Mal Mayfield (Holdfast) presents a great article on how he uses Klear to polish up his models (no pun intended!).
The Future Is Klear
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Tin_Can
Florida, United States
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Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 02:53 PM UTC
Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 06:22 PM UTC
Nice one Mal
That's an excellent How-To Feature :-)
Really nicely written and laid out to explain the techniques clearly. :-)
All the best
Rowan
That's an excellent How-To Feature :-)
Really nicely written and laid out to explain the techniques clearly. :-)
All the best
Rowan
Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 06:04 AM UTC
Hi Mal,
Well done.
I have used Future/Klear for a few years now. Airbrushing can be tricky. Frequently I get 'orange peel', the patchy surface you may be writing of. I have found that multiple VERY LIGHT coats attenuate this.
TO REMOVE this product, use ammonia, which almost instantaneously disolves it. I have removed Future with ammonia from Pactra Acryic, Polly Scale and AeroMaster without any effect on the unsealed paint.
And you gotta luv that smell!
All the best,
Fred
Well done.
I have used Future/Klear for a few years now. Airbrushing can be tricky. Frequently I get 'orange peel', the patchy surface you may be writing of. I have found that multiple VERY LIGHT coats attenuate this.
TO REMOVE this product, use ammonia, which almost instantaneously disolves it. I have removed Future with ammonia from Pactra Acryic, Polly Scale and AeroMaster without any effect on the unsealed paint.
And you gotta luv that smell!
All the best,
Fred
tek2
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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2003 - 10:11 AM UTC
Yes, a most excellent article Mal. Easily understood.
thenamshow
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Posted: Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 03:41 AM UTC
yea great tip for biggebers or poeple that just didnt know that
firemann816
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Posted: Friday, November 07, 2003 - 12:13 PM UTC
Thanks HoldFast -
I was going to AB Future onto my models before i did thier wash to help the wash run into the recesses.
I'll brush it by hand now, b/c I sure dont want pooling and I really dont want to lose any surface detail either.
Thanks for the fine feature.
I was going to AB Future onto my models before i did thier wash to help the wash run into the recesses.
I'll brush it by hand now, b/c I sure dont want pooling and I really dont want to lose any surface detail either.
Thanks for the fine feature.