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Hi all, I purchased some small brass tubing (1.57mm) with the intention of bending it to fit around the front of a bussard collector. However the technique I planned to use did not work. Without buying any additional tools, does anyone have any advice for bending this tubing without kinking it? than...

I try to look at scratch building as less of an art, and more of an amalgamation of frustration induced panic attacks (creative bursts). You do learn to start looking at things differently though, for instance the other night I looked at a button on an old remote control and it just screamed “deflec...

it is indeed my aventine build.

Ok, I nearly pulled my hair out last night when I picked up the model by the front of the saucer and it cracked near the edge under the pressure of my thumb and the weight of the model. I would like to cast & copy this beast before I can continue working on her. the hull is getting to thin in so...

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whats a good source for wall warts? im specificaly looking for something to light a system that i have been powering off of a 9v battery, i want to install the connector for the dc supply before i close up the model. i stopped by radio shack and picked up a size k coaxial connector, and was looking ...

thanks man!
i should have the part i need soon!

Hey all! I need a favor from someone with a laser cutter, I need a part cut for a model that I’ve been working on. I've drawn the pattern in AutoCAD, and been printing it onto sticker paper, then applying that to a sheet of polystyrene. So far my attempts to cut the pattern out with an exacto knife ...

I detest blue testor’s tubes...

nx-01 was on or off as far as the deflector dish, like the enterprise-d

ok long and embarrassing story short...
im putting together cobywans bird of prey hinge kit for my model (first resin kit im ever assembling) and i kind of misaligned a few parts. is there anything that i can use to dissolve plasti-zap CA++ without damaging the resin? preferably a bath?