Category: Colour Schemes

• Tamiya Acrylic – The Viable Challenger

  

  Note: in this test I used the Tamiya acrylic paints, but I could slso have used the Creos Mr. Hobby acrylics as well – they can interchange thinners and brush cleaners. Well, as the Avro Anson MkI was slowly being painted and cured, I decided to fill the time with two other kits –  a…

  Dick Stein

  April 13, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Uncategorized

  Acrylic, spray painting, Tamiya

• Enamel Is The First Bottle Off The Shelf

  

  Well, in for a penny, in for a Pound…I decided that the Special Hobby Avro Anson MkI was the test bed for the Humbrol system. Other people may know it as the Angst-on but I make my own discoveries… After painting up the interior and locking it into the fuselage, I covered over the windows…

  Dick Stein

  April 12, 2018

  1:72 scale, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Decals, Enamel, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Avro Anson, Enamel, Humbrol

• How Unbiased Do I Have To Be To Look Virtuous?

  

  I’m in the middle of a scale modelling experiment at present. The basic question I need to solve for myself is: Acrylic or enamel? I’ve hedged around the issue for some time now as I gained more experience with the airbrushes and looked at more YouTube videos. I’ve not had too much contact with other…

  Dick Stein

  April 11, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, Canadian aircraft, Colour Schemes, Enamel, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  experimentation, painting systems, scientific method