Beginner help, buy stuff

[karkka]

Hi.
I want to start this hobby. I have some colors already ak, ammo of mig, taymia. mostly aircraft color.

I was thinking about this on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.se/gp/cart/view.html?ref_=nav_top_cart

I was thinking about doing some light weathering just to get the model feel alive. Maybe that´s to big step for first model?

I also have no clue on the paint order. some builders put together the model then paint. but how do you then paint all the small parts, only by brush?

And the paint scheme seem difficult to, but i like the model. And revell seems to have good instruction. Maybe the best way for now is to just put it together and paint it like factory new. And then learn the skills on later models step by step.

[boatman]

Hi.
I want to start this hobby. I have some colors already ak, ammo of mig, taymia. mostly aircraft color.

I was thinking about this on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.se/gp/cart/view.html?ref_=nav_top_cart

I was thinking about doing some light weathering just to get the model feel alive. Maybe that´s to big step for first model?

I also have no clue on the paint order. some builders put together the model then paint. but how do you then paint all the small parts, only by brush?

And the paint scheme seem difficult to, but i like the model. And revell seems to have good instruction. Maybe the best way for now is to just put it together and paint it like factory new. And then learn the skills on later models step by step.

YES I THINK you are right
chrisbmtb

[Andy the Sheep]

Welcome, Robert.
As Chris said, a step by step approach is the best solution. What is easy for me could be difficult for you and vice versa. So, start gluing your kit and let the fun begin. Improvements will come with experience.
If you need help on some particular issue, there's a lot of friendly help available on this forum. :thumb2:

I cannot be more precise about your kit choice as the link you published leads to what I think is your cart on Amazon.se which seems to be not visible to everybody (...or I am too old for that kind of e-things... or you are really going to build a supermarket cart... :rolling: :flushed: :tongue-out3.

As a very general rule of thumb, what is inside should be painted before closing the fuselage/hull/whatever, what is outside could be painted at the end, but this rule should be adapted to the kit you're building, the painting instrument (brush or airbrush) and your taste. Transparencies painting order is to be carefully considered too.
Moreover, someone like to paint the external details when already glued on the kit (e.g.: tools on a tank) others like to paint those details first and then glue them on the already painted kit. I use the latter option, but many others prefer the former.

Andrea

[Mark1]

There's no real right and wrong way, it's about finding the way that suits you best and that will only come from learning from mistakes and getting a few models under your belt.

[mog]

Agree there's no hard and fast rule , however when you test fit something look at how you would paint it what you can see and what you can't a good judge is start simple , go easy , finds paints that work for your , acrylic is pretty user friendly, also keep in mind Air brush paint is a little different from brush paint , you can brush both , I don't recommend attempting to spray brush paint. I tend to use Vallejo paints its all a learning process , trial and error have fun, as far a weathering goes, that's a whole different skill set

[Guest]

The most important thing to keep in mind is that modelbuilding, like almost everything else, is something you get better at with experience — your 100th model will look rather better than your first. Or so I hope, anyway If you feel you want to try and weather your first model, go ahead and do it. At worst, you’ll mess it up and learn how not to do it, which is often a more valuable lesson than having everything go as you want it on the first try. And if you do mess it up, it’s almost certainly nothing that a repaint won’t fix

BTW, we can’t tell what you are referring to on Amazon, because you linked to a shopping cart rather than to a page that shows the item you are thinking of buying.

[karkka]

Seems like I cant just link from Amazon, I took printscreen.