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- Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:20 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Weathering plastic canopies
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11810
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:52 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Weathering plastic canopies
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11810
Future is a watery clear acrylic. You can find it in the cleaning aisle of a supermarket. I think it's called Pledge Floor Care now. It's had a bunch of names over the years. Model era still call it Future. It's the same stuff tho. All you need to is pour the Future into a cup and take your canopy i...
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:05 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Weathering plastic canopies
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11810
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:18 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Vallejo Plastic Putty
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9926
Is that like an acrylic modeling paste or a gel medium? http://www.liquitex.com/modelingpaste/ I know a couple of people who say they like it but I've never seen them use it. Mike It very well might be close. In that video I mentioned earlier, the reviewer said it had porcelain dust in it. The VPP ...
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:54 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Vallejo Plastic Putty
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9926
Thanks guys for the advice and leads. I also found a vid from International scale Models on You Tube. In it the guy compared a number of puttys including VPP. The only difference between that review and the one Kylwell pointed out is that MM's review says it doesn't shrink and the guy from ISM says ...
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:36 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Vallejo Plastic Putty
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9926
Vallejo Plastic Putty
Hi all, Has anyone had a chance to play with or uses Vallejo's Plastic Putty? I simply love the paints and I thought I would try the putty on my latest 1/72 build (yes I'm actually building something). I put it on/in the gap in the wing root and waited for it to dry. When I went to wet sand the extr...
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:43 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Babylon 5, Wing Commander Models (3D Printing)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 37342
- Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:24 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Advice about painting a Lord of the Rings statue
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3724
The glow is just more of the paint you used for the lava. Take a small flash light light and cast it upward to see where the light will fall and then just copy the area that was lit up with the correct color. BTW, remember that the closer the item on fire is to the point the lighter the color. That'...
- Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:08 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Basics. Weathering. Washes
- Replies: 186
- Views: 832508
- Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:31 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Basics. Weathering. Washes
- Replies: 186
- Views: 832508
Since I'm the resident village idiot, I have another question: What's the secret to drybrushing with acrylics? For whatever reason, they fail epically, compared to enamels. Suggestions, learned ones? Problem with dry brushing acrylics is that they dry too fast. Really only way to stop this is to ad...
- Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:57 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Mr Surfacer
- Replies: 135
- Views: 469265
- Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:53 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Mr Surfacer
- Replies: 135
- Views: 469265
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:45 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: A few silly questions: making small round bits, donuts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 27863
- Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:51 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Shooting Star — My contest entry that never was...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 25803
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:56 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Good seam filling material?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11322
- Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:54 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Cracks and crevices in a painted model - how to fix these?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4400
You can give the paint area a little buff and then hit it with Mr. Surfacer. If the cracks are hairline try Mr. s 1000 if they are a llittle bigger you can use the thicker stuff. Make sure to let it dry thoroughly. For the putty , the only thing I use anymore is Aves (which isn't really putty). It c...
- Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:40 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Model Enlarging?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 43906
I would have to agree with Kylwell Take an image of your submarine and increase it the 1.5 X, You'll need a side view and a top view. if big take to a local Staples and let them print it out on a large sheet. Then take wood or foam and cut out the gross shapes. Then you can refine the shapes to the ...
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:41 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Gluing .005 styrene strips to model?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12945
- Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:13 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Solar Arrays
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14752
There's also stuff called Funky Film. Gives this effect - http://spacemodels.nuxit.net/lunokhod/Guenther/event0007.html http://spacemodels.nuxit.net/lunokhod/Guenther/Luno1.html If you have a party store near you they also sell a mylar type balloon with similar properties. It comes in a deep purple/...
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:36 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: SULACO big scale
- Replies: 56
- Views: 104287
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:28 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: I Hate F*&%!# Super Glue!!!!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 50101
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:24 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Modelling 101, a beginner's guide to model building
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10356
- Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:09 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Cheap Plastic globes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14072
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:30 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: What is meant by growing a model?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4242
- Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:10 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: How to model lunar surface
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2777
Jon Leslie, the paper model guy, has a nice recipe for modeling a lunar surface -
http://jleslie48.com/lunarsurveyor/how- ... nscape.pdf
HTH
http://jleslie48.com/lunarsurveyor/how- ... nscape.pdf
HTH
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:05 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Paint Remover
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3285
It doesn't come in a frosted jar, but I use Strip-A-Kit
It doesn't stink, all biodegradable etc... Nice stuff to use. I've even used it to remove Alclad 2
It doesn't stink, all biodegradable etc... Nice stuff to use. I've even used it to remove Alclad 2
- Sun May 18, 2008 10:29 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Tutorials
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8875
GameraBaenre wrote:I did another update to the tutorials page adding in a masking tutorial and supplemental videos to existing tutorials. More information about the updates here: http://www.gamerabaenre.com/?p=141
Very cool as always!
- Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:33 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Off topic resin question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12388
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:10 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Tutorials
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8875
- Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:05 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: A novel idea for supporting a model
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1706
A novel idea for supporting a model
This modeler on Hyperscale used a homemade cradle type mount. Not a bad idea.
http://www.hyperscale.com/features/ac130u72kp_1.htm
http://www.hyperscale.com/features/ac130u72kp_1.htm