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- Sat May 31, 2008 9:47 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Need help removing >*really stuck*< screws.
- Replies: 17
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Get a bigger hammer...LOL
I strongly advocate the acquisition of a Machinist's vice to ALL serious modelers... One of the most useful tools a modeler could hope to own, and for so many reasons. When it comes to holding a small (OR large as the case may be) object, so that another object may be removed from it... a good vice ...
- Sat May 31, 2008 9:35 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Deconstruction
- Replies: 21
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Boiling Water?
Tried boiling water once upon a time.... I had a P-47 Thunderbolt, with a warped wing. I'd heard someone mention placing styrene in Boiling water... Big mistake. HUGE. Boiling water is WAY too hot for styrene, and wound up distorting my plastic beyond all hope of use... had to buy another kit. (whic...
- Mon May 26, 2008 3:54 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
- Replies: 403
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Chacal had a very nice tip... using Bare Metal Foil on Polyethylene plastic. I had long wondered what the best way was, of using PET on models. Due to the 'waxy' nature of this particular plastic... getting paint to stick to it was beyond tough. Also, the only way to get a PET part to stick to anoth...
- Fri May 09, 2008 1:08 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
- Replies: 403
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By the way Liberator... I forgot to mention... VERY nicely done, on your egg hulled ship. I could be wrong, but it appears to be 1/24 or 1/25 scale. I admire folks who build the larger scales. One of these days I'd like to build a (genuine not recast!) Mike Salzo/Scott Alexander X-wing fighter... an...
- Wed May 07, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
- Replies: 403
- Views: 1177759
Bar, your globeship is VERY cool looking. Thanks for sharing it with us... This is the kind of ship I love to build... where you just see an object, and voila! Instant inspiration! Sparky... those engine greeblies of yours... are AWESOME. I'd love to have a few myself! I'd love to know the original ...
- Sun May 04, 2008 3:49 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
- Replies: 403
- Views: 1177759
- Sat May 03, 2008 1:26 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
- Replies: 403
- Views: 1177759
- Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:44 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
- Replies: 403
- Views: 1177759
- Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:44 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
- Replies: 403
- Views: 1177759