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>>11653721First for proper hypnoprops
how much photo etch is too much photo etch?
>in the OP image twice in a row
>>11653721nice
I'm cooming.
>>11653819Wow, I didn't realize they made kits for PE sets
>>11653819any amount is too much
>>11653819PE is a boomer mental illness
>get some crocodile clips and bamboo skewers to hold parts>my desk is now covered with these fucking things
>>11653819basically one of those Metal Earth 3D puzzles
I wish there we're more scale model hovercraft
got an AK black primer last second and I do not regret it
finally reinvested in a full setup after like 2 years, painted this Eduard F6F 1/72 as my first.
and i decided on painting my Takom T-55a next, but i noticed how shitty mig paints shoot in my airbrush. i feel as if its a me issue but i dont know how to rectify.
>>11654614Good start on the paintwork, looks reasonably smooth and even. You did the classic mistake and only painted the tail side-on based on that pic, note the unpainted edge (at least to my eyes). You probably also either clear coated the canopy or glued it with way too much glue? Don't do that next time and that issue will be fixed. Just leave the masking on until the model is actually done.
>>11654614>that stardid you get memes by eduard transfers carrier film
>>11654682yeah i accidentally clearcoated the model midway without thinking.>>11654714the decal kinda just disintegrated on its own lmao
>>11654618Paints need more thinning, lower pressure Overspray can be fixed, but you didn't even follow the paint scheme?
I wanna do a Zero in that early pacific theatre light/cream color camo. The closest paint the hobby shop salesman had was a vallejo "IJN ash gray". Fine, I bought it. Back home I decided to test how it applies (I got only brushes, and my previous model came out reasonably well), so I started putting layers on the inside of the wing. I noticed if the paint dries at uneven speeds, parts where even a little bit of color pools get darker. After leaving the thing and coming back I see what's happening even on the wet palette: the pigments are separating.Left blotch is the master blotch where I take undilutted paint from, and the middle one is where I mix with water. The left was untouched for some time, and the middle one was mixed just before I took the photo. Have you ever seen this level of separation?Do I get some other paint? Get an airbrush? Be careful how I paint the thing?
>>11654963Ah, so many years here and I forget to rotate the images. Anyway the botyom one is where the dark pigment floats up and middle-right is the mixed one.Here is a pic of how it looks if it pools up anywhere.
>>11654963>>11654966That is a mad old paint dripper you got there that needs mechanical mixing at least. Shaking won't be enough. Pry the tip off and actually stir it or add a mixing ball to it because it simply isn't naturally mixed anymore. I've never seen this behavior on Vallejo bottles unless they're so old the paint layer separates t. Anon that built the jungle camo Zero in the previous thread (and I posted my old beige one before painted with that same one). It might be that the bottle is simply dead and unsalvageable if it is very very old. The cap isn't cracked is it?
>>11654968No cracks on the cap as I can see, anon. I mixed up the contents with a plastic rod, I don't have anything like a ball bearing or mixing ball on me right now. I've also put a couple of new blotches and l'll see if they start separating as well. See, the paint fresh out of the bottle is OK, (two small blotches up top).
>>11654990Okay my best guess is that you have a fucked up bottle. As in the paint itself is screwed to be clear. I have not tried that with that particular color but I had a sand yellow (probably similar pigments?) exhibiting similar separation. The cap was cracked on it so I assumed something had cured at least partially on it when I tried to save it. Not the end of the world but obviously shit deal, is it the new or old bottle design? New bottled have a ring that breaks loose on the first opening, usually it's yellow. They've been making those for a couple of years now.
>>11654993I know what you are talking about. No ring like that was on my bottle.
That just happens with beige/yellow vallejo paint. I remember trying to brush paint a puma early on when I first started modelling. The german yellow would just separate and would turn green if you left it for a minute.
>>11655065This is very useful information for me. I'll try to grab some beige elsewhere. Maybe some other brand.
>>11655065yellow is a fucked colour in general, i've yet to find one that worked properly that said tamiya's xf-60 dark yellow and xf-88 dark yellow 2 have worked for me without issue when painting mid/ late war german tanksjust make sure to have a red undercoatthat said, their regular xf-3 flat yellow also falls into the general yellow paint issue
fuck, my local shop got a supply of the tamiya RC 1/35 panzers and shermans I'm really tempted to get one
>>11653724
>>11655303I've also heard that pink works great as an undercoat for yellow, though I myself have yet to try this - the only times I've tried a yellow color used white as the primer base.
>>11655820I've approximated that by adding some red (maybe orange?) to my white primer, came out more peach than pink, but still worked well on the coal play truck. And that was with Vallejo yellow. Only tip I have is to be consistent with the under coat, deviations will show through no matter how many layers.
>>11655820>>11655836using pink mixed with light gray as a base works really well for yellow. awesome truck btw anon.
>>11655836I need this kit just so I can build it with the word "gem" on the side.>>11655820Pink sucks to paint though, more so than yellow. I use Vallejo's Sun Yellow primer then paint over it with the shade of yellow of my choice. Sand primers also work well and are less of a pain. The yellow is a bit subdued, though.
Working on this AMT Star Wars kit and I'm almost finished with the cockpit. I feel like it needs something more though. I think at the very least I'm gonna pick out a few parts of the seat with silver and a couple of the buttons on the side with red or something, but past that I'm not sure there is much else to make better. The manual has no color instructions for the interior so I've just been completely winging it.I decided last minute I wanted to put some LEDs in it for the engines and since its Christmas week, its gonna be quite a while before they actually get shipped. I might just work on something else in the meantime
>>11655353>Cheapest tank is over $200 on the open market, not including shipping or batteriesNo
>>11656188Well if you look at art of it, those bits on the sides of the cockpit are screens. I think you'd at least want to darken the floor, add some monitor glow, and maybe paint those button like console bits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypO2Obz7KnQ
Do I really need a compressor with a tank for airbrushing or will a tankless compressor do fine?
