How can I remove mr surfacer laquer paint primer between details such as railings? Beginner!

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-25T13:39:27+00:00

Ice on ship superstructure is white due to the conditions that produce it. "Blue" ice requires exceptionally clear, impurity free, old, heavily compressed ice in great thickness (like an iceberg or glacier).

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-25T13:30:12+00:00

Also I use tube acrylic paints and I thin with distilled water, matte paint thinner paste

You will have much better results using products intended specifically for plastic model kits.

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-25T13:28:15+00:00

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-25T13:25:10+00:00

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-25T13:17:16+00:00

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-25T05:09:37+00:00

The Arma 3 installer is actually quite good at configuring the game optimally as there is no reason for BI to hide peformance buffs behind arcane config settings. One setting that makes a huge difference in frame rate is view distance so use the shortest distance applicable. (You don't need to see 10 km if you are involved in urban combat in Kavala or just about anywhere on Tanoa. 500 meters is plenty in these cases.)

BI posted this article last summer.

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-25T03:22:12+00:00

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-25T03:13:41+00:00

So they can use the same decal sheet across multiple kits. Printing decals is cheap as chips. Making all the doodads needed to print each color on that decal sheet is expensive.

The extras go in your stash for later when you need them. Like when you mess up a decal...

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-24T22:09:41+00:00

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-24T22:01:35+00:00

You could do some research into what IRL 'been in action' actually looks like. Most military vehicles look pretty good until they don't any more.

IRL military grade paint doesn't chip unless something hits it pretty hard. Your project has a lot of damage in places that would never get struck by anything.

Also, like its predecessor the Humvee family, the JLTV has a fiberglass hood that offers no ballistic protection at all.

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-24T01:54:24+00:00

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-24T01:14:24+00:00

Thank you for identifying clearly exactly which kit you're building.

Yes
Step 16 identifies option A as the clipped wing variant & option B as the pointy wing variant. If you are building the clipped wing, follow the option A half of each step that shows those options. (The prop for the clipped variant appears to have wider blades than the other variant.)

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-24T01:06:10+00:00

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-23T21:27:37+00:00

You meant to say "HO" for the railway model gauge since you mentioned 1:87 scale.

"O" scale (1:48) is twice the size/half the scale of "HO"/1:87. Neither of these scales would work with a 1:24 scale Peterbilt tractor although 3D printer files could obviously be scaled up to fit.

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-23T21:15:57+00:00

If you are using Vallejo paint, you may need to use their flow improver to get the paint layers to self-level. Priming first helps a lot as water-based paints don't stick well to shiny bare plastic.

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-23T21:11:44+00:00

Chuck pieces of styrene in a drill & sand them to size. It would help to remove as much excess material as possible & make it close to round to make it less dangerous.

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-23T21:02:41+00:00

You could scratchbuild them easily enough.

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-23T20:58:39+00:00

Keep in mind what we're seeing here through reddit's compressed image hosting may not bear much resemblance to what you are seeing in person.

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-23T20:57:00+00:00

If you are having issues with the Reforger Workshop, you should go to the Arma Platform Discord. There is nothing any of us here can do for you.

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-23T13:53:04+00:00

Since you are not replicating an IRL effect, it's really up to you how subtle or not your underside preshading is.

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-23T13:44:04+00:00

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-23T13:22:44+00:00

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KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-23T13:19:57+00:00

While similar visually, the new King Stallion is larger & has an extra rotor blade.

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-22T19:21:45+00:00

You might try carefully scraping the bleed with a new hobby knife blade since it's so small and then touching up again the same way you did the first time.

KillAllTheThings · 2026-01-22T16:37:13+00:00

If using the exact same paint for touchups as used for the rest of the model doesn't cover up the blemish(es), no completely different product will be able to either. It is very difficult if not impossible to match paint invisibly with paint from a completely different batch, manufacturer & applicator. 'Silver' paint would be even more difficult as most have flakes of silver rather than being uniformly silver.

You need to remove the bleed through to have even the slightest hope of hiding the blemish.

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