MR.SURFACER AS A PRIMER : MR HOBBY : TUTORIAL / PRODUCT REVIEW

MR.SURFACER AS A PRIMER A range of surface primers that can be used as gap and seam fillers as well as primers used by model makers and sculptors. Many people think the Mr. Surfacer products are the cure for all modelling problemsbe it normal gap filling, smoothing or back filling, here at MDP we certainly…

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FW 190 D-9 BY EDUARD : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.2

FW 190 D-9 EPISODE.2 In episode two with our Fw 190, we start to tackle the fit issues we have with this kit, learning to test fit test fit, sand a bit here and then and test fit again, all this will remove all the filling sanding scribing we would have to do down the…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.18

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.18 We now in this episode get the Harriers exhausts all done with a natural metal finish, we use 3 different colours to achieve this, starting with MC-213 Stainless as a base with a bit of pre-shading of MC-219 Brass, and finally MC-214 Dark iron misted on top, all this is then buffet…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.17

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.17 Episode.17 we start our second camo colour H-330 Mr Hobby Dark green BS641, And go over some spraying basics of how to spray camo down and to avoid bleed though to our Dark seagrey and how to have everything nicely feathered in, we move on from this to bleaching which we use…

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BLEACHING & CAMO : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.16

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.16 Time to continue with removing our little blemish left over from a spraying mistake, we do this with a very very fine grit sanding stick, the ones you would use for canopies, this is to lightly sand at the area in question, so lightly that we sand away the blemish but still…

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PRE-SHADING : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.15

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.15 We look at pre-shading our model, in which to give our normal base coat colours some weathering via spraying as well as some airbrushing basic like cleaning airbrush, plus we begin looking at how to deal with some mistakes in the paint work, this will continue in the next episode. Special Tools:Eduard…

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AFTER PRIMING PREP : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.14

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.14 After priming your model you may have to do some touching up here and there with your filling sanding and scribing, so I will show to with some good techniques how to removing bits of dirt and debris that has got caught in your paint work as well as removing some gaps…

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PREPARING FOR SPRAYING : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.13

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.13 Spraying beings now, but for a good spray job preparation is key, so we show you how to seal in your cockpit and begin cleaning the surface of your model ready to spray, which is followed by showing you how to prime your model before priming your model ?? Special Tools: Shesto :…

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WEATHERING THE CANS : AMK F-14D SUPER TOMCAT : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.10

F-14D SUPER TOMCAT EPISODE.10 Bill continues with the build by spraying down a gloss coat ready for decaling, but keeping to Tamiya LP paints just to try the gloss out there for the first time, he then goes in to some nice detail on how to weather up your exhaust cans, from the spraying to…

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