Hello everybody!
Here is the new guy; not an original story: used to make kits as a kid (quite badly since I barely had some glue, a few paints, and no help), and recently re-discovered my old hobby. I have also been doing war-gaming for a few years, then my gaming buddies dispersed and so I am back to the original love: airplanes, in particular WWII. Painting figures for war-gaming thought me a few tricks, but, out of necessity, I learned to compromise quality for quantity, the invariant being time available. I would now like to take my models to the next level.
I have been painting with brushes up to now and decided to take the plunge and bought an Aztek airbrush (the final push was the 50% discount at our local hobby store, with a portable Testor compressor). It seems to work fine; I know it is not the best, and I hear it is not the worst, probably OK for an airbrush newbie? I would value some comments from other folks.
My current project is a 1:48 P-51, Revell-Monogram Kit. I thought to re-start with an inexpensive kit, since I am bound to do a few mistakes. I am seeking some advice on this kit: I would like to learn new techniques, like using resin cockpits, hetched metal parts, etc., but I would not want to bite more than I can chew at this stage. Any suggestion on how to improve the kit bare design without going overboard?
Thanks to all for the lots of good material that you make available for people like me!