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- Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:51 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Ideas for casting this part?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6438
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:57 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Ideas for casting this part?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6438
Make a thin ring of plastic on the larger surface of the ring, the part it's resting on in your picture. Then add a wider ring on top of that. You're essentially creating a ring with a T-shaped cross section. How's that for unmolding? I think it would work if the ring was thin enough, because the w...
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:24 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Ideas for casting this part?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6438
Look at the way I make some of my parts - http://www.modular-models.com/Bee/interface%20800.JPG http://www.modular-models.com/Bee/single%20cargo%20800.JPG http://www.modular-models.com/Bee/passenger%20pod%20parts%20800.JPG Make a thin ring of plastic on the larger surface of the ring, the part it's ...
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:09 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: What are some useful bits to start with?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13949
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:12 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: What are some useful bits to start with?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13949
Wire - stay with something in the mid-20's gauge. That's thin enough to run through most models but still heavy duty enough to handle higher voltages. Get both stranded and solid - stranded for threading thru slots and grooves, solid for laying down a path in a larger kit and having the wire stay in...
- Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:30 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: TOS bridge overhead light pattern
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18492
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:00 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: How to recreate a "takeoff" jet blast ?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 49201
Are you trying to re-create that exact shot? You're going to need to put it on some kind of display stand anyway so combine your efforts. Use two clear rods coming out of the exhausts into the base, then use Tamiya clear orange and yellow to paint the flame effect onto the rods where needed, leaving...
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:56 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Help with molding model car tires
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15302
- Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:22 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Home Made Paintbooth
- Replies: 23
- Views: 31079
Pat likewise told me he was inspired by my original concept from about 10 years ago - http://www.zizolfo.com/family/john/mode ... booth.html
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:06 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Source for mesh/screen?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9745
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:12 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: AMT enterprise A lights and sounds board..
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2799
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:35 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: AMT enterprise A lights and sounds board..
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2799
As long as you re-seal the connections with tape or shrink tubing you can extend or shorten the wires as needed. For the sake of keeping track of what you're doing, do literally one wire at a time - don't cut a whole bunch at once and hope you'll remember which ones they match up to because you won't.
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:28 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Eliminating voids without a pressure pot?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20928
- Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:57 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Eliminating voids without a pressure pot?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20928
What kind of mold is it - two part, envelope, open face? What's the pot life of your resin? As far as eliminating air bubbles, start by mixing your resin slowly so you don't introduce more air. Also try pouring it very slowly if it's a slow pot life. When I pour smaller parts, I hold the stir stick ...
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:43 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: series wiring?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2763
- Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:25 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Whats the best way to do Blast marks and carbon scoring?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6732
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:54 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Resin casting question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10871
- Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:45 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Paint sandwiching - bad idea?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6290
- Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:55 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Ideas/source for rectangular tubing with rounded corner
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19222
How big do these need to be? You could literally construct them from Evergreen strip and quarter round.
http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/Str ... l%20Strips
http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/Sha ... er%20Round
http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/Str ... l%20Strips
http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/Sha ... er%20Round
- Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:13 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Rubber for molds
- Replies: 84
- Views: 266996
Rubber molds allow you to do undercuts and complex surfaces because the rubber can flex away from the finished part when you take the part out of the mold. A metal mold (steel, aluminum, whatever) can only do shapes that are essentially convex without any undercuts. Injection kits are done with stee...
- Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:50 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Making a mold
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9491
Did you design the parts with molding/casting in mind or was this an afterthought? Depending on the shapes and angles, it may mean tearing some of your work apart or re-engineering it to fit together differently to make the molding/casting process easier. And as Joe said - pictures. We're a visual c...
- Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:57 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Gluing .005 styrene strips to model?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12965
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:53 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: for the professional casters - WTF is wrong with this mold??
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12382
- Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:17 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Rattlecans or Airbrush
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12027
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-5-hp-58-psi-compressor-and-airbrush-kit-95630.html Well, there's an airbrush and compressor package - $100. To answer your original question, it depends on the size and detail of your project. My logic generally goes... small kit - spray can large kit - spray can lots ...
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:09 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Anyone have an X-wing engine WAV or MP3?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4373
http://www.chienworks.com/~aramisangel/sw/index1.html
Try the direct page. Hit Sound, then "Other" by mousing over the logos.
Try the direct page. Hit Sound, then "Other" by mousing over the logos.
- Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:53 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Anyone have an X-wing engine WAV or MP3?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4373
- Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:10 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Home built tools
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15671
- Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:19 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Anybody know anything about light sheet?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 27263
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:36 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Anybody know anything about light sheet?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 27263
Yep, that's what it's for. Depending where you get it and the way it's designed, you may have to build your consoles to have the screen area recessed a bit so that you can have framing space to hide the wiring connector. Don't do any major design/construction on your consoles until you have your EL ...
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:52 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Using Clay for Molding?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15797