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                        Readily available material for practice shots?

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                        MonsterZero
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Chicago, USA
                        Readily available material for practice shots?
                        Posted by MonsterZero on Saturday, September 13, 2008 6:13 PM
                        I'm tryinig to figure out what kind of material (readily available and cheap) I could use to test airbrush spray patterns before actually aiming at the model. I'm fighting a desperate battle with rough/grainy finishes. I thought if I had a supply of little bits of plexiglass or something like that it would be best. The need is for a very smooth surface...What can I use?
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                        Hans von Hammer
                        • Member since
                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Sunday, September 14, 2008 2:55 AM
                        Go pick up some plastic "garage sale" signs... Thye're polystyrene and cheap...

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                        qmiester
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Central USA
                        Posted by qmiester on Sunday, September 14, 2008 4:15 PM
                        Old gallon milk jugs work very well and are cheap.
                        Quincy
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                        usmc1371
                        • Member since
                          October 2005
                        • From: Maryland
                        Posted by usmc1371 on Sunday, September 14, 2008 7:25 PM

                         qmiester wrote:
                        Old gallon milk jugs work very well and are cheap.

                        Yup, milk jugs.  I cut mine into small squares.

                        Jesse

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                        bobbaily
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Nashville, TN area
                        Posted by bobbaily on Sunday, September 14, 2008 7:28 PM

                        Sign - Ditto [#ditto] Old milk jugs, plastic orange juice jugs are nice-especially the Tropicana brand with embossed letters-good practice painting the letters or outlining them.

                        One piece of advice-put a coat of primer on the jug-I use Krylon-the cheap stuff and save the Tamiya for the models.

                        Bob

                         

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