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Looking forwrd to this. Love that shade of blue.
What is the website written on your paint bottle there?
scalefinishes.com
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I was wondering what the process would be to make custom carbon fibre decals? Mask the area i want to apply to make the shape i want to make, and then cut it out on carbon fibre sheet? would carbon fibre be easily bent in one piece or will i need a solvent or better to use multiple pieces of carbon fibre? (i want to decal off the black roof part)
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sounds good, will order asap, thanks for input
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how did you fix the warped door issue? and excellent work! was this build really challenging? Thinking of ordering it..
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holy that looks amazing! i wish i could have one hahaha
what site did you get the SL 63 from?
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I was planning to build a metal box as a "booth" to house everything in since i have it in school and we basically make what we want..
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Your booth sounds costly to the average person without extra parts lying around, keeping in mind that i am still in school, with no job or anything, would an exhaust system work well enough for airbrushing? Or will i have to wait a couple years until i have the money to "invest" into a proper booth. Would just an exhaust system work since I am a amateur modeler? I might plan on building around the bilge pump I linked.
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oh.. so to build a proper booth i would need to build a fully enclosed case, with two of those glove things attached. I'll look into that and see how it'll work out for me!
Edit: Would something like this be sufficient for a fully enclosed spray booth? http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/800-gph-bilge-pump-0793507p.html#.VCEYBLFhMtU
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we want more!!!! good stuff!
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i read somewhere that the bathroom exhaust fans were only water tight, being in a more humid environment? can anyone confirm if they are spark free or water tight?
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http://evergreenscalemodels.com/Sheets.htm
You can get some supplies at the Hobby Store around you. Michaels or Hobby Lobby.
is michaels a hobby store? or an arts and crafts store? I live in canada might not have styrene tho ):
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I was wondering, what the best option would be, homemade? or storebought? I want to spend as least as possibly can but want to have a "safe" booth.
So i have a few questions for DIY booths,
1) will the fan have to be expolsion proof/spark free? Where do i get one?
2) If i filter it, are the expolsive fumes in the paint and will be filtered out or will i still need to be using a spark free fan?
3) which types of paints to spray is the least harmful? acrylics, enamels, lacquer, etc
I am planning to build a metal casing, which is basically free, just the cost of fans, or lights if needed.
I have some questions for storebought booths too,
4) Are the fans there rated for spark free?
May edit if more questions come up
5) if building my own booth would a furnace filter be sufficient?
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so where does one buy styrene sheets/rods? Are there any at craft stores? Like michaels? Or buy online? and if online anyone have a website for canada?
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love those wheels, where did you get them? come with tires as well?
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no update? D: was looking great
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acrylic craft paints can be thinned with water aswell right?
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I just use cheapo paint thinner, (mineral spirits) for cleaning brushes & thinning my enamels for brushing or airbrushing. You can buy it by the gallon almost anywhere. Seems to work just fine. I've had a gallon I've been using for the past 10 or 15 years, & I still have half of it left. Not sure what you mean about the "messy paint jobs". Don't use it to strip paint off of your model if that's what you mean.
SteveI meant messy paint jobs as like.. you know how sometimes you're painting in those fine details and you get some on a part you dont want to, some thinners you can just wipe it off with a Q tip with some thinners on it
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Since this is a supplies doing with paints I guess it should fit in if i ask my question here instead of making another post..
What type of thinners work best to clean brushes from testors enamels? And I'm thinking cheap, so not testors enamel paint thinner.. does lacquer thinner work? or what thinners do they sell at the hardware store that is cheaper, and will it work for cleaning up messy paint jobs? -
It looks good, theres some minor imperfections but the final product is good!
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Jason,
Ace makes some great and accurate points. Here's a few more to consider.
Any color can be made into a pearl color with pearl pigments or pastes (if you can find the pastes) by adding the pigments to the paint or clear. Pearls come in a variety of colors, hues, intensity the only limit is your imagination.
Before the OEMs started putting pearl type pigmentation in their paint formulas pearl pigments where typically added to clear and placed over the color coat to achieve the pearl look (not always, in 1977 I painted a 1975 Firebird pearl red that my jobber custom mixed by adding pearl paste to a OEM color)
There are many OEM and Custom pearl colors that can be shot out of a rattle can to full size spray guns.
If you are set on a particular OEM color go with that, otherwise try the clear coat pearl method. I personally use HOK and PPG products for my 1:1. But have also used Jacquard pearl powders that can be found at Hobby Lobby and Michaels. I have had great success on inlays and helmets and would use them on models as these powders are compatible with all types of carrier.
After you shoot the pearl color, top coat it with clear. Like Ace said DO NOT sand directly on the pearl as this with scratch the pearl platelets and give you a blotchy or smearing type of look.
Good luck! Cheers, jwrass
lots of great information, thanks! Will look into what paints i can get, either pearl paint with gloss coat ontop or regular paint with a pearl top coat
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any pictures of the home made tools you guys use? or even store bought?
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oh my, that looks awesome! going with pearl! thanks guys
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I havent been into any custom work, just building stock box builds,
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If i were to take the fujimi kit of the lamborghini gallardo and convert it to the later series front like this one : how hard would you think it was on a scale of 1-10
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Hi guys I'm wondering how safe it would be to use a ceiling fan or any not recommended for flammables to paint with lacquer paints. From what I understand, there could be a possibility of an explosion but I'm seeing most of you guys are using ceiling fans which shouldn't be protected from flammables?