Thanks for the tip Dan. The Thunderbolt is coming along really nicely.

@DansModelBench

6 жыл бұрын

No problem David. The Thunderbolt has been a shelf queen for a while, so time to get it done. Dan

great tips Dan

Thanks for the heads up Dan o will give this a try Keep up the great work mate

@DansModelBench

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt.

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best solutions ! Will be using this on my next aluminium project. Cheers from U.K.

@DansModelBench

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful! :)

Very helpful advice. Thanks 👍🏻

@DansModelBench

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Pretty nice! I do model cars, and I will use your tips!

@DansModelBench

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was useful. If you have a larger diameter airbrush like a .4 or .5, check out Mission Models Gloss. It sprays beautifully with a few drops of its supporting thinner and gives a much nicer finish then you see in this video. Dan

Hi, Dan! Your video comes just in time, as I'm building a NMF MiG-15 just now. I prefer using enamel for primer/basecoat though. Thanks for sharing your experience. Gabriel.

@DansModelBench

6 жыл бұрын

Your welcome Gabriel. Mig 15 is a great subject for a model. Hope you put up a video on it! Dan

@PanzergrauModels

6 жыл бұрын

Dan's Van Diemens Land Model Bench I will make a video, that's for sure! KUTGW!

Great tip broham! My 5 cents on the Vallejo primer controversy, if you don't mind. What people don't seem to understand, a simple alchohol wipe of model before priming goes a long way. I've never had the primer peel off.

@DansModelBench

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kenshin. You are certainly right to say having a clean surface makes a big difference to the adhesion of the primer. I use automotive wax and grease remover, which is esssentially the same process as you do with the wipes. Having said all that, there is one brand, which is Polar Lights where I have had three problems with polyurethane primers peeling on the plastic they use. These days I use lacquer on their kits as a precaution and the polyurethane primers like Vallejo on everything else. So far that has worked for me. Dan

@kenshin73himura70

2 жыл бұрын

@@DansModelBench broham thank you for the reply! Oh yes, the infamous Polar Lights Models...a friend warned me about their plastic, he suggested I "open up the plastic" by sanding model...🤷. As soon as I can get a break from being a husband and father, I will give it a try on the ECTO-1 that's been collecting dust. 🤞 hope it works. 👍

Sweet.

Hello, Dan! I've always been obsessed with vallejo's gloss black primer for a long time. Without any thinning, 24 hours after airbrushing, the surface will always feel sticky when I touch it.

@DansModelBench

2 жыл бұрын

G'day Jieming. Hmm, I've not had that experience. Perhaps you are spraying in a different climate to me? Paints do seem to react differently depending on temperature and humidity. Another possibility is the models surface isn't completely clean and still has some oils from the molding process on it. My only advice is to try washing the parts in warm soapy water before assembly and then wipe them down with isopropyl alcohol before you actually paint. Then apply a thin coat of Vallejo black primer if you have it (standard not the gloss). Then when that has dried for twenty four hours, spray a thinned coat of the gloss primer over that. You won't need to put on such a thick coat of the gloss black to get the finish you want if there is a black coat already on the model. Don't forget to shake your primer thoroughly in the bottle for at least a good couple of minutes as well. The vallejo primers do start to separate in the bottle if you don't use them for a while and need a very good shake to mix up again. Hope that helps. Let me know how you go. Dan

When you apply that,it does help you to stick the colours to the plastic,also I have acrylic colours and they dont stick to plastic...what can I do?

@DansModelBench

5 жыл бұрын

G'day makedonian. It does indeed help the paint stick to the surface, but the main reason I do things shown in this particular video is to get a nice gloss black base for metal colour paints. If you are trying to just apply normal non metallic acrylic model paints like military colours or even colours for cars and trucks to your models, you just need to use a primer paint without the gloss bit. That is what I applied before the gloss with the Vallejo black primer. There are a lot of primers out there and it depends on wether you have an airbrush and want to spray the primer or if you are using a brush to paint your models. A good choices either way if you haven't used a primer before is Tamiya Fine Surface Primer in a can: www.tamiyausa.com/shop/finishing/fine-surface-primer-l/ Its nice and easy to use and gives a great finish to paint over. Down side is it isn't cheap and make sure wherever you use it, there is plenty of ventilation as it does stink and like all paints, isn't good for your health if you inhale it. If you have an airbrush then two I use (I use many!) is Badger Stynelrez, which is also sold as Ammo Mig One Shot. Sprays nicely and again, leaves a nice finish. If you cant get that I can also recommend Vallejo Surface Primer too, although some people don't like it, its one of my favourites and thats the one you saw me use in this video. Keep in mind that Stynelrez and Vallejo primers really need at least 24 hours after painting to really harden before you put on your acrylic paints. They are polyurethane and resin based and if you rush things, sometimes they can peel on you as they aren't properly cured and stuck to the plastic. Stynelrez is a bit faster to cure and a bit more forgiving if you rush things, but giving them time to really dry is the secret with both of them. Some people also find Stynelrez easier to sand, which is true, but I sand both brands with no problems. Vallejo primers dry to a satin finish whereas Stynelrez dries to a very flat finish. Both work fine as a base coat, but for reasons I can't really explain I like the more satin finish of the Vallejo, but I think the Stylerez is a bit easier to use successfully for a beginner to primers. Again I make sure to give the primer plenty of time to dry, before i start sanding. Do that and either will work just fine for you. There are a ton more out there you can get and I use a lot of different brands, as I like experimenting with primers, but in the end the ones I've listed are usually available, where-ever you live in the world and do a good job and make a good starting point. You can experiment with other brands once you get the hang of them and find your own favourite. In the end, they all do the same job. Any of these three brands I mentioned should do what you want and hopefully are available close by to you. This video review might be useful to you too: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZhnx8GYqqialLg.html Hope that helps, Dan