Starship Modeler Discussion Forums

I read all the posts on weathering with salt to show chipped paint and they all say you should scrub off the painted over salt. What do you use to scrub the model with? A sponge? Steel wool?

I just made my own decals for an x-wing. I printed the decals on an HP inkjet printer, then let the ink dry. Since the ink is water based you have to seal them on the decal paper with some kind of spray, I used testors decal bonder that I got at the local hobby shop. What you want to do is several c...

What is the best surface to begin weathering over? A flat dullcoat or a gloss coat? I just finished weathering an x-wing (so it's too late now!), but after I added the decals I sprayed the whole thing with testors dull coat. Once I started in on the pastels, I couldn't wip them off, and the whole th...

Ok, everybody takes pictures of their completed models to show on the net. Is there any desire out there to see your model actually moving and flying through the sky or space? I mean you spend so much time on the thing - I would like to see mine fly! On the another hand - special effect filming is a...