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Looks great Indigo! (Giggling) No more jokes! - MT

Cardboard is fine! I made a large size booth out of one once with no issues. Dirt and overspray will not stick to cardboard anymore than a plastic or metal booth. Both still require an occasional dusting. At that time my shop was co-located with the laundry room. I was nowhere near a window and lived in an apartment style housing area so just going outside to spray wasn't the easiest. I lived in a windy area too so painting outside hardly ever happened. What I did do is take my drier hose, stick a "Y" on it and also connect my spray booth. The drier never backed into my booth, nor my booth go into the drier (which my wife appreciated) I just used a nice sturdy box that I refashioned to shape with a box knife and glue gun. Three computer fans sucked the air out. It wasn't enough for spray paint, but it did the trick with glue (no good "safe glues" back then) and my airbrush. I hope that helps! - MT

Nice job EXO and Corey! I have one and love the look and possibilities. Do you guys think taking solid colored stands and filling them with glue and buckshot/lead weights would add stability? - MT

Thanks and sorry VT102, I'll see what I can do. Nice paint Nautilus. You're popping quality completed models out like mushrooms! - MT

It all depends upon humidity. Any clear coats will most definitely be affected by humidity. If your airbrushing water based paints, especially matt finish, then you're probably fine as long as the humidity is low in your house. Gloss coats may also be a problem. If you have a dehumidifyer, heater or air conditioner in your house they will remove the humidity to safe levels. For those people who live in humid all the time kinda places like Florida, they will paint their stuff and then slap it into a food dehydrator! Our house is usaully dry (summer or winter) so I'll even spray outside and quickly bring it into the closet to sit and cure. My advice, do a test on something like a sheet of plastic and see what happens. I've even had resin get ruined for letting it sit outside in humidity, but yet bringing it inside is fine. Test it out and see what happens. Something else you might want to try, put a big box around your filter unit to help catch stray spray and concentrate the fumes into the filter. I got some old fans and I'm about to do the same thing at my bench. I hope everything works out well for you! - MT

The Frazi is progressing great. Still don't know what it's supposed to look like For the Anubis - Ha ha ha! That's what happens when designers mix saki with late night TV! I guess the barcodes are for quick checkout Despite all our jokes, it's agreat build!!! - MT

Thanks EXO! You're right about the finish. I double checked and the Montana paints are a finer in fininsh. I think it's also about what point in time you use the can. Brand new, the paint was finer and cured finer. Later on the paint seemed to spatter a bit more depite constantly keeping it shaken. Your photo shows a pronounced shark skin finish, very rough and pointed. All the Montana splats were more rounded making it less pronounced. The Tamiya paints are worth it. I finished my 1/100 Monster with it because their color was the closest green I could find. The finish came out great and I needed two or three cans! -MT

Great job! That came out museum quality (which thankfully we don't really have any of these to contend with ) Thanks for sharing your build! - MT

That's AWESOMNE EXO!!! Now if you could just hit "Select 1:350 scale" and hit "Print" I'm gonna have to consider getting these AND a 1/3000 SDF. I can hardly wait to see it in color! - MT

I've just added this to my list of stuff I wouldn't want to encounter down a dark alley! AWAESOME build EXO! Thanks for sharing! - MT

Yeah, please share! From the view you show in the photo, it could be real (minus the GIANT blinds and lack of markings) - MT

"WOW" is a good comment to start with. That's HUGE; it could probably "poop out" the little 1/200th versions I have - MT

Thanks guys! It's been a great week! Thank God I got my Security + certification, good weather to paint the Daedalus, and got most of the arms done for the Spartan. Next is a toss up between doing the destroid legs and a top or a Monster. - MT

If your venting directly outside without chance of the airflow coming back in, it won't matter except to keep the fan clean. If the window is just open and the fumes could get blown back in, the carbon will help save your respitory system. Kylwell is right. I usually make a board that fits into the window by my bench and cut a standard 3" dryer hose hole for it to vento out of. Outside there is a flap to keep out critters, ran, and the wind blowing it back in my face. Just an idea. - MT

Those look great Benson. I've never really seen a totally round contrail from a missile, so you're good! Artistic license - MT

