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Horror! I seem to have tossed my scrounge box during the move! Blast!
I'm scratchbuilding the Discovery from 2001 and need all sorts of tank parts - so I set off to by tank models. Luckily, it seems 1/72 tanks do the trick (I had no idea what scale would produce the right details).
Anyway, I now go out of my way to find cheap tank and naval kits for the parts. The armor parts, though, take the cake. Luckily, I saved all my spare photoetch bits...
I'm scratchbuilding the Discovery from 2001 and need all sorts of tank parts - so I set off to by tank models. Luckily, it seems 1/72 tanks do the trick (I had no idea what scale would produce the right details).
Anyway, I now go out of my way to find cheap tank and naval kits for the parts. The armor parts, though, take the cake. Luckily, I saved all my spare photoetch bits...
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Yesterday I bought a working Konami game at the yard sale across the street for $1.00.
The Lone Ranger one... 'cause it's such a spiffy shape.
Don't care if it's still working... it won't for long! Muhahahahahahh!
"cuse me... slipped just a bit. I'm all better now...really...
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The Lone Ranger one... 'cause it's such a spiffy shape.
Don't care if it's still working... it won't for long! Muhahahahahahh!
"cuse me... slipped just a bit. I'm all better now...really...
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AMEN brother!!! Another wretched soul saved from the jaws of fiery damnation in the pits of kit-assembly hell! Hallelujah!! Welcome to the fold, my brother, welcome.Bob Lum wrote:Whenever I see something interesting I throw it into my junk box. Sometimes I build something out of nothing just to keep in practise and also to save money by not buying something. I've been finding that scratch/bashing building is actually more rewarding than assembling and painting a "kit".
Sheer elegance in its simplicity.
Political unrest in dictatorships is rather like a round of rock-paper-scissors: The oposition goes on denouncing the regime on the papers, the regime censors the papers, rock-throwing ensues.
Political unrest in dictatorships is rather like a round of rock-paper-scissors: The oposition goes on denouncing the regime on the papers, the regime censors the papers, rock-throwing ensues.
Of course, according to a master model builder, putting together existing model parts and found objects and calling them a spaceship still isn't model building, and he goes on to say that model judges are tired of it.Chacal wrote:AMEN brother!!! Another wretched soul saved from the jaws of fiery damnation in the pits of kit-assembly hell! Hallelujah!! Welcome to the fold, my brother, welcome.Bob Lum wrote:Whenever I see something interesting I throw it into my junk box. Sometimes I build something out of nothing just to keep in practise and also to save money by not buying something. I've been finding that scratch/bashing building is actually more rewarding than assembling and painting a "kit".
More opinions of a master model builder who must not be mentioned here:
(Warning strong opinons, your mileage may vary.)
http://culttvman.com/scratchbuilding.html
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I think we all know the opinions of "he who shall not be mentioned"
On a brighter note, I just scored a shopping bag of busted toys from the remnants of a yard sale.
Happy,happy greeblies!
On a brighter note, I just scored a shopping bag of busted toys from the remnants of a yard sale.
Happy,happy greeblies!
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sales
Me too I scored big time at garage sales memorial day weekend.
The words I love to here the most: "Oh! you can have that model for a quarter . it's missing parts!."
I gata post pics of what I got it's just to awesome to keep to myself.
And all weekend I probably didn't spend more than 10 bucks for everything.
90 percent of what I do is total freeform and scratchbuild , but I read part of Cult tv mans article and it's way too arrogant. Anyone can be great at their particular craft . It doesn't make someone elses stuff less worthy.
The words I love to here the most: "Oh! you can have that model for a quarter . it's missing parts!."
I gata post pics of what I got it's just to awesome to keep to myself.
And all weekend I probably didn't spend more than 10 bucks for everything.
90 percent of what I do is total freeform and scratchbuild , but I read part of Cult tv mans article and it's way too arrogant. Anyone can be great at their particular craft . It doesn't make someone elses stuff less worthy.
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Re: sales
1138thx wrote:...that model...it s missing parts!"
Pretty soon it'll go from "a model missing parts" to "parts, missing a model", huh?
Sheer elegance in its simplicity.
Political unrest in dictatorships is rather like a round of rock-paper-scissors: The oposition goes on denouncing the regime on the papers, the regime censors the papers, rock-throwing ensues.
Political unrest in dictatorships is rather like a round of rock-paper-scissors: The oposition goes on denouncing the regime on the papers, the regime censors the papers, rock-throwing ensues.
models
Ya know I thought about that and I plan on asking the local coffee shop babe if she wouldn't mind posing with a few of my ships!
Forget porn! Give me a chick that can weld chrome moly tubing, now thats sexy!
Forget porn! Give me a chick that can weld chrome moly tubing, now thats sexy!
Throw me the idol...I throw you the whip!
No time to argue Senor!
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I got swiped by the Photo dept. today.
Did you ever look inside of a disposable camera?
Sweet greeblies for Ti!
Some shall become clay texturing tools, while others shall come into
their own as pieces-parts for whatever actually gets built first!
I'm working on a fine silver pendant that one of these thingies will texture just perfectly.
Did you ever look inside of a disposable camera?
Sweet greeblies for Ti!
Some shall become clay texturing tools, while others shall come into
their own as pieces-parts for whatever actually gets built first!
I'm working on a fine silver pendant that one of these thingies will texture just perfectly.
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Just be careful of the ones with a flash. That little capaciter packs a jolt.Ti Raven wrote:I got swiped by the Photo dept. today.