>>11657562no. it doesn't matter
>>11657562A tankless one will be running the whole time you airbrush, with a tank the compressor wont need to do as much work
>>11657562A tank also means you'll never run into operating time problems. Without a tank the compressor has to work full time, so most models recommend you stop after 1h to cool down for 10-15mins. If you ignore that there's a thermal safety switch that will stop the compressor for you or you'll damage your compressor.There are tankless compressors that have indefinite operating time (Mr Liner Compressor etc.), but are as or more expensive than tank compressors and have much poorer maximum operating pressure.Other positives and negatives:+condensation is less of a problem-bulkier-extra work because you need to drain the tank to minimise rust
>>11657562As somebody whose compressor died and bought basically the same model with a tank, in my experience, in general it is superior but there is some trade off.Namely, the compressor will run up to the point the tank is full at the set PSI. If you aren't airbrushing for a long time, it's not going to be that much better than a tankless as long as you have a moisture trap. Additionally, breaking down the setup when done can take a bit longer as all the air in the tank needs to come out, and unless there's a quick release on the tank, the only point of exit that doesn't take forever is the connection between the hose and the airbrush.Also, make sure your airbrush hose connector is the same size as the compressor's mounting, otherwise you'll likely need to visit a home supply store (Home Depot, Lowes, etc.) for an adapter.
A tank also helps with a consistent airflow. Merry Christmas anons. Did anyone get any nice kits?
>>11657861No, but I will order some today. I have chosen a HH-65, an OH-1, two EC-135s, a US-1 and a C-2. I plan on entering five of these into a model show and maybe a second show. My goal is to not place last and to have fun, though I am afraid that the judges might not appreciate everything being in a small scale, seeing how everything at the last show was 1/72 or bigger. Also, can I enter a show without an IPMS membership?
Started working on Dragon's 1/700 USS Hancock as USS Shangri La and holy fuck I'm hating every second of it. It's my first ship ever and I know it looks fucked but since I usually build aircraft and armor I wanted to try out ships but damn, my respect for the ship guys has increased tenfold cause this is rough, makes me want to blow my brains out or at least try 1/350 scale and see how that goes
>>11657758>all the air in the tank needs to come outSays fucking who?
>>11658480The manufacturer?
>>11658481Literally ever only do the maintenance once a year and have had no issues with the tank. Unless you airbrush in a rainforest, there will not be any water in the tank after regular use.
>>11658483If you don't want to brush your teeth or take a shower daily that's up to you but don't act as if that's the proper way to do things.
Shiny
almost finished after i dunno how many yearsFROHE WEIHNACHTENMERYY CHRISTMASyou glue sniffing niggers
>>11658550It's plastic cement, retard
>>11658604>>11658550btw. colour thinner makes you feel way funnier than glue / CEMENT
>>11658483definitely not true. my drain let out water for a good 7 seconds after 3 months of use and its really dry here this time of year
>>11658480The air? Unless you drag the entire compressor setup to and from the sink used to clean the airbrush, you need to disconnect the hose, and if you have air under pressure it's GOING to forcefully come out from the hose you just detached one way or another, unless there's a cutoff valve between the tank and the airbrush which I don't usually see offered.
>>11658604gaylord
>>11658681Just add a QD barb to your airbrush and use a QD hose. You don't have to drain the tank literally every time you use it.
>>11658550And a very happy vapour harmful holiday to you
>>11658840And further research shows that Iwata actually makes such a thing. Guess I know what I'm getting for myself as a birthday gift next month.
>>11658680>"you don't need to worry about it when the air is dry">bu-h bu-h my air is wet, so u dum dumYeah bro, so exactly what I was saying. You are not living in 1st world accommodation if your internal humidity is over 50% when it might actually start being an issue.>>11658681My hose ends in a quick release, so no, I don't.
what is the best glue/cement to get zoinked off my gourd on?
why the fuck is there no 1:350 nelson or rodney
>>11659083I live in a 1st world home with fully functional AC AND I run a dehumidifier and it was still full of water after so many monthsjust as you are full of shit
>>11658728Is there a model kit of the Gaylord?
>got job early Dec>finally have income again>almost immediately go bid on, and win several model kit auctions>10 in total, some of which I may never even buildgonna sell the b-17 though its way too big and >revell
>>11659244Stop filling it with water then, nigger. Either you are retarded, lying or have a piece of shit compressor.
>>11659283would build (fag)
>>11659324Gaylord is actually an Anglo corruption of the French Gaillard. Linguistic corruption, not corruption of young boys.
>>11659285why boomer kits
>>11659408why not?at least no green slob that looks like lego with all the era
>>11659408cheap mostly but I'm also just in it for the love of the game. as long as its not TOO old and shitty I don't mind vintage tool kits at all
This was supposed to be a quick three-four week build, but now I'm sperging out over the fucking colors still. I think the Vallejo IJA paint set is total bullshit, left is supposed to be likely color scheme A, right likely color scheme B. I don't believe either of these for an early-war Chi-Ha. I wanted to get the AK set, but it wasn't available. Also Vallejo paints seem kinda shitty now compared to how I remember them over a decade ago. They smell different too.
>>11659285>AMT>Entex>Hasegawa >Revell1975 called, they want their kits back
>>11658291Shipbuilding is a special kind of autism topped only by train autism.>>11657562Take the Nitrogen/CO2 pill anonhttps://youtu.be/4FgC0JROHzYIm saving up for my own tank in about a month.
First kit and having fun.Notes to self after the first coat: remove the part from the sprue before the first coat. Have a piece of paper to test the paint before application.Man I'm happy doing this. Glad I picked this hobby up!
Miniart T54A Work in Progress.
>>11660061My favourite tank and one of my favourite mangos I'm cooming.
>>11660061I hate the single piece tracksI don't understand how the modelling channels say "just assemble them in one big line and glue them together with Tamiya thin and bend them around the wheels"This never fucking works for me, it is always either the links snap off or they don't adhere at all
>>11660061>polish markingsTAK!
>>11660076This.
