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I have this year's Airfix 1/24 scale Spitfire IXc and because I haven't made a model since my childhood, where's the best place to buy the Humbrol enamel paints? `It seems the small tins are £2.49 each? I need 23 of them!
 
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Thanks Andy. I may opt for acrylic as brushes are easier to clean. The dropper bottles are also £2.49 each.
 
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Thanks Andy. I may opt for acrylic as brushes are easier to clean. The dropper bottles are also £2.49 each.
It must be nearly 50 years since I last did any kits.

I just had a quick look at the Airfix catalogue and the prices are a bit of an eye-opener!
But I suppose they will be after 50 years! Sailing ships were my preference: lovely to look at
but a bit of a dust trap nightmare.

Andy
 

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I have this year's Airfix 1/24 scale Spitfire IXc and because I haven't made a model since my childhood, where's the best place to buy the Humbrol enamel paints? `It seems the small tins are £2.49 each? I need 23 of them!
do you not have anything in your artist armoury, mixing colours would be a skill of yours would it not or is paint not your thing, one should never ass-u-me (y)
 

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I'm idle and a stickler for accuracy.

There are 244 steps in the construction. I will probably reach step 24 and it will suddenly resemble a crashed Spitfire Mk IXc.
 
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It must be nearly 50 years since I last did any kits.

I just had a quick look at the Airfix catalogue and the prices are a bit of an eye-opener!
But I suppose they will be after 50 years! Sailing ships were my preference: lovely to look at
but a bit of a dust trap nightmare.

Andy
You can now buy washes - weathering effects. One is a dust wash.
 
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toms wait

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I'm idle and a stickler for accuracy.

There are 244 steps in the construction. I will probably reach step 24 and it will suddenly resemble a crashed Spitfire Mk IXc.
I like the idea of doing kits but am impatient and would rush then get bored
 

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I use acrylic paints, not that they are necessarily cheaper. Buy a lot of mine from here Have a look at Genesis models on Facebook.. He does lots of tutorials etc.
 

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I use acrylic paints, not that they are necessarily cheaper. Buy a lot of mine from here Have a look at Genesis models on Facebook.. He does lots of tutorials etc.
Do you have a link?
 

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I have this waiting. Easier than yours.

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Teaching you to be a professional in scale modelling.

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How can you be a professional in a hobby?
 

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