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by Wug
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: Ask Your Questions about SSM HERE
Topic: Logging in
Replies: 2
Views: 34

Re: Logging in

Yesterday, 14 March 2024, I was unable to bring up the login page.
by Wug
Fri Dec 29, 2023 11:52 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: dumb painting question
Replies: 2
Views: 5044

Re: dumb painting question

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...
by Wug
Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:45 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Nail Polish...anyone ever use them for painting?
Replies: 12
Views: 37908

Re: Nail Polish...anyone ever use them for painting?

You could go into a nail salon and ask the workers what thinner they use. Maybe you could buy a bottle from them.
by Wug
Sat Nov 25, 2023 10:22 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: removing electrolplate from parts
Replies: 11
Views: 24816

Re: removing electrolplate from parts

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.
by Wug
Sat Nov 25, 2023 10:17 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Nail Polish...anyone ever use them for painting?
Replies: 12
Views: 37908

Re: Nail Polish...anyone ever use them for painting?

I've never used it, but car modelers have airbrushed nail polish for ages. There are bound to be a bunch of videos on youtube.
by Wug
Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:16 pm
Forum: Important Site News
Topic: 25th Anniversary, right?
Replies: 42
Views: 193749

Re: 25th Anniversary, right?

Happy Anniversary
by Wug
Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:04 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Fixing scratches in clear plastic
Replies: 7
Views: 22774

Re: Fixing scratches in clear plastic

Thanks zaphod.
by Wug
Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:10 pm
Forum: Wonderfest 2023
Topic: Tony Wootson's Second part of the 2023 Wonderefest Show Report
Replies: 4
Views: 14077

Re: Tony Wootson's Second part of the 2023 Wonderefest Show Report

Many thanks. You've got the best Wonderfest coverage on the web.
by Wug
Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:48 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Paint Equivalents
Replies: 35
Views: 110431

Re: Paint Equivalents

Thanks Zubie
by Wug
Tue Jun 20, 2023 1:46 am
Forum: Wonderfest 2023
Topic: Wonderfest 2023 contest photo gallery
Replies: 10
Views: 15689

Re: Wonderfest 2023 contest photo gallery

Thanks steelrose, Thanks for taking the photos and posting them. The dinos with mobile homes on their backs are from James Gurney's excellent Dinotopia books. The Dinotopia TV series isn't very good, but the books by Gurney are excellent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinotopia Gurney blogs here: ht...
by Wug
Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: I feel dumb asking this,but...Vinyl models,acrylic paint&oils?
Replies: 11
Views: 14590

Re: I feel dumb asking this,but...Vinyl models,acrylic paint&oils?

In general you want to use acrylics on vinyl. I've built one vinyl kit, the Wave Aestivalis from Nadesico. I primed it with Mr. Surfacer, an acrylic lacquer, and painted it with Tamiya acrylics. For the metallic parts I used Floquil, an enamel, over the Tamiya. I might have put down a barrier coat o...
by Wug
Sun Apr 16, 2023 7:54 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Dust! How to vanquish it?
Replies: 17
Views: 48492

Re: Dust! How to vanquish it?

Here's a dust post from years ago. At a model club meeting decades ago,‭ ‬some of us complained about the troubles we had with dust.‭ ‬Others claimed they never had dust problems.‭ ‬The modelers with dust problems were all single.‭ ‬Married modelers were dust free.‭ ‬Apparently,‭ ‬the presence of a ...
by Wug
Tue Mar 21, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: How Do You Start?
Replies: 24
Views: 88267

Re: How Do You Start?

While the text is in Japanese, the step-by-step photos in Gundam Scratch Build Manual are very helpful. It's available on archive.org. https://archive.org/details/Gundam_Scratch_Build_Manual/page/9/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/gundam-scratch-build-manual https://archive.org/details/mobilesui...
by Wug
Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:09 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: How Do You Start?
Replies: 24
Views: 88267

Re: How Do You Start?