Thanks guys! I have not seen the 1/48th Yamatos so I'm not familiar. I can tell you its like the finer versions of Krylon's "Make it Stone" paints. It varies from fine to random splats. My paint was at 70 degrees and so was the enviroment/model when painting. I would say it does have a shark skin like texture (that I DO know about). One note I forgot to mention, I did have to paint rather close. While the weather was a Godsend for this time of year, the breeze got occasionaly brisk so I had to get closer. It didn't seem to matter though. Another bonus I forgot, this stuff does not run! I even accidently oversprayed twice in some areas and I could see the thickness, but it leveled out. - MT

Great cockpit Jefeumon! The Mig looks great VF-19, nice weathering good. The Ikazuki is coming along great Derex. Working on the micro SDF-1 next? Here's what's on my bench (and not taking up much room ). Just some 1:350 hints at what I'm hoping to sell after we're all done blowing our money on the chillins over the holidays - MT

Happy Veteran's Day everyone (observed in the US)! Thank you to all those serving or who have served our nation. Most people won't understand all of what you go through, but know it's appreciated! I've been watching the weather and TODAY was the day to repaint the Daedalus in the proper colors. It topped out at 70 with minimal humidity. I apologize in advance for the lack of photos, but as I finished tearing off the masking tape and getting the parts shoved in my closet, I didn't have a lot of time. 1. Dinner was almost ready and I wasn't going to make my family wait on me. 2. I needed to get the several square feet of curing spray paint shoved in the closet so it wouldn't off-gas in the house and stink it up (even though scent is minimal). I got all of the hull parts painted and this time even the ramp (in gray)! More photos of everything to come later on in a few days when I can open up the closet without a waft of stinky paint blowing up the living room. The photo from my closet is WAAAY to dark, but you can see that the bridge is now painted. SO, how did the paint come out? The Montana paint color was spot on to the cap color (check out the photo). Montana paints are origianlly designed for graphiti art and VERY fast curing, not to mention STRONG! I oversprayed one area and was sanding forever to get it off. Still, the color was not affected by it! The pigment is great and as I said, durable! The smell coming out from the cans is not strong at all, which is kinda bad because it's still a hazardous organic compound. The finish unfortuneatly is NOT smooth and more akin to textured paints (you can see it in the photo). I thought the nozzle was sputtering, but it is the pigment as it comes out. In fact, the nozzle is EASY to depress and unlike my last coat of paint on my baby, my thumb is not killing me! The paint DOES NOT scratch easily. Use it where you don't need a fine finish and something that will take abuse like armor models or a diorama. Of course, I got it all over my fingers. It cleaned up with one soap and water wash along with a little scouring pad action - half of what I'm used to doing to include some thinner. It also DOES NOT NEED PRIMER! It goes on that thick and covered every flaw the last paint left to include my re-glue jobs where parts were accidentally stepped on. My model is huge so I can get away with the texture. For EXO: Yo man, I was straight up trippin when I saw this gorgeous blue come outa da can! I was like, "Daedalus Blue man-foshizzle!" I got four cans and I got two more left for my 1:350 honey---if I ever make her! This paint is da bomb yo - you gots to gets you some homey! So anyhow, to summarize, my baby is almost TOTALLY done, more photos coming soon, the paint is awesome, but chunky out of the can (sticks better than Rustoleum Plastic). - MT

There's a new and cool idea! Looks great. - MT

Nice touch with the weathering! The Zentraedi weren't exactly the cleanest guys if they never fixed anything either. They were probably lousy neighbors too! - MT

Rank has it's priveledge, he he he! - MT

This project is looking great! A power wheels Monster would be AWESOME. It would open up a whole new opportunity to unleash insane ideas like airsoft guns, water cannon, pintballs - and that's just the "legal stuff." - MT

I concur, the nose is pointier than a pine needle and the windshield looks a little on the low rider side from what I can see. You gotta love those translation engines man! At least now I have clue (only that) about what they're saying. - MT

"Go go go Godzilla!" He looks big enough to fit into the tennis shoe under his tail! We're waiting on the 2012 Godzilla Christmas ornament to be released. We've got all the others except where's he's stomping the maser. The Mak figures are looking good. - MT

Yo, I'm down withat! Word to ya modeller! - MT