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    How you deal with photo etched parts?

    Hi All, as the name of the thread says. How do you stick together two pieces of photo etched parts? I use quick glue and I don't struggle with large pieces. My struggle is gluing two small pieces like in example below: When I was doing this I really struggled in setting parts PE30 to PE5. It...
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    Eduard Fw 190D-9 (8189)

    Hi All, So got my first Eduard kit, I heard they have usually great fit and good details so I decided to give it a try. I got Fw 190D-9, 8189 kit code. So far so god and I am amazed how some things are detailed and photoetched parts are amazing but they require almost infinite amount of...
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    Airbrushing metallic and black color

    Hi All and happy new year! So I noticed if I try to airbrush with my 0.2 needle some metallic paint or black one I get "bursting" behavior as the paint from my airbrush stop/go all the time. I thin these two the same way I do with other paints but I noticed whenever I need to paint metallic or...
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    Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair 1/72

    Hello there, I finally complete my first Tamiya kit and it is Corsair. The kit was awesome and many things that I have tried on this set went well, such as: New paints tried to make some chipping effect airbrushed some smoke effects Below are some pictures of VF-84,No.167, carrier Bunker...
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    Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair 1/72

    Right, So here is work from today. Fuselage married with the wings structure and engine is painted. Quite happy how the machinery came out looking taking into the account that this is my first WW2 craft.
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    Getting rid of the old stock

    Hi, I have a bunch of Revell Aqua paints some of the used some of them not. Good bunch of them used minimally and quantity left is above 90%. Since I am not planning to use this stuff anymore I want to get rid of them. Any suggestions if and where this stuff can be sold? Thnx
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    Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair 1/72

    Hi, So here is Corsair in 1/72 scale from Tamiya under construction, this will be my first plane from WW2. This is my first kit from Tamiya and first time using Mr. Color Aqueous. I am amazed by the paint quality. 0 problems, absolutely no dry tipping. The needle is always clean, amazing how it...
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    Revell F-14D Super Tomcat

    Hi, So here is my 4th build ever. Few points from this build: First airbrushed kit Second kit do have a go at weathering First kit to go on a stand Overall I am quite happy and looking forward to building next kit. Hopefully, I will apply all what I have learnt from this one :)
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    Mr Hobby aqueous thinners

    Hello, So I am interested in trying mr hobby aqueous on my next project. Now I have searched it and I noted that there is a thinner Mr Aqueous Hobby Colour Thinner for this line of paint. However, I am not sure if that thinner has any retarder in it to make this paint work with airbrush. I am...
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    Combining different brands

    Hi All, So I started with this hobby 6 months ago and so far I am enjoying it a lot. I am to complete 3rd kit in a few days. All 3 kits that I worked on were from Revell, and at the very start I did not want to complicate it too much so I followed the colour list given to me by Revell in the...
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    HS Ultra pinch clean

    Hi, I am looking to get my first airbrush and so far I am thinking to get HS Ultra 2in1. I did research and it seems often during the normal use the paint can dry on the needle tip. This can be easily cleaned by pinching the tip to remove the dried up paint. However, I examined the tip design...
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    Revell 1/72 red arrows kit

    Hi, I am old/new modeller and I got myself from Revell 1/72 Red Arrows kit, level 3. Before I start any work I am studying the instructions and checking if I miss anything. So by checking the instructions I found some illogical steps in terms of painting. So the model parts are already in...
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