Tamiya Panel Line Accent Colour Paint

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Once these clear coats have fully dried in an hour or so the Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color can be safely added.

It’s critical to let them dry or you risk rubbing the Tamiya pigment into the unhardened clear coat. He’s the author of two large volume science fiction adventure romance novels with many more in the works. This Tamiya 40ml Light Grey Panel Line Accent Color is ideal for highlighting panel lines and other details to give your model a more realistic depth. Some of the models Sunward Hobbies sell have coloured plastic parts, so if you simply want to add some depth and detail to your model here’s what to do.Lining Like a Pro 】　These enamel paints are ideal for highlighting panel lines and other details to give your model a more realistic depth. Drying time is around 30 minutes, yet I’ve found an hour to be best if I have thicker recessed lines or taller raised details. Tamiya have X20 thinner available at Sunward Hobbies, but I didn’t have any on hand so I used some Abteilung 502 Odourless Thinner I’d previously purchased. Continue to shake the jar then dab again until you’re satisfied that all the lines have the desired intensity. With the wing part in full view, you can clearly see that uncoated wing tip area refused to give up all the pigment, leaving a brown hue.

This color was added to Panel Line Accent Color Series; it is ideal for highlighting panel lines and other details to give your model a more realistic depth. Notice the difference between the pronounced detail in the lower part of the picture vs the bland upper half of the photograph? Then, gently dab the brush on that point and watch how the Panel Line Accent Color flows along those lines. The paint has been pre-diluted into the ideal viscosity and can be easily applied into crevasses such as panel lines with the brush on the bottle cap. Here’s an added tip, if you’re doing the entire model, or a good portion of it, I suggest using an eye dropper or pipette and put 5 or 6 drops in a small cup.Now you may opt to leave this as a weathering effect, clean it up a little as a “post shade” or get rid of it entirely. For well over 40 years he’s been building scale model replicas and now does commission work for clients in Canada and the USA, plus completes projects for companies in Asia and Europe. Product description Revell Contacta Professional Glue is ideal for a huge variety of model-making projects, allowing you to achieve extremely precise adhesion for plastics. Use the same method for removing the excess as explained above, yet for raised bolts and rivets a fine brush will allow you to get in between those without removing the needed accent color.

Unscrew the cap and touch the shaft of the brush to the inside of the jar’s mouth, removing the excess. You will also need an enamel thinner such as mineral or white spirits to dilute the excess and properly clean up the areas being worked on. All the products used in this tutorial are available at Sunward Hobbies, so there’s no magical hidden formula or nonsense.To remove it, simply take the piece of paper towel used to dry your cotton swab and wipe the area down. Brown is great for military models as well as highlighting details on bright colors such as Yellow or Orange.