gambit3131

Congratulations. I take it no PE was used in this build? Very realistic details. Again, congratulations to the three of you.

Very nice. I have the Minicraft kit, but I also want to get this one.

You can use window cleaner (w/ammonia) to strip the acrylic paint. Use a toothbrush also, it should strip rather easily. Since the Aclad is a laquer (I think) the window cleaner should not affect it. I use a generic brand of window clearner rather than Windex. $0.97/bottle compared to $2.50

Dynamite will get rid of that unsightly blotch.

The two models I am currently working on (Revell 1966 Pontiac GTO and the Revell Robotech Mecha) has me doing a little more scratch building than I have done in the past. In doing this scratch building I have been using more superglue. I am currently using the Duro Quick Gel No-Run super glue. I like the quick gel because I can control it's application a little better than the liquid super glue. I can also get two tubes at Wally World for under $2. I was wondering what everyone else uses and why. What is the benefit of using Zap brand (Zap, Zap-a-Gap, Slo-Zap) etc. Also what is your

The past couple of times I have had to do this I used a toothpick and softly worked the decal until it came of in itty bitty pieces.

Great looking cockpit. I have the Revell Bf 110 myself (not sure if this is that kit). I keep putting it off for other models. How did you do the wash on the side panels? How did you get the yellow wires to look so good?

I made my paint booth. I needed something I could fold up and put away in the closet. Once I buy a house and have a garage I was actually thinking of the PaceKeeper. It's large enough for a good size model and reasonably priced.

Water is what I started with just to get the hang of the brush. Then I bought a couple of sheets of scrap styrene and practiced with acrylics. The reason being is that acrylics are very easy to clean up.

One technique I have used is to fill the intake full of cotton balls and then mask over the top of that. It gives the mask some backing and protects the inside of the intake. The same can be done for the exhaust.

I love Tamiya acrylics. It is the only thing I use unless they don't have the color I need.

This will only work with acrylics. I use the cheap ammonia based window cleaner to clean up my acrylic messes either airbrush, hands, crappy paint jobs, etc.

Great job

I was looking forward to this being my first GB. Oh well. It gives me time to finish my current project.

It's the glazing and spot putty

Well, the bondo had it's way with my rocket launcher. I wonder if I had turned it over if the solvents wouldn't have done this? I bought some brass tubing to create a new one.

Not a bad use of time if you ask me.

Thank you all. On the finish. I used tack cloth on the model before I sprayed the black. I used MM Flat Black spray. I warmed the can up in warm water. A couple of days later I used the tack cloth again to remove any loose paint particles. There were a lot of them. I them used Testors gloss coat, decaled and testors dull coat.

I used Model Masters Flat Black #1949. I also heated it up using the technique mentioned here. It went on very smooth and evenly.

It took me at least 5 hours if not more to do all 5,000,000,000,000 decals that go on this thing. *sigh*

She's finally complete. You've seen the In-Progress pics. Here are the complete shots I wanted to weather her, but due to time constraints I decided not to. I found that a couple of the decal instructions were screwed up so she is missing one decal that I had to scrape off. Other than that she came out nice.

Here she is in paint. Before decals She is now complete and you can see her in the Critique Corner

Welcome to ARC. As mentioned, toothpicks. They are invaluable. I use them to pull out drops of paint when I need a small amount. I use them to stir paint. I use then as tiny paint brushes. I also use them to help position decals.

Another noobie PE question. What is the difference in PE kits such as a Eduard 1/48 for the Revell Bf 109 and the Eduard 1/48 for Hasegawa kit. What makes them different that you can't mix and match?

Nice list. Are they all 1:144 scale?