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Is this like Simple Green we get in the US?

As my subject line suggests, has anyone used a solvent to remove the paint or ink from plastic signs? I know I can sand it off but its a pain to do a large area. I was thinking of trying oven cleaner or degreasing detergent in the same way as enamel paint. I'm hoping someone has an easier method.

I'm calling this one done! https://flic.kr/p/TepmUE The astronauts turned out really well. I'm happy with this one all around. https://flic.kr/p/S4acWx https://flic.kr/p/SH5PzW The lighting turned out well. It changes color with different combinations of LEDs. https://flic.kr/p/Tepbyu https://flic.k...

Painted the base and attached the astronauts. Now for some decals. I'm thinking of naming it Atlantis using space shuttle decals.

Some astronuts.... https://flic.kr/p/SUGnrr I glued the tinyest gold colored beads I could find over their heads and painted them a nice 50s silver. They need backpacks yet. The base so far. https://flic.kr/p/SUGkwz I found some drywall mud in the basement closet that is "filling in" for s...

Scotaidh wrote:Nice work! I half expected to see Gort standing sentinel nearby.

Ooh! Giant worker robot to go with the base.......

Thanks!
Working on a base.

Yea Ha!! I painted something and it came out right the first time!!! https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3666/33166274621_ae44a2425c_c.jpg Krylon really came through on this one. I think the silver says 50's space ship just right. I wet sanded with 400 grit paper that had been used already so it came out ...

Nice work! Impressive!

Lights installed in the "drive unit". https://flic.kr/p/R377mz PSR is done and a coat of primer has been applied. Now I have to let it dry a few days so I can do a couple touch ups. https://flic.kr/p/S63Ap8 https://flic.kr/p/R3746g I'm thinking of adding some visual interest with black dec...

I'm going to go with having the ship sitting on its "drive unit" like the ship in Forbidden planet. I have the lights installed for the "drive unit". Kept it simple. I still need a ramp or stairs coming down. I need some tiny astronauts. IIRC the landing gear on the C-57D consis...

I'm going to go with having the ship sitting on its "drive unit" like the ship in Forbidden planet. I have the lights installed for the "drive unit". Kept it simple. I still need a ramp or stairs coming down. I need some tiny astronauts.

Looking good! Carry on!

I'm perplexed by the question of what to do for landing gear. Some kind of stalky legs, just let it rest on the "drive unit", or something else...

Here's a pic of the latest. Everything is slow motion for me lately.
https://flic.kr/p/Ry1DDW

The white is Perfect Plastic Putty and the red is Bondo.

Looking really good!

That's why I looked until I found plates made of what appeared to be styrene. I sanded off the ring on the bottom plate and used the ring on the top to help blend in a secondary dome.

I found some Krylon paint that is supposed to look metallic, we shall see.
I also am going to try using the lights from a Christmas tree star that change color. Prewired with its own walwort.

PSR stage, not much to show. Part of me wants to add fins, other part says no.....

Spread some Bondo spot putty around the edges of the plates. Not much to show yet.

Started slapping plates together! Plastic appetizer plates from Walmart. https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5516/30877707470_7f427e15de_c.jpg I wasn't sure what kind of plastic these were made of. I thought they were polystyrene but no way to be really sure until glue is applied. The liquid glue worked f...

Due to raster13's post in general si fi modeling I just discovered the plates in space challenge. Can't believe I missed this for two months! I have some interesting plates in the basement POC I had been tossing around for quite awhile for just such a project. I hope folks don't mind someone coming ...

For rubber hoses try the leads from used ear buds. About two and half feet of black rubber hose that's pretty flexible.

I'm sold!

This GG Ca sounds awesome and its easy to find. Has anyone used it on different plastics? I have a project or two that would require glueing PVC, ABS, poly carbonate, acrylic, POM and any other parts I can scrounge from computers and printers. I've read that POM is just about unglueable. POM, HDPE,...

This GG Ca sounds awesome and its easy to find. Has anyone used it on different plastics? I have a project or two that would require glueing PVC, ABS, poly carbonate, acrylic, POM and any other parts I can scrounge from computers and printers. I've read that POM is just about unglueable.

Never leave Gorilla Glue on the nightstand...

Do you mean the actual power supply? There is a wealth of info on the lighting forum.

Looks interesting! Will you be "plating" the hull with styrene, balsa or something else?

Plastruc cement will work on ABS or PVC but I'm not sure if anything holds POM. Of course there are usefull metal parts also. POM seems to be similar to PTFE (Teflon) and has similar bonding problems. I love the metal parts in things like this, printers are a good source of high quality cold rolled...