acrylic

Like many on this board I am back to modeling again. In my case after a 60 year hiatus. I decided to use acrylic paints as opposed to enamels for multiple reasons, for the most part I am happy with this decision. I also have decided to stay with the old fashioned brush for applying the finish...

I just did a test on my I-16 using Tamiya Flat Clear XF-86(not to be confused with Tamiya Flat Base XF-21), this after the debacle with the PBY.(I don't know why I did both elevators :rolleyes:) Once again the flat went cloudy, see photos below, the circled part shows where I missed. The gloss...

Hi, My wife simply ordered all Alclad colors had to go because of their special ordor. Well I depulluted them in accordence with the law. Now I wanted to test acrylic metal colors from Revell and looked for a simple to build kit. There was a F-80 from Monogram which rested in my basement for...