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Where can I get some scrap models or parts like wings and other large parts to practice AB on? I want to try different ways to thin to see how they work and spray but don’t want to take a chance on the model I’m working on. Does anyone sell scrap kits?
I just use the kits that went bad.
I've got a 1/48 Revellogram Dauntless that I hated. So it became the Fail Dauntless, paint mule extraordinaire.
Had a Fail Lightning for awhile (dog destroyed it mid-build), but tossed it during the move since it was a shattered wreck.
My latest is a Tamiya Ki-84. Glued the cowl gun cover on backward. Welded inside and out with Tenax. Removing it would be rather destructive, and I've got newer Hasegawa kits in the stash now. So...it's the Fail Frank. Just used it a few days ago for some chipping experimentation.
On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2
On Deck: 1/350 HMS Dreadnought
Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com
You could buy a cheapo Airfix kit and just glue the body together.
If you don't have any old kits gone bad,then you may have to spring for a cheap practice kit,maybe a show vendor or garage sale,flea market.I usually practice on older stuff or trashed kits.
Don't even need old kits.
Sometimes, broken toys are made of a paint-able plastic.
A plastic milk jug/juice container with a coat of cheap spray can primer will do the trick
Bob
bobbaily A plastic milk jug/juice container with a coat of cheap spray can primer will do the trick
My issue with those is that it's tough to get a sense of how a technique plays out on the contours of an airframe...
DoogsATX bobbaily: A plastic milk jug/juice container with a coat of cheap spray can primer will do the trick My issue with those is that it's tough to get a sense of how a technique plays out on the contours of an airframe...
bobbaily: A plastic milk jug/juice container with a coat of cheap spray can primer will do the trick
Agreed....I keep both-an old Monogram Zero and a primered plastic juice container for my test purposes.
If it's just for learning how to a/b, i think they're ok.
Not sure about the US, but over here, we have plastic ice cream containers. The plastic is somewhat similar to sheet styrene (particularly the lid, not so much the tub itself). I find it to be pretty good for a/b practice.
Having said that...and to make myself look like a hypocrite...i did have a failed Hasegawa Intruder that i practiced on too, many years ago.
Chris
Geat tips. Thanks everyone.
Go to Hobby Lobby and pick up a couple of cheap, crummy Revellogram kits-
Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...
I just close my eyes, spray the model, and hope it all works out!
You know those clear plastic blister packs that everything comes packaged in these days? A coat of primer and they make good practice material.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Don Stauffer You know those clear plastic blister packs that everything comes packaged in these days? A coat of primer and they make good practice material.
Good point Don.
Pretty much anything with primer will work-the primer provides the consistency/baseline that you are looking for to practice air brushing or experiment with thinner/paint ratios, air psi, paints, etc.
DoogsATX
Manstein's revenge DoogsATX: ...how did you achieve that camo effect and what type of airbrush did you use?
DoogsATX:
...how did you achieve that camo effect and what type of airbrush did you use?
It was a chipping test. From left to right - prismacolor pencil, salt, AK worn effects fluid, AK heavy chipping fluid. Airbrush was an Iwata HP-CS.
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