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I'm not well set-up I don't have a booth. I use my empty 2 car garage which fills with mist pretty often. The filters are always the color I'm shooting. I then blow them out and replace them every year or so. I never get paint odor with them on.

You guys that use 2 stage stuff-what type masks do you wear? I have a DuPont with two double filters per side. Anybody use an air tank?

Think you mean 1/16, not 1/18 Nate...

Yep-it works.

Well then you can simply buy some plastic spoons, foil them, Future them with your 9215 and tell all of us. The poster of Swanny's link offered you information. Now you can return his favor.

Moi aussie. We cool Dude...

RIT dye.

Nice project and you should be proud. Here's an easy fix for your roof ghosting. If it's really smooth to touch and no flaws except the ghosting, lightly sand the area with 1000 or 1500 grit. Dip a 1/2 wide brush in Future, flow it over the area smoothly and leave it. Don't over stroke the brush, just one sweep. Let it cure, then reprime and you're done. No ghosts. Future makes a great barrier between filler and prime or prime and top coats.

That's a great idea for underhood insulating mats-I'd just paint them dull black... Jus' sayin'

That would be helpful and cool.

I just used the Michaels powder for the first time and it looks very scale for 1/16 and 1/12. I used a mix of Carpenters yellow glue and 25% water, brushed on. It's hard to mask some interior areas so brushing was better for me. Waited until it turned opaque and applied powder. After an hour, I did a second coat and application. Very flat, secure to the surface and neat on the edges. I'll try painting over in different colors on spoons. I like it but I never used 'real' flock.

I didn't imply this was breaking news-just offered a visual example of the material itself. Sorry if I've posted the obvious. One could simply shoot Future and have no worry.

I offer this as a point of information only-not criticism. The following was decanted from a fresh can of Model Master Enamel Top Coat #2936. It is shot in natural room light against a white backdrop. Gassed-out and stored in a clear glass bottle. Now I know there are a lot of different clears in lacquer, enamel and acrylic. Many are called 'water clear'. This one is not. I'm using it on a dark color but would not atop whites or yellows. Surely it adds tint. See for yourself:

Tom, While curing at 105-110, do you find that the temp inside creeps up to the 120+ level? If you leave it for 5 or 6 hours, is the temp still 110 after that much time?

Thank you Greg. That's just what I'm getting, 105-110. Gotta build the one Tom has.

You have a PM.

I'd strip it and start over. Nothing will stick to it. I'd also use better model-based enamel...

Beautiful job on your FF. Here's my ERA; Just big models eh Tom?

You could: -Get a polishing cloth kit and starting about 4000 grit on the peel, work your way up to 12,000 on the whole finish. Avoid all edges. Starting fine is better than rubbing the metallic-even if you leave peel, it's less than you started with. -Next time, heat the can with hot tap water before spraying and mind your distance. Practice on scrap to get the feel.

Inserting a wide-mouth straw into the mix and letting it sit will cause the gas to bubble-up. Like soda fizz. A few minutes of that and the open/close routine over time will do it. Don't be in a rush. I sometimes take the cap from the rattle can and just lay it sideways over the new bottle-so air can vent out but dust doesn't get in. Can leave overnight that way.

That's true. I tested by soaking one in thinner overnight and they're fine. Gassing-out the mix is most important before sealing.

My wife had 6 glass, 3 oz spice containers with screw caps full of 'Old Spice' <)). Perfect. Emptied the spices, cleaned with lac thin and stored decanted stuff. Air tight. You can buy similar empties in the supermarket or maybe restaurant supply places.

Either 0000 steel wool or a gray 3M scuff pad. Test on a scrap of BMF to get the touch and dullness level you want. Works on kit chrome too. Using metal polish on BMF increases sheen. This is what you can get with it; sheen without gloss:

Great info and great idea. Thanks. And we have something else in common-both Cobra builders! My little experiment is doing fine at 109 degrees for the parts. But I surely will build a clone to yours and keep it in the basement. Even have the left-over foil insulation! Thanks for sharing.

And that's safe for children?? So far only getting the parts to 110 on 60W-after one hour.