A B-58 but not a B-58 ..Finsh pics up

[AeroplaneDriver]

I love the finish of lacquer metallics but love spraying paints that I can clean up with water and don't have all the toxicity issues of lacquers. Vallejo seems a decent compromise.

[Wardukw]

I agree on both ..lacquer gives a beautiful smooth finish but it also eats all the seals on my brush and pretty much buggers it.
Also the price for 2 SMS paints I can get 5 Vallejo paints and the water clean up and no stink..ok the smell doesn't worry me as I don't really have a sense of smell anyway but I do get head aches..water based all the way chaps 

[zenrat]

SMS paint is made here in Victoria.  It's a much smaller business than Vallejo.  Presumably economies of scale  dictate the price differentials.
I like the stuff.  I've mostly used it on model cars so far but did try out the Auscam lacquer set on an Aussie Marines AAVR-7.  Worked well.
They have started doing acrylics but I haven't tried them yet.

[Wardukw]

That's cool to know Fred..Aussie made 
The thing is price wise there normal lacquer paints are $13nz each for a 30ml bottle..that's 3 times as much as a Tamiya paint pot and Tamiya is $5 to $6 nz here so that's works out pretty damn good .
Their metallics are $17nz each and thats out of my price range when I'm gonna need at least 3 colours for this bird ..I'll get some for sure when I can afford a much much better air brush .

[zenrat]

I've slowly been collecting a selection of colours for future car builds as I can afford them.  The range isn't as wide as Zero Paints but there are some gorgeous shades.
The Johan Chrysler Turbine Car I am building for the Ballarat show will be painted in gold SMS lacquer.

[Wardukw]

Dude I bet that's gonna look just gorgeous in that colour even tho I hate gold but when done right it looks brilliant.
I'll buy that Vallejo set tomorrow nite and with the PSR not seeming to end with this bloody plane I'll have the paint by the time it's ready ..still haven't reprimed it yet with the entire day it takes for the putty to go bone dry and found another problem today ..tell ya this Tamiya putty is starting to piss me off .

[Old Wombat]

This is why I have different putties for different roles;

Aves Apoxy Sculpt for the BIG filling jobs
Tamiya putty (white & grey) for the middling fill jobs, and
Perfect Plastic Putty for the teeny-tiny finishing jobs

 

[Wardukw]

If I'd done what I was ment to do right from the get go I would have been sorted..buuuuut nooo.. wally extraordinaire over here was wanting this thing built so the painting could take place to bring this to life..if anything I've gone back 3 steps but I'm getting there gents

Tell ya a bloody good filler for gaps ..it's sands but takes a wee while and sanding it wet  as it gets very hard .
The great thing is you can sand 5 mins after you've used it...extra thin CA and cigarette ash..ok you gotta smoke ..this part helps alot 

[kerick]

I still use the crazy glue and baking soda combo occasionally. Gets pretty hard over night but if there is a pocket of still liquid ca it gets messy. Some warn against using it but I've never had a problem.

[Wardukw]

I've known of that way for yrs and forgotten about it for just as long..memory issues as usual.
With the ash trick I put the glue in first.. extra thin as it soaks up very fast..ash on top ..soaks all the glue in instantly and then rinse and repeat.welll  blow and repeat.
You can fill a huge hole in a very short time and it will be rock hard in less than a hr ..that's how long I leave it for.

[kerick]

One YouTuber said to use powdered graphite. What a mess! I would only use that outdoors and the baking soda works better anyway.
I think some of these jerks of the almighty internet put out some stuff knowing it's a bad idea and then giggle themselves to sleep.

[Wardukw]

Graphite!!...CA wouldn't soak into that..it's too hard even as powder...yeah I agree ..it's a dick wack ..doing it for the views and the joke of it ..I do hate posers like that..alot! .
What I hate most about pricks like that is it could ruin a other wise good build for somebody..then that just leads to a whole new kettle of trouble down the line.
If anyone is going to try that ..please don't.

[kerick]

The ca did mix with the graphite somewhat but the baking soda is much better and much less mess. The graphite was definitely a half baked idea.

[Wardukw]

Half baked  ..no baking reference there   
I think the reason I tried the ash idea was well normally I don't have baking soda as I use self rising flour and baking soda is already in it  and well the ash I always have and it's kinda free 

[kerick]

I used to have a plastic bad of baking soda on my work bench for a long time. I kept wondering if a cop ever saw it would they think it was cocaine or something. Not that cops come into my house very often. I switched to a plastic pill type bottle a couple years ago. Much better.