Papa Rat Posted Friday at 06:03 PM Posted Friday at 06:03 PM (edited) 6 hours ago, derex3592 said: Primer, pre-shade and painting of the BUFF this morning! Used Vallejo Acrylic Grey surface primer, fantastic stuff! No smell, water based and airbrush straight from the bottle. Also don't know why I don't hear more good things about Mission Models acrylics. They are fantastic! Water based, no smell, NO thinning, airbrush straight from the bottle, dead flat color and soooo easy to put on. Beats Tamiya acrylics by a country mile if you ask me.. 🤔 🙄 It’s on! Excited for this. It looks great so far. 😊 I am going to reference your black bird and stealth for a paint scheme I want to try out in a future mech build. I might reach out a bug you about it when the time comes. Thanks for the inspiration! Edited Friday at 09:20 PM by Papa Rat Quote
Big s Posted Friday at 08:29 PM Posted Friday at 08:29 PM 5 hours ago, derex3592 said: Primer, pre-shade and painting of the BUFF this morning! Used Vallejo Acrylic Grey surface primer, fantastic stuff! No smell, water based and airbrush straight from the bottle. Also don't know why I don't hear more good things about Mission Models acrylics. They are fantastic! Water based, no smell, NO thinning, airbrush straight from the bottle, dead flat color and soooo easy to put on. Beats Tamiya acrylics by a country mile if you ask me.. 🤔 🙄 Looks great. So far I’m usually using lacquers since most of my kits have moving joints, how well do those particular paints you are using hold up on non static models Quote
derex3592 Posted Saturday at 03:19 AM Posted Saturday at 03:19 AM (edited) Well.... probably not well. Arylics are very fragile in my experience. Speaking of which, so I hit the B-52 with Tamiya rattle can gloss clear and immediately wanted to cry. Never had it happen, but apparently (after some Googling) sometimes it will darken your paint about 3 shades which it did.. So now my beautiful 3 hours of work this morning is super dark grey and my pre-shade has all but vanished. Sometimes I hate this hobby. Very upsetting and I don't really know what to do about it 😔 Edited Saturday at 03:24 AM by derex3592 Quote
Big s Posted Saturday at 04:05 AM Posted Saturday at 04:05 AM 43 minutes ago, derex3592 said: Well.... probably not well. Arylics are very fragile in my experience. Speaking of which, so I hit the B-52 with Tamiya rattle can gloss clear and immediately wanted to cry. Never had it happen, but apparently (after some Googling) sometimes it will darken your paint about 3 shades which it did.. So now my beautiful 3 hours of work this morning is super dark grey and my pre-shade has all but vanished. Sometimes I hate this hobby. Very upsetting and I don't really know what to do about it 😔 I find that that happens more with duller surfaces. Like the gloss colors are already wet looking and don’t really change, but sometimes the duller ones darken similar to when using pigments. I also see it more with acrylic and enamel glosses and not quite as much with lacquer Quote
Papa Rat Posted Saturday at 04:19 AM Posted Saturday at 04:19 AM @derex3592oh no. I’m so sorry to hear that. Not what you want to hear, but are you stripping and repainting? Quote
pengbuzz Posted Saturday at 05:44 AM Posted Saturday at 05:44 AM 2 hours ago, derex3592 said: Well.... probably not well. Arylics are very fragile in my experience. Speaking of which, so I hit the B-52 with Tamiya rattle can gloss clear and immediately wanted to cry. Never had it happen, but apparently (after some Googling) sometimes it will darken your paint about 3 shades which it did.. So now my beautiful 3 hours of work this morning is super dark grey and my pre-shade has all but vanished. Sometimes I hate this hobby. Very upsetting and I don't really know what to do about it 😔 I can still see the preshading; fainter than you had it, but still there. Could you possibly hit it with flat coat and use dark chalk pastels to try to bring the preshading back out? I'd hate to see you have to start all over... Quote
wm cheng Posted Saturday at 07:35 AM Posted Saturday at 07:35 AM Hey @derex3592 - it has happened to me before, but it usually lightens back up once you've clear coated it over with a super flat clear coat again. Super flat finishes scatter the light differently than glossy surfaces and often appears lighter. It might not get you back to exactly the lightness you had, but it should get you back at least 85% to where you were. Very nice pre-shading BTW! Quote
tekering Posted Saturday at 10:14 AM Posted Saturday at 10:14 AM (edited) As the balcony railings are added, I decided to try a couple Patlabor figures to confirm scale: 4 hours ago, wm cheng said: Super flat finishes scatter the light differently than glossy surfaces and often appears lighter. This has been my experience as well. 👍 Edited Saturday at 11:42 AM by tekering Quote
