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- From: dmonroe@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Darrel Monroe)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.scale
- Subject: Gloss finishes
- Message-ID: <83711@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 00:47:59 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ut-emx.83711
- Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp
- Reply-To: dmonroe@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Darrel Monroe)
- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
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- Originator: dmonroe@huey.cc.utexas.edu
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- In his post of 11 Nov 92, Sean Fleming asks:
-
- > Which is the better acrylic gloss coat, Tamiya or Microscale (superscale)
- > or some other.
-
- There is no real easy answer to this, everyone has different things that they
- like. I personally don't use acrylics, I like enamels and lacquers, and
- generally spray using Dio-Sol as my thinner. However, I have a friend who
- builds fantastic models and swears by Pactra paints and their clear gloss
- coat. There are others I know that like to use Future floor wax. I've tried
- it with results that were acceptable. The other evening at out local model
- club meeting, one of the members was talking of using Future and showed some
- results. They looked pretty darn good.
-
- My best suggestion to you, try them, and find out what YOU like the best.
- The only way to get better at modeling is to experiment. I consider every
- model I build an experiment. I like to try something new, whether its a
- new product, different technique, etc. on everything that I do. Sometimes I
- succeed, sometimes I don't succeed as well. The quest is for what makes YOU
- the best modeller that you can be, and that might be totally different than
- what makes someone else good.
-
- Happy modelling.
-
- Darrel Monroe
- dmonroe@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
-