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Very nice

Thanks for that

Thanks Is it still the case with the Fruilmodelismo tracks that you need to spend hours cleaning and drilling before you spend more hours putting them together? I'm not adverse to this in some circumstances, but not in this particular one, hence looking for something a little more user friendly. Regardless of whether I go for them or not, which I likely wont if I can find a suitable alternative, do you know if the Tamiya ones are glued or pinned? Thanks Andy

Guys Does anyone have any experience of these: http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/tamiya-135-german-panther-separate-track/ In the middle of building a Tamiya Panther V and was looking for an alternative to the vinyl tracks supplied with the kit, without going the whole hog with Friuls or similar. Are the Tamiya ones glued together or pinned? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Andy

Looks great!

Looks great. My only constructive criticism would be that with the amount of sand, dust on the sides of the hull, the wheel hubs and top of the hull look a bit "clean" Looks great though and makes me want to build one - Who's kit is it?

Hi Dan Thanks for your input, but I think I may have not been clear. I don't have an issue with the filter, that's gone down just fine. My issue is cleaning up my pin wash and leaving tide marks behind. I only mentioned the filter to say that I have to be careful not to scrub the pin wash residue away from where I don't want it too hard as I will remove the filter, even though it is dry. So to be clear, I want to know if the tide marks left by the pin wash clean up will be hidden by my flat coat once sprayed or do I need to attend to the tide marks before I flat coat, and if so, how without damaging my filter underneath? Thanks in advance Andy

HI Thanks for the response. The filter issue isn't really the problem here, I just have to be careful and would rather avoid the gloss coat where possible. I find that Tamiya decals go down really well on a matt surface in conjunction with microsol with no silvering so avoid using a gloss coat if at all possible. The main issue is with the tide marks and whether or not the upcoming flat coat will hide them or I need to address them now. Thanks

Guys Just done my pin wash on 1/35th Tamiya Panther V and as recommended applied it in this order: Paint Decals Filter Pin Wash For the wash I am using Mig Productions Dark Wash and this is over Tamiya Acrylics and a Mig Tri-Colour Filter. I am cleaning up the pin wash with Windsor & Newton oil paint thinner which works kind of well, it does push the wash around a little and leave a bit of a taint to the base coat, I also have to be careful not to remove the filter (fully dried) by brushing too hard, but essentially it does the job. However, I am getting some tide marks after cleaning up the wash. Not horrific, but noticeable under light. My question is... Once dull coated, (Xtracrylic Flat, airbrushed), will the tide marks be magically hidden and if not, how can I go about hiding them before I get to the dull coat stage? Thanks in advance Andy

Awesome advice, thanks Duncan. Noted about the paper towel, and already have a set of cleaning brushes from Airbrush Company. I clean my needle in the same way using the towel I've been spraying on to. Will grab some of the cleaning products you mention. I don't mind how much thinners and cleaning products I burn through as long as it keeps me from hitting problems I consider it a good investment. Cheers

Yep, the needle had been fully out a few times during these problems. The only reason I don't take it all the way out for general cleaning is to avoid damage. I can slide it 90% out one way, then the other to get it fully cleaned without risking any damage to the tip. Thanks for the input

Right looks like I have sorted it! I checked and double checked the nozzle, nothing. Soaked it and cleaned it again... still the same issue. Up until that point I had only dropped the pressure down to 10psi... dropped it to 8 and with a 3:1 thinner to paint mix with no retardant and it sprays just fine with next to no drying on the tip and I now get a nice constant and predictable fine spray. This was only tried with Dark Yellow so will touch up with the other two colours tonight and see if I get the same results. Thanks all for helping me work through it. Can't believe just dropping 2psi would make all the difference but I guess that is all part of the learning process. Thanks again Andy

Thanks for the concise response Duncan. Yep, the drop wasn't actually a drop, I just stick the tip of my measuring syringe in the paint then just stuck it in the airbrush cup full of thinner and mixed it in so no chance it could have dropped to the bottom. Cleaning regime is between colours I empty any excess paint out, wipe the cup with paper towel, spray about 2ml of thinner through until runs clear on towel. After a session I do the same, but then remove the nozzle, pull the needle about halfway out, clean that, pull it back through so I can clean the paint run from the cup with a soft round cleaning brush dipped in thinner, clean the nozzle out, then run a cup full of windowlene through the brush. It's clean lol Have tried Windsor and Newton slow drying medium but its pretty thick. Even if I premix a couple of drops with thinner then externally mix with the paint before filling the cup, it goes gloopy on me. This stuff is quite thick, is there a more liquid alternative? With all that said, I think I may have cracked it. Don't want to curse myself so will update in the morning. Thanks all

Unfortunately not... Even with like 5mls of thinner, essentially a full cup and a single drop of paint so it is somewhat visible, I still get the same result. 5 secs of light flow then nothing :-(

Can't really say Colin as all the airbrush has done is spray a basecoat of dark yellow which went down beautifully, then switched to the fine work for the camo and problems started. I managed to get my red/brown and dark green patterns laid down ok, but there was a lot of overspray as I was learning as I went and also having this issue. I'm now attempting to get the tightness I want on the pattern by going back over with dark yellow to eliminate the overspray. So as you can see, not much done with it all to date