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Airbrush recommendations?
… views. Also is it only ok for really small parts or could I paint say a 1 foot hull with one? My budget is £150 and would like paint included within that price Thanks in advance Scott Check this out! https://amzn.eu/d/a09T6e1
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Airbrush recommendations?
… eference as this allows you some control over the amount of paint delivered, especially good for fine detail such as figures et. The compressor looks OK but mine is silent and has an air trap and cost 3 times your whole setup. I use Iwata a …
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Airbrush recommendations?
I use an airbrush for painting, shadowing, weathering, etc. My recommended airbrush would be a dual action, brand matters but Dual Action. Mine is a Posche but 150 will get pretty good quality. You can control the paint flow by pulling back …
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Air brushes use on larger surfaces
What Airbrushs are you using on Larger projects like Hulls over 36"? Do you use Paint booths? and what size and where do you get them? Or do you use Larger paint guns for these large hulls? If so what are you using? Are you using Enamels. o …
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Air brushes use on larger surfaces
For large hulls I use a full size spray gun which allows you to put down a good base of etch primer and followed by whatever cellulose colour of your choice in a DIY/collapsible constructed spray booth with external ventilation. For smaller …
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Air brushes use on larger surfaces
… ction" airbrush for a number of years and find it ideal for painting hulls rather than fidlly superstructures. This is because basic single-action sprayers give a large (2-4 inch) spray pattern. Available from well under £10 from Humbrol an …
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Air brushes use on larger surfaces
… down version of a full size spray gun on large surfaces as hulls and other times I will use a rattle can. I also use an air brush for small items. In an effort to get a better finish, reduce overspray, and save money I will decant the pain …
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Billings African Queen
… more modern one will be better. Just one tip, I would have painted the inside of the hull. Because it is plastic, although not transparent it does show light through the thin hull. I had a letter about the African Queen published in the De …
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Smoke/Steam Generators.
… Here are the promised pictures. This was actually my ship's paint, I used the same colours for the hull that were already applied before. Fits! I'm still waiting for the laser parts my buddy is cutting for me, so it all looks "tinkered". be …
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Too many boats! (and not enough time)
… nd, more give a-ways... a big load of electronics and epoxy paints. But I wasn't prepared for what came next: Give a-ways! This started about three years ago when I was given two RTRs, an "Atlantic" tug and a USCG 47' MLB, both in pretty go …
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The Wee Nip Short Kit From Sarik Hobbies
Hi, the short kit is just the wood for the hull. You need to source everything else. This includes: Mast - Ali tube, got mine from Wickes Sails - home made from Mylar drafting film, or you can use ripstop nylon. Brass rod and tube for the r …
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Free Christmas Prize Draw!
… is phrase comes from the tradition of flying blue flags and painting a blue band around the ship's hull if a captain or senior officer had died while at sea. Consequently, the colour blue became associated with feeling sad. Dropped a Clange …
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Huntsman 31 1/10
You're making good progress and the hull looks really good. You said in another post that you scaled up a 1:16 drawing. I'm guessing you must have modified the area just back from the bow to produce the amount of flare that you have (which …
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Glue / solvent
… stick styrene strakes to Eze-Kote resin on a number of ply hulls which are being painted over. Holding well and I will be using it to fix styrene window frames to painted ply.
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re vintage model workshop
… exist as after the transfers for the Raf tender I need to repaint the hull what paint does one use i am only use to fibreglass models not wooden ones
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The Caltex Lumba makes progress
… ars and shreds. I recall the Lumba Lumba has a fairly thick hull which makes the windows look funny anyhow. I would give serious consideration to just painting them on. Another possibility is to make a separate strip with the windows neatly …
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Star Yachts, Birkenhead
… e found, weathered and adrift, on Lake Windermere. My Dad repainted the hull and varnished the deck. Sadly all now gone - boats, Uncle and Dad.
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RAF corvette
… g the RAF ensign from her stern and I believe, RAF roundels painted on her hull. Does anyone else recall this, know her name or even what was her purpose. Cheers, Nerys
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Bunker boat near completion
… out and then 2 part epoxied them in place. Once that cured, painted inside the hull Matt black. If I saw a shiny Spot, I had water where I didn't want it.
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Easy to build model for a 9 year old
… here: https://model-boats.com/blogs/99841 We assembled the hull and cabin from the pre-cut ply in one day using superglue - without getting fingers stuck! He really enjoyed that day. I did the painting and fitting out with motor and radio …
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Motor question slec 47" huntsman
I don't know yet. I need to paint the hull first which I've kept putting off! I've got the paint though now so shouldn't be too long. I tend to oversize my motors so that they won't have to work hard and therefore won't need cooling and giv …
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1930"s Pond sail boat
… r sale its a 1920/1930 bread and butter construction just repainted hull
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Thames Sailing Barges
… ape for the two ends. There are also a number of fibreglass hulls on the market, a firm called Mastman are good suppliers and make hulls for a number of named barges. I found their James Piper to be very successful. Sails. If the sails look …
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Glue for ABS - Krick Paula Work Boat
Acetone on a small paint brush run down a seam held tightly together, used to work on the old ABS Graupner kits, and the same thing you mentioned - mixed with ABS offcuts to make a putty. Probably the PVC gutter cement in a tube, would be g …
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Sloop Emma
… vessels. I am well into the Emma build and hope to have the hull and deck finished in the next ten days. Hull has been coated in resin and painted both internally and externally and electronics fitted. Photos will come.
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Sealing/ finishing ready for sailing? Help
… bre vessels are built with. The advantage is that it can be painted on like varnish and does not require matting unless the laminate are 6 layers or more. It is transparent and gives a nice look to wooden hulls without discolouring the teak …
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My schooner
Finally warm enough to paint the hull
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My schooner
… I can till warmer weather which will allow for priming the hull, filling low spots with spot putty, and final painting. In the meantime, making a travel container for sails and masts is on my agenda. Plus, my wife went with me to help choo …