Thom Posted Saturday at 02:22 PM Posted Saturday at 02:22 PM @derex3592 I've had problems with clears also, though mine are usually the clear coat eating through the top layer of paint and leaving the shading showing through in glaring patches. Hope the matt coat helps it. @tekering Looks like those figures are a good fit! You could probably make your own stop-motion episode! Quote
Papa Rat Posted Saturday at 05:50 PM Posted Saturday at 05:50 PM @tekering the scale looks great! Love it Quote
Papa Rat Posted Sunday at 06:24 PM Posted Sunday at 06:24 PM (edited) Oof! Overlooked a small scratch so I guess I strip it in some iso, fill, sand, prime, paint gloss black and then paint gold again. Annoying… also trying to mask out the panels on the skirt armor and other bits with masking fluid instead of tape. Hope it works out. Have to put a couple layers of lacquer over it. If this experiment works out I may switch over to this method. I like brush painting and I feel it really gets into the hard to reach areas easier than tape. Edited Sunday at 06:29 PM by Papa Rat Quote
Rock Posted yesterday at 05:25 AM Posted yesterday at 05:25 AM Still chugging along on my Hi-V resculpt. Only one leg left to finish matching, then I can finally work on cleanup and detailing! Aiming for paint Feb 1st for a 2026 comeback! Quote
MechTech Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago @Papa Rat I think Laputa - Castle in the Sky is one of our favorite anime movies! I look forward to seeing the airship built! I LOVE using latex, especially for canopies. A toothpick will get it into the nooks and crannies perfectly. @derex3592 I'm sorry to see what happened! If you clear coated it for decals, you can skip that scary step. Just buff out the areas to a gloss/semi-gloss finish that will have decals on them. It will allow them to lay flat without risking your finish. One of our top award winning modelers does that. It also helps protect surface detail from being filled in with coatings. @tekering That's cool! Usually the model is big and the background is small. you blew that opposite out of the water!😁 @Rock That looks great so far! I'm working on the same thing in the RG kit. I love that model. The mechanics are wesome! - MT Quote
pengbuzz Posted 16 hours ago Posted 16 hours ago UPDATE: Progress on the Weefit- I have a ton of paint corrections and touch-ups to do on it (not to mention a sludge wash and some weathering to hint at a very subtle aztec without showing a total one!) Comparison with her former self in the same scale: Stay tuned... Quote
Papa Rat Posted 15 hours ago Posted 15 hours ago 1 hour ago, pengbuzz said: UPDATE: Progress on the Weefit- I have a ton of paint corrections and touch-ups to do on it (not to mention a sludge wash and some weathering to hint at a very subtle aztec without showing a total one!) Comparison with her former self in the same scale: Stay tuned... That’s looking great! Quote
electric indigo Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago I need to build a plane for my rotating propeller, so let's bring some color to these winter days. Quote
Big s Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 8 hours ago, pengbuzz said: UPDATE: Progress on the Weefit- I have a ton of paint corrections and touch-ups to do on it (not to mention a sludge wash and some weathering to hint at a very subtle aztec without showing a total one!) Comparison with her former self in the same scale: Stay tuned... Looks like it’s coming along well Quote
Big s Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 2 hours ago, electric indigo said: I need to build a plane for my rotating propeller, so let's bring some color to these winter days. Reminds me of the fan racer Quote
Thom Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago She's coming along nicely @pengbuzz. How did the coolers turn out? Some nice clean masking @electric indigo. You could have just a display full of props, but this will be much nicer! Quote
pengbuzz Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 6 hours ago, Thom said: She's coming along nicely @pengbuzz. How did the coolers turn out? Some nice clean masking @electric indigo. You could have just a display full of props, but this will be much nicer! Still working on them, but I have a slight issue: for some odd reason, the ship name ("USS ENTERPRISE", decal #30) stuck to my thumb and came off the ship!! O.O Does anyone possibly have a spare? Edited 57 minutes ago by pengbuzz Quote
MechTech Posted 12 minutes ago Posted 12 minutes ago @pengbuzz Your Enterprise is looking good so far. Sorry about the decal 🥺 Can you reglue it back on with white glue and water? @electric indigo The paint looks GREAT on that. It looks like a Pilatus or Tucano, but the tail and canopy are wrong. - MT Quote
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