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by Bar
Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:24 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Looking for How to scratchbuild Moveable Joints
Replies: 17
Views: 29447

srspicer wrote:Great minds.............^^^^
Lol. Then i find myself in great company.
:D
by Bar
Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:01 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Looking for How to scratchbuild Moveable Joints
Replies: 17
Views: 29447

Buy a pack of Bionicle parts. They have very tight ball joints for figures. I have a bucket full of them.
by Bar
Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:12 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Laser cutting service
Replies: 33
Views: 111040

DaveVan wrote:The car body in my other post took about 7 minutes to cut.
So all the sections in total were seven minutes?
Sounds good!
by Bar
Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:18 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Laser cutting service
Replies: 33
Views: 111040

Not sure what the going commercial rate today is....a few years ago it was $1 a minute. Should be about that today....plus material. I work on a per project estimates. Ahhhh. And what kind of time does it take to cut each shape out? Imagine THIS was on a sheet of A4 paper(The boundary is scaled for...
by Bar
Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:09 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Laser cutting service
Replies: 33
Views: 111040

Is there a significant cost to this?
I have a set of templates of the MKII viper sliced into sections...
It would be great to get them laser cut in 1/18 so i could string them together, putty over them and make a Gi Joe scaled MKII!!!!
:D
by Bar
Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:07 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: SULACO big scale
Replies: 56
Views: 97353

Kylwell wrote:I've got to ask... just how many bottles of styrene cement have you gone through?
I hear he orders it in 50 gallon drums.
And he has used two already on this build...



:wink:
by Bar
Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:06 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Best way to vac-u-form?
Replies: 7
Views: 8555

Mark Yungblut wrote:They are on my to build list...
Lol. Post pics of them!
by Bar
Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:57 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Best way to vac-u-form?
Replies: 7
Views: 8555

Mark Yungblut wrote:When I worked there I found the original plug for the Awing preprod study model and pulled myself two hulls :D
Mark
You still got them? Did you build them?
by Bar
Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:36 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Best way to vac-u-form?
Replies: 7
Views: 8555

If you are looking to make a lot of pulls yourself, your own machine will be invaluable, but will entail a bit of waste as you get to grips. A "cheaper" method is to get your plug made and then take it to a company that specialises in vacforming. They will be experts, will guide you on wha...
by Bar
Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:11 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

lakespeed wrote:I agree. I've watched them do a salt mask to perfection so now I'm looking to build something I can try that on. :wink:
Totally.
If you do try it, send me a link to your pics.
by Bar
Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:49 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

No no no......the shock was a wow factor for me. I think it looks great.....how did you do the weathering? It looks like bare aluminum to me. It was a Games Workshop colour(Mithril Silver), painted on with a VERY fine brush. I tried to line each panel with it, showing the wear along all the edges. ...
by Bar
Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:12 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

Thanks Marco.
Every now and then, i feel great after i finish a model that i started...
by Bar
Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:57 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

No no no......the shock was a wow factor for me. I think it looks great.....how did you do the weathering? It looks like bare aluminum to me. It was a Games Workshop colour(Mithril Silver), painted on with a VERY fine brush. I tried to line each panel with it, showing the wear along all the edges. ...
by Bar
Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:17 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock::shock::shock::shock: good [/i] or :shock::shock::shock::shock: bad ???? It's :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: *THUD* :D Really cool looking. Now that I know how you did that it doesn't seem as hard as I thought it might be. I really like how you masked the str...
by Bar
Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:25 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

lakespeed wrote::shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


:shock::shock::shock::shock: good or :shock::shock::shock::shock: bad????
by Bar
Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:28 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

Ahhh....I get it now. I thought you were making a Tornado but you're actually just using the scheme on something else. Sounds cool.....can't wait to see what you come up with. :D I am 22 hours from the project starting(With about five hours of actual work in it, including the building of the kit), ...
by Bar
Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:33 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

I'll do the build tomorrow, and with any luck, the paint will be started on thursday.
by Bar
Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:37 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

What scale are you doing this in? I have no advice to give (I have a set of decals in 1/144 to do this bird 'cause I'm a cheater :D ) but I can't wait to see how you pull this off. I've seen your work so I know you can do it! 1/20. Should be a breeze based on Robb's insight with the stripes. Which ...
by Bar
Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:25 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

Kylwell wrote:Stripes (what ever color) first. Makes masking soooo much easier.
Right.
That makes sense.
So, if i read that correctly, a thorough coat of black, and then latex to mask off the stripes, then the yellow/orange on top, then mask that off for the grey, then the torn grey over the top of that?
by Bar
Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:01 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

Thanks. I think my personal problem is that i have no idea what will look coolest in terms of where the torn parts should be on this particular model. So i might need to paint the entire thing in the tiger stripes first, THEN work out the perfect areas to leave with the stripes... But these ideas ar...
by Bar
Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:58 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

Thanks a lot for the ideas guys. It's all great food for thought!
I love it when a plan comes together!
:D
by Bar
Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:03 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

Johnnycrash wrote:Well, since most of the it is grey, and it's the lightest colour... I would start with it.
Okay. One vote for the grey first.
Have you ever done a Tigermeet paintjob yourself at all?
by Bar
Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:51 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Tigermeet... What order to go in?
Replies: 28
Views: 53269

Tigermeet... What order to go in?

Hey guys. There's a lot going on in my life right now, but i need to build and paint a model. I'll just be grabbing a suitable one from the pile, glueing it together and painting it up. But i fancy doing a Tigermeet colour scheme. So, my question to all the great painters reading this is what order ...
by Bar
Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:04 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: What the hell happened?????
Replies: 16
Views: 18713

raser13 wrote::-k :-k maybe your pilot snuck in a cigarette while you weren't looking??
I have no idea still...
But it's not the end of the world....
by Bar
Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:50 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Hasbro Rogue 2 plastic material?
Replies: 3
Views: 4069

If the CA gets broken off, try epoxy next time. It'll never come off...
by Bar
Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:02 am
Forum: Lighting & Electronics
Topic: Raytheon Effect, anyone write a how to article?
Replies: 16
Views: 19636

I recall the same thing happened when Resin Illuminati started up. The "preferred" title was something that was too close to Skunkworks, and the domain name was shut down within days...
It happens with tightly controlled copyright...
by Bar
Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:36 am
Forum: Lighting & Electronics
Topic: Raytheon Effect, anyone write a how to article?
Replies: 16
Views: 19636

Oh, always amazing how people or companies take a name and then the word comes up somewhere else in a totally unrelated matter and they sue like they own parts of the english language. Like Spike Lee sueing Spike TV like he owns the word Spike. Does Ian have an account hear? Here... :D He DID, but ...
by Bar
Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:31 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: What the hell happened?????
Replies: 16
Views: 18713

Is it possible the blue tac itself contributed to it or maybe a combination of the blue tac, heat from the drilling and resin residue? I assume you've used blu tac before to hold parts in place, but how long was it on the part? I am not sure what the answer is to that question. The blu-tack will be...
by Bar
Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:44 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: What the hell happened?????
Replies: 16
Views: 18713

Interesting!
It makes as much sense as any other explanation!
I just wanted to try and get to the bottom of it so i didn't repeat the same mistakes again!
I don't want to have to waste another Scorpion Canopy! those things are like gold now!
:wink:
by Bar
Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:48 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: What the hell happened?????
Replies: 16
Views: 18713

Is it possible there were some kind of chemical vapors near the canopy while you were out in the garage? Ken No uncovered materials in my garage... The only thing in the air was dust from the drilling of the resin. What material is the canopy? Clear styrene? It's the canopy from the Polar Lights Sc...