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How Do U Paint A Resin Kit? - CreepingDead - 07-27-2006
Quote:Correct, but it\'s still the same process for painting.
I was just pointing that out because there are sellers in Japan that like to use the pics of the Screamin Kits boxes, but then you get it and it\'s a bag of quickly recasted resin parts with the picture of the box. If I\'m under the impresson I\'m buying a screamin\' kit, it better be a REAL screamin\' kit when I get it gosh darn it! LOL
How Do U Paint A Resin Kit? - petejig - 07-27-2006
Quote:I was just pointing that out because there are sellers in Japan that like to use the pics of the Screamin Kits boxes, but then you get it and it\'s a bag of quickly recasted resin parts with the picture of the box. If I\'m under the impresson I\'m buying a screamin\' kit, it better be a REAL screamin\' kit when I get it gosh darn it! LOLI agree with you entirely, re-casts shouldn\'t be baught,it\'s just the same for garage kits as it is for masks.I recently got Geometric\'s Medusa,I could have got a Jap re-cast much cheaper, but I\'m proud to say I got an original & it\'s a lovely kit by the way.
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How Do U Paint A Resin Kit? - Cryptoys.com - 07-28-2006
Quote:I was just pointing that out because there are sellers in Japan that like to use the pics of the Screamin Kits boxes, but then you get it and it\'s a bag of quickly recasted resin parts with the picture of the box. If I\'m under the impresson I\'m buying a screamin\' kit, it better be a REAL screamin\' kit when I get it gosh darn it! LOL
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The boots are not out of Japan, they come out of Thailand. Maybe some Japanese people are selling them but they are done in Thailand. Japan makes their own stuff including Tsukuda, Billiken etc.
How Do U Paint A Resin Kit? - Cryptoys.com - 07-28-2006
Quote:I agree with you entirely, re-casts shouldn\'t be baught,it\'s just the same for garage kits as it is for masks.I recently got Geometric\'s Medusa,I could have got a Jap re-cast much cheaper, but I\'m proud to say I got an original & it\'s a lovely kit by the way.
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I used to get a lot of kits from George(Geometrics previous owner and founder, in fact the Geo in GEOmetric.) His stuff absolutely cannot be matched, not even the current owner can do it as well. The prep time and pre-paint work is so minimal it\'s worth the money. Especially the Clash stuff, he did those so early, they are expensive now. Good find!
How Do U Paint A Resin Kit? - petejig - 07-28-2006
Quote:I used to get a lot of kits from George(Geometrics previous owner and founder, in fact the Geo in GEOmetric.) His stuff absolutely cannot be matched, not even the current owner can do it as well. The prep time and pre-paint work is so minimal it\'s worth the money. Especially the Clash stuff, he did those so early, they are expensive now. Good find!Thanks, I was pleased at finding the kit myself. It\'s certainly not an easy one,this is going to take tiiiiiiiime,but I will do a fine job, and post pics of course when she\'s finished. :thumbsup:
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How Do U Paint A Resin Kit? - Bullzilla65 - 07-29-2006
I\'ve been a model kit builder all my life, from styrene to vinyl, to resin.
Do NOT use model paint on either vinyl or resin!! It won\'t dry correctly, and will ruin the model. Something about the model paint reacts badly to both vinyl and resin, and the paint will be tacky forever.
Others were correct, you want to wash the parts first. I use simple dish soap, and scrub the parts really well with an old toothbrush. This removes any oils on the surface, from the molds. It will allow paint to stick to it better.
Use ACRYLIC PAINTS. They will work on both styrene and resin, with no reaction, and they dry really fast. These can be bought at alot of different places, best at Walmart in the craft section. The paints come in small bottles, and are fairly cheap enough.
Some people use a primer to basecoat their models before painting, but I think, at least in my case, that the acrylics are thick enough so you won\'t need a primer.
Good luck, and be sure to post pics when you are finished!
Oh! Just thought about Screamin\' kits... You MIGHT wanna fill the lower section of the kit with something to give it a bit of weight. Screamin\' made great kits, but they didn\'t want to stand on their own worth crap. You might want to think about glueing the model to some sort of base also, to prevent it from tipping over.
I also want to warn you that heat plays a huge factor in the models too. I spent an entire summer watching a vinyl model of mine slowly do a nose dive, because the summer heat had softened the vinyl. I learned my lesson the hard way there, and now if it looks like a weak spot, like ankles might get affected by summer heat, I fill them with Rock Hard Putty (found in hardware stores). No more bendy models.