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- Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:43 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Tamiya gloss paints and flat base - how much?
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Tamiya gloss paints and flat base - how much?
Need to paint Spock's & McCoy's shirts - the AMT vinyl figures. I have a gloss Tamiya color that I need to mix with their "Flat Base". Is there a proportion to it - so much paint to so much flat - or is it just a "yes or no" thing...drop a random amount in there and you're go...
- Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:44 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Drilling into clear
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Drilling into clear
Is there any way to cut a hole in a clear part without having it shatter? I'm working on the old MPC R2-D2 and to do it right, I need to cut out a long slot on one of the blue sections on the back of his dome and two squares on a front section right next to the big eye. We're talking square holes th...
- Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:23 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Pour-spout cap for paint jars
- Replies: 10
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Don't know of a pour spout, but a neat trick is to use a toothpick or spare bit of sprue. How, you ask? Point the toothpick into the paint cup of the airbrush at an angle. Pour the paint from the bottle by touching the bottle to the toothpick and let the paint run down the toothpick. When you pour p...
- Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:15 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Does anyone know how to light up clear resin?
- Replies: 6
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- Wed Jul 16, 2003 7:56 am
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- Topic: Are we done with Wonderfest?
- Replies: 7
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There's also something of a mathematically inverse relationship happening... The more people who attend WF on any given year, the fewer non-attendees there are to tell the stories to when you get back. With fewer people who need to be informed of what happened, the shorter and faster the conversatio...