Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques

775 topics in this forum

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

   By Canute, January 15, 2019   

   • acrylics
   • thinners
   • 152 replies
   • 38.6k views
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   • wefalck
   • February 8

2. Paint Conversion Charts

   By Admiral Beez, October 16, 2021
   • 6 replies
   • 4.1k views
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   • Bob Cleek
   • October 17, 2021

3. Marine paint colors in the 19th Century

   By Kenchington, Wednesday at 01:04 PM
   • 13 replies
   • 221 views
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   • Harvey Golden
   • 4 hours ago

4. Deck coloring

   By sgrez, Wednesday at 09:13 PM
   • 4 replies
   • 200 views
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   • sgrez
   • Friday at 06:50 PM

5. Highlighting Laser Engraving

   By Rich Sloop, October 31
   • 6 replies
   • 407 views
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   • RolandR
   • November 1

6. Full-strengrh Oil-based Polyurethane on hull

   By vvvjames, October 25
   • 12 replies
   • 372 views
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   • palmerit
   • October 29

7. Metallic paint questions....

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

8. Graf Spee colors

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

9. Wood Sealer Prior to Using Acrylic Paint

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

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

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

11. Ship Model Centric Airbrush Kit

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

12. Diorama for ships

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

13. Important notice for Canadian modellers regarding Tamiya Spray Cans

    By realworkingsailor, October 30, 2024
    • 10 replies
    • 4.6k views
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    • realworkingsailor
    • September 13

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

    By palmerit, October 8, 2024
    • 38 replies
    • 6.6k views
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    • SiriusVoyager
    • August 28

15. hull finishing

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

16. Dusting finished ships

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

17. Caldercraft Red Ochre

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

18. 1930s US Navy Vallejo Paint Equivalents

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

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

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

20. Decals for draft markings

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

21. Couple of modeling related painting questions

    By AmateurModelBuilder, March 7   

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

22. Combining enamel and polyurethane finishes

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

23. Hull Finishing Examples

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

24. Thinning acrylic paints

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

25. Striping with a drafting inking pen

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

26. Did I ruin my brush?

    By MBerg, April 10
    • 22 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Dr PR
    • April 16

27. Shellac as Sealer and Final finish

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

28. Replacement thinners for Model Master acrylics

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

29. To weather or not to weather...?

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

30. HMS Victory colors

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