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  1. RichardL
    Belly brakes are now bolted shut and the nose cones on the Rb 71 are resprayed in a lighter shade of gray:
  2. RichardL
    Found a side view picture of the Skyflash that shows the gray shade on the nose cone:
  3. RichardL
    I didn't know the belly airbrakes were bolted shut. Thanks for pointing that out. Will try to fix.
  4. RichardL
    Thanks. I did also find some pictures on my end. Below is my attempt: I painted the cones on the Rb71 before seeing the picture you posted above, so they turned out just a little too dark. Too late to fix them now.
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    I just listed my four Iwata double action gravity fed airbrushes for sale in the Classifieds for cheap. You might want to take a look 😉
  6. RichardL
    I have four different genuine Iwata double-action gravity feed airbrushes for sale. All are in excellent cosmetic and working conditions. Iwata Revolution HP-AR: 0.3mm needle, 0.9 ml gravity feed paint cavity, $60 plus $9 shipping to CONUS Iwata Revolution HP-BR: 0.3mm needle, 1.5 ml gravity feed paint cup, $60 plus $9 shipping to CONUS Iwata Revolution HP-CR: 0.5mm needle, 7 ml gravity feed paint cup, $60 plus $9 shipping to CONUS Iwata Eclipse HP-BS: 0.35mm needle, 1.5 ml gravity feed paint cup, $85 plus $9 shipping to CONUS Each airbrush wi
  7. RichardL
    Not a problem. I would give airbrushing a try. You never know, you might be natural at it.
  8. RichardL
    Airbrush for sure unless you are good at blending/feathering the new paint into the existing paint with a paint brush. Learning how to use an airbrush will pay dividends over time. Just like learning how to write cursive, it's not that hard.
  9. RichardL
    Of course the blade will dull over time, but replacement blades are cheap. You only need to get the blade and not the entire housing.
  10. RichardL
    Yes, the knife blade will partially go through the mat. What you want to do is set up a custom cut setting for each material. For the 0.5mm styrene, take an existing material setting that almost cut all the way through and create a custom cut setting from it by slightly increasing the cut pressure or the multi-cut. Repeat the process for thinner material.
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    Now that wasn't so hard was it? So 5 drops of diluted Ammonium Hydroxide (not pure Ammonia) in a 100 drops of solution will attack the brass. Okay. Got it.
  13. RichardL
    You are still not answering my original question.
  14. RichardL
    Yes, several times. However, I asked first. It's a simple question because I'm curious.
  15. RichardL
    Why isn't the brass completely covered by chrome when the entire part is submerged in the plating bath during the electroplating process?
  16. RichardL
    Might want to read this link: Physical and Chemical Properties of Chromium
  17. RichardL
    There is no point in saving an image as a png since it's not a vector format. I use Adobe Ilustrator to save out my work as svg. Illustrator can also export to dxf. If you are looking for a powerful but free vector drawing program, then you might want to try Inkscape, which can save to both svg and dxf.
  18. RichardL
    Yes, let's start a new thread on the Cricut and its Design Space software.
  19. RichardL
    Nice. One more thing, I believe the mat that came with your machine is "light grip". If that's the case, then you will want to get a "standard grip" mat since it will grip the back of the Tamiya masking sheet much better. There is a tacky adhesive spray that you can get to spray over the sticky mat, but I find the adhesive from the spray too strong.
  20. RichardL
    Yes, the mat will lose its stickiness over time, but it will take a long time. My mat is square, so I use a different side each time to distribute usage evenly and prolong its life. Also, Amazon sells 3-pack replacement for cheap.
  21. RichardL
    no, windex will not destroy your airbrush, starting at 4:00
  22. RichardL
    Understand that Windex Original Glass Cleaner has only 5% of Ammonium Hydroxide, which is just a diluted form of ammonia. The airbrush will be fine if people flush the ammonia out with water or IPA immediately after use.
  23. RichardL
    Didn't the US Navy use another font that's different from the USAF?
  24. RichardL
    The difference is in the name itself. Mr. Leveling Thinner is blended with a retarder, which slows down the drying time of paint and therefore allows the paint to spread out more evenly, resulting in a smoother surface. It does not necessarily give a better shine. For example, use it to thin dead flat paint like Tamiya XF series, and the paint will still appear flat without any shine.
  25. RichardL
    SprayGunner also carries them: https://spraygunner.com/aqueous-paints/
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