Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques

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

   By Canute, January 15, 2019   

   • acrylics
   • thinners
   • 152 replies
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   • wefalck
   • February 8

2. Paint Conversion Charts

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

3. What does everyone use for wood filler prior to sanding and painting?>

   By Herbs Ships, Saturday at 02:11 PM
   • 9 replies
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   • Dr PR
   • Yesterday at 05:09 AM

4. Graf Spee colors

   By scraig, October 19
   • 4 replies
   • 279 views
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   • Canute
   • Thursday at 08:09 PM

5. What is CA glue and how does it work? 1 2 3

   By Keithbrad80, February 7, 2021
   • 69 replies
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   • glbarlow
   • Thursday at 03:39 PM

6. Issues with Shellac Finished Hull

   By mrsamimi, December 5
   • 14 replies
   • 303 views
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   • wefalck
   • December 7

7. Swift 1805 waterline

   By petehay, December 4
   • 5 replies
   • 180 views
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   • wefalck
   • December 5

8. Ship base display advice

   By mastic, November 20
   • 5 replies
   • 504 views
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   • wmherbert
   • December 3

9. Deck coloring

   By sgrez, November 12
   • 6 replies
   • 350 views
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   • tmj
   • November 20

10. Marine paint colors in the 19th Century

    By Kenchington, November 12
    • 13 replies
    • 424 views
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    • Harvey Golden
    • November 16

11. Highlighting Laser Engraving

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

12. Full-strengrh Oil-based Polyurethane on hull

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

13. Metallic paint questions....

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

14. Wood Sealer Prior to Using Acrylic Paint

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

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

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

16. Ship Model Centric Airbrush Kit

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

17. Diorama for ships

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

18. Important notice for Canadian modellers regarding Tamiya Spray Cans

    By realworkingsailor, October 30, 2024
    • 10 replies
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    • realworkingsailor
    • September 13

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

    By palmerit, October 8, 2024
    • 38 replies
    • 7k views
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    • SiriusVoyager
    • August 28

20. hull finishing

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

21. Dusting finished ships

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

22. Caldercraft Red Ochre

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

23. 1930s US Navy Vallejo Paint Equivalents

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

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

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

25. Decals for draft markings

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

26. Couple of modeling related painting questions

    By AmateurModelBuilder, March 7   

    • Paint
    • 9 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • kurtvd19
    • June 5

27. Combining enamel and polyurethane finishes

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

28. Hull Finishing Examples

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

29. Thinning acrylic paints

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

30. Striping with a drafting inking pen

    By kgstakes, April 24
    • 7 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • druxey
    • May 5