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pins of different head sizes are available at fabric shops...might be worth looking into.

I just checked my spray booth and it doesn't have an adapter. It has a wall plug wired directly to the unit. I have a photo of it here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/109040522 ... 875285378/

I've got one, but it's in storage. I'll find out for you in the next day or so.

Like you said, black 'sucks up' a lot of the light. Silver will just reflect it all around the interior of the model until it finds a small seam and then will show through. Black is best to 'absorb' the light. Make sure there are no seams, even better is to use black electrical tape around all/or mo...

I spray the insides black. This is probably the best colour to use.
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Cool or warm white has nothing to do with the heat range of the lights. Leds run cool compared to other lighting.
"cool white" simply means a pure white light.
"warm white" has a yellowish tinge to the light that it emits.

So, it depends on the look you're after.

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Yeah, I think I'll experiment a bit and see what happens. I did kinda like the idea of dusting some glitter over a wet coat, and get a nice 'thick' coating then putting a few clear coats over that. But then again I also like the idea of having several coats of glitter and clear coats, to get the eff...

I did think of just dusting some glitter over a wet clear coat, but I thought it would probably end up 'blotchy' and not evenly distributed over the clear. That's why I'm thinking of mixing some glitter in a bottle of clear. More likely to be evenly distributed throughout the mix.

PetarB...just went onto your site and saw the pilot figures you have. Any chance of you doing any Battlestar Galactica figures? Viper pilots and cylon figures?

Thanks guys for the input, I think I'll just play around a bit and experiment on scrap plastic. So many colours, so many different particle sizes, so many ways of doing this...no one way is better than the other....just different. I was thinking of doing it this way: 1: primer x 1 coat 2: metallic b...

Here's another video. This guy has used "Folk Art Extreme Glitter" to get the effect that I'm after. Think I might do this, or maybe try the PearlEx pigments. Maybe even try to make my own glitter paint with micro glitter. Check it out... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj_Uc_7MTpQ This guy...

here's a video of the effect I'm looking for.....pretty crappy quality video, but you get the idea. Only visible in sunlight, and you can see just how 'big' the flakes are.....they're not tiny, that's for sure!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI_n6_OjW5Q

I have seen a few metallic powders, but I really want to try to get the effect of large fish scale 'bits' in the paint. I want to shoot a metallic colour basecoat, then clear it with larger 'reflective' bits in the clear. Like they did way back then. This is for a VW "Manx type" dune buggy...

Hi guys, This may be a little off topic in regards to sci fi stuff, but I want to experiment with adding very fine glitter to some acrylic clear and spraying it on a model. Trying to emulate the metal flake effect that was popular in the 60's and 70's on practically every custom car, more specifical...

Been looking for an air compressor and came across some youtube videos showing how to convert an old noisy compressor into a whisper quiet one by using a fridge compressor/motor. I was thinking that's exactly what I want, so.... I bought a small used unit online, tank is 6 litres. 'Small tank is per...