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Has anyone heard about UV glue? It's glue that remains liquid until exposed to UV light. I first heard about this on an infomercial last night, but in thinking about it, this stuff has been around for years at the dentist's office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE2B1ET-p1Q It seems to be opticall...

Okay, so if that's out... The next product with modeling possibilities is the Amopé Pedi Perfect Nail Care System: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013IEGI1Y I'm quite tempted actually. As much fun as sanding and sanding by hand is. :wink: -Rog I actually bought one of these the other day and LOVE IT! It ...

I just buy clear plastic sheeting and use Future Floor Wax colored with Printer Ink from a color printer ink refill kit. The color is quite consistent, and I can mix any color I want. ... and back before inkjet printers were popular it was common for folks to use food coloring to tint Future floor ...

I just buy clear plastic sheeting and use Future Floor Wax colored with Printer Ink from a color printer ink refill kit. The color is quite consistent, and I can mix any color I want.

Try Sketchup Pro... It will produce many of the formats that 3D printers use (usually DAE or STL, occasionally OBJ formats). You can get the free version to familiarize yourself with the interface and there are tons of free models on the Google market.

I've used the Squadron Green/Red and found it tends to get too hot in thinner plastics while it cures and will warp the plastic. However, something I discovered that works great is Magic Sculpt. It is also a great molding clay. It thins out really good with water so you can get it pretty smooth with...

Something I found that works great in small scale is something called Moon Sand... it came out a couple of years ago, but is alot finer then normal sand, can be molded almost like molding clay, and when mixed with a glue (epoxy, elmers, etc) makes a great "gritty" scaled paste that can be ...

I've done this many times before. Here's what you do. Get some normal dollar store hair spray and spray it on the surface of the plastic sheet. You may have to do a couple of coats (allowing it to dry completely between coats) until you get a smooth finish. Once you got a good smooth finish it can b...

Personally the best way I can think to do it would be to create a pattern of the flames in photoshop. Then spray some hairspray on a sheet of clear plastic sheet (like from the cover of a project notebook). Then print it on the sheet (with the hair spray side up), cut it out, roll it into a tube (wi...