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still compared to acrilic's 24 hours is a long time..

Geez Dave! That is coming along supurbly! I have to get some of this "Oil Paint" you speak of! Actually I have a whole bunch. Never once thought of using on a mini or vehicle.

And I need some of that floor poilsh too.

Wow! Really good progress here...

That is an awesome Stormlord!

dsteingass wrote:Childe's comment about 9 months to cure was misleading, drying time is about a day, meaning you can't move it around on the gloss surface anymore. It doesn't matter if it is cured or not, since you are going to be covering it with a clear coat anyways.

Actually, you talked about "cure time", I just corrected you. Also applying a varnish over oil paints before it has fully cured will result in the paint cracking at a later date. Having used oil paints for years and also having been taught by a fully accomplished fine artist I know my materials when it comes to paint.

Well I've done this multiple times and cracks never happened to me, but whatever. I suppose the guys at FW should have been taught by your accomplished artist then.

So,that is how you get paint to splotch unevenly, I think most of mine have been beaten too much to bounce back but I may still have a few that would do it.

Well remember, you need to keep separate brushes for oils, never ever ever mix!

Oh, I was thinking for my acrylics

oh yeah, then I suppose you need a stiff brush

Local craft stores have bags of cheap quality inexpensive brushes that work great for this sort of thing. I have a collection of brushes like that.

Yeah, it's always good to pick up one of those big bags-o-cheap brushes whenever you see them on sale.

I am looking for suggestions on a what to look for in a air regulator for an airbrush. Anyone care to chime in?

Random post alert...

Just watched "John Carter" and I urge you to see it once, ok I'll admit it, it wont be everyones cup of tea... but its had such an effect that I am bloody buying all the books in the series... Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars is the first

Ahem... ok normal service is now restored... kinda

Air regulator? I got a really nice digital regulator at Harbor Freight Tools for less than $20, but if you get an analog, get one that has a BIG gague with PSI on top, and more precise at lower (airbrush) pressures.


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I didn't get anything done tonight guys, A tee in the water pipes in the basement cracked and split open, thankfully we were home when it blew, I heard it, ran down and shut the water off. The Plumber just left, he had to build a whole new copper pipe tee section and solder it back on. Apparently they built the pipes from that point forward, putting all the tension of all the pipes in all the house on that one tee! 60 years later, the pressure was finally too much. Crisis averted.

Blimey.... Glad you got it sorted dude, if it doesnt rain it bloody poors eh?




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Oh and in an attempt to cheer you up dude, I saw this earlier, and thought you'd appreciate it:

So real life rivets and flanges?

They used Inferior Solder! If they would have used flanges and rivets, it would last 39 Millennia!

That's cool Childe, I've seen those shoulderpads before somewhere..

I'm slightly disturbed by the huge bronze buttocks O_o

Oops I crapped my pants


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Ok, maybe just a little work to unwind before bed

Looking good man! So is this going to GD?

Sorry to hear about the pipe issue Dave.
But I'm glad that it was solved so quickly!
And that you were all home able to knowtice!

Would have been a disaster if it had been when the power was out... *Shudders*

Yep Hazzer, this is my GD entry, thanks man

Silver- thanks bud, it would have been a disaster even if I was only at work, the water was spraying up and onto the floorboards of the kitchen above.

Oh shitez. That would have been bad.
But! It wasn't. So we may rejoice!

..And there was much rejoicing!

And boo..

ALL of the songs about rejoicing are gosple...

ouch... that thing kind of happened to us twice dave... my wife once tried to get rid of the air in our heating system... she tried to vent a radiator... well she did it not as advetised... was a nice fountain of joy... and the last accident was on this years christmas...costed us the better part of 400€s to get it all covered... and me doing all the new kitchen furniture stuff and plumbing... i don´t talk about all the manhours that flew by... it were only my man hours and i am still unemployed... so i bet for my wife it counted as hobby time

the tank looks stunning... i bet i said that before tho^^

the exhaust pipes will get a layer of metal over that rusty undercoat?

and a display base...? cool^^

Silver- That was A Monty Python Quote

Vik- nope- the exhaust pipes, with their extreme heat and moisture rust and corrode like that IRL


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Although they will likely get the same soot treatment as the heavy flamer barrels will

OoooooO! SOOT!!!

That's looking really good. And you know, it's SO huge, it could be terrain. Can you make a brace to attach a walkway to it?