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speedgraflex wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2026 2:36 pm to borrow Kari’s phrase: Wonderful! I wish I could paint like that with acrylics… or are these enamels? Whenever I see the bright red pad I think Humbrol enamels.

LOL! Thanks Bruce - It IS a humbrol cutting mat but no, the paints are Hataka Blue line. It's not my best bit of painting, but I'll hide it under the weathering.

Very nice work so far Stuart! The camo turned out wonderfully!

Bruce, Sprue Brothers carries Hataka paints. I've used the Orange line and they airbrush nicely.

Stuart - your hairy stick talent never fails to impress me. I can only do tiny detail work with a brush.

speedgraflex wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2026 2:45 pm Ah, Hataka. I don’t know if we in the states see those as much. I can still buy Testors square bottle at my local art store and I do when I can. I don’t know very much about Hatska as I proved to you earlier.

They just a basic water based acrylic Bruce, no different from any of the others. What I do like is the range of colours. I buy mine direct from Poland mostly. I also use a lot of Humbrol, Citadel, Vallejo, AK/Ammo and Revell acrylics, and I quite like the new range of paints ICM are putting out - although I've not used many yet.

For airbrushing, I'd like to get into using the traditional Tamiya paints, and the new Mr Colour Aqueous - I have a few, I've just not jumped down the rabbit hole yet.

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2026 2:57 pm Very nice work so far Stuart! The camo turned out wonderfully!

Thanks Carlos! The brown's not that good, but it'll hopefully improve under the weathering.

keavdog wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2026 6:21 pm Stuart - your hairy stick talent never fails to impress me. I can only do tiny detail work with a brush.

Thanks John! Sometimes it works better than others.

Gary Brantley wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2026 8:01 am Man, that paintwork rocks, Stuart! Great job!

Thanks Gary!

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2026 3:25 pm

Thanks Tom!

I'm still making progress on the Airfix Ferret. Everything had a gloss coat after the initial dry-brush and the decals have been added. I'm just trying to highlight some of the detail using these Citadel washes and then I'll give everything a matt coat before another drybrush, dust wash and pigments - hopefully it'll look okay once done.

I also need to get the Milliputt out to make a tarp for the rear deck. Oh and sand mats and antenna need to be fitted.



I know I have a lot on the go at the moment - but I'm just trying to concentrate on one build at a time - whether it's an old build or something new.

Cheers!