My experience with Shapeways stuff is certainly that a wash with a dish soap and water and a good rinsing is the best option. Acrylics work fine. I like to prime, but sometimes that costs you some fine detail (depends on the model and how thick your primer is).

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 5:37 PM James Catchpole - jlcatchpole at googlemail.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
If you are unsure about painting them, I would suggest giving one a grey base coat and an ink wash and see if that is sufficient.

I don't have any experience painting Fine Detail Plastic myself, but I do note that the shapeways support suggests soaking it in hot water and washing up liquid before starting, and a quick search suggests using acrylic paints, not enamel (which would be my preference anyway).

On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 21:28 Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk (via tml list), <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
Just arrived today from Foreven Shipyard Traveller Starship Miniatures (via Shapeways) are these delights:


I'm saving up for the rest and believe a lab ship might be on the design blocks.

Just trying to decide whether I dare trying to learn to paint them (with DEX 3), but fear I'll just make a mess.

Great to see the March Harrier (and often forgotten launch).  

Now.... it would be a pity to have these and not run a combat.... mwah hah hah!


tc

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