How do you know what paint to use on my model

[Pantherman]

About GLue... you sid that the brushes I bought would be good for glue? How do you clean a brush you just used to apply glue?

If you tell us what glue then you will get the best answer from the members. Pantherman

 

[STARMAKER.REBEL]

Will these work?

These Brushes?

I din't buy a spray can of body color and just got::
Medium Olive Green.

I want my Chinook to look like it's relatively new.


What will be the best for coating large areas?

About glue... Tamiya Extra Thin.... if I can find any.

 

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If you tell us what glue then you will get the best answer from the members. Pantherman

Extra thin cement... Found some!. searching for Tamiya glue doesn't get you anywhere.

Is my Chinook made out of polystyrene plastic?

 

[urumomo]

That's all solvent so will evaporate .
I answered this bottom of page 5

 

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sorry I'm such a nooob. is evaporating bad or good or ugly?

 

[urumomo]

You don't need to clean the brush if you're using it for applying Tamiya Extra Thin .
The lid on that jar of Extra Thin has a brush built into it .
Finer , longer brushes are sometimes handy for applying it though , depending on the situation . The included brush is fine most of the time .

You know how to apply that via capillary action to the joint ? or no ?

 

[STARMAKER.REBEL]

I don't know how to apply via capillary action, I know what Capillary action is though. That is where the substance flows into the tiny little nook and cranny of two pieces of material... Right?

Check out this guy's Chinook CH47D model. It's WAY COOL!

 

[urumomo]

Yes ,
just hold the 2 plastic parts together and run the brush with the Extra Thin along the joint .

 

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Wow!!! if you search JLTV lift slung load Chinook you get real search results check out the picture I found of a chinook carrying the JLTV-GP (Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.) I got most of the paint but I have a problem. The Acrylic orange is not the right color. the black I got is lacquer and the orange is acrylic or I might try mixing the two to darken it a little. The Olive Drab Faded is the right color.

 

[STARMAKER.REBEL]

Looks like I can't return the orange paint. it's not that far off really, just a little too bright. .. I'm disabled... and thought that there could never be an orange like the one I got in the mail.

 

[STARMAKER.REBEL]

I just looked at the paint guide for the Chinook and my orange is better than I thought it would be. Same with the Olive Drab Faded... It looks better than I was expecting. I painted a couple of blotches on the cardboard packaging the paint came in and I think it will actually work extremely good with the orange and Olive Drab Faded paint. It might look like a deer hunter with the luminous orange.

 

[urumomo]

I just realized there's been no discussion on primer
has there ?

 

[STARMAKER.REBEL]

I just realized there's been no discussion on primer
has there ?

Primer... nope I don't think so... So the paint looks kinda like day glow orange in real life and the Olive Drab Faded is also not great on my computer screen. It looks like this on my computer::

 

[urumomo]

I asked if you have a place to use rattlecans .
A spray can primer would be the easiest ,
are you getting an airbrush ?
or that will be later ?

 

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I asked if you have a place to use rattlecans .
A spray can primer would be the easiest ,
are you getting an airbrush ?
or that will be later ?

I have memory issues. This forum helps but sometimes I completely miss things. I might be getting an airbrush soon. I don't have any money at the moment and I don't know when I will get paid again. I completely forgot the spray cans. Now that I tested the paint on the side of the cardboard box that the paints came in I really like how they look. I need a Joint Tactical Light Vehile- General Purpose truck like I have sitting in my cart.

Its time for my supper. I wish I hadn't forgotten about spray paint.

 

[urumomo]

The RustOleum 2X that you can get at Home Depot and I think Walmart works great .

 

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The RustOleum 2X that you can get at Home Depot and I think Walmart works great

I think I will wait and try getting an airbrush. I DID find rustoleum Olive Drab but I think that Olive Drab Faded will work better.

 

[urumomo]

I mean as a primer ,

 

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I mean as a primer ,

OKAY now I understand. LOL!

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

I just realized there's been no discussion on primer
has there ?

You don't need a primer coat. I rarely prime my model kits.