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I've seen a few sites that show progress pics on scratchbuilds, and several of them make mention of using foam as a core. Are they reffering to styrofoam, like the kind used in those cheap ice coolers, or something else? It's kinda late for me to use something like this in what I'm building now, bu...

when using Alclad 2 pearlescent lacquers ihave found that they bind a lot better to the Alclad primer than to standard automotive primers, so now i always use the acladl 2 primer in areas that will be covered by the pearlescent alclad 2s

when you buy it open it and drop in a small (clean) stone.

store upside down as above - when you need it shake thoroughly to mix the pigment and carrier (which is where the stone helps out!)

You can also add liquid medium to thick paints to thin them down without loosing cohesion.

this was from another forum and not all relevant but saves typing it out again: "paint" = medium, pigment and binder: pigment is the colour, medium is the "glue" binder ties the pigment to the medium. Generally most artist 'acrylic mediums' are a binder-medium composite: a milky-...

Theres a bit of a story to this so please bear with me: About a year ago i produced a lit landing-pad for a wargamer which featured running lights that ran in to the center from each corner - 5 lights in a row so that they went 5-4-3-2-1-repeat. I used a commerical kit ( link ) bought from maplins b...

Canopy Glue works very well as does epoxy - wont go near CA after the fumes ate the outer layer on the fibre

Can anybody tell me what this is and what it is used for?

It seems to ahve magically appeared in one of my drawers, unearthed during our move to new offices.. haven't got a clue what it is as its all in japanese.

Chacal wrote:Where octagon meets octagon, yes, 45º is the ticket. Between triangles and octagons, however, the angle will be different. It will be 55.35º (trig is the modelbuilder's best friend)

thx chacal - that saved me one set of cockups at least

Brandlin wrote:just had a doh! moment...

i see you mean the "cubes with the corners cut off"...

so, yes, 45 degrees, six faces and 8 small triangles....

sorry

hehe - see, that's what i was doing?!

might leave it till the morning lol

brain isnt firing on all cylinders atm (heck ANY i think) with ref to this thread: http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/viewtopic.php?t=66054 i'm going to mke some of the small pods as shown on the models page here: http://www.iwarpapermodels.org/content/index.htm http://209.85.50.70/~iwarpm/pics/mod...

not on our store Brandlin as we dont get asked for i tmuch, but we can order it in next time we order. other than that source i dont know of anybody (other than by-the-pallet) else who does big sheets. it is better if you can find a local source though as the carriage can be rather nasty :shock: sig...

0.010 to 0.080 in 1350mm x 660mm are the largest that i know of retail... anything larger and you have to go to the manufacturer and buy by the pallet load.

£9.60p to £37.20p for cost.. plus they are VERY heavy so a large courier fee for carriage.

big enough?

i use a B, anything harder and find that you can very easily damage the paintwork.

wear a graded fume mask when casting plus latex gloves at all other times (deanting, mixing etc), dont let it get on your skin, dont inhale fumes (get a proper activated charcoal mask that will actually filter out the fumes, and keep it in-date), dont inhale dust (use the P3 cat for dust). dont have...

i've got a million and one things i could use those little beauties for, but my Soldering Fuu is waaay too low.

i imported mine from Harbour Freight in the USA - they had a special offer on so there were only about $30USD or something equally mad (£275.00 ~ $450USD I was quoted in the UK for the same size pot). Even after shipping and VAT and import duties they were massively cheaper than anything in the UK. ...

My guess is the resin didn't setup or they cut it with diesel fuel. With the cost of diesel, I'd think it'd be cheaper just to go all resin anymore... Dan was gonna say - do people still do that? :?: it's £1.27p a liter now! I only ever had one piece of resin do this to me and it was some crappy ch...

postage from Micro Mark is only 10USD to the UK - so will grab one direct i think, thats pretty reasonable postage.

OMG - i SO need one of those..... bet you i cant find one anywhere in the UK under £40.00

you do have a problem if you try cutting off photo-etch on a cutting mat as the etch will dig into the mat before the cut happens, so i always trim that off on a piece of metal (on top of the mat). I use about 3 A2 mats, about £7.00 each, they tend to last me a year or so before they get consigned t...

i just stick a wad of "eco-wool" into my cleaning jar if that is what you mean?

"eco-wool" is a cheap from of "eco friendly" plastic wool-like fiber that is used for insulation.

depends on the plaster - the harder alpha-plasters shrink far less than the cheaper versions, are much harder and can easily be pressure cast to remove bubbles. pouring layers of plaster is not a good idea though as you can get fracture lines which are very week and can sheer apart easily - especial...

five 2.5 gallon pots and two 10 gallon pots :D though to be fair we rarely use the big pots for anything actually that big, the 2.5 gallon pots do most of the real work. big pots were picked up second hand on ebay for a pittance from a factory closure/repossession company who clear stuff on ebay. to...

We had a complaint from a customer about mould release on a one of our models so spent some time testing it to see what got rid of it the best. wiping it off with tissue paper first, followed by a soak in SG and a light scrub was the best method. Sadly all the effort was a tad rather wasted as the c...

i don't think that using a release agent is anything complicated. it's just a matter of giving a slight spray/mist on/into the mold prior to putting the mold halves together. puting barrier on the first half of the mold prior to pouring the second mold half can be more troublesome. Have to agree wi...

Sorry if this is an old topic to be responding to, but I couldn't help it. Using hair spray over decals is not a good idea. Sure it'll do the job, but it WILL yellow in a very short time period. Plus most hair sprays are alcohol based are they not? so you have to consider how this will affect the c...

i use an iwata HP-AH and its superb, but those i know who have the badger 360 swear by it - even afer using mine they dont want to change, so it looks like a bit of a bargain to me.

aye Simple Green does the trick very well.

Does anybody have experience with any of the revell or badger compressors? Im looking to replace my existing one (broken down) but cant find much in the way of reviews - we can get badger and revell at trade prices; hence me looking at these - unless they are not that good obviously. im guessing tha...

Simple Green

wont harm plastics, resin or metals.

will remove lacquers, acrylics and enamels.

just soak then scrub, rinse repeat if needed.