2025年2月14日 · A gem I picked up recently is that Tamiya's lacquer LP48 'Sparkling Silver' is NOT some metal-flake paint suitable for cars but, when sprayed over a polished black base, in fact dries as a bright chrome. MRP also does a lacquer paint that dries as chrome with a darker look to it (perhaps more like a nickel finish).

2024年12月27日 · I also purchased the supplemental raised rivet set (being somewhat obsessed with rivets). This ingenious design allows you to drill 0.2mm holes in the recessed rivet locations on the Tamiya fuselage, then insert a raised head rivet into the hole. Mathieu recommends a handheld powered drill to facilitate the process.

2016年7月15日 · Hello again all, its been a few months since I have posted any of my builds. I finished my f-16 on 6/12/16. This is everything I have into this build. First of all this is the 1/32 Tamiya f-16 block 50 kit converted into a f-16 block 42 for the Ohio Air National Guard out of Toledo, Ohio. I added a few extras to the build.

2013年1月2日 · Also, for yellow, i've heard people say that Tamiya's spray color "camel yellow" is a good match.. Hope this is helpful.. and i'd love to hear other peoples mix combinations for the other colors.. especially RLM 02.

2018年3月30日 · This is the original release of the Tamiya Caterham kit from 1994. At the time, it was supposedly the most expensive kit ever produced by Tamiya. I picked up my copy shortly after it came out and made a right mess of it. I tried to polish the aluminum body panels and only made it worse. I tried to cover the seats in leather and made them worse.

2023年10月20日 · Like many of you I was pretty excited to see Laminar Flow Design's impressive progress in making the Spitfire XIV conversion from the Tamiya Spitfire XVI kit, and while I missed out on the first release I watched Mathieu's announcements closely after that and placed my order within two minutes of the second.

2024年2月5日 · Tamiya or Airfix, the 24th Spit is slightly more detailed than the Tamiya kit AND is easier to get together, particularly the cowl fuse area if building it nose closed. Its a very very impressive Spitfire in 24th and as much as i love the Tamiya kit if im paying the same money its Airfix all the way.

2021年8月27日 · Using the EXTRA THIN Tamiya cement (light green cap) is different from using the THIN (green cap) variety. When using the EXTRA THIN variety, the two plastic parts must be in firm contact before applying the glue otherwise they wouldn’t bond. I’d touch one end of the join with the tip of the issued brush and let the capillary action do its ...

2022年12月30日 · With all of the excitement with the new Tamiya F-35 kit, I’ve been looking into the colors. Specifically FS36170.

2015年8月11日 · For example, the Tamiya IP is made up of multiple sections of PE overlaying clear bezels with a decal backing, while the HK has a one piece IP that you put an instrument panel decal over. Also, many details are molded as part of the cockpit sidewalks on the HK kit, whereas they are separate stick on parts on the Tamiya kit.