Painting

Paint goes an incredibly long way when used in an airbrush, so it's best to use just a few drops at a time to avoid unnecessary wastage and a messy cleanup operation later.Successful airbrushing is all about experience and technique and...

Micromesh polishing cloths are traditionally used for polishing delicate or valuable items such as jewellery and glass to remove fine scratches or blemishes without damaging the product.This also makes them of particular interest to modellers...

There are several nozzle sizes available for airbrushes ranging from 0.1mm to 5mm. For many modellers, a medium nozzle measuring around 3.5mm will be sufficient for most modelling requirements.Nozzles of this size can create fine lines as thin...

Once you have chosen a model to keep you occupied for a weekend or two, you will need to buy some paint to finish it off, but how much should you buy?The answer to this question of course will depend on the size of your model, but for the...

If you're lucky enough to know a lot about models and have experience painting them, how much the paint costs, is something you probably don't give much thought to. But equally, there are a lot of people out there either modelling for the first...

A wash is a thinned down coat of paint used by modellers to add details such as weathering, dust, grime, oil, rust or mud to the models and scenery on their layouts or dioramas.A wash is a coat of paint so thin, that when applied to a model,...

We are often advised to dry-brush models to achieve particular effects, but what is dry brushing, and when would you use this technique?Dry brushing is the process of putting just enough paint on your brush to leave a trace of it on your...

The most realistic model brick walls are those with some of the individual bricks picked out in slightly different shades, but how is this achieved?There is no real shortcut to this effect, most modellers simply colour the bricks individually....

If you're thinking of weathering a model using an aerosol, have a good think about it first.Although it is not impossible to apply weathering to a model using an aerosol can, it is very difficult to achieve convincing or realistic effects....

One of the many advantages of acrylic paint is that it dries really fast and is often touch-dry within minutes of application.Although this is very handy for keeping your fingers, tools and workstation paint-free, it is vital that, although it...

Hydrocal can be easily painted using acrylic paints.Hydrocal is a plaster-like substance many modellers use for moulding scenic items such as bricks, stones and rocks. It is a lot lighter than plaster of Paris and does not crack.Once set,...

Rust prevention is pretty much at the top of the list when it comes down to criteria for military primers. Because of this, a primer containing red oxide is generally their primer of choice.Red oxide is used in high-performance primers to...