Scale plastic model kits

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Enamel, Acrylic or Lacquer Paint?!

Hello again my dear readers!
Let talk about paints! We always paint our plastic models in different paints, so today we talk about classification of paints!
So Enamel, Acrylic or Lacquer Paint?

So:

Lacquer Paint

very quick dry

beautiful gloss

air brushing

very tough

harm health

hand painting

Enamel Paint

beautiful metal

hand painting

good for washing

harm health

very slow dry

harm plastic

Acrylic Paint

beautiful flat

thin by water

slow dry

air brushing

easy fingerprinting

And now we will talk about painting one paint type under second paint type! Chck this table for compatibility of different types of paints!

--------Over Coat Under Coat--------	Enamel	Acrylic	Lacquer
Enamel
Acrylic
Lacquer

How to read this table?! "You can not paint Lacquer on Enamel" or "You can paint Acrylic on Lacquer."

But remember, you can not mix any combination of enamel, acrylic and lacquer paints!!!

Thanks for attention! Good luck!

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Tools and materials for professional modelling.

Here are tools and materials for modellers. As you see, most of them came from Japan. I always buy lots of these stuff whenever I go to Japan. Unfortunately, this hobby is very minor in US compared with Japan. Therefore kits are very expensive and the quality of tools are very poor.(US street price is 1.5 times higher than the list price for Japanese kits. In contrast, Japan street price is usually 20-30% off the list price.)

This is Pro Hobby's sanding tool. It's very handy. There are 4 types of adhesive refill paper, 240, 400, 800 and 1200.

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Tamiya's sand papers. It's not stiff like other brands. 10 grade are available, 180, 240, 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500 and 2000.

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From top, Tamiya's model saw, Hasegawa's scraping tools, rivet maker and US scraper (I use this a lot!)
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All are Tamiya's except left hand side ball tweezer. It's US product.
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Tamiya's paint mixer. Tester's dropper and Hasegawa's handy drill
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Polyester. putty, white putty, normal putty and epoxy putty for different purposes.
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Gunze's or Tamiya's glue, primer, paint thinner, airbrush thinner, decal softer and primer for metal parts
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I mainly use Tamiya's enamel, acrylic, Gunze's lacquer and acrylic.
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Tamiya's masking tapes (wide, medium, narrow) and double sided adhesive tapes(strong, medium, light) for fixing parts for airbrush and US general masking tape.
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Using lacquer paint is very harmful. 3M mask is good for protection. Here are Tamiya's 2 types of airbrushes and pastels for weathering AFVs. Pro Hobby's paint mixer dish is handy, because it's easy to peel off dried paint by just twisting dish.
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It's hard to find nice brushes in US hobby shop.
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Must have items for airplane modeling. Hasagawa's scribing template is much thinner than Verlinden's.
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Compound is must have item for removing the center line of canopy. Wax is good to keep dust away.
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Hasegawa's ultra thin saws and drills.
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I use different viscosity super glues for different purposes.
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Squadron's Walk Around, Detail & Scale's D&S and Verlinden's Lock on are very good reference for aircraft-modeling.

Applying a Flat Coat to a Hasegawa Scale Model Aircraft

Great video! Very helpful and interesting!

Friday, September 14, 2007

Tamiya! Coming soon! German Tank Destroyer Hetzer in the 1/35 scale

Item #35285
Retail Price: $48.00

Already available as a 1/48 scale MM series kit, Tamiya now responds to the requests of military modellers and announces the release of the German Tank Destroyer Hetzer Mid Production in the 1/35 scale.

About the Hetzer

In 1943, the German high command ordered development of a new purpose-built tank destroyer to replace all of the interim vehicles like the Marder, and the Hetzer was quickly created to meet this requirement. Based on the Panzerkampfwagen 38(t), the Hetzer housed a crew of 4 in its low, compact hull. It was armed with a powerful Pak 39 L/48 75mm gun in a fixed mounting and featured sloped armor for enhanced protection. 2,584 were produced by May of 1945, and modifications were continually added during production, leading to differences between early, mid, and late production models.

About the model

High-quality 1/35 scale assembly kit model of the mid production Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer.

Brand new moldings with new details such as the remote control MG34 machine gun mount on the top of the hull and periscopic binoculars.

Includes both belt type and assembly type caterpillar tracks for more modeling options.

Accessory parts such as a jack and other tools add lifelike detail to the hull.

1 tank crew figure in realistic standing pose included.

4 types of markings also included.

Now this model kit is available on Ebay only from sellers from Hong-Kong.
Only 3 sellers has this model kit.
This is:
- model-direct( 247 )
- dogdogcome( 1352 )
- bboykorea382( 1266 )
Now only one kit is in active auction on eBay.
Check this link.

Related links on Hetzer Tank Destroyer reviews of other brands:
- 1/48 German Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer by Tamiya
- 1/72 German tank Destroyer Hetzer by UniModels (Ukraine)

Thanks. I hope this post was helpful to you!
Regards, Artem!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Set of 5 items for a super less price.

Yesterday ended my auction for 5 model kits of figures.
You can check it here.
Item description: SET of 5 kits SOVIET SOLDIERS 1/35 WWII Miniart 23 fig

I sell it on eBay in Australia and this item sells for a super less price! I will always sell different multiply sets of model kits so you can get many items for a super less price!

Good luck!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Biggest Ford Car Model kit

Wow! I found funny pics browsing web.
Let me introduce to you the BIGGGGGEST Ford Deluxe Coupe 1940 Customizing model kit!
But at first you must to see this picture:
And look at this image: