Modeling Tips
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Jump Down: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 The best tip that anyone can possibly give is just take your time! Make sure to scrape the paint and/or plating from the spot that you are gluing, it makes it a hell of a lot easier to hold in place, and it'll have better adheasion. Want to tint your windows? The easy way to do this is to paint the inside of the window "FLAT BLACK", but this doesn't really look the best. The best way to do it is to go to your local hardware store and pick up some window tint. The self-adheasive stuff is the best. Tip #4 {submitted by: David Miller, Netherlands} (Top) Another good way to tint your windows is to airbrush them with Tamiya's X-19 smoke paint, better to airbrush than brush. Tip #5 {submitted by: Didier Miller, Netherlands - Didier's Homepage} (Top) Want a good way to glue plated parts? Revell has a special glue that is designed to glue plated pieces together. But if you don't want to do that you could just remove the plating by using bleach, let the piece soak in the bleach for 24 hours, or you could let it soak in ammonia for 1 - 2 hours. After this is done the plating will start to flake, you then just scrub the plating off by using an old toothbrush, and glue the piece as usual. To get the plated look back, use a product called "Bare-Metal Foil", a self adhesive plating that you can pick up at almost any hobby shop. If you want you could just use silver paint. To make some roll bars or nerf bars to make them model trucks look a little better, just take some pieces of the part racks, clean them up, melt them, bend them into shape, paint them, glue them on and it's as simple as that. I have done for my 1995 Chevrolet S10 SuperSport roll bars, and my 1997 Ford F-150 XLT 2WD Regular Cab nerf bars. To make them racing slicks look even more real, paint the "tread" of the tire flat black. This makes it look worn, pretty cool! I did this on my Mike Skinner's 1995 #3 "GM Goodwrench Service" NASCAR Chevrolet SuperTruck. Tip #8 {submitted by: David Miller, Netherlands} (Top) If you want to detail your engine, you need many different metallic colours. Well, the Testors company makes Metalizers in many different shades, like aluminum, titanium, stainless steel, gunmetal etc. Although they are marked for use with an airbrush they can be applied to small areas with a small brush. So now you can add detail simply by painting. Tip #9{from Scale Auto Enthusiast Magazine number 106 page 22-23, Theron Krusling} (Top) To get a filthy, fogged look on windows, brush dirty paint thinner into both sides of the window liberally and lightly pat it dry using a paper towel. After doing this it will look a little rough in texture.To reduce the roughness, use The Treatment Model Car Wax (yes, wax) to buff out the window as you normally would. Oddly enough, this gets rid of the roughness and lightens the fog a bit. Do not use a hot thinner, such as lacquer thinner, on your plastic, and experiment with the solution you plan to use on scrap plastic first to make sure the thinner will not damage the plastic. Want to remove paint? I like to use Easy-Off Oven cleaner, works great. Just spray it on, wait about 30 - 60 minutes and wipe it off. Use an old toothbrush to get into those hard to reach places. Some other people like to use Pine-Sol. There is also a product you can buy called "Unpaint", I think Testors makes it, I'm sure your local hobby shop would know more about this stuff. Tip #11 {from Scale Auto Enthusiast Magazine number 106 page 22-23, Theron Krusling} (Top) To give a grille or chrome plated part a peeling or flaking effect, hold the part over a candle flame and it will blister the chrome. By all means, take care not to burn yourself. Do not hold the part to close to the flame or keep it over the flame for too long as it could melt. Get a Dremel Roto Tool from Sears. It does an excellent job on cutting, sanding and polishing models. You can get a bunch of different bit kits, such as a polishing kit, a sanding kit and a cutting kit. For even more tips, check out the Tips page on the Revell-Monogram Website. If you have a tip to add or any questions about modeling, E-mail me. Be sure to include your Homepage address (if you have one) in your e-mail. Jump up: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 [Top] |
