrunner said:
Dupli-Color black lacquer & Tamiya white lacquer. The one with the black primer is the one that cracked all to heck.
Ah okay. Never used Dupli colors primers - even though lot of folks have had success with it using automotive paints n such. I strictly use Mr surfacer primer. If I wasnt packing for my move I would test myself as I have few cans of the testors extreme diamond dust. Something in the 3n1 testors didn’t agree with the dupli color or vice versa.
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16 hours ago, Roadrunner said:
The Testors diamond dust is supposed to be a lacquer, yes. And I agree, experimenting on my kits themselves is an absolute no-no. The thing is, the other spoon, (different primer though), turned out just great, and even allowed for an additional coat of Tamiya clear red lacquer over the clear orange, which I very much like.
So what two primers did you use? Seems the one that did work is the primer you should use with this combo you’re doing.
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On 11/8/2023 at 3:46 PM, PatW said:
As we are moving soon I seeing kits that I need and ordering them now, ready to pack up.
Fujimi Levin GT and Heller Citroen 2CV, the 2CV i hope to convert to a pickup. The Ebbro kit is pretty expensive and seems to be out of stock everywhere! No pictures as not accepted on here from fotki.
Currently moving myself still packing. I have a total of 11 XL boxes full of kits, and that’s not including the ones that are bigger than the box itself lol.
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1 hour ago, Keef said:
I used it on the interior of a GTX I built and did a lot of handling after it had dried and had no issues. This had 1 medium heavy coat on it. Dried rather quickly as well.
Nice thank you
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7 minutes ago, Keef said:
I just recently started using this stuff and so far I love it!
After cleaning, and boxing up cause I’m moving soon I found a can of this lol. Didn’t know I had bought it. How durable is it? How many coats?
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17 minutes ago, Bill Eh? said:
Even though I've been home from ACME for over a week, I'm just getting around to posting this. My event visiting history is chronicled with t-shirts. I am not part of the YouTube model car community, however I met Rick Zinck in the parking lot of the host hotel, and he gave me his shop card and his "trademark" skeleton. I was really excited to see SPLASH Paints listed as a vendor. I picked up his line up of AMT 2021 Bronco colours. I really like the two-part Cyber Orange. Since I only have one kit, looks like I will be getting a couple more. I really like Fujimi Enthusiast kits. This BMW 635 in the Schnitzer livery is really eye catching. Sadly the decals are almost always toast. My purchase had a set of Studio 27 Jagermeister decals included. I bought the Hasegawa Suzuki Jimny because my travelling partner, Peter, had one. This prompted me to get some improved wheels, which is where JPS Customs comes in. Great product and great to deal with. The other wheel/tire sets... I'm addicted. I picked up another can of Revell Spray Chrome and some Novus polishes. The Revell Chrome sells fast here in the Toronto area.
Besides the revell & few others. ALL the Japan goodness 😍. Great stuff man, and that morris mini cooper is a very clean kit. Haven’t built mine yet.
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I tested the spoon I shot with Alclads matte coat, and seems it likes to rub off to easily. Gonna give testors dull coat a try, but hopefully more products can be mentioned along with the Tamiya. Thank you.
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So I own Alclads matte coat, and I own testors dull coat. Haven’t used much of the dull coat, but the Alclads matte coat I tested on a painted spoon, and looked great, and dried perfectly fine. So used it on motorcycle frame 2 coats, and it’s been tacky for over 2 weeks. Some sections have took fingerprints, and looks rubbed off being shiny. I’m not sure what I did wrong, but should I re test or just use a new product? Not sure why it worked perfectly fine on the spoon test, and not the frame. I did use 1 coat on the spoon, and 2 coats on the frame.
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On 10/31/2023 at 9:37 PM, Big John said:
On my noon walk I came across this incredible Chevy Fleatline doe the the MAX! All the bells and whistles, so to speak. The last is the Trunk latch.
That’s a beauty!
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Got another charger from hobby lobby for $20. Everything else from hobby town. The Tamiya is Italian red, and Matt black.
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4 hours ago, Dave G. said:
Wow that looks awesome and sounds it as well !
I found one at a hobby store listed online. Ebay is nuts on price for used but they do have a scant few listings.
I remember getting mine from hobbylinc. I have seen this kit at hobby town for $50 which is the cheapest I’ve ever seen it.
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I own this kit, and I’ve looked myself n could never find anything.
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There’s another technique, but this applies more to Tamiya, and other Japanese kits. For kits with no window masks, and without buying aftermarket. This tip will help a lot as well.
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There’s actually quite a few aftermarket shifters you can get. Here’s a example.
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30 minutes ago, 64SS350 said:
Wow, mine in Canton has the car kits for $12.99
Yeah $12.99 here. The trailers, and big rigs are $19.99
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On 10/22/2023 at 10:15 AM, Nacho Z said:
Greg and Dusty, I think that probably everything Infini makes is great. I know them from their PE sets for ships, some amazing sets. I have their cutting grid mats and I highly recommend them.
Yeah I have the type A mat. It’s great if I need something smaller than Tamiya’s 1mm.
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On 10/22/2023 at 9:01 AM, bobss396 said:
Those are thick. I have been using sanding sticks from a beauty supply store. The brand is Tropical Shine and they last a long time, providing they get washed when they get loaded up. Great for wet sanding too.
There thick cause there foam. Great for sanding on curves etc without losing the shape of the part.
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Got some paint on the CBR1000 RR-R engine block. Two of my favorite Tamiya LP colors titanium silver, and Mica Silver.
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27 minutes ago, Keef said:
What did I get today that’s model kit related?
Does anxiety, added stress, and a strong want to pull my hair out count? It is related to a model kit. 😒😞😖🤪
lol, what happened?
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New Makera bits came in today. Gorgeous! 0.2mm-1.1mm 1.2mm-2.1mm
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Yeah this brand of sand paper is great. I own all the types even the zebra type. The pads clog up fast sanding primer though, but so does Tamiya. You should try there sticky sheets that work for there photoetch mini sticks or basically anything you could stick em too. Great for getting into tiny areas, and I think go all the way up too 7k.
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From scalehobbyist. Have both Fireblades now. I’m hoping the pearl white over white primer will give me the proper white? If not I may have to order the proper color from zero paints.
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3 hours ago, Chuckyg1 said:
In Watkins Glen last week.
That’s nice also my favorite ice cream.
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5 hours ago, Bill Eh? said:
Here is a picture of the Mr Color Replenishing Agent, on the left. It contains the binding agents that Mr Color Leveling Thinner doesn't have. I too have brought many bottles of Mr Color paints back from the dead using this product. I'm sure that it will work equally well for Mr Surfacer as well.
I have the Mr Color Replenishing Agent too, and it works good with Tamiya as well.
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What did you get today? (Model Car Related Items)
in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Aqueous is 100% non toxic, and the Acrysion this is what I found about it.
This is an epoch-making paint that can be used for both brush painting and air brush painting. Drying speed is faster than with the existing water based hobby colors, so work efficiency is improved dramatically.