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oh Stuart, you finally started to use an airbrush, really? Oh Tempore Oh Mores!
You use an airbrush now and you still use this old weathering stuff, that Marmite?
Go get yourself something healthy—some proper chemicals, something that really reeks—not that watered-down roasted grain stuff, ground up and mixed with other natural ingredients ... well, partly ... yuck! The poor models, the poor plastic ... Now, that X20A hiding so shyly behind the spray booth — that’s a start.



Looks like a cozy place to relax.

Hey now.... I still use Testors tube glue!

Stuart, you've got yourself a very nice setup. The sign on the wall with "the floggings will continue...." I had the same one at my sorting case at work. "The beatings will continue until morale improves. Signed "Management"

Impisi wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2026 2:53 pm oh Stuart, you finally started to use an airbrush, really? Oh Tempore Oh Mores!
You use an airbrush now and you still use this old weathering stuff, that Marmite?
Go get yourself something healthy—some proper chemicals, something that really reeks—not that watered-down roasted grain stuff, ground up and mixed with other natural ingredients ... well, partly ... yuck! The poor models, the poor plastic ... Now, that X20A hiding so shyly behind the spray booth — that’s a start.



Looks like a cozy place to relax.

Thanks Martin - it's nice to be able to use it. I've been spraying Tamiya Acrylics on a 50:50 mix hence the X-20A. I'm not going to stop brush painting though - I find it too relaxing to give up and I do have a LOT of paints only suitable for brush painting.

The Marmite is totally for snack purposes - you can't waste good marmite on weathering.

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2026 7:07 pm Hey now.... I still use Testors tube glue!

Me too - I like Humbrol tube glue.

tempestjohnny wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2026 3:02 am Stuart, you've got yourself a very nice setup. The sign on the wall with "the floggings will continue...." I had the same one at my sorting case at work. "The beatings will continue until morale improves. Signed "Management"

LOL! Yep - that used to be on the wall of my cubicle when I still worked in an office - I had a load of signs like that, along with a lot of Dilbert cartoons cutout from the newspaper.

When I bought that DSPIAE drill I hadn't realised that it only had a 8mm chuck and you could only use DSPIAE bits for it - at a cost. Added to that they only went down to 1.5mm (stepped down from a 8mm shaft - yeah that's not going to break) which frankly is crap. So I bought a pin vice adaptor so I could use my 0.3mm bits.

Heh… those micro drill bits do break pretty easy if you’re not careful. Ever had a micro drill sliver embedded in your finger before? Ask me how I know.

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2026 8:41 am Heh… those micro drill bits do break pretty easy if you’re not careful. Ever had a micro drill sliver embedded in your finger before? Ask me how I know.

Yes indeed - I've had loads break over the years. But I've drilled over 60 holes now with this set up (both sides of the chieftain and the sand mat form the Ferret) and it's not been a problem, one bit for the whole lot. The drill is actually very gentle.