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**Slightly Off Topic** Recently saw a spray can of clear Krylon Acrylic Polyurethane at the store and was wondering what the difference was between that and Future. I'm working on a pair of painted drumsticks for a student of mine. I normally use multiple coats of thompson's polyurethane for furnitu...

Tamiya tape. Best stuff out there. I second that. I'm a cheap noob. I figured that it was too expensive since it was imported from Japan. Boy, was I wrong. It's only $3 a roll, $4 with the dispenser. I spent $12 worth of (almost) useless hardware store masking tape before settling with Tamiya. It w...

Ah. How about the plastikote primer? Seems like most prefer that over the duplicolor version.

I love Tamiya's and Mr Surfacer in the future, but if the cheaper auto primers are just as good, might as well give it a try.

Which one of the Duplicolor primers is the best substitute for Tamiya's spray bomb primer? Self Etching, Filling, or Sandable?

I saw an ad in FSM for ODX. Are there any over the counter alternatives for ODX? Simple Green?

I found that airbrush clean up is much easier with these compared to MM Acryl and P-scale.

When is it more beneficial to paint on the sprues before assembly?

Do you hone your Exacto blades? I know exacto blades are cheap, but it's great to get extra mileage out of them when you're too lazy to get some new ones. I have a double sided leather strop that I use for woodworking. It brings a dull blade back to life.