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scratch that.. photoshop FINALLY decided to play nice. I took care of it

I DLed the decals on here for the 1:2500th E-D and TOS Enterprise. Downside is that I don't have corel draw and photoshop hasnt allowed me to install it on this PC (my old PC died and I got this one, supposedly better.......) Are there any programs available to change the corel draw files into jpg o...

thanks for the input guys.. should be helpful

I tend to use a veeeeerrrrrryyy thin black that barely shows up at all and I add it in layers (sometimes adding darker layers or brownish layers) until I think it looks good. I have also used pencils and a cigarette lighter held a bit away (I don't smoke but I have found several good uses for lighte...

I have recently tried out Photo Etch kits and am happy with the results. Basically, I made the 1/350th Fed. Cargo containers. I am (slowly) working on a 1/350th Titanic model for my wife and am wanting to add PE rails and other parts to it. When making the Cargo pods, I used tweezers to bend the bra...

I tend to use my dremel and various sized bits. Basically it depends on what sort of appearance I am going for with the damage. If I had an airbrush, I would use that for the colors, but I tend to use a combination of flat black paint, shades of brown, and pencils for weathering. I made an old enter...

I'm wondering if I need any tools for working with PE brass... so far I have (gently) used tweezers. Some metal, some plastic. Is there anything that I should buy to aid in my bending the parts?

I didnt have any trouble with mine... just a few pesky gaps to fill. Guess I was one of the lucky ones

I use sculpey some and I am planning on making some little 1/350th figures from it in the next few days (working on a Titanic model at that scale for my wife) I have even used it to fill (some) gaps on models.. though I dont do it often.

probably few will care... but Krylon makes a pearlescent paint in spray cans... They have an iridescent paint too... I have been using these two (I'm poor... cant afford a decent airbrush ) and have had good results.
I use a flat or satin white (also Krylon) as my base-coat