nice painting guide...

This post has been edited by '62jaguar: Sep 2 2013, 07:32 AM

Regarding tamiya spray can...how/where can i get subtitute for lets say floresent red/pure white for airbrush colors? Check tamiya color chart dont have these color in bottle version...

try here

their shop at tmn bukit mewah..
good a lot of paint oso..

tried on my mini copper car kit...
use it straight from the bottle...shame no local shop/online selling them...

or do you got lobang?

tried surfing touchdiy..
can't find any createx??

yup...straight from the bottle...
i try opaque series btw..

looks like your undercoat is too thick..
thin it more...but not too thin.. just ngam2...
try to get 'milk' consistency ..

BTW can't see your 3rd picture..

1 bottle rm60? erkkkk
saw in ebay...much cheaper...better buy set

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CREATEX-WICKED-Air...=item258a2f6e75

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CREATEX-WICKED-Air...=item258bccd088

i use something like this
bought from a fellow LYN..decent and quite cheap set..i've complete 4 1/20 kits and 1 1/72 military kit..can browse and search around..
but can't AB non stop...after 1 hour of 80% us, start to have some funny sounds...so have to stop..continue next day..i reserved around 1.5 ~ 2 hours of modelling per day..so this compressor set quite enough for me...
and maybe you can invest for a single action tamiya/procon boy AB... hope this helps

where to get alclad paint locally?
anyone have try and can give review?

i got most of my paints from js-hobby at tmn bukit mewah JB..as their shop is about 5 min drive from my office...nice guy...got BIG stock on paints, kits (Gundam especially), hobby tools..as of the complaints, maybe can call owner directly if got problem to sort things out...

Anyway, just wanna share

OOB build... took me about 3 weeks to complete (alternating with my racing car kits build)
1/72 scale Mangusta helicopter..my 1st military vehicle kit
undercoat mr surfacer 1000 > color paint with tamiya enamel > stock decal > ready for display
but looks a bit too shiny for military

i got my supply from JSHobby

it's hard to get those effect using handbrush

This post has been edited by '62jaguar: Apr 28 2014, 08:00 AM

ahahah...
maybe we never bumped with each other there
btw the shop owner (i never got his name) said he's gonna carry alclad paints soon...
my vinyl player collecting dust now... so little time, so many things to do kikiki

for me (for car model kit)
400 > 800 > 1000 > 1200 for kit preparation before undercoat/painting
then after decal and clear coat 400 > 1000 > 1500 > 2000 > polish coarse > fine > finish
other than tamiya sand paper, i oso buy from hardware shops (50cent ~ 2dollar per piece according to paper grades)

sure got...just drop by your local hardware and ask to show what grit they have..
got Mr Mark, dragon, etc brand...
IMHO, brand not really important for these kind of tools/materials (just to cut/sand off/drill a hole etc) to get the result that u are looking for...the main purpose is to sand off and get flat surface..so any brand can do..if you can afford proper hobby sand paper, just go ahead...if not, find other alternatives and improvise...

hope this helps

This post has been edited by '62jaguar: Apr 30 2014, 02:34 PM

for my racing car kits, went over paint shop (where they sell/mix house/automotive paints) and bought 2K clearcoat..about 30++ per set...have ration 2:1 paint:hardener and need to add tiny bit of thinner..mix em up and AB

so far, haven't sand off my decals yet bro...
normally will clear coat (4 or 5 light coats - 10 to 15 minutes between)..then let dry for 1 day to harden..
then wet sand to get smooth and even surface..then polish, after that wax..

the clear red cam off onli a bit aa? if yes, that's normal

This post has been edited by '62jaguar: May 2 2014, 12:20 PM

if you are super rajin...can sand all...no problem
for me, bigger or important parts - body/dashboard/seat/undertray/exhaust/engine - either i'll sand clean or scrap off molding lines with hobby knife..smaller one (not visible during display) sometimes i don't even bother..just make sure they are primed with good and even undercoat
hope this help

i never tried gundam/mecha building..not sure what kind of finish you're looking for...
so not sure if you need to undercoat > silver > clear red > clear coat...or just until clear red

but one good way is to try spoon test..to train sanding and polishing skill

here's my spoon test
undercoat mr hobby 1000 (2 coats) > color paint (4 or 5 light coats) > clear coat (4 or 5 light coats) > sand to flat/matt color > polish



hope this helps bro

This post has been edited by '62jaguar: May 2 2014, 02:54 PM

hehehe...sure...
when r u visting JShobby bro?