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Well I stopped by my local ASDA last night and virtually cleared them out, grabbed all the bottles on the bottom shelf then thought perhaps theres more behind got down on my knees to peer behind and sure enough there were more. Grabbed these and there were some right at the back, at this point I was...

Yup I sure do, whilst airbrushing I usually use a simple dust mask or if I find it a bit hard going (Furture is the killer) I don my trusty S10 army respirator. Priming is my reay issue, I live in a block of flat with no garden so spraying outside is not an option and since changing jobs I don't hav...

Well I have had my compressor nearly two years now, its very similar to this one in fact the one pictured is the slightly newer model with a drifferent housing. Far more power than I need for just airbrushing but it comes in handy when I need to attach that one litre paint blaster and spray creosote...

I have used with limited sucess a hot wire cutter for going through plastic pipe, if you have a heavy duty hot wire cutter or were to make one it should eat through the plastic, otherwise its saws away. Oh and dont forget bigger panels wont sit quite right as they will have the same radius as the in...

Has anyone tried solidworks for modeling before? I was looking at it the other day. SolidWorks is quite powerful, but it has a steep learning curve and it's very, very expensive. To add insult to injury, installing a legitimate copy is a PITA due to all the dongles and copy protection scheme s invo...

Has anyone tried solidworks for modeling before? I was looking at it the other day. Got a 'test' version sharpish laerning curve if you arent sed to 3d modelling but fantastic software was just getting into the hang of it when *BAM* the copy I had wont let you do anything interesting no assemblies,...

Working with AutoCAD on a daily basis I suppose its natural that I use it, sketch out plenty of plans, if work would stump up for a nicer 3d modelling package I could do even more but for 2D its fine. I also rate AutoSKETCH its way cheaper than CAD and these days has a functionality thats almost on ...

Tamiya acrylincs have their own thinner as they are alcohol based it comes in small(ish) bottles and a 250 ml bottle of their X20 thinners cost me the equivalent of $8 it lasts a while and as you add 40% ish thinners to the paint you bulk out your pot of paint. I can recommend them as they are ideal...

After getting clued up on the local brand name, Klear by all accounts in the UK I made a trip to the local store at lunchtime ostensibly to buy sarnies. My other half was intrigued that I had bought 'cleaning' products ie the klear and some windowlene to remove it, perhaps she thought I would perfor...