>>11660061The manlet canvas looks incredible, well done!>>11660076I usually just assemble them in small chunks of five or six pieces, then at the time of putting them on the tank I gradually connect them with thicker cement. That way I have greater control over bending them, if the tamiya thin fails then it's a minor matter of reattaching them, and it makes adding track sag easier if there is a need or that.
Guy with fucked vallejo color for a6m2 here. The hobbyshop salesman told me pigments are separating because I diluted it, and that I should directly put it in an airbrush an spray away. Also got some tamiya light gray primer. Wish me luck, I'll probably visit a friend who knows air brushing and then we'll take care of it.Do enamel/lacquer paints also have these problems?
>>11660385Sounds like bullshit to me. It's true Vallejo Air comes pre thinned but it is very inconsistent and many if not most colors spray best when thinned further
Hyperborea groupbuild? Everything arctic, northern or snow-camo?
>>11659849the entex kit was honestly an accident because I didn't expect to be the only person willing to throw up a bid.it was a (mostly) enjoyable build despite its age. The fitment is pretty shit, especially on the canopy windows and the GODDAMN horizontal stabilizers. Those were so flimsy and I've probably had to re attach the starboard one 5 times now.Anywheres heres the Bandai/Entex 1:48 Piper Super Cub
>>11660448after struggling with the guy wires on the top side I realized I could just drill a hole through the fuselage and just pass the rigging through that and only have 2 points to glue instead of 4.
>>11660449Pretty cool that this kit has an engine at all, but it presented some more fit issues. It doesn't sit properly against the firewall and since it also acts as part of the foundation for the 4 seperate cowl pieces, that was all off too. In the end I still didn't get it all to fit correctly but its a lot better than it was. the exhaust also didn't fit through like it should, so I had to relocate it, and broke it off and lost it sometime between then and now so ripI was suprised when the decals didn't work, but in a new way for me. I totally expected them to just explode on contact with water but instead they just absolutely refused to ever come off the backing paper. I ended up using some from the MiniCraft Piper Cherokee kit I ended up with in the same way (turns out not many people want to build civil aircraft) because it has multiple registration number optionsstill waiting on the LED kit for the jedi starfighter to arrive because I can't really make and progress without knowing how I'm going to install the wiring and stuff
>>11660388How thin do you mix your paints for airbrushing? This vallejo paint I have is currently less liqud than fat milk, but more liquid that enamel paints straight out of a can.When I thinned paints for brush painting, I get enamels to consistency of milk, and acrylic ones thin enough that surface tension can kinda be seen.
>>11660470If I had a good answer for you I would give it to you, but I have never thinned with a specific aim of paint consistency. I just wing it every single time and add a drop or two as needed of thinner. For my green and tan zero I did not thin down the paint at all but the bottles are fairly inconsistent in regards to pre thinning
>>11660063>>11660110>>11660372Thanks boys, can't wait to wrap it up. I'm hoping to make a mini-diorama for it, just gotta wait for all the parts to come in. In the mean time I made a base for it, still have to sand it down properly. I'm doing the chipping using enamel paints because at this point I've already spent a bunch of time on this model, and the last thing I want to do is fuck it up with acrylics and have to re-paint and re-weather.>>11660076>>11660372Funnily enough, I like to make a upper and lower half for each individual track assembly. I give it a little bit of extra-thin cement so that it's still very flexible. After about 15minutes I pick it up and drop it from about 1" and see what comes loose. If it comes loose, more cement. Around this time I like to wrap the tracks around the sprocket and idler. After it's taken shape I give it little tugs here and there to see if anything is still loose. Either way, it is a pain in the ass.
>>11660455Nice fingerprint on the windshield.
>>11660437Nice build m8, looks almost real
>>11660388Corpos throughly fucked vallejo when they bough it outIt's so fucking over
>>11660884That's because it's a real photo from Hyperborea.
>>11660981Anon it has been like this for around the decade I have used Vallejo. It's nothing new. At least I haven't seen the new bottle design lid cracking and ruining bottles yet unlike the old ones so some good things are coming out of it
>>11660981they caved to strikes
>>11660981I'm working with Valejo right now, it's so fucking trash to the ones I used a decade a go, unbelievable.
>>11661014>>11661060Whats the new standard now? AK Interactive? I brush paint with vallejo but I wonder if I should switch brands. Anybody have any xp with Mr Hobby ACRYSION? I hear good things about Mr Hobby paints.
>>11661410AKs 3rd Gen line is the hands down most consistently good product line across all paints I've used. Others have good ones and real stinkers, for 3rd gen I have had 1 stinker (clear green gums up) and maybe a few ones that cover a bit poorly (a few greens and yellows) when brush painted. Other than that I have 200+ paints from the range and all of them have great consistency, cover well, the selection is insane, work great on both brush and airbrush, don't reactivate. Mind you there are single paints out there that do one or two things better, but as a product line I have not encountered anything that comes close (in Europe at least). For airbrushing I have Tamiya and Mr.Color supporting my 3rd Gen selection. I did have some Vallejo, Green Stuff World, Army Painter, Mig, old AK and some other paints but I've gotten rid of all of those to make more room for 3rd Gen.
>>11661410I have never heard of anyone using this, and I've not seen it anywhere. aqueous is good stuff though
>>11661436>>11661410Acrysion is actual water based paint so I assume it's decent for brush painting unlike Mr Color/Hobby
>bought another ukrainian brand>there's human hair with the runners againit's the third or fourth time already this year, but this one is long and embedded in the parts
>>11661531I have received Ukrainian hair as well. I would prefer r*ssian scalps, but ehh...
Finished this. Tamiya 1/24 Skyline GT-R.Happy with the end result, now I will dare to do some more interesting cars.
>>11661590Painted with Tamiya TS-38, which I think is about half a shade lighter than perfect. It also chipped off the primer in a few spots, are Tamiya spraycan paints known to be not sturdy?
>>11661590great body colour! I have the R33 in my stash. What do you wanna do next?
