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Can anyone suggest a good mix of Tamiya colors to create "Cobalt Blue" ? I see it reference in many Japanese kits. Most of these kits are color with Gunze Sangyo color numbers. Unforetunately, Tamiya does not make an exact match, and I haven't been able to find any good color mix to repres...

Thanks for the pointer to the manual - I've lost my original. I did try taking out the long screws, but the lid they hold down wouldn't budge. I was afraid to get rough with it, incase it was going to need real factory repair. Ugh, I dread the idea of shipping it to paasche, the thing weighs a good ...

So my 1-year old Paasche D500 "stopped" while I was spraying Future the other day... I really havent used it that much, no more than 10 hours of use over the course of a year. When I power it up it buzzes a bit, and I can see the cooling impeller start to turn but stop immediately. I have ...

I once did something like this. I had decals applied, and coated my kit with some Future. When I went to do a Dull-Coat (Testors laquer based), I accidentally sprayed enamel Testors Gull-Gray all over my kit. I immediately used some enamel brush cleaner on the wet paint, and it came right off. Didn'...

I'd be careful with Easy-Lift Off. It'll seriously damage poly styrene. I used it on old Monogram kits (Go-Bots Leader-1 in particular!) back in the early 90s and it totally killed the plastic. All the smaller edges became very brittle and would snap off.