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Sparky wrote:Put them all in a big plastic bin, save some box tops from kits that you have completed, or have bagged, then 'line' the bin with them.

Anyone looking at the bin's contents will only see box top logos, they will think the bin contains a completed, or bagged kits.

Sneaky!

Chacal wrote: Make a few holes in the box and label it:

Do not rattle this box
It upsets the scorpions

That oughta buy you a coupla weeks.

ROFL! I gotta try this!

This is getting ridiculous. I have to get going and organize this collected (yet thoroughly cleaned with soap!) pile before it takes over my house. Time is running out. I'm not sure how much longer the defences around the "Ye Shall Not Touch These Spare Parts Boxes" area will hold.... It l...

Nevermind. Got my answer. Smooth-on all the way.

You don't eat the eggs though do you?

Interesting topic as I have never heard this process before.

Using clear blister packaging. I'll check around for a lightbulb set-up. Might help.

For some reason every single time I try to thermoform, my plastic gets black. Too close?

Maybe a better question is, how long (relatively speaking) should a piece of plastic take to soften when held over the candle?

Also true. I was having issues with masking (trying to use masking tape). However, I have since discovered 3M blue masking tape seems to work far better and does not seem to injure the initial layer.

Okay, I'll check it out.

Thanks for pondering it anyhow.

Hmm. Okay, switching to Plan B.

Okay, I must have blown a processor here and I cannot remember how you do white decals on dark models. Situation: Have a black model car. Need white flames. Parts I currently have: White Decal Paper, Clear Decal Paper, Printer. The Question: The flame design I would like to have is a complicated ser...

Probably because Tamiya paint has a binder already set with the polymer, apparently that causing that slight odor, which helps it bond to plastic when a primer is not used. Even still, a primer should be used. Liquitex, Apple Barrel, etc. are have little or very light binder set in them and as a res...

No primer, straight on plastic. Haven't tried AB, do my best to never step foot inside a Walmart. I've tried Creatix, Liquidtex, and one other whose name escapes me (it was 'generic house brand'). Applied straight to plastic they all had issues with the Creatix being the worse (look at it wrong and...

Apple Barrel Acrylics and Water-based Enamels from Walmart work perfectly. There are no issues with drying "soft" that I have ever run into or not "sticking well" - Kylwell did you primer before painting? What happened? I have used Tamiya, Testors/Model Master, Humbrol, Polly Sca...