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Holey Moley!! Are you gonna put a saddle on that thing?!

Thanks for the tip. There are no stores selling Evergreen where I am, unless I drive an hour away and then its luck of the draw. But there is a plastic shop just in town that sells good sized scrap pieces for cents on the foot!

I think he sized it so his daughter could fly it!

Another source for burner cans is HLJ. They carry the same selection as SSM.
http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYP-103

Works fine for me.

Buy some formula 1 race car models, just to bash their slender bodies into spaceship hulls - and save the wheels for later...

I don't know of any books. The best way is to look for on-line articles or in hobby magazines, or other hobby sites. This one is on Macross World Forums and has some nice detailed pictures. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=31739 You may have to join first to see them, but it doesn...

Pictures!!
Now, that's looking like one great ship.

It sounds cool, but I can't seem to get any images for it on the site...

Thank you, you've been very helpful.

In another post about using resin, it was stated that some resin could turn liquid over time and ooze out of openings or hollow casting. It was suggested to shake the resin before mixing. My question is, wouldn't this create more air bubbles in the mix than the actual mixing would create? And if the...

I'm thinking about getting into the resin and I read in the latest FSM Techniques mag about the MicroMark starter kit. http://www.micromark.com/COMPLETE-RESIN ... ,8174.html

Other than buying everything piecemeal, is there a cheaper starter setup out there?

One corner of my room is just spare parts. A number of battleships, but mostly Gundams that were sold off from K-Mart and Walmart and pulled apart. They have some great designs! Also misc toys that have just 'that' shape. Just today I bought the V-Wing and Sith Infiltrator toys to be used as parts. ...