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- Sat May 04, 2013 11:38 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: what is a metalizer
- Replies: 32
- Views: 31679
- Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:09 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: When to paint?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14471
Ive been experimenting with different tapes. Ive found the scotts painter blue tape to work best so far. Any other suggestions? Tamiya tape is awesome. Thin, made of rice paper, not too sticky, easy to cut, forms to curves pretty well, everything a modeling tape should be. For those areas too trick...
- Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:01 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Better option for cutting brass tubing
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17905
Here is my tube cutter.
- Sat Apr 27, 2013 6:58 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: When to paint?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14471
ZOmBe is correct. You have to do a little of both. Look at each step of the assembly with an eye towards painting. Will it be easier or harder to build with this part painted? Interior parts, like cockpits and engines, are almost always easier to paint before installation. Sometimes it is easier to ...
- Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:01 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Model master Acrylics for post shading work
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6677
The use of oils, pastels, and other pigments isn't really postshading. They are most commonly used for various weathering applications, although they can be used to modulate the color, as you suggest. What you are describing, applying acrylics with a brush to tint the model, is drybrushing. Drybrush...
- Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:09 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Easiest way to fill windows
- Replies: 22
- Views: 59845
- Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:22 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Babylon 5, Wing Commander Models (3D Printing)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 37508
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 8:40 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Needing a little feedback......
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22750
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:16 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: How do you paint?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11240
With Model Master enamels, I put a small, stainless steel nut in the jar. (You can use BBs or steel shot, I use 1/4-20 nuts because I've got a bunch lying around). This helps agitate the paint when shaking, scrapes the pigment off the bottom and sides, really mixes it well. I use eye droppers to tra...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:07 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Primer Color
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4795
- Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:55 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Question about creating surface panels on a frame.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 26735
- Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:55 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Question about creating surface panels on a frame.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 26735
- Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:40 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Question about creating surface panels on a frame.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 26735
From what I see in the picture, there is no need for the model to be hollow. If you can build a buck for vacuforming, then you can build the basic shape and to heck with vacuforming.
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:43 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: semi gloss laquer over enamel?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16500
I do this all the time and have no trouble with it. But I've also been thinning my MM enamels with lacquer thinner for the past several years. I think if you gloss coat with Future for decal application, then tone the finish down with a final coat of semi-gloss lacquer, you won't have any problem at...
- Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:24 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: iModela 3D miller
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8103
In English terms, the software resolution is .00004 inches. This means that the software can instruct the machine to move in increments as small as forty millionths of an inch. This is typical for CNC software. The mechanical resolution claims to be much greater, allowing stepovers as little as seve...
- Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:48 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Space Marine Bolter - Pocket Edition™
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15921
- Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:46 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Winter + low-budget + modeling = :(
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6267
- Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:00 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Space Marine Bolter - Pocket Edition™
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15921
- Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:28 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Space Marine Bolter - Pocket Edition™
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15921
- Sun Dec 09, 2012 1:05 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: A primer on primers?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12870
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:39 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Basics. Weathering. Washes
- Replies: 186
- Views: 844727
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:39 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Basics. Weathering. Washes
- Replies: 186
- Views: 844727
- Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:46 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Has anyone ever sprayed with the little testors paints?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11753
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:13 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Making Clear Windows
- Replies: 62
- Views: 233957
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:37 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: CNC or Laser Cutter
- Replies: 25
- Views: 29597
- Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:26 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: CNC or Laser Cutter
- Replies: 25
- Views: 29597
- Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:47 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Making Clear Windows
- Replies: 62
- Views: 233957
I see no one has answered this yet. But I'm not exactly the guy to answer either. I don't build Trek ships. I guess it is the same with anything, measure twice, cut once. Drill a series of holes for each window. Keep them straight by fixing a steel rule along side the window, and keep the drill agai...
- Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:33 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: CNC or Laser Cutter
- Replies: 25
- Views: 29597
If you had to pick one of the two, get the CNC. It can do everything the laser cutter can do, not so the other way 'round. The biggest advantage to the laser machine is it probably has a larger work area, and a much shallower learning curve. If you can operate a printer, you can operate a laser engr...
- Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:39 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: i hate stringing FO
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2315
- Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:14 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Painting metal, and how many clear coats to use?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4249