>>11661606Thanks. I am not entirely sure what to do next. I have the NuNu Pink Pig in my stash, but won't be making that next. Other cars I have been thinking about are a widebody GT86, Takumi and Keisuke's cars, The Devil Z and I'll probably get picrel once it releases. A Midnight Purple R33 and a Millennium Jade R34 will also have to be made at some point to compliment the R32.
>>11661590>>11661593Very nice and clean
How retarded would it be to buy and build a bunch of 1/400 airliners? I see Dragon and Hasegawa kits going for quite cheap at the moment. There is very little on these and some of the information that I have on these kits might be wrong...
>>11661737 Follow the instinct of your autism. If it's making you horny for an air fleet it's no different than a ship fleet.
>>11661799I was thinking about eventually making Kai Tak, Narita, Song Shan or Changi with them, but I will be moving in a few years time. Luckily a guy that I know helped me land a good job, so money will not be too much of a concern like it has been with me being unemployed for the past year...I also have a girlfriend who wants to learn modeling... Just not ready to pick a kit for her... Might try with a F-Toys 1/300 airliner, perhaps Mizoka since she likes Japan and things that are mizoka (just another way of saying kawaii), so she can learn to glue and decal, then a Zvezda 1/144 starter kit to teach her painting. Suggestions are welcome, but I don't think she wants to build AFVs, unless it is one of those GuP kits.
>>11661839>I also have a girlfriendLies
>>11662186Picrel is the gf.About to catch a flight to NYC. Any shop recs? Is Rudy's still to dog? What about Hobbymasters in Red Bank NJ?
>>11661839I bought my gf the aoshima ramen truck. She really liked that.
>tfw you can't build anything oob because you're too obsessed with obscure variantsI should do fantasy/what-if subjects too if I want my backlog to actually move.
>>11661839>F-Toys 1/300 airliner>Mizoka>Zvezda 1/144why are you only considering obscure things
>>11662243I have a stockpile of Zvezda 1/144 kits, since I think that they are great kits to build in between projects. F-Toys is a brand that I have built in the past and I know a reseller in the US, they, along with Takara, Bandai (Wing Club and Mecha Colle lines) and Tomytec are probably the most beginner friendly models out there. Mizoka is a favorite plane of another guy that I know who lives in Fukuoka.>>11662215Thanks. Aren't some of those Aoshima kits snap together?Beautiful morning for a flight, by the way.
Welp, time for a 2025 recap. Got 17 model kits done last year, down on 23 in 2024 but I was away on a trip for six weeks and I'm taking a little longer on my projects these days. Favourite kit was an Italeri 1/72 H-19, least was a Hasegawa A-6E Intruder which in fairness was more to do with crap tools and my own lack of knowledge than the kit itself.
>>11663052Here's my 2025 stack, it's not too bad. I wasn't as productive this year due to work related stress and a bunch of shit going down so there wasn't much energy especially in the second half of the year
2025 kits built: 3 (they all look like shit)Revell 1/32 Bell UH-1Airfix 1/72 Bristol F.2BZvezda 1/144 Junkers Ju-87About the same as 2024...
hopefully this is legible I had to compress it a lot to get it under 4 mb
>>11663052Finished zero. Bought eight more. This is the only one that's remotely close to done, maybe 99% there, and this was a gift the last Christmas.
I need to touch up the dusting here and there, not that I'm satisfied with it. I always blow it with the dust and mud, I think it happened here again.
Yeah, next one will be a vehicle that was hosed down yesterday. I just can't make dust and mud work.
>>11663052All in 1/35:ELC AMXOTOMATICThumperShit year, at least I finished something.
In other news this color scheme looks like total bullshit. Either Vallejo is completely fucked in the head, or they mixed up the two browns in the box-set and I'm supposed to use the darker, more chocolate color for the secondary brown. This was supposed to be a quick one month build.
Finished these tanks, got to meet the only president I ever voted for and chief of the air force at the second modelling show I entered and won 2nd place in 48 scale I'm actually happy that I could finally do figures without them being offensively bad It's pretty cool, I will probably enter the other shows on the Balkans
>>11663296the only real issue i can see is the brown being far too light, the green can be salvaged with weathering
>>1166305216 i think, started a 17th but it's not done yet most of them were tamiya 1/35, only odd balls were a meng whippet, hobby boss st. chamond early, and a takom blitz panzer III
>>11663282fucking hell you've been dilligent, good stuff>>11663284>>11663308very nice
>>11663359I'll accept the green, but I'm gonna repaint the secondary brown to a darker one, then racing stripes. Still, it's never gonna look as good color-wise as >>11663308 anon's.
>>11663374if you're just using vallejo their flat brown looks pretty decent on nip tanks
>>11663391 I'm using their jap tank paint set. Instructions told me to use camouflage pale-brown, which is supposed to be cha-iro. That looks like shit, so I'll use the dark-brown/tochi-iro paint in the set.
>>11663398yeah you have to be careful with their paint sets they usually have a couple decent paints in them but sometimes they get a colour or two way offiirc their british desert set recommends purple brown as one of the caunter colours, but it comes out as a dark red
>>11663408I originally wanted the AK paint set but it was out of stock everywhere. I feel like I can trust AK to get it right, Ammo too. Vallejo not so much anymore.
Oh yeah, an I used a Hataka set for modern US aviation, that looked good too.
In other news: I will never talk shit about choochoofags ever again.
My favorite part was the train director software. Reminds me of trying to get a fully autonomous rail network going in Factorio. Location is Keszthely, Hungary. According to bitter trainboomers online, this is a puny mediocre exhibition, but personally I liked it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIIE_-nQQOo
>>11663289Who makes a 1/35 ELC?
>>11662281>Thanks. Aren't some of those Aoshima kits snap together?Some Aoshima kits are, but they're labeled as "The Snap Kit"If that's the ramen version of the Suzuki Carry work truck...that is most certainly NOT a snap kit.
>>11663578Alright, that is good to know. If the brand is anything to go by, then it should be a decent enough kit.
>>11663525ResinScales and/or random Chinese 3D printers. Their manufacturer in china used to sell them at like 1/6th the price the Resinscales website sells at so idk what that says about their prices
I have a dirty wish....I want to do an airplane or some oldish car with enamel paints only. Give me some ideas.
