Tag: thinner
-
Hawker Hunter FGA 9 – Part Three – Two Day
Confused yet? Sit beside me at the club and prepare yourself… The second day work on the Hunter was paint; undercoat, masking, colour coats. The scheme has a hard delineation between lower and upper but soft lines on the top. The silver is Mr Color Duralumium thinned with new GGX rapid thinner. This is to…
-
The AK Paint Tip
AK paints are good material to work with – I found this out by buying a couple of box sets at the Melbourne plastic model exhibition. They are three-bottle collections for RAF fighter aircraft of WW2. One is for early schemes and one for late. Think green/brown/sky and grey/green/grey. Before I purchased them I asked…
-
Good Local Advice
I am benefitting today from the fact that this column automatically circulates out to our local social media network. One of my friends has seen the recent post regarding paint and has responded with what i needed to know. He mentioned in a Facebook reply that many paints have more than just evaporation happening as…
-
Thin, Thick, Or Solid
I cannot get a consistent answer from other modellers on a question about paints and varnishes. Not surprising – it is the part of the hobby that seems to have the most variability and the opinions echo the numbers of paint products and processes avaiable. Here’s the question – is it good, bad, or ugly…
The Little World 