Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques

772 topics in this forum

1. Acrylic paint tips and techniques 1 2 3 4 6

   By Canute, January 15, 2019   

   • acrylics
   • thinners
   • 152 replies
   • 38.1k views
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   • wefalck
   • February 8

2. Paint Conversion Charts

   By Admiral Beez, October 16, 2021
   • 6 replies
   • 4k views
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   • Bob Cleek
   • October 17, 2021

3. Full-strengrh Oil-based Polyurethane on hull

   By vvvjames, Saturday at 08:57 PM
   • 9 replies
   • 159 views
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   • shauer
   • 4 minutes ago

4. Metallic paint questions....

   By CPDDET, October 16
   • 15 replies
   • 458 views
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   • Kevin-the-lubber
   • October 22

5. Graf Spee colors

   By scraig, October 19
   • 3 replies
   • 135 views
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   • Chapman
   • October 22

6. Wood Sealer Prior to Using Acrylic Paint

   By turangi, October 20
   • 13 replies
   • 243 views
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   • vaddoc
   • October 22

7. Fine scroll work on my Revell USS Constitution 1/196

   By Racersonly, October 13
   • 5 replies
   • 282 views
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   • Racersonly
   • October 14

8. Ship Model Centric Airbrush Kit

   By Rich Sloop, September 26
   • 10 replies
   • 728 views
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   • Wawona59
   • October 2

9. Diorama for ships

   By kgstakes, September 19
   • 3 replies
   • 780 views
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   • wefalck
   • September 21

10. Important notice for Canadian modellers regarding Tamiya Spray Cans

    By realworkingsailor, October 30, 2024
    • 10 replies
    • 4.4k views
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    • realworkingsailor
    • September 13

11. Painting (and Staining) Basswood and Dealing with "Fuzz" 1 2

    By palmerit, October 8, 2024
    • 38 replies
    • 6.3k views
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    • SiriusVoyager
    • August 28

12. hull finishing

    By serpe, August 7
    • 6 replies
    • 679 views
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    • wefalck
    • August 9

13. Dusting finished ships

    By bigcreekdad, August 4
    • 7 replies
    • 465 views
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    • hornet
    • August 6

14. Caldercraft Red Ochre

    By scrubbyj427, July 24
    • 11 replies
    • 828 views
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    • Trussben
    • August 3

15. 1930s US Navy Vallejo Paint Equivalents

    By michael.denigan, July 23
    • 0 replies
    • 202 views
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    • michael.denigan
    • July 23

16. A bit of research into navy warship paint 1775-1815

    By Linus Spjutsberg, July 5
    • 2 replies
    • 542 views
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    • Linus Spjutsberg
    • July 7

17. Decals for draft markings

    By g8rfan, June 27
    • 14 replies
    • 710 views
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    • JKC27
    • July 1

18. Couple of modeling related painting questions

    By AmateurModelBuilder, March 7   

    • Paint
    • 9 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • kurtvd19
    • June 5

19. Combining enamel and polyurethane finishes

    By Richard Braithwaite, March 24
    • 4 replies
    • 618 views
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    • serpe
    • May 30

20. Hull Finishing Examples

    By Burgundy, May 20
    • 13 replies
    • 879 views
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    • bigcreekdad
    • May 22

21. Thinning acrylic paints

    By Diver, May 5
    • 2 replies
    • 587 views
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    • Sceatha
    • May 6

22. Striping with a drafting inking pen

    By kgstakes, April 24
    • 7 replies
    • 853 views
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    • druxey
    • May 5

23. Did I ruin my brush?

    By MBerg, April 10
    • 22 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • Dr PR
    • April 16

24. Shellac as Sealer and Final finish

    By mrsamimi, February 8
    • 18 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • paul ron
    • March 27

25. Replacement thinners for Model Master acrylics

    By JohnB40, March 10
    • 3 replies
    • 634 views
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    • Capt. Kelso
    • March 19

26. To weather or not to weather...?

    By PqLear, March 13
    • 12 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • serpe
    • March 18

27. HMS Victory colors

    By Ironhead, February 15
    • 1 reply
    • 520 views
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    • PqLear
    • March 13

28. Vallejo Model Color: I need a satin finish

    By UrkVisser, March 10
    • 2 replies
    • 552 views
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    • UrkVisser
    • March 13

29. Wipe On Poly Techniques

    By Freebird, December 23, 2020
    • 21 replies
    • 6.1k views
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    • Cleat
    • March 1

30. What shade of red was used in the gun decks of 18th century British ships bulwarks?

    By bear, January 18
    • 6 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • François de Saint Nazaire
    • February 16