>>11664269brush paint it on a full autism resin/pe kit
>>11664382Those are some kind of ancient kit materials? What are modern kits made of? What is the main drawback of resin materials?
I've got it in my head I want to paint a mackarel camo pattern on something. >light green top half>off white/egg shell bottom half>black stripes>glaze green pearl over the top>glaze white pearl over the bottom halfseems like the best way to me?
>>11664414>Those are some kind of ancient kit materials?no. I just thought it would be funny somehow to badly paint bad paint on a really fancy kit. resin and pe parts are in tryhard/expensive modern kits or as aftermarket upgrade parts
What's ur goals this year if any?>im gonna start building jap tanks>buy a resin 3d printer
>>11664488Finish models that I've bought so that high command doesn't get mad when I buy more.
>>11664491>so that high command doesn't get madjfc grow a pair
any of you ever add lights to your model? looking for some tips here. i was originally wanting to put the battery and switch underneath the included stand's base but the battery holder is too tall so the stand won't sit flat. then I tried to see if I had room inside the model itself and there's none to be found there, and the wire from the battery to the switch is so short I'd have to drill a big hole in the bottom of the model somewhere to be able to actually hit the button
>>11664614Solder longer wires to your switch togive yourself the extra lengthYou can also use smaller switches like pic relatedWhat kind of lights are you using?What kind of batteries and holder are you using?
>Did a Venezuelan F-16 last year>They've probably all been destroyed by nowSuch is life
>>11664656don't worry, the orange man will give replacement falcons to the new pro-american regime for free
>>11664431You should look up german meander camouflage like used on torpedo bombers and mediterranean theatre, it's nearly the same pattern and usually has green surfaces with blue lines on top, meanwhile a light blue base with brown or green patterns on the underside. Search the instructions for ICMs 1:48 ju 88 torpedo bomber or search Ju 188 camos, there's several schemes.Large maritime aircraft like FW200 had it too during later years, there's also such schemes used on He 177 of KG1 on the eastern front, all RLM76 with green meanders above, alternatively some had black undersides.
>>11664656I have a Jaguar tank from the fictional county of Venezuela
>>11664721Thanks for the info. It's similar to what I had in mind only the german ones are a lot more scribbly. I have a shitty italeri cr.42 I'm gonna give it a try on.
>mix paint for airbrushing >paint barely sputters out of the airbrush >add a little thinner >mix>paint barely sputters out of the airbrush >add a little thinner >mix >paint barely sputters out of the airbrush >add a little thinner >mix>lol too much thinner, enjoy your watery messFuck off
hello anons. first kit. did not want to ruin it by painting (have never painted before), but I wanted to try a pin wash. how did I do?realized too late that I should have used black instead of brown, it looked rusty. I panicked and may have removed too much paint.
>>11664843>i did not want to ruin it by ruining it and not putting in effortanon paint your models. there's barely anything to rate when you don't bother painting them.
>>11664843looks like someone spilled their coffee all over it
>>11664843If you are scared of painting just use some shitty speed paints from citadel or army painter, it wont look great but its hard to fuck it up.
>>11664488Get into university so I can use their 3d-printers and cad software.
>>11664843If you want your models to be in one colour at least maybe get a spray can of grey primer and paint it like that. That would be better. This just looks like it had been standing on a kitchen cabinet for 30+ years or in some chainsmoker household.
>>11653721I Just saw another bong contra rotator. Impressive build, a bit heavy on the weathering i think, a shoe in for second place.
>>11664728That looks pretty good with the paint wear and shit, anon. The country formerly known as Venezuela groupbuild, if this escalates even further? They have all kinds of shit from Su-30 to Cadillac Gage Commando to ZBD-05 to Scorpion. >track pads worn down to the metal >on a parade Embarrassing.
>>11665045gannet is soul, just not with the aew belly
>>11665089>he doesn't like mpreg planes
Hi anons, happy new year. I bought picrel for my very first build. It was super cheap (barely 18 canuck bucks) so I'm not scared of fucking it up, though I'm worried about the painting since I have exactly zero experience with painting as a whole. Does primer colour matter? How do I know how much thinner to use? I have some Mr. Hobby paints coming this week. Can I use any thinner or only their specific thinner? Can I weather after finishing the painting process or do I need to do that during painting? What the FUCK is gloss finish?Total captcha death
>>11665105>primer colourdoesn't matter so much, but if you're going to have a black primer and paint a very light or whtie on top you're gonna be doing it for a while.>how much thinnerthere are manufacturer reccomended amounts that are pretty much ok.>mr hobbymr hobby aqueous? they're alcohol based so you'll want to use their aqueous thinner or tamiya x-20a.>weatheringusually done last>gloss finishdo you mean a gloss varnish? are you brush painting or airbrushing?
>>11665112Thanks for your quick reply anon>do you mean a gloss varnish?I assume it means varnish, yeah. I was told it was one of the final steps.>are you brush painting or airbrushing?I'll be brush painting it, learning how to use my compressor/airbrush kit is not what I'm focusing on for this first build
>>11665114gloss varnish goes after painting but before weathering to protect the paint and let washes flow more easily. If you're going to brush paint you'll probably be better off using water based paint. You *can* brush paint with mr hobby but they're better suited to airbrushing. ak gen 3 are pretty great from what I hear. Don't look down on spray cans either. A can of rustoleum 2x primer will go miles and make painting afterwards a lot easier.
>>11665119Correction, I'm actually using Mr. Color paints since that's what the box recommends. I got the name mixed because it's a Hobby Boss kit.>gloss varnishThanks for the info
>>11665122mr color is laquer based they're very smelly and you really don't wanna breathe that shit. desu i'd find matching water based colours.
>>11665123Damn, I should have looked into it before buying it then. I don't want to give myself brain damage, though I think it's fine if I use a proper respirator mask with filters strong enough?
>>11665127> don't want to give myself brain damageCan it really get THAT much worse anon?
