Short Track Models
Construction Topics => Tips-tricks => Topic started by: pdaly28 on October 22, 2017, 03:30:07 PM
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What do you usewhen two toning?I have this trouble when using testors lacquer only.Masked off a roof(I know not to use news paper)with regular paper you might use in your printer.After painting,I let it dry for a couple of hours only to have the paper stick to the roof.The paint on the roof(testors white lacquer)was a week old and should have been cured.I never have this when I use tamyia,but here in the boise area you are stuck with hobby lobby and they sell testors.I am now stuck with letting the new color cure so I can wet sand the roof and tape off the new paint to repaint the roof!
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I use brown paper that sold at Home Depot , it's in the paint department and never had a problem with using it and Iv used all type of paint with this paper , hope this helps ya
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great,worth a shot and thanks.David..my 1st color what white,I waited 1-2 weeks before shooting my second color(gold).Hobby lobby is the only game in town,chased all of the others out.And no,testors/model master are not my 1st choice either.Thanks!!
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I have wet sanded theroof,and I want the gold to cure for a weekeven though it's lacquer.I'll go by Walmart and get some masking paper.Hope that will be the end of it!Thanks for all your help,have a great week
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I, like David, rarely use masking paper. Wide cheap blue tape works fine for me. Most model bodies are so small that paper isn’t flexible enough to wrap around them without a gap. Wide tape having an adhesive back allows you to stick it to the body, or itself, and minimize leaks.
I live in a county without a hobby shop. The nearest one is sixty miles away, one way, so I don’t get there very often. Most of my models are painted with automotive touch up paint, or hardware store rattle cans. I try to work as much as I can in lacquer, but some colors aren’t available in lacquer, so I use enamel. A local automotive paint store has a water base automotive finish line I would love to try, but they don’t offer it in small quantities, so I haven’t tried it yet. I did drop off a few bottles and asked them to save me the dregs in the bottom of the cans when the mix colors, but they haven’t gotten around to doing that yet.
Olderndirt
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I've always just used tape to cover the areas.... I used to use newspaper until it bled through, then went to strictly just tape. Wide 2 inch blue for covering big areas, and 1 inch for edging and even pin striping tape for when you want to make curves such as following a body line...
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thanks doc!I have 2 rolls of 3m pinstriping tape(1/16,1/18)that I keep in a plastic bag.I am for this deal going to use masking paper with a hole the size of the roof cut out and mask around it.I'll let you know how that works!
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Sounds good Pat, good luck with it!!!!!!!
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I'm like most on here. Tamiya for the edge, blue painters tape after that. I also throw on a light coat of clear before I do the second coat. No bleeding. Having said that, if I'm REAL careful and REAL patient, it comes out pretty good. I have had trouble with those two! lol
Ret
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I've always just used tape to cover the areas.... I used to use newspaper until it bled through, then went to strictly just tape. Wide 2 inch blue for covering big areas, and 1 inch for edging and even pin striping tape for when you want to make curves such as following a body line...
I am going to try create,available at h/l and air brush ready.lots of colors,and with the 40%cupon about 2.90 a bottle
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:) Pat, be careful with that Create paint. I believe it dries flat.