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Spray Paint Finishing Process: How to Get a Fantastic Surface On Your Models and Prototypes
By Rain Noe - Apr 26
Eric Strebel's getting into some serious ID modelmaking secret sauce here. Painting a model or prototype is where things can go to hell pretty quickly, unless you've got a good system down. So check out Strebel's blend of herbs and spices, covering surface prep, fixing errors, a clever trick for using your object to make a sanding block, how to avoid spotting, what to use, what not to use and more.
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Enter a caption (optional)This is an information-dense, technique-rich, very useful vid!
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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i appreciate these videos as a great introduction into model making and finishing and i'd like to add a couple tips i've found over the years.
Popsicle sticks are invaluable tools for making small sanding blocks to get into those tight spaces. You can wrap super fine grit sandpaper around flat jewlers files to get really crisp edges. 3M makes adhesive backed sandpaper which can help you skip the step of having to spraymount all your sanding blocks. You can use painters tape to protect important edges from being over sanded.!Report as spam-
Excellent ideas, the painters tape would have been a great thing to add!
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Any way to avoid that Montana can splatter seen in the black test strips?
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Clean tips help.. Acetone removes old paint. Montana also sells a can full of just Acetone.. since they clog so much, I'm looking at getting a can to spray thru after each use just to keep them clean.
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I used a bit of denatured alcohol to clean the tip between coats and that worked for me. Lacquer thinner may be needed on more stubborn nozzles.
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By Rain Noe - Apr 24
Advanced Bondo Tips for Designers and Modelmakers
How to make extrusions, flexible parts and do the Bondo "squeeze"
Now that you've watched Part 1 and Part 2 of the Bondo tips series, here's Part 3, which industrial designer Eric Strebel has saved some seriously cool tricks for. Strebel shows you how to extrude it, how to make it both flexible and sandable, and how to use it to
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By Rain Noe - Apr 20
Bondo Basics for Designers and Modelmakers, Part 2
How to use polyester body filler to make complicated 3D shapes by hand
Here in Part 2 of his series on Bondo basics, industrial designer Eric Strebel shows you how you can use polyester body filler to go straight from sketching to hands-on, to create complex 3D forms for prototyping. If you don't have access to a 3D printer, or prefer the
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By Rain Noe - Apr 19
An Introduction to Bondo for Designers and Modelmakers
The many applications for polyester resin and body filler
When it comes to making models, few materials are as diverse (and yes, smell as bad) as Bondo. It sets up quickly, can easily be machined and shaped and sticks to just about anything. Here industrial designer Eric Strebel kicks off his series on Bondo's basics, demonstrating how he mixes,
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By Rain Noe - Apr 10
Resin Casting Tips & Tricks, Part 2
Eight ways to get better results with less mess and less errors
If you work with resin, you undoubtedly found industrial designer Eric Strebel's 7 Resin Casting Tips & Tricks useful. Now Strebel's back with another eight tips, covering how to eliminate air bubbles, tips for keeping the worksurface clean, how to think an excessively thick resin, how to put leftover or
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