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  1. hey Fella's Can someone advise as to whether the Model Master Insignia yellow (FS 33538) can be used on an Aleutian Tiger P-40E Spinner? I've seen diagrams and so on, that show it looking more orange. Likely it can be mixed to get the right hue? This is Col. Chennault's plane #49, I'm building an old Minicraft boxing (1/72) with Academy decals... Cheers, Jeff
  2. Thanks Greg. I'm assuming Matt and flat white are basically the same? Cheers, Jeff
  3. Greg, or Anon for that matter...? Am about to start a Minicraft P-40N in 1/72nd of the Cleopatra III. Haven't built a plane model since Jesus was in short pants but... So going with a Khaki Green, Neutral gray scheme, but can't figure out whether to get a gloss or flat white in acrylic? Will be brushed on at this point, air brush later.... Can you Greg, or someone provide some guidance on a white paint choice? Cheers, Jeff
  4. Thanks 303. Had to unscramble but figured it out. For now at least this iteration of the Zero, I'll use the AKI IJN set since it was on sale. -Jeff
  5. Michael, will an art supply shops Acrylic retarder work ok? Seems to be cheaper than the Model branded stuff like Tamiya etc... I remember reading there are different kinds of acrylics... Acrylic is only the binding agent.... I've bought a 4 oz bottle Luiquitex Acrylic Thinner to try... will pick up shortly. I'm gonna do some testing on some old model train stuff that is way past it's sell by date... -Jeff
  6. Hi AltcarBoB Trying to patronize a family owned local hobby shop, they had AKI Acrylic Thinner (lot of stuff in supply chain is out of stock) Will what I bought work okay with most Acrylics? I'm somewhat familiar with W&N art supplies as I painted acrylics on canvas back in the day... I also grabbed the AKI WW2 IJN Real Colors paint set (on sale). My A6M2 is the 2007 Tamiya Boxing. I realize that the colour issue about Zero's is quite a brew up, so for now I will work to do an excellent job with the set colours. It's a training kit anyway. I don't expect to produce a keeper, but just learn from new materials and options that weren't available last time i built a model kit plane back in... the early 90's?! .... And Michael What's the difference between a retarder and a thinner? Way back I painted acrylic and employed washes (thinning with water) but suspect the retarder slows the paint setting? Will look at Aviationofjapan site, though I have no plans to go deep into IJN, or IJA aircraft. Once I get my skills up to snuff; i have the A6M2 (Tamiya) and an; F4F-4 (Tamiya), SBD-2 Midway (Academy), Mustang III (Tamiya) all 1/48th to "work up" on. At that point I'll look at Royal Canadian Navy aircraft to build. Have a few "Moth's" tucked away all in 1/72nd scale; Fox, Hornet, Tiger, but they are for later, when my skills get to the "keeper" phase... Happily, I have lots of tools having been a Model railroader for several years, I imagine a lot will be transferable... hope some of the skills will be... Cheers, Jeff
  7. Hi there. Want to get started on a kit with time on my hands. Likely buy a 1/48th Tamiya A6M2 Kit. Gonna be painting with brushes and planned on Vallejo paint, rather than Tamiya which i understand dries too fast while hand brushing...? Was hoping to get equivalents but there doesn't seem to be for these Tamiya paints: XF-24 – Dark Grey XF-56 – Metallic Grey XF-66 – Light Grey (Vellejo 70990?) XF-70 – Dark Green Any help would be appreciated. Cheers, Jeff
  8. Hello. I'm about to start building a few model air plane kits and having not done so in decades I've been getting up to speed on whats materials are available now. Initially for some practical reasons I'm gonna brush paint. Three products I have settled on: Mr Super Clear Flat Matt Spray B514 Mr Super Clear Gloss Spray B513 AK Interactive Acrylic GLOSSY VARNISH AKI 777 are out of stock at present. I'm looking at substitutes that are available from a local family owned Hobby shop I like (in Toronto, Canada btw). Vallejo Acrylic Matt Varnish Spray 28531 Vallejo Acrylic Gloss Varnish Spray 28530 Vallejo Gloss Removable Acrylic Varnish 60ml 26515 So my question is, have I found appropriate substitutes? Any help would be appreciated btw. Thanks, Jeff Ont., Canada
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