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Modeling in General: Weathering
Discuss general weathering topics here.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 09:56 AM UTC
Hi fellow builders!
Do anyone have any experience with these products? http://www.tamiya.com/english/news/news0507/news4.htm Any comments appreciated!
Cheers Andreas
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Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 10:27 AM UTC
I have not seen any of these new items. I too, am interested if anyone can vouch for these new items.

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Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 10:56 AM UTC
Thanks for the link. I saved it in my favorites. When they come available I will be getting some of these for sure.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 12:31 PM UTC
I think I saw those weathering powders at the LHS yesterday. I'm not sure, I really didn't pay that much attention. I guess people will be buying these to work on all the new DML kits now that Tamiya isn't bringing out diddly that is new? (sorry, couldn't resist that dig)
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Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 01:09 PM UTC
There has been several threads on this one and have heard some good reviews from those who have used it. I might get it once its out at my LHS but like Rodger said though, i would much rather prefer to see newer models being rolled out. Im pro-Tamiya though so its all good.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 01:54 PM UTC
I dunno about modeling with items that look like a chick's makeup compact :-)
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Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 02:26 PM UTC
Saw the powders at my LHS this past Sunday. Haven't used them so I have no comment on how they work. "Q"
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Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 06:32 PM UTC

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I dunno about modeling with items that look like a chick's makeup compact :-)



Lots of people mentioned that but i do find comfort knowing that these powders are used for enhancing ones age and chicks will be doin the runner when they know about this.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 06:52 PM UTC
What's a set of these run? Never used dusting powders before, but these might be interesting and maybe with a coat of dullcoat they might stay on. Does great models or any of the on-line stores carry them?
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Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 02:48 AM UTC
I have both sets of weathering powders. Picked them up at the hobby show this past weekend.

The reason they look like a 'chick's comapct' is that they are essentially the exact same thing. Only difference is these come in mud, sand, soot, rust, etc. Haven't seen those colors in the makeup section. :-)

I have not had the opportunity to use them yet, but they look like they will come in handy.

As for price, I believe they run about $5 in the US. Up here in Canada, the importer has put them in the $10Cdn range.

Considering the price of Mig pigments, these are a pretty good buy IMHO.
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Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 03:53 AM UTC
The tamiya wheathering products were discussed in detail in the armor forum? , I believe.
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Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 04:03 AM UTC

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The tamiya wheathering products were discussed in detail in the armor forum? , I believe.



Yeah it was but not everyone placed their views on it so is always interesting to see the people that frequent this forum has to say.
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Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 02:03 AM UTC
I have commented on these products in the past. I really like the weathering sticks but the compact things arent as good in my opinion. u r better off using powders.
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Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 10:03 AM UTC
I bought mine from http://www.best1hobby.com/. The powders were $9.25 (USD) and the sticks were $4.40, each. I haven't used either yet, but have read some good reviews about them.
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Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 05:56 PM UTC
I bought a set from my LHS & tried them out. Whether they have dried out in transit I don't know, but they were very hard to get out of the "compact". Are you supposed to wet them? The instructions aren't clear. I found I got the result I was after by turning to some Railway powders I bought years ago.
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