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07-31-2009, 12:10 AM
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#211
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Re: DAK's Customizing Discussion Thread
are you looking to dry brush, or just spray paint it? there's a few tutorials in our tutorial section that help with that.
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08-24-2009, 02:16 AM
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#212
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Location: Stratford Ontario
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Re: DAK's Customizing Discussion Thread
other than rubbing alcohol, does nail poilish remover take factory paint off? or will it damage plastic?
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08-24-2009, 02:26 AM
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#213
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Re: DAK's Customizing Discussion Thread
It does take off paint but it makes the plastic brittle and liable to snap. So for removing paint I would use a 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol bath. Leave the pieces in there for an hour or more and then wipe them down with paper towel.
The nail polish remover I find works faster but only use it if you're using it on thick plastic. AVOID JOINTS AND PINS....nearly destroyed the opening back on Classics Starscream making Thundercracker
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08-24-2009, 12:48 PM
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#214
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Location: Stratford Ontario
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Re: DAK's Customizing Discussion Thread
ok, i want to remove all the factory paint from classics jetfire to make him into dreadwind, so avoid nail polish remover then? where do you buy it? shoppers?
Last edited by brr-icy; 08-24-2009 at 01:00 PM.
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08-24-2009, 01:20 PM
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#215
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Re: DAK's Customizing Discussion Thread
Ya you can get both rubbing alcohol and nail polish remover at shoppers....if you want to remove all the factory paint from him lemme give some tips
*goes and digs his Jetfire off the shelf...
ok the red on his crotch piece can be nail polished, same with the black paint on his "pauldrons". You can pop of the nose that splits to the sides of his chest and give them an isoproply bath....the rest is where it'll get tricky the rear tail fins are pinned in and getting those pins out looks like a nightmare....you could nail polish remover them but you risk breaking them since they are thin plastic. The main wing aren't easily detachable either and would require nail polish remover as well (same risks as before). The cockpit easily pops off, the back part can easily be thrown into the bath, but the main piece and the helmet have clear plactic underneath. Once the paint is removed you'll have an overall clear piece. Actual head can be iso bath'd.
I know there's not much paint on this guy but removing it seems like a night mare to me. In the long run it may be easier to just paint over whats already there instead of removing it. Be it a straight up paint job over what's there, or prime first then paint.
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08-24-2009, 02:35 PM
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#216
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Location: Stratford Ontario
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Re: DAK's Customizing Discussion Thread
ok, i have him as far disassembled as possible, i think he might get a straight up repaint, except i want to mod the face so it is more dreadwind/less jetfire
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08-24-2009, 04:42 PM
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#217
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Re: DAK's Customizing Discussion Thread
You;re gonna need someone else's advice for that one....I'm not one for sculpting....yet....
>: D
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08-24-2009, 04:55 PM
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#218
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Location: Stratford Ontario
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Re: DAK's Customizing Discussion Thread
i know how lol, i have some thin plastic sheets to make his facemask
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08-25-2009, 12:10 AM
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#219
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Location: Stratford Ontario
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Re: DAK's Customizing Discussion Thread
the paint on this is extremely resilient, some peeled quick, but the red on the fuselage is very hard, it's been soaking for like two hours almost
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08-25-2009, 01:50 AM
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#220
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Location: Making a stop at Willoughby
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Re: DAK's Customizing Discussion Thread
Use an old tooth brush & scrub em down !
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