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Oil, water-based, pastel...all three work great. All are easy to wipe away and clean if you think you've made a mistake. I like how quick the pastel dries but I don't know if that's enough to give that technique the edge. Try them all and decide for yourself.

Don't breath it or drink it. If you do....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVmeeYwEiQw

ModelMan that's the stuff. They changed the label those filthy little bastards!

I crap you not....I was just in Harbor Freights today and they had this cheapo little air compressor on sale for $6.99. Thing was the size of a Nerf football.

Not sure about their primer but others here and I have thinned Mr. Surfacer 1200 about 70% and shot it through our airbrushes. I would experiment with different percentages on scrap plastic, or a crucible model, to see what works best.

I think I read in that thread a while ago that sticking the model in the freezer helps shrink the plastic a fraction and makes fragile the bond. Never tried it but it makes sense.

$100.00 pin vise.....
I think I paid $8.00 for a jewelers pin vice that can hold bits in sizes .0 - 2.5mm. 2.5mm hole makes that a pretty big danged window in this hobby.
For $100.00 bucks buy a Filet Mignon dinner at your favorite restaurant.

I just researched this recently and I believe I read that the levitation is possible with electronic magnets to levitate an object but other magnets need to be used for stabilizing it. Without stabilizing magnets the object will rotate like with the "Levitating Globe" toy that's out there ...

There's a whole thread about this. It really depends on what I'm trying to fill. I use 3-4 different materials, including Liquid Paper. No sh&t, Liquid Paper? What kind of seams/gaps can you fill with that? Is it self leveling, sandable? Man I tell you I learn something new everyday in this wor...

OK, you want this one: http://www.pledge.com/en-US/Products/Pages/tile-and-vinyl-floor-finish-with-future-shine.aspx I just checked mine and 1. It's the old packaging and 2. on the back of the label it says, and I quote "safe on Vinyl, Linoleum, Ceramic Tile, and Stone floors." I actually ...

Vodka.

I just tried the 50/50 wet Future as a setting solution and I found it to be pretty much equally as effective as Micro Sol/Set. It's an additional technique that's good to know.

Micro balloons....what a wondrous invention!

Further use of priming, sanding, puttying, sanding, priming, cussing, spilling of beverage, knocking over of solvents, sanding again has been known to cause nausea, asthma, hot flashes, elbow rashes, uncontrollable bowel movements, headaches, and gout. 9 out of 10 Doctors prefer gambling at the hors...

Ziz and Scratchy are on to two very interesting and effective ideas. Both are sound.

Reading up on laying decals down I came across a method where guys are watering down Future, perhaps 1:1 ratio, then brushing that on the model where the decal would go. Once the decal is ready it is placed onto the wet Future. When that dries then more Future is AB on top. Any body try this method ...

Just wondering what guys use to clean their tools. Glues, adhesives, paints and such sometimes cake up on surfaces of cutting blades, handles, files, tweezers and the like. Simple Green/ammonia/alcohol, what are you using? Methods?

Ter I managed to pick up a few bottles of MM Acryl Flat Clear from my LHS. I asked him what he had in lieu of Tamiya in acrylic and he had the Model Masters. What should I expect, look out for, when AB the clear?

I also sprayed straight lacquer thinner through my AB to clean it out and it shot out great. Unscrewed the tip and cleaned off the needle real fast and the whole process was much easier then I anticipated.
Thanks again boys.

Mr.Surfacer 1000 & 1200 This is like an amazing primer. It goes on smooth and can give you a very good indicaton of any imperfections on your model that needs fixing before final paint. Again when you are airbrushing this you need to thin it a lot for best results. I thin it about 70% thinner t...

OK, got a response from Krylon. They said that the "Short Cuts" line of sprays would be fine for styrene. They have a clear coat but only in "Gloss" form. Nothing in a flat. http://www.krylon.com/products/short_cuts_aerosol_paints/ This is the Matte Finish spray Vetter is speakin...

Yummm....bacon!

Mr.Surfacer 1000 & 1200 This is like an amazing primer. It goes on smooth and can give you a very good indicaton of any imperfections on your model that needs fixing before final paint. Again when you are airbrushing this you need to thin it a lot for best results. I thin it about 70% thinner t...

I am having the hardest time finding acrylic flat clear coat finishes . Normally I go with the Tamiya but my LHS hasn't had it, or the Polly Scale which I would gladly try, in months. I really try to shop locally and support the brick and mortar guys. I came across the Krylon Acrylic Crystal Clear F...

I think it's great. Excellent for cutting styrene < 1mm, and for making multiple repetitive cuts. It may be the best tool I own next to my dremel, my Iwata airbrush and compressor, my Kylar wire wrapping tool, my Aves...though it's not a tool it is the best damn putty I've ever seen, my oven pizza s...

I worked a little tonight on the pilot of the Pro Shop X-wing group build I'm involved in and tried something that popped into my head at work today. Perhaps I'm a bit slow but I read on the Aves site that their Safety Solvent for their pastes and 2-part epoxies (sculpt) can feather out these produc...

Kylwell that's definitely helpful. No mention on the scaling down once their created in a program. Is it a matter of shrinking the % down in the printing window ( an option my Mac has) then printing out on white paper and repeat this process until the size looks correct? Seems tedious but would work.

Without starting a new thread, and since I'm new to this side of modeling, would someone here be willing to give a detailed account of how one can make his/her own decals. Example; What program are you designing them with? What printer? What paper? How do you scale your decals down to fit your model...

The Chopper.
http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/vie ... hp?t=92928

I can't recall if this was covered in this thread but does anyone know the difference between Apoxie Paste and Fixit Paste? http://www.avesstudio.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=26&category_id=2&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=4 http://www.aves...