i would appreciate a couple of bottles as a trial please patrick thats if the other guy doesn't want them thanks also i heard a rumor that they where slowly phasing out enamels weather it's true or not i don't know
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WHAAAT!! they'd better not!Originally posted by \
I'll PM you what colours I've got when I'm back home & you can decide which you'd prefer mate.Comment
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thank you i have a few quid to in a couple of days so depending on what you want for them i might take them all off your hands thank you againComment
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Yes I heard that as well PatrickOriginally posted by \
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Laurie
Sorry Patrick just could not help myself.Comment
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It doesn't matter what colours they are it will be a start to my collection mate will just have to sort out payment nowComment
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I have downloaded the Vallejo conversion chart so I will just tick the colours that you send me off that lolComment
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Yes, that is clearly the case. I will just plug away with trial and error and find one that suits me. I had some Humbrol acrylic delivered today and will give that a go in a few minutes, when I have finished my cup of tea.Originally posted by \Comment
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I like humbrol but I don't know what it's like at covering old workComment
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Okay, I have applied the first top coat of white Humbrol acrylic on my Apollo Saturn V and WOW! What a difference compared to the Vallejo. I took advice and thinned it down, with water, and tested it on a plastic coke bottle until I was happy with the flow. I poured out a small amount of paint and added water by the brush load, a 1/2" flat sable, until I was happy. It has gone on beautifully, smooth and even and no brush marks and the sort of coverage one would expect. What a relief, I was getting disheartened, but back on track now. Why I have so much trouble with the Vallejo I will never know.Comment
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I'm glad it's worked out for you Kieth
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It's the same with any paint but being white you will need more coats if it's going over darker paint and don't forget the more paint the more layers and loss of detailOriginally posted by \
I personally would strip it back and start again I find that saves a whole more agro in the long run
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I'm glad the Humbrol has worked out well for you Keith. I'm still of a mind that you had a bad bottle of Vallejo.
Are you still wanting some, or for now happy to give the Humbrols a good workout?Comment
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Thanks for the kind offer Patrick but I will stick with the Humbrol for now. Yes, I must have got a duff bottle, but how odd, the very first one I get is duff when others have used it for years. Maybe it got frozen or something. I have a mind to cut open the bottle and see if it has a solid lump of paint stuck to the base. Never mind, I have moved on now and happy again.Originally posted by \Comment
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I think we are all relieved KeithOriginally posted by \
Actually I think in the past few days you have probably learnt more than a book could have given you.
You probably thought, as Patrick has alluded to all giving different answers, that we are all mostly very dim. Rest easy Keith you were perfectly right.
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Whilst on the subject of paint and the shaking there of. If you are tired of getting pains in the wrist and elbows. worried looks from the wife as she enters the room behind you and all that, time to consider a shaker...
One I have seen that is simple to make and works involves a Bayonet saw and a film tub. You remember, those small pots with a tight fitting lid that 35mm film rolls were packed in.
Take an old blade and drill two holes, Pop rivet the plastic container to the blade. a bit of foam rubber in the bottom of the pot, pop paint in more foam in the top. put lid on and squeeze the trigger.... I guarantee that the paint WILL get the living be'jesus shook out of it. Oh make sure that the lid is very firmly closed on the paint as well!
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