Tag: Acrylic

• The Cup Runneth Over

  

  It’s often the little things in the Little World that loom largest. Now I’m not going to suggest that I’m a cheapskate. A penny-pincher. A scrooge. But I encounter things in daily and modelling life that press my Frugality Alarm button something chronic. And paint wastage is one of them. Paint from model shops is…

  Dick Stein

  May 1, 2018

  1:72 scale, Acrylic, Enamel, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models

  Acrylic, airbrushing, Enamel, paint

• 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

• It Always Pays To Get Sniffy

  

  Recently I was given a bum steer, but fortunately it was not fatal. I’d purchased a silver-coloured paint to spray a small model airplane, and since I normally work in acrylic paints, I wanted assurance that the bottle I’d bought was acrylic. I was told it was. When getting ready for the spray job tonight…

  Dick Stein

  March 7, 2018

  Acrylic, Enamel, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Painting, Scale Models

  Acrylic, advice, Enamel, Mr. Color, Mr. Metal Color, paint