Category: How-to

The biggest factor in causing cloudy, dull paint on a model is using the wrong type of paint when the humidity is above 40%. Acrylics work better than lacquers on a high humidity day. You can make...

Is painting our model kit pieces with primer important or are we just adding an unnecessary step in the building process? There are a lot of different opinions on this subject so lets dig in and look...

With the paints and conditions we have to work with it sometimes it can be really difficult to get the desired finish we are looking for on our models. Sometimes it comes out cloudy, while another...

Let's face it, some of the chrome that comes on some models just isn't up to the standards we set when we are putting so much time and effort into building a model. In some kits it is just too thick...

Do you ever wish your model kits included more chrome parts, or that the chrome parts included were of a better quality? There are products on the market today that can emulate pretty closely the...

Once the paint has dried some models look like they are still missing something. This is where the decal sheet comes in. Just about every model kit from level one on contains a decal sheet, sometimes...