Habanero Tan Progress Update
Prep work is the most important phase in any model building. Painting is easy. Sanding, priming, re sanding, re priming, and repeating is tedious work but in the end, it is well worth the effort. Once all this is done,…
Temporary MIA
I'm currently in the process of changing domain hosts, so images, pages, and the usual theme are MIA while things get pieced back together. My old host was just too limiting on the amount of storage space, and I recently…
Habanero Tan Progress & Resin Cleaning Tutorial
After soaking the sanded parts in purple power, I threw the parts into the ultrasonic cleaner along with water and a few drops of vinegar for a quick cleaning cycle. Once run, the parts were taken out and dried and…
Build Night and Habenaro Tan Progress Update
Folks started showing up around 3:00PM today for the model build gathering that I’ve been holding once a month. There were six of us today, a pretty good size. The airbrush station was running for a couple of hours and we had a few people get some painting done. I finally got some time to sit down and just focus on the Habenaro Tan commission project that I started almost two weeks ago. I got a good amount of sanding done and all the parts with the exception of the puttied part are currently soaking in purple cleaner solution. If I get a chance tomorrow, I will finish the clean up and spray on the first coat of primer. (more…)