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Neither approach is wrong. The idea is not to spray a wet puddle. This comes with practice: To know when to stop spraying and let it dry; To know what a good "coat" is. And with rustoleum, I would do a practice spray between each good spray to remain sure it is spraying nicely. If you care about the model, don't paint it now. Get some practice on some kicker models.

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Very nice! It's not that clear to me what that elevating gun looks like, or where it goes exactly. The rolling vehicle to carry the Daedalus is more clear, but you would have to design it for a specific model or toy, I guess.

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Available now 1/72 Deck Crew. Set 1 and 2. https://www.patreon.com/arbitscalemodels

The tailor's axiom is: Measure thrice, cut once.

Its not the weather or the humidity. You just can't trust hardware store primer for fine work. Especially not Rustoleum, it will be very hard to control the spray without experience. To get a good result as a beginner, your number one option is the expensive Tamiya fine primer spray can. You should probably take this route sooner than later. In the end you will waste more money on the cheap hardware stuff, and they will not be good practice in the long run.. I do use Krylon colormaster grey primer when priming a large structure or display, but not for the main model. But when using any harware store primer, you need a lot of experience and care. You can't just spray and hope for the best. These are my steps: 1. First you need to warm it up in a bowl of boiling water for 30 seconds, to melt any particles. 2. Then you need to shake vigorously for 2-3 minutes. If its dry and not shaking nicely throw it out. 3. You need to remove and clean nozzle with solvent like lacquer thinner. On a fine model, I would only use a new can, or a well tested can. 4. Spray only out doors and use a gas mask, the stuff is nasty. 5. Test spray on a large card board box before hitting the model, to ensure you like what you see. If it is splattering and cant be cleaned further throw it out. 6. Start spraying off the model, and finish the spray off the model in one smooth swipe. Don't spray directly on the model. Don't create puddles. Don't linger on any spot.: Wax on wax off. 7. Practice to paint nice and smoothly on a piece of flat cardboard first. when you can paint a cardboard nicely, then you can advance to a model. I use a spray handle attachment to help me control the spray. 8. After first coat let it dry completely over night before more coats. A "coat" means you attained full coverage with minimum sprays without flooding all the details. Your coat should be very thin. Good luck.

Working on it. Give me photos from all angles and dimensions of the seat and seating area. Maybe place a 1/72 valkyrie pilot in there to gauge size.

That's an expensive piece to play around with!

Meaningless to most of humanity. but not to us 😁

Hi Thom. Lots of pictures there! Thanks for sharing. Amazing how many talented modelers there are around the world. Some really impressive heavy weathering examples.

Playing around. Needs some work though.

Nice. You have a very consistent painting style. I would like to see a group photo of some of your birds.

WIP Officer Uniform v2 compared to v1. Complete redesign from scratch.

Nice progress. I think you thickened the entire shell, correct?

What a coincidence, I have not seen that resin figure. But what's wrong with her leg position? My version is in a "T-Pose". It's not a real pose. You design the figure in this pose and prepare the armature bones for the actual pose later.

I've been working on my sewing skills. Needle and thread all day 🤣

It's a start! Are you going for sci-fi or accuracy?

Nice to see it back on track. Been wondering about it☺️

Is it 1/4000?

That's by the amazing 6jirosdc. He's been working on this for over two years. When he first started, we was using a B&W screen, till I linked him to a color LCD. His programing skills are impossible.

I never dreamed...

The model is in the link. Nice one too.

Hikaru's taking Misa out for a joy ride, to make up for the VT-1 Fan Racer incident. Misa wont forget so easily.

Thanks Gabe. But I have no aspirations for perfect figures🤣 Just fun stuff for our dioramas.