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- Tue Mar 10, 2015 1:15 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: So I can't use Mr. Surfacer to prime a vinyl figure?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 57228
The wings I added to this demoness were from a vinyl craft-store figure. I primed them with Tamiya spray primer, and all seemed to be well; but I could not get the color coats (oil paints) to dry. I then mixed up some Milliput, and added water until I had a slurry. I applied about five coats of that...
- Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:39 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: need to make some mast starting with .032 wire
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9752
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:17 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: help! i want to use some PE on my scratch build
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11715
- Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:44 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: a best filler?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18606
- Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:39 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Liquid cement melted styrene questions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18307
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:37 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: help needed. How to sand a piece of resin perfectly flat
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14440
Re: help needed. How to sand a piece of resin perfectly flat
Hi guys, I need help. Im having a hard time getting the mating surfaces of two pieces of resin absolutely flat. Any tips? I usually go super slow sanding lightly and testfitting often. But for some reason this piece just refuses to play nice. Any tips I can try? Why make it flat? When I have two bi...
- Tue May 20, 2014 10:28 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: bare metal foil?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 23393
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 3:23 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Very simple LED question!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13334
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 1:24 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Very simple LED question!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13334
...I have lots of the thin wire that's coated in rubber/plastic...I think it's maybe bell wire? Say I had 5 of them for the positive line, would I just strip all five ends, twist them together then solder them to another bit of bell wire? So that, like you said, there would only be two wires coming...
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:52 pm
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Very simple LED question!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13334
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:16 am
- Forum: Lighting & Electronics
- Topic: Very simple LED question!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13334
An LED takes about 3.3 volts, so your proposed series wiring scheme wouldn't work; all six LEDs together would require 6*3.3 = 19.8 volts. But you can wire two LEDs in series; 2*3.3=6.6, which is less than your 9-volt battery. LEDs need to have resistors in series with them to limit the current to a...
- Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:09 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Painting Head Ligths and Spot lights.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9428
- Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:35 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Tiny flexible hoses?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 105596
- Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:24 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
- Replies: 49
- Views: 127326
- Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:04 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: My Badger 150 is being naughty!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6967
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:50 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: How do you get that Scratched-Paint look?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 29496
I've used the hairspray technique pretty successfully. I used Tamiya spray gloss aluminum as the base coat; Tamiya spray paint, when dry, is very durable. Then a layer of hairspray, then an airbrushed coat of green enamel. Since I used enamel, and not acrylic, I had to do the scrubbing under warm wa...
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:10 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: TOS Turbo Lift grill shadow
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6693
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:35 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: finish window lines after removing masks?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6392
I've come to prefer Tamiya masking tape. It has just the right amount of tack, and it's possible to get very crisp lines using it. Since it's expensive, I only use it for the edges, and then fill in the larger areas with ordinary blue painter's tape. It also helps to go around the edges of your mask...
- Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:27 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Any alternatives to Strip-a-kit "old" / "dry
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16120
Scale Coat paint remover is easy to use, and is about the only thing that will touch Tamiya spray paints (Purple Power won't).
Here, this is the stuff:
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Scalecoa ... -10568.htm
Here, this is the stuff:
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Scalecoa ... -10568.htm
- Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:29 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Rod or tubing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12876
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:31 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Looking for tiny 1.5mm trusses in PE
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14468
I realize that this maybe isn't what you wanted to hear, but why don't you try etching them yourself? MicroMark sells a home photoetching kit that works pretty well; I've used it to make bits for a French land ironclad and a nameplate for a Space Pirates model. Here's a thread on another site which ...
- Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:50 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Colonial viper Mk1---Monovell *WIP*
- Replies: 12
- Views: 28657
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:45 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Working with "snaking" tiny wire or styrene detail
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18597
- Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:16 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Two part mold
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19458
- Thu May 30, 2013 4:57 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Two part mold
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19458
- Wed May 29, 2013 9:26 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Two part mold
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19458
- Thu May 02, 2013 2:34 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: When to paint?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14489
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:35 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Looking for car modeling links, Ya'll
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11132
- Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:17 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Sanding/Filling - what am I doing wrong
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23872
- Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:06 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Advice about painting a Lord of the Rings statue
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3736