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Marco Scheloske

I plan to do mine Glow in the Dark, too, but I really wonder what I should do with the seam lines...

I thought about covering them with sheet styrene - BUT is "glow in the dark"-styrene available anywhere in sheets? I can't find any...

Marco Scheloske

How does future effect cleear parts? I am working on a 1/1000 NX-01 and have decided to try future as a clear coaat. Do I need to mask the clear parts like you do if using a dull coat? Future is mostly used to make clear parts more clear - so it is the perfect coat for them. Masking clear parts bef...

Marco Scheloske

Fascinating. I never saw such an effect before. Hm... how about a test to duplicate what happened? Take another cockpit, put it on the same material that viper is amde of, and start drilling somewhere - just now LOOK at the cockpit and try to see what happens to it. My vote is "fume from the re...

Marco Scheloske

Oh. From metric original to scaled imperial. Big problem is that calculators will give you decimal inch values. You got a decimal inch ruler? If so: 10 m = 5.467636 in. 1 m = 0.5467636 in. 10 cm = 0.0546764 in. 1 cm = 0.0054676 in. What kind of numbers are those??? 1 Inch = 2.54 cm 1 cm = 0.3937 in...

Marco Scheloske

Oh. From metric original to scaled imperial. Big problem is that calculators will give you decimal inch values. You got a decimal inch ruler? If so: 10 m = 5.467636 in. 1 m = 0.5467636 in. 10 cm = 0.0546764 in. 1 cm = 0.0054676 in. What kind of numbers are those??? 1 Inch = 2.54 cm 1 cm = 0.3937 inch

Marco Scheloske

bosco0905 wrote:Newbie question. I'm going to use silver paint. My question using grey primer will the silver color be darker than if I use white primer?

If you want the silver color looking as best as possible you should use a black basecoat. Gloss Black at the best.

Marco Scheloske

Kylwell wrote:Sparks. Intermittent power loss. Power fluctuation.

Basically, sharp random light flickers to random ramp up/ramp down lighting.

That'd do it for me. Even better if I didn't have to know how to program a chip.

Copy that. Would be cool for battle damage light effects...

Marco Scheloske

I use a stick with a blob of "blue tack" on top to hold small parts.

Marco Scheloske

That's the one I use as reference. The Key is that you need REALLY bright and very intense paints. I bought a set of Citadel paints to do mine but there are others available. I copy that. My explosion on the THUNDER CHILD-diorama was also painted with Citadel / Games Workshop colors. I gave it a br...

Marco Scheloske

@Lichtbringer, "Future" can be purchased from the german online shop "Rai-Ro". If they haven`t it listed in their online catalogue send them a mail, usually they have it nevertheless. I purchased a bottle on the "Inspiraton Modellbau" 2007, it was 11,- Euro - expensive,...

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TER-OR wrote:I use watercolors for panel lines, it acts like oil

Somehow it doesn`t for me. Much less "capilary action" (spell?), if you know what I mean.

Marco Scheloske

myequation wrote:So how would one handle the next coat or pastels? Do you wait a week for the oil wash to dry?

Well, I do.

Marco Scheloske

Otherwise, oils stinkl more than acrylics, are more difficult to claen up My experience is completely different, I use ONLY oil washes meanwhile. Why? Well... 1.) I use a thinner that doesn`t stink ("Terpin" from the german company "Schmincke") 2.) Oil washes work way better reg...

Marco Scheloske

CaptBillD wrote:
b5ranger99 wrote:Scaling down Black isn't done with white, like other camo or gray colors, but with LIGHT BROWN. I wasn't thinking and it was late .
I heard once you should use PINK to do so, and it was meant serious. I never tried that...

Marco Scheloske

The only way I know of is to paint with a very light neutral gray and bring out the details with a pure white and pale gray wash. Otherwise the only way is to simply try for a wash and forget about the dry brush. Ok, that`s what I do in such situations. I`ll build a SATURN V for a customer in the b...

