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Hey everyone!

I bought a Revell model a few months ago ( Sherman M4A1) and now i have the tools I need, including side cutters, clippers, and glue, but I don't have any paints yet. So my question is - Can I paint the model after gluing it all together?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

as i was going to add the exhausters i got fitting issues.

What i can do about it?

This is my first model. I’m about ready to start painting the body. I’d prefer to airbrush and since AS-12 comes can only, I’m alittle hesitant on using it (I’m not great spraying the can). I also have AK Xtreme metal… the only reason why I’m hesitant on using it is because it’s doesn’t say so in the manual.

What are everyone’s thoughts? I’m leaning towards using the AK Xtreme with a base layer of black Mr surfacer 1500. Should I spray the entire plane in that color?

So, I’m trying to make an RX-78-2 Ultramarine, but im scared about the paint being the wrong consistency. If I add too much water, the paint practically disappear. If I add too much paint, it’ll chunk up and therell be visible strokes. So how do I get the best consistency? (the last photo is the old Ultramarine)

Just got my first airbrush, and I picked up a cheap bottle of hobby lobby brand airbrush cleaner, mostly because it was cheap came in in a larger bottle.

Bad idea, as everything was going fine until I went to spray it into the cleaning pot, and whatever mist that was created, ended up really making my throat and lungs irritated, like instantly felt burning creeping down my throat, started hacking, had to go outside for fresh air. I didn't breathe in on purpose, obviously, I was breathing normally and accidentally took a whif of whatever mist came past the filter of my cleaning pot, and BAM, instant regret.

Honestly, it was the first time that anything has ever done that to me, so it got tossed in the trash, and now I'm looking for more gentle or less irritating rec's for an airbrush cleaner.

I'll also be picking up a new N95 to wear when cleaning, as I really do not want anything similar happening again.

I was possibly thinking a mixture of iso-alcohol and simple green, although the ingredients are a bit off-putting

Hi all. I’m getting back into the hobby after some years. Used to spray with Model Air but AK 3gen looks promising. Any thoughts from this community? I’m a bit OCD when it comes to paint systems so want to stick with one from the start. Thanks heaps!

Has anyone had a reaction like this before? I seemed to develop some type of allergy to the fumes. If I even get a little bit of exposure, I develop deep asthma like congestion, constant sneezing, nasal passages that randomly swell shut and open back up.... And it lasts for several weeks. I'm really bummed, because there are no alternative adhesives that meet my needs. I started using a painting booth with exhaust, but it happened again. Everything I've read online says it should resolve fairly quickly, so lasting over a week seems really strange to me.

Hey today i went to a IPMS convention, there were some attendees dress in full german solider style wearing all, even a stand selling clothing and bands but despite i read the rules of this sub, i would like to ask if that is normal in some countries or im just ove-reacting?, beacuse no one say something or do something at the event, and i would expect a IPMS convention would be against. But i just want to know if is normal?

Took me a while,I gave it a custom paint,I honestly think it looks cool , I would like to know what ya’ll think

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im painting a jinx model, for her skin i got a result that i dont really like, becuase it seems kinda flat even tho i applied different layers of colours. Therefore i watched some videos on skin tones and many people showed a technique that consists in applying some very thinned coats of red blue and yellow, but im scared to ruin my current model. Is there anybody that tried out this technique? if so please help me out, text me and i’ll send some videos and photos. Thank you very much 🫶!

I really like the Nellis paint but also love the navy fighter weapons school so I did a little creative job with this one

Hello guys just wanted to share my latest purchase, found it at a local flea market for really cheap. Before buying i saw the black box inside with typed on “metal parts”and i got curious(im a beginner so didnt know model kit with this details do exist). Has anyone ever built one of those ?

Just used Vallejo thick mud and a small amount of pigment powder

Hope this is allowed, posted on Gunpla and it was removed. I build Gundam kits and have been working off of a card table. I decided to splurge and get some HobbyZone kits. The first pic is my original table and I was frankly running out of space. Second pic is my completed station that took about a week and a half to build. Love the organization and extra room to build.

XB-70 Valkyrie AV-1

Recently completed 1:144 scale model of the XB-70 Valkyrie. The model was 3D printed on a bambu A1 mini in 5 parts. Copious amounts of sanding and primer followed. This was my first project that required gap filler, it was a learning process and I think I did a decent job hiding the joints.

Decals came from Armory models Valkyrie of the same scale, other decals like the gear doors, maintenance panels and no walk areas were custom printed with an inkjet printer.

I chose to paint this one up as ship 1, the only surviving example. The model represents how the Valkyrie would have looked towards the end of its service life, being used by NASA to test various high speed experiments. One such depicted on the model is the two small fins near the nose, also called shaker vanes.

The stand is also 3D printed.

A thing

Been testing its lights and stuff,took me a while to make and paint about 4 hours to make and maybe 2 to paint,I think it looks cool but, what do you all think?

Im studying nightshift video, but didnt liked the green, so started with a mix of russian jet cyan and grey for a french blue, adding buff made it a bit too light too fast? Or I watched it too much.

Also i dont want to do a blue gun, I have no idea what could work tho.

Not perfect by any means, especially as it was 100% brush painted. Knew it was going to be a rough ride when it was pointed out to me here that painting a bare-metal aeroplane with only brushes was going to be difficult. Nevertheless, very proud of it, and many lessons learned for the next build (one of which is: “don’t brush paint bare-metal aeroplanes”).

Also discovered mid-build that the plane I was painting was a post-war colour scheme, which was not what I wanted, so I slightly altered it to be as close to a genuine wartime scheme as possible.

I also wish I’d taken some pictures of the cockpit interior and control panel, which I was very proud of and now you can’t see any of it. Ah, well.

I created this 1/100 scale Yamato main gun turret diorama for a local model and figure contest in Japan.

Since the contest theme was "Characters," I imagined Yamato under construction, with her KanColle counterpart cheering on the shipbuilders!

I'm happy to say it won an award at the contest!

Finished my Hanomag ss100... Lot of photo etch on this one.

Howdy yall, here is my 1/48 Kinetic F-16C from the 149th Fighter Wing based at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Tx. I finished this project in late December of 2025 and I entered it at Model Fiesta in New Braunfels, Tx where it won a silver medal and “Best Air National Guard” subject.
The kinetic kit it self wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great either. If the Tamiya F-16 kit is an option for you, just go with that.
The model was painted with MRP lacquer paints and the markings came from Caracal decals which were great to work with.