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Congrats! You are the first person to actually pull it off and build a kit within the 24-hour timeline!

Way to go!

Go for it! I am happy to report that I FINALLY have Internet service again at home. The ISP I had been with (called Primecast) went bankrupt the second week of June, and took my service with them. I've been relying on the Internet connection on my phone to even be able to look at e-mail and to post ...

I'm gonna try to maybe work on one next weekend, but it's going to be tight. We have a memorial service at church on Saturday morning, and a church picnic with friends that afternoon. I don't participate in the contest, but it's still fun to see what can be done in a day. This weekend is out. I'm wo...

Yes, it's still open, until the 30th.

Send your entries to my e-mail over at SFMKD.com: sfmkdmaster@hotmail.com

Looking forward to seeing what folks are building!

Nicely done! I have one sitting in my stash to be built.

The new deadline is June 30th.

Edited July 2: In an effort to encourage folks to submit something, I'm going to extend the deadline one last time, to carry through the month of July. So . . . last time: DEADLINE IS JULY 31ST! I was without Internet at home for most of June, otherwise I would have been chatting up the contest. I'm...

That sounds like a plan! I have the TIE and the TIE Interceptor, and I'm planning on building them together when it's their turn on the bench. But I have to do more research, because it seems like there have been several variations as to the "proper" colors for TIEs. Even the ones in Sculp...

Why not work on both the TIE and the TIE Interceptor? You can work on them both, alternating while one is drying, and probably use the same paint on both as well.

Possible, but I don't know. I'm willing to help sponsor for the first month.

It's the 15th . . . . is anybody participating in this, or planning to?

Sorry for the delay in getting these photos posted. It's been one of those weeks here, and my wife and youngest daughter were gone for two days on an overnight class field trip. They got home around 7:00 tonight, we went out to dinner, came home, and everyone else is already in bed. By the clock on ...

And I'll have photos up tomorrow. Even though I'm not participating in the contest, I figured I would still have some fun. Kit is assembled, waiting for the glue in the gaps to dry prior to sanding, then outside for some rattlecan painting before I start work on the detailing. Decal work should be d...

The entire point was to offer an anonymous voting system, as SSM does for the main contests. That way you don't vote for one person just because of name recognition. It's a level playing field where everyone has a chance, whether they've been building for 5 days, 5 months, or 5 years. For anybody th...

We are T-Minus 4 hours and 33 minutes to the start of the May challenge. Is anybody thinking of participating in this?

My clock here says 7:27 p.m., even if the message time doesn't.

After some PMs with Nicholas, we’re trying to streamline the One-Day Build Challenge (“ODBC”) Contest. First off, Nicholas and I are going to bow out and not participate in the contest version of the challenge because of the administration portion. We want to offer folks an anonymous posting and vot...

Hmmmm . . . . lemme check with myself (seeing as how I'm the owner & all of the officers) and see if SFMKD.com would be willing to contribute a prize of some sort. Maybe an SSM Gift Certificate . . . :8) Then again . . . sponsoring a prize would probably disqualify me from being able to particip...

Remember that May is the month that WonderFest is being held, and a lot of folks will be getting their contest entries ready for that. Also, John and Linda will be frantically busy before and after the show (with all of the stuff for the SSM Store), so don't be surprised if there isn't time for an &...

Works for me. I'll just have to fit in a day when and where I can.

Now I just gotta narrow down the choices to one or two kits to work on.

I have a couple of kits in mind, and I have this Sunday free to build. After that it's gonna get tight. I'm working an all-day auction for my in-laws on the 28th, and the 29th is booked with stuff at church. Once May hits, I'm on Tech Team at church for the month, which means my Sunday mornings are ...

I'm game. Just need to figure out a day when I can work, uninterrupted, on a kit.

And then there's the whole "what the frack do I build" question that has to be answered. But I have a few kits to choose from (about 450 unbuilt ones).

Wug wrote:To clean my airbrush after spraying Future I usually use isopropyl alcohol. Regular 70% rubbing alcohol works okay. The 91% and 99% work better.

Mike

Same here . . . followed by a rinse of hot water to flush everything out.

rpauly wrote:Dial your air pressure back to 10-12 pounds, or get an inch or two closer. The paint's already drying by the time it hits the model.

That was my first thought as well. The higher PSI is causing the paint to dry in-flight between the nozzle of the airbrush and the surface of the kit.

I have a pair of heavy-duty rubber gloves that I always use when working with Super Clean. I just didn't know if SC would harm resin. I've used it before on styrene and vinyl without a problem. Looks like the Steamrunner will be heading into a Super Clean bath this weekend. Should be nice weather ou...

And no, don't tell me that dinner and a movie works best . . . . :D I have a resin kit that I need to completely strip and start over again. I was in the process of building a Steamrunner and had a major mishap. I'd coated the upper and lower surfaces of the kit with Future, applied the decals, and ...

Hmmmm . . . . you might be able to airbrush the lighter base coat, and then use Pigma Micron archival ink pens to do the detailing. I use 05 (0.45 mm), 03 (0.35 mm) and 01 (0.25 mm) black pens for doing panel lines on 1:100 scale Gundam kits. They're available in quite a few colors , including green...

I found it back in the art supplies section, pretty much right by the shelves where they keep the empty airbrush boxes. I was looking for some other stuff, saw they had airbrushes, looked at the prices, and saw the cleaner on the shelf above.

I thin my acrylics with 70% isopropyl alcohol. The paint brands that I use include Model Master Acryl II, Tamiya, and Polly Scale. My normal cleaning routine is: Between coats of paint (same day, multiple applications), run a mixture of hot water & alcohol through the brush to blow the crud out....

For my gloss coats, all I use is Future floor finish (I think it's marketed under Pledge now, but I have an older bottle). It's made by S.C. Johnson. I paid $5.99 for a 27 fluid ounce bottle at my local Meijer store, and a bottle usually lasts me about a year. I don't use Testor's GlossCote any more...

I have one of the Iwata cleaning stations as well, and I love it. No problems with fumes at all. When I'm cleaning between coats or at the end of the spraying session, everthing gets sprayed into the cleaning station, and no fumes to disturb my wife and kids. I use mostly Model Master Acryl II, Tami...