Hey guys
I have been meaning to pass this tip on through an internet article for many years now, but my computer illiteracy has been a convenient excuse in the past not to. Now that our club has its own website, and with our website editor Phil Pietsch's help, i have finally been pushed into action.
One of my favorite things about this hobby is problem solving or thinking of new techniques to try, or just devising easier and quicker ways to do things. The quicker way of doing things was the prime motive for the almost accidental discovery of this technique. But I must stress that just being quick to do is not why I'm posting this article.
To set the scene here a little, at the risk of boring you: Our club had been involved in building display models for the various Australian distributors of labels such as REVELL / MONOGRAM, TAMIYA, ITALERI and TESTORS AMT, all to usually crazy deadlines but still to a high standard. We had to learn fast methods of construction and finishing; it was during one of these builds that I first discovered this technique.
After a session of Metalizer airbrushing I noticed that I had missed a part to be sprayed, rather than go to the trouble of setting up the airbrush again, I thought that I might be able to just brush some on, because it was an engine component on a car and bonnets didn't get looked under in these display models, it wasn't critical if it didn't look that good, so out came the brush. Anyway enough of the waffle let's move on.
To check out this tip click here
http://www.essmc.org.au then click tips & tricks , then metalizing and see what you think.
regards Peter McKinnon.
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I have been meaning to pass this tip on through an internet article for many years now, but my computer illiteracy has been a convenient excuse in the past not to. Now that our club has its own website, and with our website editor Phil Pietsch's help, i have finally been pushed into action.
One of my favorite things about this hobby is problem solving or thinking of new techniques to try, or just devising easier and quicker ways to do things. The quicker way of doing things was the prime motive for the almost accidental discovery of this technique. But I must stress that just being quick to do is not why I'm posting this article.
To set the scene here a little, at the risk of boring you: Our club had been involved in building display models for the various Australian distributors of labels such as REVELL / MONOGRAM, TAMIYA, ITALERI and TESTORS AMT, all to usually crazy deadlines but still to a high standard. We had to learn fast methods of construction and finishing; it was during one of these builds that I first discovered this technique.
After a session of Metalizer airbrushing I noticed that I had missed a part to be sprayed, rather than go to the trouble of setting up the airbrush again, I thought that I might be able to just brush some on, because it was an engine component on a car and bonnets didn't get looked under in these display models, it wasn't critical if it didn't look that good, so out came the brush. Anyway enough of the waffle let's move on.
To check out this tip click here
http://www.essmc.org.au then click tips & tricks , then metalizing and see what you think.
regards Peter McKinnon.
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