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Isherman
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Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 02:37 AM UTC
AK Interactive Have now released their range of primers and a few other useful items.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
tigerproductions
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Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 03:46 AM UTC
Nice......................
Bizarre
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Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 06:33 AM UTC
Looks loke cheap iron from the store in China..
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Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 07:29 AM UTC
It is a cheap looking iron; what next? Turd in a box!
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Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 08:26 AM UTC
30 Watt, that'll burn your hands and your work.
Nate_W
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Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 09:52 AM UTC
I'll have to give that dark yellow primer a try. I wish I knew more about soldering to make an assesment there. I need a descent beginers iron for some large PE sets in my stash. This iron reminds me of the foam cutter I got from Harbor Freight for my first project here, surviving through my diorama base shaping then never working again.
Thudius
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Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 10:24 AM UTC

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I'll have to give that dark yellow primer a try. I wish I knew more about soldering to make an assesment there. I need a descent beginers iron for some large PE sets in my stash. This iron reminds me of the foam cutter I got from Harbor Freight for my first project here, surviving through my diorama base shaping then never working again.


The Dark Yellow is pretty good, not as green as Vallejo's. It does have more "tooth" to it and sands easily. The grit isn't noticeable with a coat of paint on it. Not as impressed with the Black, it doesn't seem to coat as well as the Grey and Dark Yellow.

Kimmo
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Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 12:08 PM UTC
Invest in a variable temperature soldering station if you ever want to do PE , that's the only way to go . And if you want to solder stay away from Eduard's nickel plated PE .
Venko555
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Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 02:03 AM UTC
I thin AK primers with Tamiya X-20A acrylic thinner if needed, works for me. They lay down very smooth (the black primer also) no grainy effect, no clogging etc.
WowSpeltBackwards
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Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 03:52 AM UTC
Been using the AMMO by Mig primers (White/black) and whoa its brilliant !! Yes I have compared AK's primers vs AMMO and there IS a difference though never had a problem with the black..could be the quality of the other member's airbrush me thinks ;-p
Chilihead
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Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 06:01 AM UTC
Where did you happen to find the
Thudius
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Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 07:55 AM UTC

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Been using the AMMO by Mig primers (White/black) and whoa its brilliant !! Yes I have compared AK's primers vs AMMO and there IS a difference though never had a problem with the black..could be the quality of the other member's airbrush me thinks ;-p


If you were referring to me, I should have specified I hand brush. There's a translucent quality to the Black that doesn't happen with the other two and needs constant stirring otherwise you can see grey swirls forming. It might just be a bad batch, who knows?

Kimmo
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Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 02:05 PM UTC
I have a question about the ak chipping fluid. I currently use tamiya acrylics. Can I use the ak chipping fluid with these paints, or will it only work with ak paints?
Karl187
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 12:27 AM UTC

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I have a question about the ak chipping fluid. I currently use tamiya acrylics. Can I use the ak chipping fluid with these paints, or will it only work with ak paints?


It works fine with Tamiya paints.
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 02:19 PM UTC
cool thanks
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