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I thought it was common knowledge that acrylics have opaque characteristics compared to enamels. That's why you can do easily preshading when you paint with acryls but not with enamels.

Does anyone have any experience of these coloured fiber filaments this seller is selling?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/me80/m.html?ite ... 7675.l2562

Hi, I wanted to continue this topics since it's close enough my question. What are the weathering principles for space ships? What elements have an effect on the surface? And which ones are suitable for the different scales? I'm mainly interested of space ships in ~1:4000 scale and fighters in 1:72,...