Is there any product out there that can be applied to armour models to protect them from dust with out putting them in a display case, that will not affect the paint job or weathering?

A coat of flat paint. It will still get dusty but could be carefully cleaned (washed) without losing your weathering.

Steve

yeah, it's called your wife...have her dust daily

hehe

Kglack43, what do you work for a hobby shop or modeling company? That's the WORST thing that could happen. A well meaning wife with a duster is the most dangerous thing to models ever created.

oh yeah! keep your wife away from your models, and everything should be just fine

A wife???? I would never let mine near my precious lovelies!!!!! I care for them too much to let that happen!!!!!!

Short of a room with positive pressure ventilation, I think a cabinet or case is the best bet.

A closing cabinet with glass doors is the best for dust protection , and dont let people open it for any reason .

Nothing more dangerous than a woman with dust rag!

I must beg to differ - the worst damage my kits have suffered from a woman (dust rag or no) is a knocked off machine gun, an easy fix.

Now cats, on the other hand... total damage list from my cats:
complete and utter destruction of a prizewinning Sherman and JS-2m.
total loss of all superstructure on a 1/700 Missouri.
partial destruction of an 88mm AT gun.
near total loss of all superstructure and guns on a 1/700 Prince of Wales.
total destruction of an old Hind chopper... no worries, it was an old kit - I was going to scrap it for spare parts anyways.

A wife? well, I don't have to worry about that for at least in the next ten years! yup I'm a 14 year old guy.
About flat coats though, what if you have chalk pastels?

you should be able to buy display cases for your dios, most places can custom build them to order, failing that, a good diplay unit with closed class doors - a tripwire alarm for young hands that want to play, and a rigged up tranquiliser gun for any PETS that decide to use your dioramas as a bed.....ergh.....bad experiences there - as for my wife, she is as careful with them as i am.

ergh..cats...think of a happy place..think of a happy place.......

alpha :-)-><

How about kids and catch???

Seriously - if you simply add a flat coat to a kit, you may loose the pastel work you put into it so that may be out too.