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- Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:55 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Teeny weeny LED's
- Replies: 9
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As I recall they come in Red, Green, Amber, and maybe Yellow. Under a 10th of an inch in size. SMT size .115 x.055 x.05 inches tall. They also have SMT ones that DO NOT have leads - just teeny solder pads They have a pretty wide selection last time I checked, including very bright colors, blue and ...
- Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:31 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Teeny weeny LED's
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12618
Re: Teeny weeny LED's
Smaller, actually, but they are surface mount (SMT). www.digikey.com is the best resource for anything you want electronic (and i DO mean ANYTHING). Order their catalog, it's only 2" thick. Scottie I strongly second that! I've been using Digikey since they first started! (1976 or so - their ca...
- Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:43 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: What kind of Flat coat do you use?
- Replies: 16
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- Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:19 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Anti-slip surfaces
- Replies: 9
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Looks like the Microballoons is going to do the trick: I sprayed primer on a masked area, then while still wet, liberally squirted on micro balloons. Finally, sprayed on some more primer... still waiting for it to dry, but it looks pretty good. That's a good idea. A slight variation I just thought ...
- Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:30 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: how do you thin Mr. Surfacer
- Replies: 5
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- Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:34 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Has anyone used this stuff before?(Mold Builder by Env Tech)
- Replies: 4
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Re: Has anyone used this stuff before?(Mold Builder by Env T
My question is has anyone used this stuff before? Is it good for applying to plastic pieces to make duplicate parts? Does the molds made from it come out well? I haven't used this particular stuff before, but it is just liquid latex. Liquid latex does a pretty good job of duplicating surface detail...
- Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:38 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
- Replies: 403
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I save old kit sprues and unused parts, and builtups that I'm tired of looking at (or will just never get finished) get recycled into the parts box. Interesting plastic shapes get saved, too. The clear plastic containers for Testors airbursh heads are favorites. I'll probably make resin copies. One ...
- Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:52 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Stripping acrylic paint
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8350
If i go with that (windex) do I let it soak overnight? You can try it - if it's going to work at all, the Pollyscale will feel almost rubbery and will be easy to scratch off completely with a fingernail. Another trick - after soaking the part, use an old toothbrush dipped in whatever soak worked (W...
- Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:31 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Stripping acrylic paint
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8350
- Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:58 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Good way to make square windows
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10164
- Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:36 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: will future change the appearance of metallic silver ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8384
- Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:32 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Stripping acrylic paint
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8350
- Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:50 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Cheap Alternative to Modeler's Putty?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22090
I just got some MEK and tried the recipe contained in that link. however, it hasn't done anything to the plastic forks it cut up and put in the jar with the MEK (and thev'e been in there for about 18 hours or so). Has anyone else had this problem? How long does it take (the link says overnight)? Ca...
- Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:50 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Cheap Alternative to Modeler's Putty?
- Replies: 14
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I use a homemade putty quite a bit that is ceap to make. http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21787 I have a couple of bottles of this stuff - regular sprues in MEK and clear styrene in MEK. I used an empty square bottle of Testor's Metalizer thinner for each, and filled ...
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:34 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Rubber cement as a mask?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9194
Latex is your best choice, because its water/ammonia base will not affect acrylics or enamels. Ammonia will do a fine job at dissolving Future (an Acrylic) and many of the firs generation acrylic paints like Tamiya's or Gunze, even if the acrylic is dried and cured. That's why Future has ammonia in...
- Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:29 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Very good, free 3D modeler software
- Replies: 42
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That Wings 3d looks useful, but I can't get the download to work. They're using some kind of esoteric compression format that my computor doesn't recondise. It's also telling me that the dowloaded file is a compressed image file, not an application program. The Mac version of Wings3D is for OS X. I...
- Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:14 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Very good, free 3D modeler software
- Replies: 42
- Views: 204963
I'm told Blender is a good one to check out, too. It's also free software. Blender is good, but you have to invest a fair chunk of time to figure it out. It is a good program to have, though. The strength of wings3D is that it's pretty intuitive, for a 3D modeler, so there are fewer hoops to jump t...
- Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:04 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Very good, free 3D modeler software
- Replies: 42
- Views: 204963
Very good, free 3D modeler software
While checking out Cardmodels.net I found an article on using Rhino to make a 3D design that can be printed. I'm not yet ready to start making paper models, but the principals & software involved are very useful in scratchbuilding out of plastic card. One cool program mentioned is Wings3d . It's...
- Wed May 19, 2004 3:00 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Future floor polish
- Replies: 269
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Obvious - you're putting on a wet coat of Future. Try misting it on, letting each layer dry a bit before applying the next. Build up the coat.Andrew Gorman wrote:But am I doing anything obviously wrong? I've tried it straight, I've cut it 20% or so with alcohol, but coverage just seems thin. Any suggestions?