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. Wood Sealer Prior to Using Acrylic Paint

   By turangi, 5 hours ago
   • 6 replies
   • 56 views
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   • Dr PR
   • 13 minutes ago

4. Metallic paint questions....

   By CPDDET, Thursday at 08:46 PM
   • 12 replies
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   • thibaultron
   • 1 hour ago

5. Graf Spee colors

   By scraig, yesterday at 12:42 AM
   • 0 replies
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   • scraig
   • Yesterday at 12:42 AM

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

   By Racersonly, October 13
   • 5 replies
   • 248 views
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   • Racersonly
   • Tuesday at 09:56 PM

7. Ship Model Centric Airbrush Kit

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

8. Diorama for ships

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

9. Important notice for Canadian modellers regarding Tamiya Spray Cans

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

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

    By palmerit, October 8, 2024
    • 38 replies
    • 6.1k views
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    • SiriusVoyager
    • August 28

11. hull finishing

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

12. Dusting finished ships

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

13. Caldercraft Red Ochre

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

14. 1930s US Navy Vallejo Paint Equivalents

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

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

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

16. Decals for draft markings

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

17. Couple of modeling related painting questions

    By AmateurModelBuilder, March 7   

    • Paint
    • 9 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • kurtvd19
    • June 5

18. Combining enamel and polyurethane finishes

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

19. Hull Finishing Examples

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

20. Thinning acrylic paints

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

21. Striping with a drafting inking pen

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

22. Did I ruin my brush?

    By MBerg, April 10
    • 22 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • Dr PR
    • April 16

23. Shellac as Sealer and Final finish

    By mrsamimi, February 8
    • 18 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • paul ron
    • March 27

24. Replacement thinners for Model Master acrylics

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

25. To weather or not to weather...?

    By PqLear, March 13
    • 12 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • serpe
    • March 18

26. HMS Victory colors

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

27. Vallejo Model Color: I need a satin finish

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

28. Wipe On Poly Techniques

    By Freebird, December 23, 2020
    • 21 replies
    • 6k views
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    • Cleat
    • March 1

29. 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

30. HMB Endeavour colours

    By serpe, February 15
    • 0 replies
    • 313 views
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    • serpe
    • February 15