Recent content by unclepine

Hey Buddy, the best advise I can give ya...practise, and more practise, which of course means buying more "stuff" to practise with...how cool is that...??!! I'm 72 as of Feb., and been building since I was 12, and to show for it, I have over 400 'unbuilt' models in the "model shop"...

This whole "thinner" debate makes my head hurt...LOL...! At my store, much like many others, either here in Canada or in the USA, there are guys that are so tight they squeak...! When I teach airbrush(35 years now), I ALWAYS tell the newbies to stick with the paints own thinner, to heck with all...

the Baron said one very important thing that I missed, and that is that just because it says 'acrylic" on the bottle, DOES NOT mean it's water based. There are many paints out there called "acrylic lacquers", which to some of my customers that frequent our LHS, are confused... to say the...

What is it with these people pushing Windex as a thinner/cleaner for airbrushing...??!! Windex with Ammonia WILL EAT your airbrush innards up over time and is intended to CLEAN CAR WINDOWS...NOT airbrushes...!! I know I am sorta yelling here, but I've been airbrushing for over 30 years...I teach...

It's a bummer when you have to check if your insurance will help you out. We are fortunate up here in the Great White North, to have universal health coverage, so no need to worry about mortgaging yer house to pay for a broken leg, hip surgery, or whatever. I feel for ya man, I've been down the...

Hey guys, I've been airbrushing and teaching it for many years now, and I have ONE caviat that I teach all my students...If you use Tamiya Paint, use Tamiya thinner(acrylic to acrylic, lacquer to lacquer), if you use Gunze paint, use Gunze thinner...etc., etc., etc. I know there are success...

LOVE IT...!!! I would do one tiny update...make the foot plates a little bigger and thicker.

Hey gang, as far as Tamiya is concerned, "X" is ALWAYS gloss, and "XF" is ALWAYS flat...and caps are for emphasis...NOT yelling...hahaha...! and the numbers ALWAYS refer to ratios of any given number of paints. I say this because saying "usually" implies there are other meanings for those Tamiya...

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It's only gonna get worse guys...we can't seem to divorce ourselves from the almighty gas burning car. Not to mention coal fired power stations, jet airplanes, gas lawn mowers(which I HATE with a passion)...got a battery powereed one 3 years ago...so quiet I don't wake the neighbors kids...! As...

Hey you guys, my LHS, HobbySense here in Winnipeg, is stocked right to the ceiling with kits...! You want tanks...he's got tanks...TONs of 'em. You want planes...same thing. He has over 9000 bottles of paint...in 5-6 brands in acrylic, lacquer and enamel(new Tamiya rack). He has tools galore and...

You haven't done enough research...I have a compressor, yes it not cheap, but but if you are gonna get into this hobby for the long haul, get a GOOD one. It is so quiet, you CANNOT hear it when it runs, only a short pfft, when it reaches full. You actually have to get down on yer knees, put your...

Hey kingslug, not to be too picky, but the headline should read "Takom"...not Takon... ;-) Unc

Cool...but what the heck is it...????!!! Unc