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Yep, you set the angle and scrape along the edge. I think you can buy machinist protractors or carpenter protractors at hardware stores and maybe the hardware section of department stores. The Gundam Scratch Build Manual author made his own edge scrapers. One of them looks like a regular protractor ...

My local libraries have 3D printers, but they only use PLA filament and the heads are 0.4mm. The prints I've seen had noticeable layers. Is it possible to get prints good enough for scale modeling with this setup? I'm trying to talk them in to getting at least one 0.2mm head. How much longer does it...

No I mean a protractor. Wikipedia calls it a half-circle bevel protractor. I called them carpenter's protractors. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Ocelov%C3%BD_d%C3%ADlensk%C3%BD_%C3%BAhlom%C4%9Br.jpg https://archive.org/details/Gundam_Scratch_Build_Manual/page/25/mode/2up The Gun...

Chas B returns

You can make a tool to bevel edges of styrene sheet. In Gundam Scratchbuild Manual, the author epoxied a blade to the arm of a protractor. Just set the desired angle and scrape the edge.

Mike

Collar Tree has a big egg, but I don't know what type of plastic it's made out of.

Thanks southwestforests.

In addition to the skin and eye warnings, pay attention to the metal corrosion warning. Years ago I cleaned my bathroom sink with Superclean. The faucet has been slowly dissolving ever since.

Mike

jpolacchi

Could you post the address of the SDS? Thanks!

How did this thread get over 100,000 views?

Today the SSM forum is working okay. The pages load quickly.

Everything I tries on allscaletrek.com loads slowly then displays a blank white screen.

Has anyone tried contacting John through the store or on Facebook?

Kylwell,

Thanks!

http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/museum.htm

Is one of the best sites ever.

Today I'm getting a lot of the 500 error. Hitting reload will get the page to load.

Sometimes I need to log in again to see a post or to comment.

I'm still here.

Zubie Yeah. Not only are SF spacecraft photographed against the blackness of space, they've frequently gone through multiple photographic passes, optical printing, and color timing. Someone on therpf built an airlock from from one of the Alien films. It's been a while so my memory fails me, but the ...

The forum was gone for days in a row. Posting still produces an error message, but the posts appear.

In general the scale color effect is lightening a modelss colors and sometimes reducing the contrast between the colors to make the model look the way it does in tis natural environment. Not everyone believes that the scale color effect is real. David Parker explains why he thinks it's wrong here: h...

I tried to email Wonderfest through their website, but the message didn't go through. Does anyone have an email address for someone associated with Wonderfest?

Mike

John Rosengrant Here's his introduction from Modelphilosopher. "Like many of us, John Rosengrant started modelling as a young child, in his case; historical and classic monster models. After studying at art college, he moved to Los Angeles to break into the movie business, and after a period of...

Happens to me too.

Thanks steelrose

I had a chance to look at the photos. Great stuff.

Thanks

I'm looking forward to the photos.

Mike

Mr. Surfacer is an acrylic lacquer.

Thanks

I intend to go.

I'm still waiting on the flyers.

Mike

Thanks for the report. Would adding an acrylic flow aid help?

Mike

I'd recommend Mr. Surfacer. I always do. It's available in cans. Spray it outside.

Mike

Thanks John,

Email sent.

Mike

Will someone associated with Wonderfest please send me flyers so I can distribute them to hobby shops around Lexington. Last year I only had enough flyers to give one to each shop. At Wonderfest 2023, there was a big stack of undistributed 2023 flyers. Send flyers tp people in Cincinnati and other c...

Hardware store lacquer thinner is different from acrylic lacquer thinner. For example, you can thin Mr. Surfacer with hardware store lacquer thinner. However seams and things you think you sanded smooth might reappear. When you use Mr. Thinner it covers perfectly without that problem. It's easy to f...

You could go into a nail salon and ask the workers what thinner they use. Maybe you could buy a bottle from them.

I'm with Saturn. If you want to remove everything down to the bare plastic. SuperClean is the way to go. Bleach will remove the plating and probably leave the undercoat, if there is any, on the part.