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I've used a lot of airbrushes and own a flock of 'em. From Paashe to Badger to Thayer & Chandler to Iwata. From little ones through detail guns (for real cars) to house paint sprayers. I keep coming back to my simple old Paashe H3. Love it. Simple enough to use easily, high enough in quality to ...

Hi, longhornxtreme! Welcome to the snake pit. Er.... Trenches. One tool you will find very useful is a parts nipper. Much handier than a Kershaw for removing parts from their trees without damaging them. (And I LIKE Kershaw.) There are expenxive Xuron ones, and cheaper ones from Testors, and very ch...

Try a T1 or a T 1 1/2 WHITE LED with a 15 degree beam. Anyting over 3 Cd (3000 mCd) should throw a nice 'splash' of light.

Hi, Beowulf! Whatever you decide to do, you will probably want to use LEDs. WHITE and BLUE LEDs use about 3.6 volts, other colors use less. You can run a LOT of LEDs from one 9 volt battery with some planning. Sources: www.allelectronics.com and www.jameco.com for LEDs & stuff. Also check out ww...

Hopefully, yeah. I NEED to see the guys from Techmages again, and WANT to meet all those odd people I keep nattering at on this site. Don't have a significant other except for the moose (real) in the front yard. And she doesn't like to travel by car. That's the problem living deep in the Northwoods....

Sure, man. High Rez pleaze. That sure beats trying to download on my POTS / tin can telephone connection.

Need cover art? Just ask my friend with the Photoshop....

I think two categories are almost madatory. Single Objects, and Dioramas. At least with this specific contest.

Of course, people building dios will go nuts trying to get what amounts to multiple models done in time....

heh

Sounds like fun. I'm trying to get the live action for a 1 hour SF pilot off of U-Matic and into a G4 Mac for editing and FX at this point. Not to mention sound massage, probable dialogue replacement, and then music. I've done design and FX for TV commercials, and some design for a guy named Roddenb...