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You can kiss testors goodbye!
Dpate replied to Dpate's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
I have a few bottles of those. Semi gloss black, chrome silver, etc -
They should of just sold 2 versions like my favorite company CRC does with brakleen. The red can = The BEST and the green can = Hot garbage so it can be sold like in Cali.
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Might have to try one of these out. I still have some pic-n-sticks from micro mark that i paid $15 for lol.
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Nice thank you! Gonna have to go grab a pack or two from ol wally world.
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You can kiss testors goodbye!
Dpate replied to Dpate's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Word! That's all i use really is MCW, Scale finishes, tamiya, mr color, and some others. I actually own a can of testors that i got cheap but never used lol. -
Never used them, but this is bad news for folks that do use them as there main line. I think this is rust-o-cr@p's way of trying to kill off the brand instead of just out right killing it. So is anyone still gonna buy any?
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Help matching this color of gold
Dpate replied to Redisetta's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Yep that's it sierra gold. Forgot all about that one. -
Help matching this color of gold
Dpate replied to Redisetta's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Looks more like a bronze than a gold. Maybe like a light bronze gold? Maybe a metallic copper? Kandy rose gold metallic? Bout the best i got lol -
Yes the atlantis version is the re issue of the H-1284 version. It's all good i got the good version from AMT on the way too. It even comes with the photo etch and plug wires which is a first I've seen with AMT kits. It's the 100 year anniversary collector edition version. I'll probably re sell the atlantis kit back on ebay or something.
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That's beautiful! These cars are right up my ally. Looks like he put a nice set of pegasus lowrider rims and tires on it.
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It varies with scale finishes and gravity. Scale finishes ranges from $9.99 for 2oz and gravy ranges from $5 and up.
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I love the idea of the 2nd pic. What's the gripping power? Do they grip good? Look like the goody brand hair clips.
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I doubt it's the plastic causing you to get orange peel. Base coat only as good as your primer coat. How good is your primer coat? Does it be rough? is it nice and smooth? Laying a top coat without orange peel especially with a can takes practice and skill something you probably had 20 years ago but lost 20 years later. Sometimes orange peel happens - it happens to everyone, but we don't throw in the towel and quit. If we want to get rid of the orange peel and have a show room quality car body 80% of the time you have to put in the extra work and put those elbows to use. Usually my orange peel comes from the clear coat and not the color coat.
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Yeah I'm not gonna buy more either. This bottle will last a long time though - so I'll make use of it while i have it. But it does have its place and is a good alternative.
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I use the airbrush kind 2oz bottles through a GSI Creo PS-270 .2 needle. I would never dare waist money on a rattle can unless i was gonna decant it and it was the only thing they had available lol.
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I purchased the AK out of curiosity to try and test. It was like buying a AMT kit ya don't know if it's gonna be good or bad. But have you ever used spaz stix chrome? That stuff looks fantastic and is the most durable chrome product i own and doesn't need a sealer like others. You would have to really go out of your way to take it off like i did with the AK stuff(only heat dried for 3 hours). Where i get my spaz stix chrome i could get 6oz of it for around $45-$50. If when i ever run out of alclad chrome etc i would continue to buy spaz stix. I may one day get Alsa cause i would love to give it a try though, but it's quite a bit of money just to "try" something out. I'm not doubting you at all about the product though as I'm sure it's a beautiful chrome.
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Not everyone is gonna pay $189 for a hobby kit of 4 ozs worth of paint. I'm gonna do more testing with the AK stuff, but it wont replace alclad or spaz or greenstuffworld for me.
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I actually bought a can of that from hobby lobby when they had the clearance sale going on because of the discontinue. If you really want the factory color you got scalefinishes, and gravity colors, and MRP, and i think MCW has it.
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That i couldn't answer 100%, but as with almost all chromes a clear coat usually dulls it a tad bit. By it being similar to molotow i could see it being dulled a little using a clear coat.
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Yeah the dusting doesn't bother me. It's actually pretty awesome wiping the dust off and seeing the chrome pop lol. Barbatos rex on youtube put up a review of the AK chrome. EDIT: After watching his video i actually got better results with the stuff than he did lol