Haven't built a model in almost a decade, but a back injury has me off the hiking trails for now. I hope I can get my groove back and start building great models like the ones posted here.>VellajoThey were good when I was building years ago so i bought what i know, I'll see if I can make them work or if they are as bad as the internet makes them out to be.
Someone fill me in, what's wrong with Vallejo
>>11664818>I clogged my airbrush, flooded it with thinner and it threw thinner everywhere once it uncloggedWow, that's crazy, man.
>>11665474I will clog up your bumbum if you don't shut the fuck up, faggot
>Decant some varnish 2 years ago>Fucks up the paint job by leaving a white blotch on fender>Can't wash it off, have to repaint that part>Completely forget and go to use it again on current build>Leaves white blotch on the fender AGAINI just can't anymore
>>11665433>or if they are as bad as the internet makes them out to be.Never seen anyone say anything bad about them as a whole, are you sure you are not hallucinating? Have you been talking to the fudd boomers that sniff Testors? >>11665487Your impressive length wouldn't make it past my cheeks, I bet.>>11665492>Decant some varnish>Decant varnish Explain. You do know that you need to mix paints before use, correct?
>>11665514decant in this context is draining a spray can to use in an airbrush instead
>>11665541Boggles the mind why anyone would even do this. Must be some boomer "hack".
>>11665592has to be some carfag bs
>>11664442Or just a low run kit. I have a 1:48 XF5U from "Professional Model" that is nothing but resin casting, PE, and some badly yellowed plastic canopy pieces I don't have a clue about how to fix.https://www.scalemates.com/kits/professional-model-48001-vought-xf5u-1-flying-pancake--959534>>11664614Solder longer wires and maybe construct a display base that can hold the battery.>>11664843Painting is more than just changing colors, it also provides a different surface that alters the appearance (gloss, semi-gloss/satin, flat/matte) and gives weathering materials something to 'grip' onto better than plastic straight out of the box (which could also potentially have mold release still on them if not washed).>>11665127I'm going to assume this means you've already bought the paint since you're so insistent on using it despite being told to use something different.You need to understand that just because they come in similar sized containers does NOT mean that lacquers are the same as acrylics. Specifically, lacquers are meant to be used with an airbrush, because you're going to have a REAL bad time trying to brush paint. Plus, if you're already talking about respirators, then just break out the airbrush and compressor because you'll get a better overall result anyway. Using an airbrush isn't hard - you just need to dial in the paint/thinner mix ratio and the proper PSI setting on the compressor, then apply THIN coats to build up color over time. >>11665433Modern Vallejo is largely my standard these days. AK 3rd Gen is better but Vallejo stuff is what's sold at my nearest hobby shops.>>11665592More control over the application, probably. You know how some people can get.
>>11665674>then just break out the airbrush and compressorYeah I might as well do that at this point. Cheers anon
>>11665433>Goya Jumbo Squiddisgusting.
>>11664721As for the interpretation of this specific photo. Why would the squiggles not be black? They put them in the art work as dark green or black green, but why would they not have just used black? After painting the whole underside black just went over the top and sides with the same black?
>>11665592>>11665619because if you have a color of spray paint you want to use, its much much better to decant it into an airbrush because you have more control and it also wastes a lot less. full size spray cans are like using fire hoses for something as small as models. >>11664655>>11665674I don't know how to solder so I just cut a strip of PS and extended the base of the stand to make it taller
>>11658550This isn't really a thing for that ancient panther kit but it pisses me off to no end that model companies can blatantly lie with the box art showing zimmerit on the tank and then not including zimmerit in the kit.
>>11665784hahaha wtf why are there like 10 packs??? :DDDD
>>11665796I mean, they also show a complete painted model with scenery. That isn't in the box either.Its up to you, the modeler to make something out of this box of boring plastic
>>11665787>Why would the squiggles not be black?Black is colour RLM22, it was solely used for markings (crosses/letters) or applied to nightcamouflages either on the entire plane for early nightfighters or undersides for anything after early 1943. RLM22 is never used in patterns or mottles, if as camo, it is in whole areas only.>They put them in the art work as dark green or black green, but why would they not have just used black? After painting the whole underside black just went over the top and sides with the same black?KG1 didn't have standardized camouflages, at least regarding black or light undersides (partially due to getting a mix of factoryfresh and used aircraft, they only got the He 177 in March 44 so it took a while to get to strength, operations only lasted from June to July 44 when He 177 was retired), so black wasn't actively available to use on every plane anyway and it wasn't used for patterns. The squiggles look very dark on the photo which is why KG1 schemes are often depicted having green ones, which is rare since usually grey (RLM74/75) was used for meanders and mottles on light bases, since the RLM70(blackgreen) is the only one that can reasonably appear dark enough to be confused for black, no BF 109 or FW 190 ever had black spinners either all were RLM70, black spinners are artistic interpretation and false restorations only, all caused by similiarity of these in photos and impressions during combat.I believe the scheme in original post is RLM76 as base, RLM22 on undersides and RLM70 for camo. KG1 was an old bomber unit, they had stocks of 70/71 and 22 (not used on upsides tho), that explains the unusual green meanders opposed to the common grey ones.Picrel is a He 177 of KG1 in the same scheme, without black undersides.The only operational sorties were in June/July 44 against soviet railways during daytime, but during buildup of the swuadron (March-May) demands changed constantly so that explains the irregular undersides.
>>11665847>they also show a complete painted model with sceneryNo one is buying the tank for the scenery, they're buying it for the tank. If you are going to include decals for a tank that had zimmerit and advertise it on the box with zimmerit, why not mold it with zimmerit?
I don't get why so many modelers obsess over WWII. Why isn't there the same sort of autism for WWI?
>>11666085Less and less shapely vehicles
How I envy you guys that have a local shop with everything you need. Good Lord those shipping times...