Marco Scheloske

Hi fellows, every now and then I build a model that should be plain white. Well, not so hard. BUT if this white model has also fine details on it that should be highlighted with drybrushing, how can you do that??? Usually I try to use a vey light grey for the basecoat instead of real white then, but...

Marco Scheloske

Or just glue the part in place where you want it. then drill a hole with a small bit in a pin vise, add a bit of rod stock, glue, and fill the tiny hole. Once you have the parts where you want them to be, pin them in place. For me this beats the frustration of predicting where you want them to be o...

Marco Scheloske

Fantastic idea, and wonderfully done.

Marco Scheloske

Fellows, at the moment I`m working on a small bust of a "grey alien". It show the head and parts of the chest of the creature, wearing a zip-lock shirt or jacket. The "cut edges" are very steep, so you can see them from the side. How can I paint those? Really like being cut throu...

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jcdenton wrote:800 fiber strands? Hmmm, maybe it's not really THAT far out of my league ^^

I already thought so - you can very easily underestimate the number of such small stuff.

Well, but I guess with my lit Death Star - 22,000 (!) lit portholes - I´m under the first three...

Marco Scheloske

Marco, that's a LOT of fiber strands! Way out of my DS9-league! ;) Great work! (As always, when you tackle a project) Thanks for the praise! :D I used approx. 800 fiber strands in that model, 70 alone for the hangar bay ( http://www.starshipmodeler.com/other/ms_al_11.jpg ) - that was necessary beca...

Marco Scheloske

I used white glue for this one: http://www.starshipmodeler.com/other/ms_al_26.jpg

In progress: http://www.starshipmodeler.com/other/ms_al_07.jpg

You can find the complete story and an explanation how I worked with the fibers here: http://www.starshipmodeler.com/other/ms_al.htm

Marco Scheloske

raser13 wrote:any good sugestions on how to get that nice cutting through the water wave at the verry front of the ship? and what about wake lines?

I simply cutted the seafilm with a sharp hobbyknife.

Wakelines can be made by simply drybrushing the seafilm surface with white.

Marco Scheloske

Silicone is another way to go, you can nicely form that stuff with a spoon to create vey cool looking waves.

Marco Scheloske

is this like a sticker or is it more like resin type stuff? if it's more like a sticker how did you get to look like the ship is showing through like that? It is more like sheet styrene, just clear and with the water-texture. The ship showing thorugh is simply a part of that model, the base is colo...

Marco Scheloske

i realy need to know wher the product used to make the water here http://www.starshipmodeler.com/contest/kit_12.htm is from and how to get that kind of results??? i'm working on a model of the WW-II uss intrepid for my father for this chrismas. it was my grand fathers ship and this model will be di...

Marco Scheloske

SGluedMyFingers wrote:
Marco Scheloske wrote:"Small and quick weekend projects" can become soooooo much more work... but otherwise that keeps our hobby interesting.
I live for this s#*t.

Hope you can post a vid clip when it's done.

Yes, I`ll do so for sure.

Marco Scheloske

I actually prefer doing custom work. Doing the same thing thing again and again is boring. And I base my price on the cost of the parts, unless the programming is really complicated. This is rare. So let me know. BTW, I just sent a pair of 1701E 'warp cores' to Germany. I`ll try if my "just ad...

Marco Scheloske

the first 2 fade up as the other 2 fade down Yeah, their description does not sound like what you are describing. *snip* To help, here is an array calculator - *snip* Did they offer you a refund? 1.) I`m happy that I´m not the only one who understands their description different to what the module ...

Marco Scheloske

Hmmm. Well I hate to hear that, Marco. I feel that I steered you in the wrong direction. :oops: No need to apologize or to feel bad, my friend! The fact that the information on their website isn`t complete (at least for someone who has no idea how this electronic stuff works - their first mail when...

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