Brushing problem

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 22, 2006 6:14 PM

I also put about 5 BeeBee's (little copper pellets you can get at any sporting goods store) it really helps me mix the stuff up, without having any little stick to clean.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 21, 2006 5:32 PM

Thank you all for the suggestions, i worked my way by mixing even more the colors and it seems a bit better (still on some colors it get to thin, but overall its way better than before).
I tryed the white base on brown and it seems a nice solution my second hand has given nice results.
Allthough i haven't been around for 10 years i start enjoying all that missing fun again :) Now let me see i had somewhere a F16D Hasegawa kit...it should be 8 years old by now... :)

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Sunday, May 21, 2006 5:05 AM

Scott, I KNEW there was a reason I was saving all those old B & E strings! Consider that idea duly copied...

Make 'em just barely large enough in diameter to fit in your bottles. I bend them around the tips of needle-nose pliers, and have them in several sizes. I've used them for a long time, and they are the next best thing to an electric paint mixer (Badger has those available for around $10). For really nasty paint you can chuck them in a Dremel tool and NOTHING will survive as a clump!

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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Bgrigg

Member since
May 2005
From: Left forever

Posted by Bgrigg on Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:23 PM

Scott, I KNEW there was a reason I was saving all those old B & E strings! Consider that idea duly copied...

So long folks!

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jhande

Member since
November 2005
From: White Mountains, NH

Posted by jhande on Saturday, May 20, 2006 8:37 PM

I have to agree with Scott, your paint is not completely mixed yet.

I have not used Humbrol enamels but have had similar problems with some Testors even after mixing well. Upon those occasions I found it worked best to give it a few coats. The first being a nice wet coat and letting it dry over night. The second coat I used more the dry brush method. Usually that worked, if not, let dry over night and apply a third dry brush coat.

Some colors can be real pains sometimes. Sad [:(]

-- Jim --
"Put the pedal down & shake the ground!"

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gulfstreamV

Member since
October 2005

Posted by gulfstreamV on Saturday, May 20, 2006 5:01 PM

Take a look at Fine Scale Mag. May 2004 Vol. 22, No. 5 Matt Usher did an article on Brush-Painting.

Stay XX Thirsty, My Fellow Modelers.

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MusicCity

Member since
January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Saturday, May 20, 2006 4:59 PM

My problem is that the paint comes very thin (even when i steer and shake the bottle for a while) and when i use part of the bottom paint it comes thick and leaves brush marks.

If the paint is thin at the top and thick at the bottom it still isn't blended properly. You need to stir / shake / mix it even more than you are. I make these from 1/32" music wire with a little bit of heat shrink tube for a handle, and just spin them in the bottle by hand. They will quickly mix all the goop that settles to the bottom of the bottle.

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 20, 2006 4:34 PM

I used always to airbrush but unfortunately after 10 years my airbrush has vanished, i am allready planning on aquiring one but i tryed the brush method.
I remember i used to use Tamiya colors and sometimes also Humbrol enamels, but i think 10 years gave me some rust, i have allready twice painted some parts but still some parts of a specific piece looks ok and another part is seethrough...i'll try a third hand (i leave them for about 10 hours to dry) and see what i get.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 20, 2006 4:22 PM

Try airbrushing them. I have similar problems and a airbrush tends to works.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Brushing problem

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 20, 2006 3:59 PM

Hi everyone, i am new to this forum and i have a small question needing an answer.
I started modelling again after a 10 year pause, but i am experiencing a small problem, i recently aquired a Revell Frigate model kit, and i started painting a few parts of it with humbrol enamels.
My problem is that the paint comes very thin (even when i steer and shake the bottle for a while) and when i use part of the bottom paint it comes thick and leaves brush marks.
Any suggestions? or a site to look at for any brushing information?
P.S I tryed a few parts with a white base and it give better results, my biggest headache is that there are parts needed to be painted like wood which are black! this parts do create the biggest of this problem.

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