>>11666085it's not just modellers
>>11666085>Why isn't there the same sort of autism for WWI?There are quite a few WWI ship kits available, but overall WWI just has far fewer land and air vehicles than WWII. Of the few that did exist, most aside from aircraft and a handful of tanks, are very basic and not exciting. Who’s going to spend money on a 1/35 scale horse-drawn cart or a Parisian taxi when they could buy a 1/72 scale Spitfire or a 1/48 scale Sherman. Hell, who's picking a Renault FT over a Panzer IV Ausf H. Vehicles like Zeppelins would have to be produced in bizarre scales that wouldn’t be compatible with most other kits.Beyond airplanes and a small number of tanks, the main option for modellers is dioramas, but those require a lot of space and resources and if you want something in 1/35 scale, it would usually end up being just a trench or a crumbling house. If you want to depict large battles that weren't just miserable mud slogs like Ypres, you’d pretty much have to work in 1/72 scale or 1/100. The history behind these vehicles is also key to their popularity, air combat and tank combat were in their infancy and by the last year of WWI and their full ptoentials would not be fully realized until WWII. I can show people that one Tiger 1 with the S33 decals and anyone who knows krautshit will know its from Kursk, if I show you a British Mark IV who's going to tell me it fought in pointless human wave charge three at the Battle of Vimy Ridge?
>>11666205There's also probably a bit of hold over from the industry basically starting in the 50s/60s where WW2 was fairly recent history so a lot of the first military kits were WW2 planes and tanks
>who's picking a Renault FT over a Panzer IV Ausf Hme any day
>>11665784>>11665836It is delicious canned squid. It is so delicious I have to lock it my room because my roommate will eat it.>>11666085I visited Andy's new Hobby HQ and bought an FT-17 just for you anon.I also bought a WW1 horse drawn turret online.>>11666087>>11666205There's plenty of interesting WW1 stuff, enough so that copper state does a good variety of Bi-planes and armored cars. I think the biggest problem is that most WW1 anything is fucking tiny. WW1 is definitely something that can be attractive in 1/16 scale. I also wish the industry focused on 1/12 instead of 1/16, there is a lot of 1/12 jap figures and dollhouse stuff that would mix nicely.
>>11666273Based squidbro.
I have to learn how to mix paints again I don't understand how a ratio that had worked for all prior models suddenly started clogging up my airbrush or is too thin 4/3 drop ratio for acrylic AK thinner to AK acrylic paint worked absolutely fine until this year
>>11666456It's not that hard to eyeball the consistency. See how it runs down the side of your cup, check how it sprays on the paint mule.
What do you guys use for magnification on detail work? I have a clamp light on my main desk but I'd like something I could move around to other locations easily.
>>11666537Get a loupe. Around 2x magnification is good for general work. Higher magnification means having to put your face right up to your subject, less working space and the focal plane becomes very narrow. If you want to do really detailed work some people use a camera + macro lens on a tripod.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obwad5MjDzw
>>11666537A cheap headband magnifier like this. It has interchangeable lenses for different levels of magnification and is comfortable enough to wear for longer periods of time.
>>11666546>>11666547excellent, thanks for the suggestions.
the ki-44 shoki (tojo) is done
>>11666804mmmh shoki
>>11666804jap planes come in all flavors like cinnamon and mint
Has anybody here applied Tamiya's liquid surface primer with a brush before? I thinned it with 1:1 with mr color leveling thinner, and at first it was liquid enough not to clog up the panel lines on the plane, but after a while it gets thick enough that it stops spreading evenly and clogs up the fine panel lines/covering them completely.
>>11666809So crazy how large the size difference is between Asian and European vehicles. You wouldn't be able to tell just looking at pictures or film reels, but side by side it really makes you think. Imagine if the Tigers Germany was shipping them had arrived. It would have been like the Ratte for them. A real Santa's Workshop with three nips hanging off the steering wheel and a crew of five operating a crane to reload the bastard.
>>116669301:1? I would try something closer to 1 part thinner for 3 part primer or maybe not even thin it at all
>>11667039Not thin at all? Already at 1:1 it was covering fine details.
>>11666941>>11667067Sorry I got focused on the primer-to-thinner ratio I didnt really answer your question, I'm more used to painting minis. Specifically for aircraft models, you could try thinning even more than 1:1, probably closer to to one part primer for 3 parts thinner.>after a whileJust how much did you prepare at once? What I'm confident happened is that while you were working and it behaved ok, your solvent started evaporating in the cup/palette. Ideally, you would prepare brush-on primer in super small batches, preparing only about as much liquid as you would use for a handful of brushes or however much you use in the very short term (2-3 minutes maximum)
>>116671110.5ml of both. That's roughly 2/3 of a regular bottle cap. Now that I think about it, it's enough to prime at least 4 1:72 planes...I'll try even thinner tomorrow. I was lucky that even though it dire, it wasn't cured so I managed to remove 99% of the stuff from the plane (got high on fumes though).
>>11666460I think it's an issue specific to the khaki paint, the pigments in these AK paints separate real quick, had to stir the green paint in the airbrush constantly
>>11667151When I preoare the mixture thin, its like the primer doesnt mix perfectly with the leveling thinner. Hard to explain what I saw (forgot to take a damn picture). Looked as if primer started chipping, the edge coat was looking kind chipped, or microscopically clumped, so I noped outta that. I'll get primer In a spray can.
>>11666941Apparently one of the reasons the Type-61 was developed was because those little yellow capuchin monkeys couldn't reach the controls of the hand-me-down Shermans.
>>11664488i'm just trying to not rope at this point, even modelling doesn't give joy anymoreit is what it is
>>11667566don't pour all of it inside, let the heavier stuff stay on the tin
>>11667461Nice looking Ha-Go so far
>>11662201Damn sucka, didn't know my gf had a sister.
>>11667902Have faith anon. It will get better.
>>11667902sadposting cunt
>>11661412If you are spraying 3rd Gen, even with their 3rd Gen thinner, use a brush to mix it in the cup. They have this stringy quality that needs to be broken down. At least as I am set up I was very frustrated with them until I discovered this and it may also explain why some people who always do that without thinking about it never had a problem.I know it sounds a bit silly but there we are.
