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I maybe off base but I think the copper piece was a ground radiator off some sort, and may not be important to your application., different from the ground we think of in circuitry. I am ME and remember the Antenna Eng having a large metal screen to use as a ground. something about antennas........ ...

Have you compared a know good model 1/72 seat (say hasagawa) from
say a F-14/15/16/18 against your scratchbuilt seat.
Sometimes as you have discovered not all 1/72 are the same.
sounds like a bummer after all of your work.
Me I built a runabout interior using f-18 fighter seats, couldn't go wrong.

in my experience black for light blocking. I keep jars of old black paint for such purposes. I will paint any interior of a slightly opaque model with black before assembly. Now if your are looking at lighting and light blocking, slightly different story I would go with black and then do what Rio sa...

it it helps in the template department... I get one side correct, photocopy (this if doing by hand) store original create a middle line fold cutout unfold glue using a glue stick, to heavy card stock paper cut again to final shape if done in cad get one side, mirror printout glue to card stock and c...

plastruct is having a sale on fiber optic line
http://www.plastruct.com/Pages/SummerSale.lasso
[posted 27jul06]
scroll to the appropriate section

WOW!!!!!

other stuff too

iirc fires have been simulated using
a 'sound circuit' where the output
is shunted through a led instead of
a speaker
a little help v=ir guys.......

:lol: have a heart traps for photons available at local feed and seed store... the black undercoat and white paint is good I have used a plain white paper mask with printed details on the visible side for a model (the 1/48 scale defiant shuttle I scratchbuilt, used this mask technique for the front ...

I also have a thin textured rubber pad that is labeled as a jar lid opener
about the size of a cd.
Hold jar in one hand, rubber pad over top of jar lid, twist
(a mouse pad is too thick, generally)

I use the plier method to, but I really mangle the jar lid
in the process.

I too use a spice rack, and a converted wooden cassette tape rack. (more jars per rack inch, and hey, what else wasI going to do with that 'Napa Valley' 36 x 24 shelf in the land of cd's?) I store them in the right side up or upside down (making sure closed tightly as mentioned above), the 'rotate t...

what about the uncontolled use of
super glue fumes?

works in my house all the time

(I like the sandpaper method mentioned above better though,
also not usually a planned event on my desk)

Most manufacturers will tell you to only mix within family types.
Testors even had a warning about try to mix old family acrylics
with new family acrylics.

from the world of model railroading

http://www.miniatronics.com/Merchant2/m ... ct_Count=1
they are tiny but the actual size alludes me
(~ .25 x .5 base )

Hi Treadhead, I use both AutoCad and Inventor for design work. The draw back to using Inventor is that to get the 1:1 (well as close as possible given printer/cutting limitations) is to go to idw, drop border and print 1:1. One can use 'skeleton' modeling in Inventor, or start design in Autocad and ...

Hmmmm...this has me trying to remember something from the 1960's...
What/how was this issue handled on the original AMT kit?
I have the non-lighted version but the nacelle pylons were
still the lighted version.

Anyone remember?

Greetings electron fans the local radio shack was dumping the following item 2760720 it is the music ic player it has a pcb assy, some ic's pre-programmed, a rotary on/off swith, and most importantly, a 2 cell AA battery holder. Clearing them out a $1.47 US each which is two cents cheaper than buyin...

how about, foil (thin metal) sheets that have had a ponce wheel run over it
in the pattern needed,
then turn foil (thin metal) over
of course, handle gently

What about a walk in the woods to gather up the real thing?
Depending upon species you gather it might work.

Has anyone tried the hole scribers available in the scrap booking area of a craft store? They look like they would work when the hole is bigger than/in between ones available through drilling or hole saw sizes. I have used an old drafting tool, a set of dividers (or a compass with two sharp points i...

what a find.....we all could be so lucky

what ever you find out as a paint remover, please share.
and I can only image what you will need to re prep the surface
with when done stripping so that the new paint sticks well.

if one is in the manual mode, the NAR (National Association of Rocketry) handbook has a single page of explanation of how to do 'transitions' by hand based upon the small dia, large dia, and altitude. Of course as with any method like this, the material thickness is assumed to be zero and has to be ...

I once saw a film about levitating a small frog, along the lines of the mag lev trains the frog barely left the plate and the power to do so made the commercial viability rather prohibitive. No news about radiation effects on the frog. I too have been considering such an idea, when I find the physic...