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- Wed Sep 20, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: DIORAMAS you would like to build
- Replies: 45
- Views: 163291
Re: DIORAMAS you would like to build
Maybe a scene from "The Incredible Shrinking Man", using household items and one 1/48th scale figure.
- Sat Aug 27, 2022 1:19 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: DIORAMAS you would like to build
- Replies: 45
- Views: 163291
Re: DIORAMAS you would like to build
Using the Apollo landing kit make a diorama of the landing being filmed on a movie set. Using the Enterprise Bridge kit show a scene being filmed. Using existing kits what scenes from the movies or TV could you do being filmed? Why stop there? Build the whole Desilu sound stage. http://www.startrek...
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 1:04 pm
- Forum: Important Site News
- Topic: Loving the August Wallpaper
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14722
Re: Loving the August Wallpaper
I was talking about the super soaker.
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 6:48 pm
- Forum: Important Site News
- Topic: Loving the August Wallpaper
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14722
Re: Loving the August Wallpaper
Indeed, but that's the strangest airbrush I've ever seen.
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:25 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: DIORAMAS you would like to build
- Replies: 45
- Views: 163291
Re: DIORAMAS you would like to build
I've long wanted to expand the "Spock and Snakes" scene to include Kirk and McCoy doing stuff like punching a Klingon or treating an injured crewman.
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:21 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: mixing flesh from other colors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 23165
Re: mixing flesh from other colors
Thanks, guy. In searching for mixing colors I ran across a viable bottle of Testors "Cream" enamel. Not my first choice but since I just needed a small amount...........
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: mixing flesh from other colors
- Replies: 4
- Views: 23165
mixing flesh from other colors
What are the best colors and proportions for mixing up flesh tone? I'm painting a small figure and my flesh paint has congealed in the jar. (none is able to be salvaged.) I do have a large stock of other colors so please let me know your experiences. (Don't really want to hit a hobby shop these days.)
- Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:21 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Fixing scratches in clear plastic
- Replies: 7
- Views: 27104
Fixing scratches in clear plastic
Can you do it with Future? I know you can, with a great deal of labor, sand them out an buff the whole thing smooth. I was just wondering about the idea of painting with future and rubbing it smooth that way. Seems like it might go quicker that way,
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:08 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: 23rd Century Phaser with 21st Century Problem
- Replies: 6
- Views: 33141
Re: 23rd Century Phaser with 21st Century Problem
A funny thing about today's batteries is that they seem to last longer with occasional to frequent use than they do with no use. I've got the same (or similar) phaser and seem to need new batteries every time I use it. (So few people need phasering these days.) I always take one of the old batteries...
- Sun Jan 20, 2019 12:16 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Greeblie Organization!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 52927
Re: Greeblie Organization!
Basically in a couple of cardboard boxes. The last time I did anything really greeblie intensive was my modification of the mystery ship.
http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/vie ... 39&t=90373
http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/vie ... 39&t=90373
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:27 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Custom decals without decal paper.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14452
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 3:21 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: How to lift a dried decal for repositioning?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 19216
Re: How to lift a dried decal for repositioning?
A little bit of diluted white glue does the trick too.
- Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:44 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: How to lift a dried decal for repositioning?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 19216
Re: How to lift a dried decal for repositioning?
Warm, soapy water. Work very slowly. Use a soft paint brush and work it under the decal as you go.
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 10:20 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: DIORAMAS you would like to build
- Replies: 45
- Views: 163291
Re: DIORAMAS you would like to build
Maybe a cross-company battle between super-heroes and villains using 1/48 scale Heroclix, say between Batman and Spiderman on one side and the Joker and Green Goblin on the other.
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:52 pm
- Forum: Important Site News
- Topic: Hacker alert
- Replies: 10
- Views: 52355
Re: Hacker alert
Don't you have to open the email to bring up the forwarding capability.
- Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:15 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Drill bits for Fiber Optics
- Replies: 7
- Views: 27199
Re: Drill bits for Fiber Optics
Talk to your dentist. Dental bits work great in a pin vise and come in many sizes. By the time they're no good for teeth, they're still great for plastic.
- Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:11 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: What are your favorite greebles ???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 41242
Re: What are your favorite greebles ???
I've used Gundam parts and pieces to good effect.
- Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:03 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Drilling Really Tiny Holes?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 63954
Re: Drilling Really Tiny Holes?
If you're friendly with your dentist he (or she) would probably be willing to give you old dental bits. Even when they're no longer good for teeth they're fine for styrene and resin. Been using them for years and have only broken two.
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:42 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
- Replies: 402
- Views: 1005171
Re: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
Dead links galore on this thread.
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:26 am
- Forum: Important Site News
- Topic: Russian spammers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 45469
Re: Russian spammers
Hey, models are models.
- Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:56 pm
- Forum: Important Site News
- Topic: Forum Moderation
- Replies: 64
- Views: 314571
Re: Forum Moderation
Irishtrek wrote
Let them find their own hookers.Prostitution and sex trafficking??? Shouldn't some one contact the FBI or their local police???
- Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:29 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Faking cloth accessories for small figures?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 35948
Re: Faking cloth accessories for small figures?
For my recent Legionnaires needing capes I used Future soaked tissue paper.
- Fri Jun 02, 2017 6:17 pm
- Forum: Important Site News
- Topic: Fewer posts?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 79150
Fewer posts?
Am I the only one noticing a decline in the number of posts around here? Is this just folks getting ready for WF or is it, dun dun dun, something else?
- Sun May 21, 2017 8:50 pm
- Forum: Important Site News
- Topic: Questions? I Got Your Questions Right Here, Buddy.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 379119
Re: Questions? I Got Your Questions Right Here, Buddy.
So "Red" means "Not Read"? Kind of counter-intuitive.
- Thu May 18, 2017 11:23 am
- Forum: Important Site News
- Topic: Questions? I Got Your Questions Right Here, Buddy.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 379119
Re: Questions? I Got Your Questions Right Here, Buddy.
I was wondering about that link thing myself. Figured I was doing something wrong.
- Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:58 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Is there a website that does this?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 16585
Is there a website that does this?
1. You upload a color.
2. It replies: "To obtain this color mix "x"% of "Y" paint with "x"% of "Z" paint.
Would take a lot of guesswork out of this hobby.
2. It replies: "To obtain this color mix "x"% of "Y" paint with "x"% of "Z" paint.
Would take a lot of guesswork out of this hobby.
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:53 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Perfect Plastic Putty
- Replies: 31
- Views: 82206
- Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: How to cure paint that won't dry?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 21244
- Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:23 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Carving a prototype
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16311
- Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:20 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Measuring out paint ratios
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15625