TonyD

Recently moved to Monroe CT and am looking for hobby shops in the area. Any and all suggestions welcome! Thanks in advance!

Thanks Richard! I'll try that as a starting point and go from there.

I'm about to try a winter whitewash camo finish on a Panzer IV using the hair spray method and have a question. The procedure is to apply the base color coat, then the hair spray, then the whitewash. After that you scrub the white paint off to simulate the water based paint wearing in service. My question is - when should I apply the decals, before the hair spray or after scrubbing? If after, should I drybrush the white over the decal? I see some original photos of vehicles where the soldiers applied the whitewash around the national insignia and vehicle number but not always. Thanks for any suggestions.

Jeff, I'll place an order on your website. I see that the product is airbrush ready, I typically use a brush, other than a need to apply multiple coats, do you have any other recommendations for use?

Thanks, Jeff! I was wanting to pick up the paints at my local shop... maybe I'll see if he'll stock these?

Thanks. I didn't notice if my shop carried those but its an excuse to go back!

I haven't built a ship model in a while, so I broke out my USS Arizona and Missouri models. They need the following colors which I am having trouble finding. My local hobby shop has a good selection of paint products but not TruColor, where I found these listed (except the non-specular colors). Deck Blue 20-B (I did find a reference that AK 5001 is a good match) Navy Blue 5-N (by the color chart, Intermediate blue or dark sea blue might work) Haze Gray 5-H (I found a reference that MMP 114 or Tamiya XF-63 would work) Non-Specular Light Gray ACUS05 Non-Specular Blue Gray ACUS06 The last two are for the Kingfisher float plane. I appreciate any suggestions or comments; thanks in advance!

Nice! Gives me something to shoot for!

Great suggestion, Ron, and I think you found my problem. I tried a piece of aluminum foil and it stuck to the plastic so there must be a coating on the candy wrapper. I'll need to find another source for my gold foil! Thank you!

I'm building the 1/200 scale Man in Space set from AMT which comes with Apollo Saturn 1B and V boosters including the Lunar Module. I want to wrap the LM in gold foil but am having issues getting it to stick. I searched this forum and found several builds where foil was applied but they didn't go into their method. I'm using the gold foil from Ferrero Rocher candies. The foil wraps the chocolate so I washed it first. I then applied some Microscale Micro Metal Foil Adhesive to the foil and let it dry as instructed. I tried several drying intervals with no success. I did note that the adhesive tends to puddle as I brush it on; it won't form a smooth coat. Looking for tips or suggestions. One other comment - the Foil Adhesive seems to be designed for smooth or flat sheets to simulate natural metal finishes, so maybe this isn't the correct situation to be using it. If so, is there another type of adhesive or glue I should be using? Thanks in advance.

Thanks guys!

Working on my first ship model in a long time, the Tamiya Waterline series Scharnhorst. The images I found show most turreted guns; the large main guns plus some of the Aux 150 mm guns, have 'shrouds' where the gun barrels exit the turrets. I'm guessing these were canvas weathershields or some such. They appear to be a natural or buff color. Anyway, I was wondering what methods of simulating these might be? I was thinking of applying white glue to simply fill in the gaps (the model is 1/700 scale so the parts are quite small) and then painting them. In the past I used wet tissue applied with white glue for similar 'shields' around 1/35 scale tank turreted guns. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Thanks again, Jim. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

Sorry, just noticed that you provided a link to your video. Still have a question on the hair spray; you say you applied the "hairspray through the airbrush"? Beautiful model by the way, out of my league!

Thanks Jim! Yes, I am planning to use Tamiya acrylics. So do I use a fairly stiff brush to scrub with? Perhaps cut the bristles back to make them stiffer? Should I work the paint before it completely dries or does it not matter? Is there a preferred type or make of hairspray to use?