Here's the Fischer Body Craftsman's Guild guide to Designing Modeling Building a Model Automobile

https://archive.org/details/designingmodelin00fishrich

It's old. The materials are plaster and wood, but it's very informative.

Mike
by Wug
Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:25 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: DSEV Chesley Bonestell
Replies: 14
Views: 26147

Re: DSEV Chesley Bonestell

Great looking model.
by Wug
Sun Mar 13, 2022 5:43 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Please Recommend Good Blender Instructional Material
Replies: 6
Views: 17407

Please Recommend Good Blender Instructional Material

Does anyone have recommendations for books or DVDs to learn Blender? I'm interested in hard surface modeling with the intention of printing models. I'm not interested in rendering or animation. Initially, Youtube was a great source for learning the basics. Now I waste a lot of time with videos that ...
by Wug
Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:39 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Anyone ever try something different than super glue for vinyl kits?
Replies: 7
Views: 18207

Re: Anyone ever try something different than super glue for vinyl kits?

I used "2 Ton" epoxy on my only vinyl model. I like it better than CA or 5 minute epoxy. Decades ago one of the old time model supply companies, maybe Floquil or Pactra, sold tubes of a solvent vinyl cement. If you want to try plumbers vinyl cement test it on scrap before using it on anyth...
by Wug
Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:50 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: working with ABS
Replies: 19
Views: 45199

Re: working with ABS

I've always used Plastruct Plastic Weld to solvent bond ABS. You can also use CA or epoxy. I prime it with Mr. Surfacer.
by Wug
Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:47 pm
Forum: Lighting & Electronics
Topic: Android/iOS controlled lighting system
Replies: 11
Views: 40086

Re: Android/iOS controlled lighting system

Looks good.
by Wug
Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:32 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Using Blender and other 3D drawing tools for builds
Replies: 16
Views: 57142

Re: Using Blender and other 3D drawing tools for builds

Hi Richard Baker, I like FreeCAD but it is far from perfect. First, this is the only 3D CAD package I've ever used. I learned "mechanical drawing" with pencil and paper decades ago and never did much with it. I used Autosketch a tiny bit back in the DOS days and a free 2D CAD program I can...
by Wug
Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:43 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Using Blender and other 3D drawing tools for builds
Replies: 16
Views: 57142

Re: Using Blender and other 3D drawing tools for builds

Is anyone else here using FreeCAD? I installed it recently and I'm trying to teach myself by watching videos.
by Wug
Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:32 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Decaling for Dummies
Replies: 3
Views: 15419

Re: Decaling for Dummies

Not all decal solvents or setting solutions are compatible with all decals. Test first.

Here's a Paul Budzik decal video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_rdwH1EGus
by Wug
Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:12 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Getting rid of the undercoat on chromed parts?
Replies: 26
Views: 144790

Re: Getting rid of the undercoat on chromed parts?

Superclean
by Wug
Wed Jun 24, 2020 8:47 pm
Forum: Important Site News
Topic: Mark Yungblut Has Passed
Replies: 15
Views: 70777

Re: Mark Yungblut Has Passed

Sad news indeed. He is missed. He made the world a little better.
by Wug
Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:26 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Future (Pledge Floor Care) is it gone for good?
Replies: 24
Views: 94247

Re: Future (Pledge Floor Care) is it gone for good?

Thanks Rogviler,

Thanks for doing the tests to provide us with facts.

Mike
by Wug
Thu May 21, 2020 12:55 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Future (Pledge Floor Care) is it gone for good?
Replies: 24
Views: 94247

Re: Future (Pledge Floor Care) is it gone for good?

DaveVan,

Please let us know.

Johnson & Johnson has an 800 number.

800-558-5252
https://contact.scjbrands.com/en-us

I'm on a prepay and don't want to burn up tens of dollars of phone time only to talk to an operator who doesn't have access to the information needed to answer my question.

Mike