Yea, agree since I tested and I could remove the paint with cellophane tape or scratch off a chunk with my fingernail.

It's a Wing Gundam Zero.. A bit wasted if i were to just abandon it...

Where could i get my hands on Mr. Thinner?

afhobby i think? easy la... juz use a mini size drill and drill out the paint inside the hole can d lor... the it is the stick too thick, use hobby knife and trim it?

just use a little drill drill off the close place can already...

Question about painting,



How to paint my model kit (ZOIDS Command Wolf AC) to give it like blue metallic looks (like the above picture), is there is metallic color available in hobby shops or need to spray chrome color on the parts and then spray clear blue color to get metallic blue?

What if i just want to remove all the paint? it's really thick and it looks ugly..

Thanks.

if those are the original Bandai's chrome, u can't really achieve that effect.

as for the difference of metallic paint and clear color over silver effect, i think u should try them out in small area yourself. then u can decide which method u want.

after that, when u wanna spray on the real kit, then only u should ask questions like how to perfect them, what are the steps need to be aware of, etc etc.

it's easier to give u opinion that way.

ok say, wat are the precaution steps when using this silver base and clear overlayer method?

1. first and foremost, make sure u use the right type of paint. for the silver base, i would recommend to use enamel paint; for 1. once enamel paint is dry, it would melt anymore. this will 100% ensure the base paint won't melt and mix with the second layer clear color. This is especially risky when the second layer of paint is going to be a thick and wet one. 2. i find that enamel paint's silver/glitter particle are very fine, hence can create beautiful silver. Never ever use acrylic as the base silver.

2. do practise on a small area first, and try to control with many thin layers.

Clear colors to me are very tricky. when it's in a botlle, when u start mixing with thinner, when u spray1 thick layer, or 1 thine layer, or 4 thin layers; The clear color looks different. As the result, mixing to achieve certain tone or shade becomes very tricky. Eg try spray a little clear orange n u will see it changes from yellow to normal orange to tamarind.

The trick is to know exactly the color you want as reference. during mixing, brush paint as thin as u could and add whatever color to fine tune. then spray very thine layer, by layer; until u achieve the tone u want. Besides that, while u r spraying, be careful not to do it too thick; cause just like clear/top coat, if it's too thick, all the sharp edges would become round. since there ll b a few layers, make sure, no dust falls on the kit! clear color will not cover any dust at all.

that's just my experience. i have had some pretty bad kits before i got one i can even put my eyes on. Clear so far to me is the trickiest one. but the result is just superb!

hmm... then practise more i must. i just use gold on top of a black layer now as i cannot get the 'shine' using silver and clear yellow (or any other clear colour for that matter).
i.e. tried using mr hobby blue on top of a mr hobby silver for an SD kampfer but got a nice metallic peacock blue instead of metallic blue that i wanted

This post has been edited by madmoz: Sep 2 2008, 01:02 AM

belum cuba belum tahu.... cuba liao lagi tahu dan mahu

tell me about it....... i had so many experience of color turning out totally different........

but let us all try and share each other's experience. Hope someone would have discovered some tips of doing it more efficiently.......

i do hope so

rayloke, u are our hope

when come to clear, i m the one half way spraying half way cursing............

we all in learning process, is important to share so everyone also learn......

Hi,

I've been looking for Krylon Camouflage Ultra-Flat paints for a while now. For mod on plastic figures.

The only place that i come across carrying this product is ACE hardware store. However, the range is rather limited, in fact, there's only 1 colour there.

Anyone here have know where this paint available? Looking for Ultra Flat Black.

Thanks

sifu sifu sekalian.... juz approched handpaint recently... very newbie..
wanted to ask.. if apply top coat on metalic paint ... will become ciam mana???

(for example mr color metalic Gold no.9)

if u apply FLAT top coat then the gold not so shining alr...
if u wan to keep the shine then use gloss coat...

I was wondering if any of you have a suggestion for my dilemma:

I have a Star Trek model (Enterprise-E ) which I bought about a decade ago(I was really young back then, so didn't really understand some of the instructions). There's a step in the instructions which instructs us to put a 1 gram weight on each of the nacelles(the pair of long things on the starship) to offset the balance.

Unfortunately, since the nacelles have already been assembled, it's little difficult to put weights into it. I have been able to pry open the rear tip of the nacelles, which gives on opening of roughly 0.5 cm in diameter. Could you guys suggest an object I could use a weight that can fit into it? The instructions suggested an epoxy weight, but I'm not sure where to get those(added to the fact that the instructions suggested that it's placed inside the nacelle before it's assembled)

On another issue, I painted the end of the end of the nacelle in clear red from the inside(I think I was originally planning to put an LED inside, but decided not too) Can a Tamiya spray can be modified with a long nozzle(something like a straw but thinner) so that I can fit it through the same hole which I pried open earlier? And if so, how is that done?

isit big? maybe u can put some nails, small screw inside n glue it..

by the way u can use the separator to separate the things.. bandai's tool's got.. maybe can use like prepaid card or something..

why would u want to modify a spray can? u wanna spray color from inside? moreover, even if u did, when the paint comes out from the tip, it would be liquid not mist.

if u r thinking adding 1 gram weight, which is not really heavy, just take a staple bullet cut to the size u want, put into the 0.5mm hole la. if one not heavy enuf, put more.