Only just realized that there's a proper "painting" thread. My bad. Sifus, Im renting a room for the foreseable future, so i cant use a spray can outside in the yard. A friend suggested I can use a small-ish air brush hooked up to compressed air can to spray acrylic indoors. Is that a bad idea? Does something like.. an airbrush, hoodbox rental service exist? like where I can bring my paints there and use their airbrush for a price?
I've got very limited space in here, so it's one study table that also holds my laptop. But I can move that to the side if needed.
i know that hobbystore in KD and ICW in tropicana has that rent-a-ab service. WIth MCO it's prolly not allowed for now
Demm Arttystation is so expensive.. alternatively can go for Thailand brand Ten In One hobby'tool or Chick Master even tho the selection is limited
Agree, Arttystation is premium but for the price you are getting great value. They use Double coated and high density MDF board. Every Arttystation i have seen is super heavy and frankly, will last you a lifetime.
has anyone had experience using that Samurai brand primer for gunpla priming? Or any other hardware store primer? I've got some vallejo paints and my previous attempt to hand paint primer was quite shit. So I'm looking for an alternative.
in sarawak. Can't find a black primer spray. All I can find is a Mr Hobby Aqueous Primer grey at RM 50, which is a bit much...
Painting my MG Jesta.
Can't fit an airbrush into my room to use and I can't justify the cost of a portable airbrush since I'm not sure how much gunpla I'm gonna get to actually do.
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has anyone had experience using that Samurai brand primer for gunpla priming? Or any other hardware store primer? I've got some vallejo paints and my previous attempt to hand paint primer was quite shit. So I'm looking for an alternative.
in sarawak. Can't find a black primer spray. All I can find is a Mr Hobby Aqueous Primer grey at RM 50, which is a bit much...
Painting my MG Jesta.
Can't fit an airbrush into my room to use and I can't justify the cost of a portable airbrush since I'm not sure how much gunpla I'm gonna get to actually do.
not recommended samurai for primer... finishing not smooth, you will see particles
2. I only have some experience with Anchor one and it seem to work well. You can just test with random plastic runner to see if it eat it. Just make sure to not put thick coat on it.
Hi, I was wondering if any other modellers have experiences using commercial aerosol spray paints/clearcoats, in whether:
1. Did it damage the plastic 2. Did it affect cementing/gluing 3. Did it affect decals sticking to the surface after painting
Spray paints in hobby shops are specially formulated for plastic models - they have a "cool" chemical composition that's harmless to delicate plastic parts. Paints in auto-parts and hardware stores, however, are quite the opposite. Most of these fast-drying paints contain "hot" solvents that can damage plastic. To use one of these hot paints on plastic, you'll need a barrier of primer between the paint and the plastic.
This book not bad, 131 pages, lots of advance techniques for so many different kits. Side note - anyone built the Kotobukiya METAL GEAR SOLID kits ? is it worth it ?
For those of you getting into painting your kits but not ready to try airbrushing, you can try the Hobby Mio colour markers. very easy to use and cheap.