Recent content by WolfRacer

Life got a bit in the way and I haven't had time to do much modelling. But got the airbrushed markings done on the Zero this week. I think they mostly came out alright. The green is a bit darker than it appears in the photo, I really struggle to get the exposure right when photographing dark...

Topside preshading... And then after spraying the XF70... Next up is markings, followed by gloss varnish and weathering. I still haven't been able to find an early carrier based Mitsu A6M5 so I'll do a Rabaul one instead (thanks to Shinpachi for the carrier based references but I could...

The one thing that put me off Gunze acrylics is they remain delicate and susceptible to solvents for a loooooong time after you spray them. My 109 has fingerprints on it from me handling it a a day after spraying it and a couple of times I got crazing after spraying a clear over it. I was...

I try and clean parts both while still on the sprue and again just before painting, but sometimes I forget or it's not practical. I haven't really had any problems the times I didn't clean parts EXCEPT for one kit which I primed with Vallejo PU Primer, paint was tearing off left right and...

I mostly have been swapping my collection over to Tamiya acrylics because I find they spray better, dry faster and are tougher than Vallejo's offerings. Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics are actually quite different animals. Tamiya is alcohol based and thins well with either alcohol or lacquer based...

Lots of good replies so far, I'll share what I've discovered... 1. For tiny hairline seams, I find a lacquer primer like Gunze Mr Surfacer makes a better filler. You can build up several layers and sand it off. As long as you keep your layers reasonably thin it dries within a few minutes...

Yeah I guess it's important to know the risks. I don't have any flammable ducting downstream of my fan so I'm hoping if the fumes do one day ignite I can just stop spraying and hopefully the fire just goes out with no fuel to feed it, though maybe the fan itself might catch on fire in which case...

Yeah I'll probably regret it! My thought was to attach the landing gear and then put the whole model on a podium to paint the top side, but now I'm not sure how well that'll work because I still have to mask the landing gear without damaging it.

I think I figured out why I had issues with the aotake, I used Tamiya acrylic chrome silver as the basecoat and it seems paint doesn't like sticking to it at all, it's probably why paint was receding away from the crevices. In hindsight I probably needed to do a flash coat first or use a...

I don't like using a respirator, I find them horribly uncomfortable for more than a few minutes (and I typically airbrush for anything from 1 to 3 hours at a time) and I have a beard, face mask respirators don't seal properly on a beard so their effectiveness is limited. You also have to...