How to paint and weather plastic model airplanes

Beginners Guide: How to paint and weather your plastic model airplanes kits

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Very useful tips inside that should help the beginner and possibly even advanced modellers to improve their building skills and plastic aircraft models!

Plastic Model Airplanes Kits - How to Find & Buy the Best Kit

One of the most popular model building hobbies, especially among youngsters, is building a plastic model airplane. Many young boys enjoy spending their spare time building and collecting plastic model airplanes. It is not unusual to walk into a boy's room and find a couple of model airplanes proudly displayed on a book shelf or dresser.

Finding and buying the best plastic model airplane for yourself, or as a gift for someone else is not too difficult. The key factor in buying any one kit is making sure whoever is building the model plane has the skills to build it. Plastic model producers even help with this by placing the suggested age level on the packaging of the kits themselves.

The next concern when purchasing the best plastic model airplane is interest, meaning interest in a particular type of aircraft. There are kits replicating jet fighters and other military aircraft and there are kits that replicate commercial aircraft, from jet liners to flying trainers.

Plastic Model Airplanes Basics

How to get into building plastic model airplanes 

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Plastic Model Airplanes - Buying and Assembling

A scale model is actually a copy or a representation of an item or object that is smaller or larger as compared to its actual or original size. Mostly, it is a smaller representation and serves as a guide to the original object. Scale model airplanes are an archetypal example. There are many reasons why a scale model is made. It serves as a prototype and is used to test the performance of the object in its initial developmental stages. Architects use them as a display model for customers to evaluate and purchase the real object. Salesmen use them for the purpose of new product promotion.

Wood, plastic and paper are generally used to create a scale model. Scale model airplanes are of two types: static and flying. The former is generally made of plastic. However, metal, paper and wood also make good models. Military aircraft and commercial airliners are the most common scale models in this type. The number of manufacturers of the static type has dwindled today as compared to the 1970s and the popular scales are 1:144, 1:72 (the highest), 1:48, 1:32 and finally 1:24.

Fillers for Plastic Model Airplanes

Using dissolved plastic as a filler on plastic model airplanes 

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Some extremely valuable tricks inside that should help the beginner and even advanced modellers to improve their techniques and scale aircraft models!

Plastic Model Airplanes - Finishing Techniques

Finishing Techniques for Plastic Model Airplanes Canopies

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Very useful tricks and tips inside that will help beginners and possibly even advanced modellers to improve their building skills and models.
 

Airbrushing Plastic Model Airplanes

How to Airbrush Plastic Model Airplanes 

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