Mallet21

I'd like to see a 1/48 VT-1 Super Ostrich ala the 1/48 Strike recast we saw a while back.

I think "The King of Pop" MPC will give me nightmares tonight

I believe this is what you are looking for: Squadron.com

Dobber- Unfortunately you can't do an acrylic wash over an acrylic base coat. You are thinning your wash with the same solvent used to apply your base coat which causes it to strip the base coat. Try using a lacquer gloss coat after you apply your acrylic base coat. I'm guessing your hobby shop should have the Model Master Glosscote in the spray can. Once that cures, you could apply a wash using acrylics because you now have a lacquer barrier separating your acylic base coat with your acrylic wash. I would recommend using the oil wash that WMCheng has made famous around here. I'll try and find the thread.

That's the great thing about Future you don't have to thin it with anything. You can airbrush it straight from the bottle or if you are going to apply it by paint brush it self levels, and leaves virtually no brush marks. Its also acrylic so it won't do much damage. Best of all its real cheap, I can get a bottle of it at the grocery store (kitchen cleaning supplies aisle) for $3 or $4 and it will last me a year. I'm not sure that this will solve your problem, did you seal it with Semi-Gloss after you applied the oil wash?

They tried to have 2 English Websites: toycom.com and sunwards.com Damn HGUSA

Once you did the oil wash, did you finish up with either a glosscote or dullcote? I have never had trouble with this technique using Tamiya acrylics with an oil wash and then finishing up with a dullcote or glosscote to seal everything up. My steps: 1. Base coat using Tamiya acrylics 2. Glosscote using Future 3. Decals 4. Light glosscote of Future 5. Oil Wash (Thinned w/ OSM) 6. Dullcote (Either Model Master or Poly-S acrylics)

Don't worry, based on RT's previous MPC releases, you should be able to pick these up for $40 6 months after they come out. That is unless you buy them from the RT.com store where they sell all their merchandise at prices that are above MSRP.

That is honestly one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen.

That stand is amazing !!

I"m all for it just as long as it doesn't divert resources from a new series after Zero

I would lay down your base (your models most dominate color) coat using a rattle can of spray paint. Its just too hard to get a smooth finish on a model using a brush and if you don;t have the means to get an airbrush the next best thing would be spray paint. The brushes would be great for details and smaller parts as was stated earlier.