>>11668471I usually start with thinner in the cup because paint first clogs it up, then blow air into the cup and spray. But yes a brush helps with what you pointed out. Also both 3rd Gen and Vallejo have that rubbery shit in them that (some sort of vinyl or latex? idk) that instantly reacts with alcohol, so don't mix any of that in there.
>>11664431shitty first proof of concept. ignore the damage the spoon fucking flipped over when I went to pick it up after finishing. It's sort of what I was going for. I think the base green needs to be a bit more saturated because the pearl barely shows up over it. Had to hand paint the stripes because the other spoons came out looking like a shitty tiger camo.
>>11668701Is nice, very nice, does it ultimately need to be in the mackerels original colours? If so then there's Ju 88 G (nightfighter) camos that are extremely close, lightblue RLM76 undercoat, scribbles of RLM82 (green) so close cover almost the whole surface and sides, you could add RLM74 or 70 on it which is sometimes confused with black in photos, if that doesn't disturb you for being somewhat off you can have a mackerelish vehicle...
Does anyone have any suggestions for how to work with AK Air Paints? I've been trying to use their light ghost grey with my air brush but it keeps splattering/stippling, I've tried thinning it and it just starts spidering, no matter what I do I can't get the right effect. I don't have this issue with vallejo or tamiya either paints so I don't think it's an issue with my airbrush. Does anyone no how to solve this problem?
>>11669277Lower the pressure and be more careful with pulling back the trigger
>>11669277see >>11668471
>>11669223I'd like it to be fish colours yeah. Will do some more tests with different greens. Need to make the stripes thinner too.
I will find whomst ever invented coughing and stab him I'm so fucking angry
>>11669600Lol, another "I don't need the cap for my airbrush" moron found out.
>>11669590I went to a place that had an aquarium recently and immediately though "these fish look like 109's".
>>11669603What do you mean, "another"?I posted almost the exact same comment a year and a half ago
>>11668701attempt 2, no pearl top coat. Same base, base + bright green and chrome silver + clear green + blue on top. Lines are looking nicer. Feel like an AK paint marker would make this way wasier because I am not great at brush painting.
>>11669771BOOBA
>>11669771Have you tried airbrushing the pattern? Get up close and personal and dial the needle down so you can do very thin streaks. I like the idea of the fish design, I think this will look good on pretty much any subject
>>11669888I did, but my paint/pressure wasn't great. Even on a very low pressure and my trigger locked down almost all the way there was a lot of spider webbing or overspray. I couldn't get nice crisp lines. I have a nice .25 H&S airbrush but clearly can't use the fuckin thing.
new releases when
>>11670288Special Hobby, KP, Revell and Zvezda have already announced a few. Airfix will be next week.
wat kit is this
>>11671688https://finescale.com/product-info/kit-reviews/2014/09/afv-club-m24-chaffee
>>11663432I can second that these Hataka paints are good, I have used the orange cap lacquer paints (I prefer solvent based paints) and they work well. Their yellow goes down very well, too.
Why have figures become such an afterthough? There's a shitton of 1/35 vehicles out there that don't have in-box figures and simply have 0 aftermarket figure kits for them available.
>>11671975most included figures are dogshit and most people seem to only fingerpaint them if they even bother including them in a build
>>11671975>no build options, no figures, no fun>autistic surface details >pe/resin partsthis is what tryhards seem to want
>>11665950>never>solely>no everGreat to meet someone who was there. I understand that there were certain regulations in place and am aware of the standards. But you can never make such claims with 100% accuracy. Especially not about German paintjobs during WW2.
>>11673029>you can never make such claims with 100% accuracy>about the fucking weaponized hyperautists that documented and reglemented absolutely everythingIf you were talking about borderline braindead red army mongoloids that barely managed to understand which part of the gun a bang comes from between "muh dik" raping and looting, then you can do pretty much whatever. Half of the pictures of soviet winter camo look like the drawings left on the floor of the short bus. But if you are talking about Germans, then you can be pretty sure that things were done the way they were supposed to be done. And if not then you would have an officer screaming until they were. Nigger
gay wehraboo
Is Tamiya ever going to do a Hellcat mold?
>>11673353tamiya only makes about 1 thing a year
>>11673353Tamiya already has a hellcat, retard
>>11671975simple reason is figures are harder to produce
>>11673442How are they harder to produce? Figure sprue molds somehow magically fill slower and cool longer than vehicle parts? If you said good figure molds are harder to create, I might even agree, but what you said is straight up retarded.
>>11673508Did you know that most plastic model figure masters are still hand-sculpted? As far as I know only Tamiya is using modern tech for figures. There appears to be a shortage of traditional sculptors in the plastic model industry, while most companies don't have the resources to transform 3D CAD models into molds, which explains why even mainstream makers are opting for 3D printed figures instead of plastic: the result is much better, you don't have to worry about tolerances (plastic figs have chunky details for this very reason), plus no cost of cutting a mold. And to answer your second question, in a way yes: thick solid masses like figure bits run a higher risk of short shots, sink marks, shrinkage, etc. To get around this, some makers hollow out pieces just like in vehicle kits, but not everyone seems interested.
>>11673508Good figure molds wouldn't have saved these melanin-endowed gentlemen, the problem comes from the ground up.
Christmas and new years and new job figured out so back on the Hornet. First time I've had to sand/polish off a mold line on the actual canopy glass which desu I did not get the results I wanted with but I'll improve that later if necessary
a panel line wash, some more chipping, and some laser hits should finish this thing off
>>11673528>>11673535Hopefully one day AI will actually be useful, and I can show a photo of some guy to an online or local AI and it could generate a usable STL from it.
>>11673535Trumpeter in its early days made figures, then gave up because they sucked. So did MENG and they have also given up, preferring instead to just throw in a 3D printed figure or two of Putin and Trump as a bonus item. I don't know a Chinese brand that makes plastic figures anymore, except maybe Riich.
Freshly Baked:>>11674511>>11674511>>11674511
>>11674513Hasn't even hit bump limit...
