SNAP!!..... my hairdryer is a permanent fixture at the bench. It even has its own hanging hook like in a salon .......
SNAP!!..... my hairdryer is a permanent fixture at the bench. It even has its own hanging hook like in a salon .......
Usually static grass in my case. It seems to hide everywhere until there's some wet paint around!I wouldn’t use a hairdryer with oils or enamels, by the way, you’ll just flock the figure with dust…..
Andy .Impatient as I am, my hairdryer is a permanent fixture at the bench. It even has its own hanging hook like in a salon
Failing that I have a food dehydrator that I use as a mini oven. I don't get near its 70°C maximum though!
Tim as these are painted in a batch I can see your point .It's just that to me it takes a long time from when I just put straight paint on to the plastic .I’ve got one for when I work on individual figures or busts. I always use it on cool. At a pinch you can use an airbrush with no paint in it. I don’t find it necessary for batch painted figures though. By the time I’ve got back to the first figure, it’s dry. I wouldn’t use a hairdryer with oils or enamels, by the way, you’ll just flock the figure with dust…..
Ha, my hair dryer has to stay in the cupboard,there enough stuff in the bench as it isSNAP!!
Very neat and sensible idea Jim, I've seen people put freshly painted models under cover ,but never seen a light for heating .I use a light box to dry paint. The light helps oils dry and the box gets warm. It also keeps the dust out. It's just a plastic box with a low wattage bulb. I just drilled a few holes in the lid for ventilation. The black tape is just where I clumsily cracked the lid when drilling
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No worries Andrew, I miss more post normally than you .Thanks for looking in .Coming on nicely John, sorry I got behind.
ATB.
Andrew
Rick my old buddy , indeed they are.Keep it coming JR, they're starting to look like "rookies"!
Now't wrong with your own method. Why change?.......Might strip these off and use his method.
570, thank you, I've just asked a question about the primer used , you may want to read and say what you think .Now't wrong with your own method. Why change?
453, we all have our own way of getting the result we want.
570
Thanks Graeme, I was looking at my figures and thinking the base coat didn't show through enough to give some shadows . The thing is if you spend too long looking at what you've done you start to imagine other methods look better .Just had a catch up John, figures are looking good, why change what works for you?
Thanks Rick , sag is lucky thats its on a Russian and not GermanOh my, look at you go JR......that is looking very "Rooskie" and a lovely bit of "sag" you have as well!
Thanks Andy, the stuff on the hull and running gear is washed garden soil and a little Vallejo yellow pigment.Looking very nice indeed John.
The finish on the bodywork looks very realistic, and the build up of the local environment on,and around, the running gear is just right IMHO ,
All in all,this is looking most excellent Sir
Thanks Chris, so easy to over do, in fact I nearly added more, now glad I didn'tCracking stuff indeed John, really love the sprinkling of 'cruddage' on the running gear, it's just enough to show a used tank, and not too much that it looks like it's been left in a field to rot for 50 years...
Hello my friend, you've had other things to do so that's alright. Yes normal problems now overcome .What ho! Wobble
Just caught up with your build, how I missed it - unforgivable.
See you have had some fun along the way, going blind with the tracks, amazed at the fit of parts, just another day at the office for you...
Cracking build as usual from you.
Wibble.
Thanks Andy , hope you approve of the next photos , the bike has been varnished ready to weather .Looking the part John.
Andy.
Cheers Jim . Gradually coming together.That's looking great John. Particularly impressed with the weathering on the tracks and running gear.
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