Evening All,
I recently stumbled across a model making video on YouTube by Plasmo, recreating a Ferrari P4 race car and since then I have been obsessed with watching the videos. When I use to make models as a kid I remember them being rubbish! The finish was naff, the realism was naff and my general efforts were naff. After watching the videos and seeing what people do I just want to give it ago and see if I can do it. I don't want it to look naff again and I understand it will take time to build up experience, at the same time from watching the videos I can gather there is a next level of tools and painting which I wasn't using or doing first time which is bringing this next level of finish to the table. I would like to understand how hard I need to go to get started and start to generate photo realism.
Do I need the airbrush kit?
Is there certain tools I should buy the best of now?
What glues am I meant to be using?
Why do people use the Tamiya sandpaper blocks over professional sandpaper?
One of the big things which I am struggling with is painting. In the videos I see people are using tamiya paints, Valejo, zero and so forth, but with cars they have paint codes and I can have a colour matched rattle can mixed up in 30mins. Why don't people do that?
Why is Varnish used over Lacquer?
I am quite lucky that my life puts me next to these cars so I have a fantastic grasps of the realism, however this also means if I can't match it then I will lose my passion. So I want to understand before I spend out how far down the rabbit hole do I need to go?
