Black Label M103

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Re: Black Label M103

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Hi Iggie! I'm having a lot of trouble finding it in stores these days, but here's a link to Amazon in case it helps:

https://www.amazon.com/Triangle-Coating ... d+finishes;

To anyone who does buy it, I offer the following advice: keep the grey paint tightly capped when not in use. It dries out quickly and turns into a hard lump. That being said, it can be restored with some water and vigorous stirring. Secondly, I found that the rusting agent turned green and became less effective every time I used it. I'm guessing it's because I had traces of the grey paint left on my brush when I dipped it into the rusting agent, and they gradually reacted in the bottle over time. Next time, I'll decant a small amount into another container and dip the brush in that, in the hope of keeping the bottle uncontaminated.

Iggie, I love the Vulcan, BTW!
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Thanks for the link!
I'll investigate if they can do postage to the UK :grin:

There's more of XH558 on my Flickr pages :-D :-D
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Ha, none of the US sellers can send this overseas! There is one seller on Amazon UK, but (wait for it) they want over £60 for the kit :shock: :shock:

So, I've started some research, and found a technique on Pinterest using acrylic paint (black and brown) and cinnamon! This sounds like it has to be tried!

This is a link to the tutorial I found; we're off to the pub now (on the boat) but I suspect there will be some trialling later tomorrow!
Link: http://thicketworks.com/tutorial-easies ... fect-ever/
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Jim
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Good day Iggie

Too bad about Amazon, but thanks for sending the link. I'll try it! (The completed model will smell nice too!).
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Re: Black Label M103

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Another excellent armour model, the weathering looks really convincing.
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