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                        Fine Enamel Marker?

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                        Chrisk-k
                        • Member since
                          December 2011
                        Fine Enamel Marker?
                        Posted by Chrisk-k on Friday, May 8, 2015 2:20 PM

                        I find it very convenient to touch up with Testors or Tamiya enamel markers.  But those markers don't have a fine tip.  Does an enamel marker with a fine tip exist?

                        Iwata HP-CS | Iwata HP-CR | Iwata HP-M2 | H&S Evolution | Iwata Smart Jet + Sparmax Tank

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                        panzerpilot
                        • Member since
                          December 2004
                        • From: Houston, Texas
                        Posted by panzerpilot on Friday, May 8, 2015 3:24 PM

                        I'm not sure. I did search high and low for them a while back. I couldn't find any enamel. I was looking for white, in particular. How about cutting down the Testors or Tamiya tips to 'fine'?

                        -Tom

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                        Chrisk-k
                        • Member since
                          December 2011
                        Posted by Chrisk-k on Friday, May 8, 2015 9:13 PM

                        Does the Gundam marker use enamels?

                        Iwata HP-CS | Iwata HP-CR | Iwata HP-M2 | H&S Evolution | Iwata Smart Jet + Sparmax Tank

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                        Chrisk-k
                        • Member since
                          December 2011
                        Posted by Chrisk-k on Friday, May 8, 2015 9:56 PM

                        I've found an answer. Sharpie oil-based fine markers. They are completely different from regular Sharpies and won't bleed through a top coat just like oil paints.

                        Iwata HP-CS | Iwata HP-CR | Iwata HP-M2 | H&S Evolution | Iwata Smart Jet + Sparmax Tank

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                        panzerpilot
                        • Member since
                          December 2004
                        • From: Houston, Texas
                        Posted by panzerpilot on Saturday, May 9, 2015 6:58 PM

                        I saw those just yesterday as well...

                        www.sharpie.com/.../oil-based-paint-marker.aspx

                        Those should work well!

                        -Tom

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                        Raualduke
                        • Member since
                          February 2011
                        • From: St louis
                        Posted by Raualduke on Sunday, May 10, 2015 10:23 AM

                        Interesting. I wonder how those would work for eyeballs on 1/35 figures?

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                        Chrisk-k
                        • Member since
                          December 2011
                        Posted by Chrisk-k on Sunday, May 10, 2015 3:38 PM

                        Those pens should work well for eyeballs and lips on 1/35 figures and tiny pieces on 1/35 armor and 1/48 aircraft. They are nothing but oil paints in a pen configuration.

                        Iwata HP-CS | Iwata HP-CR | Iwata HP-M2 | H&S Evolution | Iwata Smart Jet + Sparmax Tank

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                        dirkpitt77
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                          January 2006
                        • From: NW Washington
                        Posted by dirkpitt77 on Monday, May 11, 2015 7:39 PM

                        Oh man! I am so buying a few of those!

                            "Some say the alien didn't die in the crash.  It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."

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                        Souda99
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                          January 2013
                        Posted by Souda99 on Monday, May 11, 2015 10:06 PM

                        Some Gundam Markers have fine tips and then some have extra fine (aka ball point size) My fiancé uses Gundam markers for her Gundams and I occasionally steal them for doing windows on my 1/700 scale ships, I recently bought some Sharpie oil based markers for deck lines that are fine point as well.

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                        Chrisk-k
                        • Member since
                          December 2011
                        Posted by Chrisk-k on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 4:40 PM

                        I have received Sharpie Oil-Based Markers.  I love them!  They make touch-ups and detail painting a BREEZE.  The results are just like oil paints applied with a fine-tip brush.

                        Iwata HP-CS | Iwata HP-CR | Iwata HP-M2 | H&S Evolution | Iwata Smart Jet + Sparmax Tank

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                        qmiester
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                          May 2003
                        • From: Central USA
                        Posted by qmiester on Friday, August 14, 2015 8:22 AM

                        Chrisk-K,  Did you purchase them on-line or locally?

                        Quincy
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                        ejhammer
                        • Member since
                          May 2008
                        • From: Wyoming Michigan
                        Posted by ejhammer on Friday, August 14, 2015 8:34 AM
                        Got mine from Blick Art Supply on line

                        Completed - 1/525 Round Two Lindberg repop of T2A tanker done as USS MATTAPONI, USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa Dec 1942, USS Yorktown 1/700 Trumpeter 1943. In The Yards - USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa 1945, USS ESSEX 1/700 Dragon 1944, USS ESSEX 1/700 Trumpeter 1945, USS ESSEX 1/540 Revell (vintage) 1962, USS ESSEX 1/350 Trumpeter 1942, USS ESSEX LHD-2 as commissioned, converted from USS Wasp kit Gallery Models. Plus 35 other plastic and wood ship kits.

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                        Don Stauffer
                        • Member since
                          November 2009
                        • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
                        Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, August 14, 2015 9:05 AM

                        My local Michaels store has these.  I have used them on models for touch up and they work well.

                        Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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                        ejhammer
                        • Member since
                          May 2008
                        • From: Wyoming Michigan
                        Posted by ejhammer on Friday, August 14, 2015 9:35 AM

                        Michaels here didn't have all the colors in the super fine tips.

                        Completed - 1/525 Round Two Lindberg repop of T2A tanker done as USS MATTAPONI, USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa Dec 1942, USS Yorktown 1/700 Trumpeter 1943. In The Yards - USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa 1945, USS ESSEX 1/700 Dragon 1944, USS ESSEX 1/700 Trumpeter 1945, USS ESSEX 1/540 Revell (vintage) 1962, USS ESSEX 1/350 Trumpeter 1942, USS ESSEX LHD-2 as commissioned, converted from USS Wasp kit Gallery Models. Plus 35 other plastic and wood ship kits.

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                        JMart
                        • Member since
                          March 2007
                        • From: NJ
                        Posted by JMart on Monday, August 17, 2015 4:30 PM

                        Michael's and their coupons are you friend. I always find useful stuff (wood bases, markers, wire types, etc). Markers of all types, also dont forget artist pencils. 

                         

                         

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