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That I can answer ! Smooth-On makes a variety of mold
releases-the Ease-Release line is what came with my starter set, and it does very nicely keeping the ooMoo from sticking to itself. Here's the
catalog pagefor those products.

http://www.smooth-on.com/releases.asp

On a slightly related tangent, has naybody used STONER mold release,
and is it compatible with OoMoo rubber?

:? Will a fishtank air compressor work good for airbrushing? Would I need a gauge to set the pressure I need? I currently use canned propellent.Any help from all you guys would be apreciated. Probably not, Artic- thhats pretty low output compared to a regular compressor-if you're shopping on-line, ...

I've used what I think is a Chopper I and the X-acto mitre box. Both have
their uses, but for what you're talking about, the cut-off tool might be the
best way to go. The mitre box is only good for 45 degree angles, and its
not as precise as it could be...

And, yes, Doctor Yo, you are mad.

Said the Appaling One

as The Immortal Dr. Clayton Forrester said

THAAANK-YOU!!!

Maybe you could get away with a hibachi in the parking lot?

Baba - They have 1/4 “ Ti rod - something like 3’ for $30.00 US which makes two sets of chopsticks. One for week days, one for Best. With a little machining for the taper and roughening so it’ll hold water chestnuts & ice. Kylwell - Bring prawns! Bring prawns! But my prawn chopper might n...

Most Hobby shops will carry something called an accelerator (Sp?) for super-glue. It speeds the cure time of superglue considerably. One other thing about building resin kits is to wash the parts before assembly with warm soapy water. This will clean most mold release agents and improve adhesion of ...

Superglue (cyanoacrelate) and epoxy. I have only very limited experience with the latter, and really don't care for it. A good gap
filling superglue should work for most purposes. What are you building?

For what its worth, Kenny, I've used the stuff as well, though in a
different way-I have decal sheets in my collection going back more than
thirty years, and the Microscale stuff is an excellent way of preserrving old decals-one coat and they don't explode on contact with water.

" Wrap thou thy #1 handles with the triangular rubber thing, that thy brand-new #11 blade held therein rolls not from thy workbench and plunges into thy sneakered foot." Injections 12:2 "Woe unto him that practices too great an economy with his blades- for his dulled implement shall s...

I've sent a PM-Thanks, Andrew!

Andrew, would you have a link to that article? I've had moderate success
using plain old plaster-of-paris for female molds, and the greased wires
sounds like a good way to go.

I should've caught that, I reeeeeeeealy shouldv'e...

Arrrrrgh! Scientific illiteracy abounds. The proper name of that chemical is Hydrogen Oxide, not Di-Hydrogen Monoxide! Which admirably demonstrates your own vast and weighty scienterrific knowledge, but neither affirms nor refutes the point at issue. You have some helpful information to contribute,...

One minor tip-before you attach the plastic sheet to the wood, 'rough up'
the mating surface of the styrene sheet with some heavy grit sandpaper-
this will give the epoxy a better surface to 'grip' as it were...

Thanks Bluesman-sounds like a viable alternative-who carries it?

Trippy. I was planning on posting a ' Can you airbrush Mr. Surfacer?'
topic-but this appears to answer one question. Now though, what do I
thin it with-alcohol, or someting else? ( I assume there's a 'Mr. Thinner'
out there...?)

If I could add one suggestion to Hipster's sound advice-start small,
something along the lines of two or three LED's, see if its your cup
of tea.

Blink*Blink....Just printed it out, Joe-Thanks! I'll e-mail you some pictures
once I get a little further along.

Dan-I'll probably be getting back to you on the glass techniques as
well-thanks again, all of you.

Oy...


Depends on how elaborate you want to get, Crash...Here's a primer
from the main site to get you started....

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/tech/mh_led.htm


For me the trickiest part has always been soldering. Good luck!

Just read about that stuff in R.Pink's 'Painting over EPP foam thread'
Sounds promising as well-thanks Scott.

It does indeed-thanks, Dan.

The tip about thinned housepaint is very timely-I'm going to be painting the house in the weeks ahead ( We had new siding put on a while back...)

Is there a particular 'slow cure, thin epoxy' that you'd reccomend?

I started my first two projects with blue insulation foam over the weekend, a Khorzvell frigate, and my 'long rifle' for the SSC small arms challnge. I figured there'd be an article in the archives, but didn't find anything. What I know so far-DON'T use cyanoacrelate on it-yikes! ( I don't know if i...

You mentioned being in Texas-if you happen to be in Austin, you might check out a store called Atomic City at 17th and San Antonio-he carries an ecclectic selection of Gundam-some fairly old. There is a shop in Houston, but I can't really tell you much more than that....and of course, there ordering...

Tony Agustin wrote:Would those pictures include the 'incriminating' pool party and anti-banquet photo's as well?

I'd buy That for a dollar! ....And I'll happily plunk down
five bucks for a copy, plus hipping and shandling. Er. More, even.

I aim to try...much will depend on finances, and whether my wife and
stepdaughter's business venture takes off...