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Has anyone else had good success with bathroom fans in they're paint booths?
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This thing is sweet! Great build
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Heroncustom - I will be sending you a pm about your booth later today! Jwrass - I am a younger modeler (23) just getting back into it since a very very young age. I am employed and do have a degree, but the time being staying with my parents still works and plus I save a good amount of money (instead of wasting it on rent, I would rather pay a mortgage) for when I do decide to buy a house. Anyways, Thank you for the welcome! I always turn to this forum for advice, tips, and to see peoples amazing builds that boggle my mind! This is a great model building community, and I hope to see some of your projects as well!
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Tom - That really is a very impressive setup. I would love to have that one day but currently a smaller one ( about large plastic bin size) would be ideal. (Still live with parents). Nonetheless I hope to one day be able to have a set up similar to yours.
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you have got my attention on this one! looking forward to seeing this build
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Looks good! Would you mind me asking what kind if fan you are using to suck up the fumes and over spray? I am looking to build a booth for myself soon hopefully!
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I did not know that, thank you for the advice! Is there anyway you would be able to share how you fit the bilge fan to work with your booth? That would be very very helpful! Thank you again!
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Great thanks!
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Did the search but would like it to be small enough to fit behind the plastic bin, a bathroom fan would be ideal in size.
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If it didn't fall apart at least once then it wasn't a true Lancia! On another note, color choice is great and love how you did the interior. Great build, looking forward to more builds from you.
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To paint or not to paint?
1hobby1 replied to 1hobby1's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
So I went ahead and gave it a polish with my LMG kit. Started with a good wash. Let it dry, and began. Started with 6000, then 8000, finished with 12000 After 12000 I put the LMG swirl remover and gloss finish on the car, topped it off with some Mothers car wax and I am very happy with the outcome. Thank you everyone who helped me out today! Very happy with the outcome! -
I use duplicolor straight from the can. I believe it is acrylic lacquer. I also use a generic flat black enamel for the chassis and smaller items (walmart has a brand for 96 cents a can that works great.) for clears I either shoot testers lacquer clear OR rustoleum acrylic lacquer clear (tough stuff, I'm a fan) Finding a fan that is safe for those paints would be great. Starting to second guess my choice of fan!
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To paint or not to paint?
1hobby1 replied to 1hobby1's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Great, thank you! And yes the LMG kit came a scratch filler and a polish. I'll try going with the 6000 first on a small section and see the outcome before I attack the entire body. -
To paint or not to paint?
1hobby1 replied to 1hobby1's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Snake - those look great! would you mind me asking where you recommend starting with the polishing pad grit? -
To paint or not to paint?
1hobby1 replied to 1hobby1's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
This is better news than I expected! The body seems solid, in my eyes at least. Here is a picture of the body. What grit do most start at with a body that's not painted to receive a good shine? -
Belugawrx - Thank you for the link. many good points were brought up especially about starting fires which is clearly not on my list of priorities . I did not really think about the paints vapors and overspray being able to start fires. I'm going to have to keep doing more research I would really like a safe paint booth but do not want to spend $100+ on a booth. Fastback340 - http://www.amazon.com/Broan-Model-688-Ventilation-Grille/dp/B00004TTZZ/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1424016040&sr=8-8&keywords=exhaust+fan+bathroom This was the fan I was thinking of purchasing. It does not say if it brushless or not and I am most certainly not trying to start any fires. MeatMan - Thank you for the advice, That is probably the best idea and see what other people use with paint booths they made. Also spraying from a can is different than an airbrush of course. That being said, what set up are you currently using? Did you make a paint booth for yourself?
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Hello everyone! So I recently started a new project and I actually really like the color the mold came in. The kit is the Tamiya Morris Mini and the molded body is green. Now I would love to keep it this shade of green. I do plan on doing the roof a gloss white. I have the LMG polishing kit and was wondering if sanding the body from around 4000grit-12000grit will help bring out more color in the mold. Has anyone ever polished a body out of the box before? Or should I just prep the body for paint and paint it a similar color? Any advice, input, or ideas would be great! Thanks all Steve
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Hello everyone! So I have been debating on building a small paint booth for some time now and I do have some questions hopefully someone can help me out! I plan on using a plastic bin for the spray area, I found a great deal on a 50cfm bathroom exhaust fan on amazon, and will throw a filter in front of the fan. I usually spray my models with duplicolor products right from the can (I do not own an airbrush). I believe a 50cfm fan should be enough but what do you think? Would the 50cfm fan have enough power to suck the fumes and overspray? Has anyone on here made a similar style booth? Any help would be great! Thanks! Steve
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Glue residue on taillight
1hobby1 replied to 1hobby1's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Well went to a few stores today an none of them had the future. Might just order some off amazon at this point. Thank you all for your input! -
old school ,East coast hot rod [ not a rat rod ]
1hobby1 replied to bpletcher55's topic in WIP: Model Cars
I agree with black also! -
Glue residue on taillight
1hobby1 replied to 1hobby1's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Tom, Thank you for the picture! I will be on the lookout for this tomorrow and hopefully with be able to post up the results. -
Glue residue on taillight
1hobby1 replied to 1hobby1's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Great, thanks -
Glue residue on taillight
1hobby1 replied to 1hobby1's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Maybe I'll give this a try, where can I get future? I've looked at Walmart before and could not find it. Do you have a recent picture of the bottle? Thanks! -
Glue residue on taillight
1hobby1 replied to 1hobby1's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
I usually use white glue but I tried experimenting and well as you all can see it didn't work to good! The kit has a second set of tail lights, so I might just take the red lens out of both the chrome holders and use those instead with the white glue. Thanks for your help! -
Glue residue on taillight
1hobby1 replied to 1hobby1's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
I used Tamiya ultra thin.