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Post by Niles Y93 on Jul 16, 2016 3:42:10 GMT
Hello!
I am getting back into model building for the first time in, well, a long time. Currently, I have four models that I own that I haven't built yet.
Anyway, I don't have them built yet due to the fact that, having a shoestring budget, for lack of a better term, I can't afford things like an airbrush. I rely on regular brushes to do the work. (They are camel hair brushes, if that makes any difference.) So I decided to come here, knowing that there are quite a few modelers on this forum, to try and see if there are any tips you guys could give me. When I start building, I'll post the picture progress here.
One question I have in particular is this: How do I get a smooth paint surface using a brush?
I look forward to sharing this with my you guys.
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Post by Racist Snowflake on Jul 16, 2016 4:04:52 GMT
There is a way to do it with thinning the paint a little. But I haven't had to do it, since I have an airbrush.
If you live in the states, Harbor Freight has a decent dual-action airbrush for like $20
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Post by Niles Y93 on Jul 16, 2016 4:04:52 GMT
Here's a pic of my current models.  As you can see, I am a big fan of the Blackhawk.  |
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Post by Niles Y93 on Jul 16, 2016 4:09:32 GMT
There is a way to do it with thinning the paint a little. But I haven't had to do it, since I have an airbrush. If you live in the states, Harbor Freight has a decent dual-action airbrush for like $20 The problem is that I have no place to set it up or have proper ventilation or what not. At best I will most likely be building these on my kitchen table. |
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Post by Racist Snowflake on Jul 16, 2016 13:53:14 GMT
There is a way to do it with thinning the paint a little. But I haven't had to do it, since I have an airbrush. If you live in the states, Harbor Freight has a decent dual-action airbrush for like $20 The problem is that I have no place to set it up or have proper ventilation or what not. At best I will most likely be building these on my kitchen table. I do mine outside on a small table I picked up. Like one of my neighbors was throwing it out, so I picked it up. |
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Post by ll SkagPipe ll on Jul 16, 2016 13:54:07 GMT
Cans of spray paint? Thin coats, 8-10" away.
Are you in the states?
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Post by Niles Y93 on Jul 16, 2016 18:09:50 GMT
Cans of spray paint? Thin coats, 8-10" away. Are you in the states? Yes I am. |
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Post by ll SkagPipe ll on Jul 16, 2016 19:18:53 GMT
I'm not sure what sort of look/effect you're looking for but a base coat of flat white or flat light grey spray paint makes a great primer if you want to hand paint camo and maybe some dirty bits etc.
If you're working on a clean paint scheme like Thunderbirds, then that's something different.
You can make a spray box for interior spray painting. Google apartment spray booth.
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Jul 27, 2016 16:12:07 GMT
Use a primer coat before you paint it, spray cans of this work best and they're fairly cheap, you can get them from most hardware stores. When you're painting using a brush, you don't want to use thick paint, because it tends to leave big streaks when it dries. You can thin acrylics down with water and enamels with white spirit/turpentine/enamel thinners. Brush it on using a fairly wide brush, and try to aim for a few thin coats rather than trying to get the whole thing done in one coat. Apply the next coat only when the previous one is totally dry. Remember that primer though, once I started using that my work improved immensely, because a lot of brands of acrylics and enamels just won't work at all without the primer coat underneath. Hopefully that helps.
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Post by Niles Y93 on Aug 1, 2016 21:49:58 GMT
Use a primer coat before you paint it, spray cans of this work best and they're fairly cheap, you can get them from most hardware stores. When you're painting using a brush, you don't want to use thick paint, because it tends to leave big streaks when it dries. You can thin acrylics down with water and enamels with white spirit/turpentine/enamel thinners. Brush it on using a fairly wide brush, and try to aim for a few thin coats rather than trying to get the whole thing done in one coat. Apply the next coat only when the previous one is totally dry. Remember that primer though, once I started using that my work improved immensely, because a lot of brands of acrylics and enamels just won't work at all without the primer coat underneath. Hopefully that helps. Question: I have a model (the F-15E one) that says to drill holes in a couple of pieces so others will go onto them. Should I do that before or after I apply the primer? |
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Aug 6, 2016 12:05:04 GMT
Do that before. The holes are usually for attaching missiles and other external stores (it should say what they're for in the instructions), so if you don't want those you don't necessarily need to drill them.
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Post by Niles Y93 on Aug 7, 2016 2:55:58 GMT
Use a primer coat before you paint it, spray cans of this work best and they're fairly cheap, you can get them from most hardware stores. When you're painting using a brush, you don't want to use thick paint, because it tends to leave big streaks when it dries. You can thin acrylics down with water and enamels with white spirit/turpentine/enamel thinners. Brush it on using a fairly wide brush, and try to aim for a few thin coats rather than trying to get the whole thing done in one coat. Apply the next coat only when the previous one is totally dry. Remember that primer though, once I started using that my work improved immensely, because a lot of brands of acrylics and enamels just won't work at all without the primer coat underneath. Hopefully that helps. Another question: I want to use enamel thinner but I don't want the colors to blend. What would your suggestions be for this? |
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Aug 10, 2016 9:41:06 GMT
I don't follow. The idea is that you mix the enamel paint with thinners, then paint it on, leave it to dry and give it a few more coats. I don't think the colours would blend so long as the other colour was fully dry when you painted the other one over the top.
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Post by Niles Y93 on Aug 10, 2016 17:02:41 GMT
I don't follow. The idea is that you mix the enamel paint with thinners, then paint it on, leave it to dry and give it a few more coats. I don't think the colours would blend so long as the other colour was fully dry when you painted the other one over the top. My apologies. My line of thinking was that you dip brush in thinner, dip in paint, paint on, dip brush in thinner to clean brush, repeat process for different color. (I guess I'm kind of a noob at this.) With that in mind, what's a good setup for your paints (i.e. Shot glass of each, etc.)? Also, what's a good ratio of thinner to paint? (Is it 1:1 or should there be more paint or more thinner?) |
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Aug 16, 2016 23:49:46 GMT
I don't follow. The idea is that you mix the enamel paint with thinners, then paint it on, leave it to dry and give it a few more coats. I don't think the colours would blend so long as the other colour was fully dry when you painted the other one over the top. My apologies. My line of thinking was that you dip brush in thinner, dip in paint, paint on, dip brush in thinner to clean brush, repeat process for different color. (I guess I'm kind of a noob at this.) With that in mind, what's a good setup for your paints (i.e. Shot glass of each, etc.)? Also, what's a good ratio of thinner to paint? (Is it 1:1 or should there be more paint or more thinner?) I haven't a clue on the ratios I'm afraid, it's not something I use, I tend to go for acrylics. I'd say just keep adding little bits until you've got the right consistency. |
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Post by Niles Y93 on Feb 21, 2017 15:11:07 GMT
Just putting a post on here so that it doesn't look like this section has been forgotten about. The weather is starting to get warmer here so sooner or later I'm going to get around to building my models.  |
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Feb 21, 2017 21:03:56 GMT
You've reminded me, I've got an unfinished Defiant I need to do and a tonne of other stuff to start or finish.
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Post by Racist Snowflake on Feb 22, 2017 4:06:18 GMT
yeah, once the rainy season lets up i'm gonna do some airbrush weathering to my models.
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