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Showcase Your Scale Modelling Triumphs: Inspire, Engage, and Connect Without Bragging!
Discover smart strategies to share your modelling achievements in a way that sparks inspiration and constructive dialogue, fostering a supportive community without sounding boastful. Sharing your scale modelling…
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What’s With The Hand‽🫴
Photography Faux Pas! 📷 📱 🎥 Proper Photography Etiquette for Depicting Relational Scale 📏 When showcasing the size of a model, miniature, or any small object, using readily…
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Achieving Perfect Airbrush Ratios: Mastering Thinner-to-Paint Mixing
Mastering Paint Thinning for Airbrushing: Acrylic and Lacquer Paints The Myth of “Milk Consistency” A common guideline for thinning paint is to aim for the “consistency of milk,”…
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Light Box Photography Vs. Professional Photography Lighting for Miniatures and Scale Models
A Detailed Comparative Exploration of Light Box Photography Versus Professional Photography Lighting In the expansive world of photography, lighting stands out as an essential element that dramatically influences…
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How-To Effectively Use 3G Acrylic Paint
How to Effectively Use 3rd Generation Acrylic Paint Overview 3rd Generation Acrylic Paint offers a lacquer-like hard finish, self-levelling properties, and no tip-dry issues. While it provides excellent…
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WWI BRITISH SERVICE BROWN COLOUR RECIPE
BRITISH WW I SERVICE BROWN COLOUR 𝗣𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀Ground white lead – 38lbsStone ochre – 26lbs 8ozsBurnt Turkey Umber – 9lbs 8ozsGround lamp black – 12ozsPrussian blue – 12ozs 𝗙𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗿𝘀…
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TAMIYA X-20 & X-20A THINNERS
to TAMIYA X-20 & X-20A THINNERS Thinners, also known as reducers, are complicated and confusing at the best of times. As if we don’t have enough thinners already,…
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Mr.COLOR THINNERS
Lacquer Thinners: Notable Differences Blue/Yellow Label Mr.COLOR THINNER (Blue Label) and Mr.COLOR LEVELLING THINNER (Yellow Label) are identical products except for a levelling agent retarding drying time. The…
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Modelling Palette Knives
DIORAMA TOOLS LUKAS Palette Knife There are palette knives, and then there are palette knives. This tooltip is about the latter. I’ve used three types of metal palette…
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OptiVISOR
A Modelling Must Have MFG: Dongan Optical Co. USA OptiVISOR & OptiVISOR LX (AL)Working with the OptiVISOR for the past week or so, I find I am reaching…
