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I would stick with just the regular acrylic and see how that does before adding anything to it.

You stated earlier that you sanded and polished then before dipping them in Quick Shine. I'm wondering if the polish you used first could be causing the problem. I suggest you thoroughly clean the surface to remove all traces of the polish so you have just bare plastic. Then try dipping the canopy a...

Whenever I used acrylic paints I cleaned by airbrush out with paint thinner. I dis-assembled the airbrush, cleaned it out with a pipe cleaner and then filled up the cup with thinner and sprayed till empty. I have never dipped canopies in Future. I only spray it for a glossy finish. I use other hand ...

My first question is was the surface clean?

I have noticed that when using a mate spray on high humidity days the effect can be cloudy. Is moisture in your clear wax?

Try experimenting some more and see what happens.

I used brake fluid. Let it soak for several days and then brush the loose chrome with a toothbrush. Even so it took me several soakings and brushings and working with a toothpick to remove all of it.

Good point. We don't know the long term effects of Solvaset on airbrush seals. I wouldn't take much to gum one up.

With an air brush all you are doing is mixing air with the solution. There shouldn't be any chemical changes or dying out like occurs with some paints. What I sometimes do is apply the decal with lots of water on it and then apply a drop of Solvaset to the water. I then make sure the decal is in pla...

Solvaset is hot. I usually apply just a drop of it after I have set the decal with another solution and then leave it alone until it's dry.

In grade school I used an old shoe box and plastic figures.

Do the scene when he is fighting the spider.

How do I send a draft PM when I am done?

Using the Apollo landing kit make a diorama of the landing being filmed on a movie set. Using the Enterprise Bridge kit show a scene being filmed. Using existing kits what scenes from the movies or TV could you do being filmed? Why stop there? Build the whole Desilu sound stage. http://www.startrek...

Awesome build!. Very realistic and probable in it's design versus what we see in the movies.

Try this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=689c0jEjzok

I too noticed about the avatars. Been through this before. Has the platform that supports SSM been changed? I notice the PHPBB logo at the top now.

Please don't go to Tapatalk. It ruined Atomic City.

It is happening to me. I thought why should I be blocked from the Excelsior thread?

Try spray painting lightly clear plastic. Then it will be like a gel.

I also spray painted LEDs to get a more uniform lighting.

Thanks. "Take it slow" is a definite, for sure. I...hadn't thought of trying just a bit at a time, but it occurs to me that supergluing is reversible (just add fingernail cleaner). So if the end result was awful...back to the building board! Again, thanks! Do not use fingernail or nail po...

I never made he Seaview but I can imaging your situation since I have been in similar situations. First off go slow. Think each step through. Several times what I imagined doesn't work out because I couldn't get the right grip or right positioning that I thought I could to do what I needed. Is it po...

One possibility if the lights would be too high above the loop to work is to place them in the feet, landing gear, and then feed the light using fiber optics to where they are needed.

A cor possibly since it would sit inside the loop. I don't know about the BOP since it they would probably be too high above the loop to work.

For the shuttle bay you will first have to bend it to shape, glue it and then paint it. I don't know anything about the decals, are they insignias, instrument panels meant for details? I would seal them with Dul-cote after applying them. This should keep them in place. Will this keep them place? Yes...

What size are the wires? Are they super fine 60 gauge, if so then replacing them may be difficult. For most modeling applications I would recommend 28 to 30 gauge. If you are serious about this then unsolder the wires, trim them back and resolder them. Otherwise secure them with epoxy to prevent bre...

This is a common problem that affects electronics everywhere, wires flexing and breaking from vibration. I made my own lighting for my K'tinga battle ship and I made sure of two things. One was that I had a good, solid solder connection. The other was that I had strain relief on all the wires. I put...

I have used Tamiya white lacquer primer for my Proteus sub and gray for my K'ting warship. In both cases I wanted a base that hopefully wouldn't lift up with masking. I felt that a lacquer primer would "bite" into the plastic better that enamel or acrylic. Normally I am wary of rattle can ...

It looks like you want an even glow without bright spots. This means you will need a diffuser in addition to the lighting. This could be difficult to achieve.

Just experiment to see what works best.

With the increased detail and visual panorama of the movie screen the producers decided that the flat, featureless hull used for the lo-res 60's TV screens wouldn't work. So they decided to add variation in surface colors and plating to catch the eye. the In real life there are certain variations in...

Using the Apollo landing kit make a diorama of the landing being filmed on a movie set.

Using the Enterprise Bridge kit show a scene being filmed.

Using existing kits what scenes from the movies or TV could you do being filmed?

Bouncing around my brain since sometime late 1980s to mid 1990s, Take one of those Testors manta ray looking UFO kits, they offered both intact and crashed versions, and ... ... cut open what seems to be the cabin door, pose one of the seated little grey crew figures as collapsed while exiting the ...

I discovered that the LEDs that I started out with for my K'tinga kit had a different shade than ones I got later which were more bluish in color when compared with the others. I have not seen a true white LED except for the 3 color ones that require all three lit and even they seem off. the warmer ...