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The title says it. I'm bitten by the mech bug and I want to scratchbuild robots and legged vehicles with poseability included. I saw polycaps and the likes at the store but for the moment I am unable to buy via Internet, so the only way out is scratchbuilding. Can anyone point me to good tuts or exa...

I have a project that will have to use *several* guns of both scales. I've heard of molding small items in epoxy putty (i.e. the kind used for boat hull repair). Since I have no access in my country to other means of molding, what would your advise be?

Rafa

I live in banana-land. Far away of everything model-related. I can't find decent models and/or model shops here, and buying from internet is almost a political-economic sin here. So nothing of that stopped me in my quest for having fun, and recently I "discovered" expanded polystyrene, the...

I've heard good things about knead-a-mold, but couldn't find it last month when I traveledto the States. Found Amazing mold putty and bought a sample. Future trips will be more oriented to modeling, though.

Rafa

What I said. Who here has experience with mold putties?

Rafa

Thanks for your inputs. Sadly, I can't order anything out from my country due to severe restrictions on currency change and internet buying. So I will stick to what I can find to do my molds the cheap way. I understand now that there is no "ideal" substitute for the expressely created mate...

As the thread title implies, I'm at a loss here. First off, let me state that I live in a country where the vast majority of implements, substances and equipment every modeler here uses may see as a given, do not exist here. Even kits are no longer on sale here. I have a good stash from old, better ...