Hi there! I'm your host Kevin, and it's Hobby Time! (Thus, the whole Kevin's Hobby Time thing, lol.)
I love building, and working on scale models and figures, to include altering, scratch-building, painting, weathering and detailing them. I will also be working on dioramas for a lot of my models and I use many different kinds of materials and methods, and will also be using 3d resin printing to help me in my journey. I hope you will be both entertained and informed, and I love to share tips, tricks, secrets, know-how and techniques while we're at it.
I appreciate you sharing your comments, tips, tricks, hacks, ideas, requests, and most especially your time with me, and wish to thank each and every one of you in advance, for sharing them with me. I believe in being a lifelong learner, and I anticipate evolving my content as we go. So, sit back, relax, and I hope you enjoy your journey with me.
Thank you! I do to. I wanted to do something cool with this one, but still be in the vein of 20 to 30 something guy, built it in his garage, around mid-60s. I've got a custom 30 I want to do soon.
Thank you. I watched a ton of RU-vid videos on the subject and practiced with water first. Then mixed up my paint, and did some test painting on another old car body I had and decided to use as a paint mule. Airbrushing is a lot about having the paint thin enough to flow smoothly through the nozzle size that you are using. Then it's about how much psi you need to do what you want it to do. I used Tamiya acrylic paints for the regular paint job and it was thinned about 1 to 1 or 50% to 50% paint to Mr color leveling thinner. My nozzle is a .38 and the airbrush is the GHAD-68 by Gaaheleri and I bought it off Amazon. Psi was right around 16-18 psi. Hope this helps.
Most builders don't post on any regular time schedule - some people are retired and have lots of time - some people like me - I still work so I post when I have time to make a video LOL I'm already subscribed to your channel so whenever you post something new subscribers are notified and its easy to check out your new vid right away. I notice you run the exhaust from the spray booth to a 5G bucket? I have never seen that before. That would be good for a mention in a video. 👍
Yeah, I'd like to get on to a schedule at some point, maybe for some aspects of scale modeling or other hobby info, and post builds when I can. I just do better with some kind of schedule. I learned the bucket trick from another YTuber, and at some point will talk about the booth and bench set up, I figure. Good idea, no matter what. Thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it.
I love how you kept the tools used to what a beginner would be able to afford. Most all model builders started somewhere. And there’s no need to invest in tools that may hardly get used. Great video 👍
Thank you. Yep, you got to start somewhere and I didn't want to overload someone new right out of the gate. A good selection of tools will help, but you can still build a model with the basics. It's about starting something new and hopefully enjoying it without getting caught up in all the tools and gear. Trust me, I'm a gear hog, but it needs to be something that solves a problem that I may encounter and some tools are good to have and will help your skills advance in what you can do.
It depends on what you are wanting to do with the model. If you have a model that is molded in a color that you don't want, then you'll want to put a base coat (primer) over the color so that you can apply the color you want the model to look. Generally, primers are used to help give the color coats a good layer for the paint to adhere to first. The primer is also good for covering/filling in small imperfections in the model body. Most of the terms that are used are from the real world auto industry and get carried over. If your model body has some scratches or surface imperfections, you can lightly sand it or add a good primer base over it to build your final color coat up from. The other reason I didn't use primer was due to the fact that the paint I was using was going on at a normal thicker coat, and not thinning it out. In essence, I knew the paint would go on thicker and level out some and thus would hide any minor imperfections on the body. The body was already really smooth and didn't have anything that I needed to correct for when using a brushed on, enamel color coat. This reminds me that it would be a good idea to make a video covering painting a model car body. There is also a lot of vids on YT from other modelers that highlight how they paint a model car body, but I will throw my 2 cents in the ring soon. Thank you for the comment and the question. I hope this answered your question.
Thanks. It's not the greatest in the world, but it did the job to show that it can be done. More techniques will follow in later videos. Welcome aboard!
Back in my teenage years when I was building model cars on an allowance, basic tools were all I had. Noe, I did use Mama’s sewing thread to make wires with, but other than that,it’s about all I had. That being said, sometimes now the harder I try the worse I screw it up.
Yeah, I only really got a model on my birthday or Christmas and only had the basics. I just figured it was a good place to start and to show new builders that it can be done. Remember, to ultimately just have fun.
LOL! I keep thinking that I’m listening to Thomas McDermott the actor building the model. You sound amazingly like him. Hope that doesn’t offend you, just an observation on my part. I haven’t finished watching your videos yet but you’re doing a great job, from what I’ve seen so far.
I don’t know the last time I’ve seen anyone brush paint a body 😆 Actually came out not bad! I would almost recommend white glue for the glass, water wash up and almost everyone has some 🤷♂️ Nice work with the build 👍
Thank you! I appreciate that. Yep, I have some white glue in my stash, but wanted to show that it could be done with the basic kit. But, will definitely add that to the, "for sure items to have" list for one of my future videos on intermediate tools and/or how to enhance a basic kit. Kind of, what to add from here. Thanks again for the comment.
