guys.. i'm totally new in painting..
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from this picture, the paint chip off (circle in red) after i main main tried to assemble the parts to the body. may i know why will it chip off??

i've sanded it->clean and let it dry few hours->paint with tamiya primer and let dry for overnight->paint a layer of Bosny flat black.

Did i miss anything here? or should i have painted few more layers of the flat black??

hey thanks. i was thinking, should i repaint the whole body again? or just spray some paint on the chipped area.. if i only sprayed it on the affected area, will the paint look uneven to other part of the body??

what is happening?
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is the paint eating my plastic? btw, i'm using samurai spray paint for this red. i tested it on my runner and it looks just fine. wonder why like this... 

may i know what's the best industrial spray paint for model kits?

some of my works are here http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/210216/+60

currently stop building temporarily to give way to other personal stuff.... maybe i will be back for more later....... i got almost all the kits for my retirement plan  

like like like...
wonderful shading!!! AB pro.. nice work

wow... those are superbly done. 

btw guys, anyone knw how they make the stand/ stick.

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Fantastic work as usual!!!

Hi, I'm a beginner at model kit hobby.

Just got some questions, hopefully you guys can help me out please. ^^
Sorry if I have too many questions, it's so hard for me to find somebody who knows these stuff and help me with my questions.

I got some 1/144 F-Toys Star Wars vehicles.
They come with decals. They are so tiny.
Are these water activated? I need to soak in water for few seconds, slide off paper and put on the vehicle? Should I use tweezers when handling, really small(something new for me).
not sure, i only used decals once. and yes used tweezers

Another question is, how do I do black washes?
thinned your paint as thin as possible (1:5 paint to thinner, my preference), apply the paint using brush. let the paint sipped through the crevices of the figure, then wipe the excess off. Youtube got lot of tuts on washes.

If I were to paint these plastic model kits, do I need to buy and use primer first? Or can the Tamiya acrylic paint be applied straight onto the model kit?
can straight paint on the model BUT the paint won't adhere properly to the surface. Highly recommended to prime the kit first.
If there is some excess cement(transparent)on the kit, can the acrylic paint cover it?
If the excess is just little it can, but i suggest to smooth it out by sanding.

When I was touching up some of my polystone superheroes statues(not model kit), to cover up part of the skin that was too red(under the armpit, probably oversprayed by factory), I mixed Tamiya flat flesh with flat white without diluting with water. Just took with a straw from both bottles, and mixed in a watercolor plastic palette. After i got the correct skin tone, if I felt it was a bit thick, I then poured the mix into a glass bottle and added Mr Color Thinner to dilute before applying.(I was told by this hobby shop guy the thinner works on the acrylic although my understanding is that acrylic is to be diluted with water). Seemed to thin out , and seemed to work. But is my process correct? Am I doing it right?
it depends on the maker. Vallejo acrylics is thinned with water,Mr Color on the other hand should be thinned by thinner not with water. I never tried thinning it with water.

Thanks.

what if i din prime them? just paint straight

Hi~ how to fix a plastic that has been sanded to a round edge back to make it sharp back?

Hi. Just a quick question since I couldn't go thru every posts here... can a Tamiya Acrylic Paint(Flat) be painted on metal surface? Cheers in advance.

Ic thx. Just one more, how about metal diecast surface that has paint? Will it stay? Cheers again.

Bro's, i just started Gundam few weeks back. Any recommendation for newbie? Spray can (tamiya spray can or those hardware) / air brush? but if using air brush, it's quite expensive right? if follow market price, average price is how much? for full set? if tamiya spray can, any recommendation? sry for asking too much questions here.

Hi, all pro dai kor. I am actually at the middle of airbrushing my gunpla and i hope anyone can help me on this.

I am doing a hi nu gundam blue. A bit of whitish blue.

Actually its my first time using airbrush. And I went to shop ystd and that guy recommend me use Mr. Base White 1000 on the first layer for the whitish blue part before apply the (blue mix white) paint on it.

So, the question is, when i put on this Mr Base White, does that part (originally whitish blue in color) need to be totally white. or just slightly white will do? coz i am air brushing now and it kinda thick if it need the part to be total white.

or izzit because the ratio of my mixture is wrong?

thanks~ what is the ideal mixture ratio of base white color and the thinner? my airbrush keep on got block~