Did you ever look inside of a disposable camera?
Sweet greeblies for Ti!
Some shall become clay texturing tools, while others shall come into
their own as pieces-parts for whatever actually gets built first!
I'm working on a fine silver pendant that one of these thingies will texture just perfectly.
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Ohh...you aren't kidding there!Kylwell® wrote:Just be careful of the ones with a flash. That little capaciter packs a jolt.Ti Raven wrote:I got swiped by the Photo dept. today.
Did you ever look inside of a disposable camera?
Sweet greeblies for Ti!
One of them gave me quite the surprise some while back.
Krzysztof Mathews
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(looking up in adoration, all dewey-eyed....) Oh...Yes! Master!...Kylwell® wrote:Just be careful of the ones with a flash. That little capaciter packs a jolt.Ti Raven wrote:I got swiped by the Photo dept. today.
Did you ever look inside of a disposable camera?
Sweet greeblies for Ti!
Seriously, though,... Kylwell, it was a comment of yours...(made several years ago, I think) that did warn me 'bout that very hazard.
Thanks for the warning and for your fine self modeling as an example!
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Only I am a true model builder, for I compile my construction mediums from their elemental components. So called "scratchbuilders" are just mere "materials assemblers."Kolschey wrote:I think we all know the opinions of "he who shall not be mentioned"
On a brighter note, I just scored a shopping bag of busted toys from the remnants of a yard sale.
Happy,happy greeblies!
Now, I have to be off, for I have an audience with God!
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I need something to store my sprues. I know I've seen someone's bench that has a "rack"(for want of a better term) that he stores them in. Is there something I can buy commercially that I can store sprues in?
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A piece of plywood or chipboard. Seriously. Cut it to make a three-sided box with the fourth side being the back wall of your bench and the floor being the bench itself. It's what I do for odd shaped stuff:MillenniumFalsehood wrote:I need something to store my sprues. I know I've seen someone's bench that has a "rack"(for want of a better term) that he stores them in. Is there something I can buy commercially that I can store sprues in?
workbench rack
Things get tangled? No worries! Just lift the box out of the way. I secured mine's sides with three-inch screws.
I hope this helps.
Kenny
Try this enclosed cone shape:
www.wrsweeney.com
http://www.wrsweeney.com/mole_gopher_pr ... ct=peanuts
It stands over a foot high.
Great for that VTOVL design with the jets all around it that I can't recall at the moment.
www.wrsweeney.com
http://www.wrsweeney.com/mole_gopher_pr ... ct=peanuts
It stands over a foot high.
Great for that VTOVL design with the jets all around it that I can't recall at the moment.
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We all collect stuff, scrounge stuff, "salvage" stuff from the garbage, buy "potentially useful" neat doodads ("Truly, honey, this whistling bubble blower will be really useful back home, whenever you're feeling down, just blow and wheep, here come the bubbles to make you smile. Can I have it?").
But do we actually use them? Do we do something to disguise their origins? Do we cut or alter them in any way to make them less obvious to casual onlookers (remember Qui Gon's "Gillette sensor for women-slash-communicator")?
If so, how'bout some examples?
But do we actually use them? Do we do something to disguise their origins? Do we cut or alter them in any way to make them less obvious to casual onlookers (remember Qui Gon's "Gillette sensor for women-slash-communicator")?
If so, how'bout some examples?
Sheer elegance in its simplicity.
Political unrest in dictatorships is rather like a round of rock-paper-scissors: The oposition goes on denouncing the regime on the papers, the regime censors the papers, rock-throwing ensues.
Political unrest in dictatorships is rather like a round of rock-paper-scissors: The oposition goes on denouncing the regime on the papers, the regime censors the papers, rock-throwing ensues.
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No cutting necessary:
http://www.kc6sye.com/images/images_04_ ... nistor.jpg
Take one marketing advertisement plastic breath mint canister. Sandoff the companies logo, glue the dispenser opening shut. Scribe some panel lines. Add a kit bridge section. And bingo a perimeter defense ship, cast resin copies.
http://www.kc6sye.com/images/images_01_ ... onitor.jpg
http://www.kc6sye.com/images/images_05_ ... ed_sms.jpg
Finding the perfect shape in something else then hacking it out:
http://www.kc6sye.com/techmages_9_25_03.html
http://www.kc6sye.com/techmages_10_4_03_b.html
http://www.kc6sye.com/images/images_04_ ... nistor.jpg
Take one marketing advertisement plastic breath mint canister. Sandoff the companies logo, glue the dispenser opening shut. Scribe some panel lines. Add a kit bridge section. And bingo a perimeter defense ship, cast resin copies.
http://www.kc6sye.com/images/images_01_ ... onitor.jpg
http://www.kc6sye.com/images/images_05_ ... ed_sms.jpg
Finding the perfect shape in something else then hacking it out:
http://www.kc6sye.com/techmages_9_25_03.html
http://www.kc6sye.com/techmages_10_4_03_b.html
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The canister end's needed to be molded and cast, it was tricky to mold, and I didn't get vary many casts out of it. And of coarse I didn't get to that point in my molding and casting till after the Neil made his canisters. So paint and glue don't' stick and they are a part of the major structural support so the canisters pop apart all the time.
http://www.kc6sye.com/images/images_11_ ... ga_tug.jpg
So if you have a neat part but its made of some odd nylon find someone to mold and cast it for you. If you can find home for 10 or 15 casting the cost can be shared.
http://www.kc6sye.com/images/images_11_ ... ga_tug.jpg
So if you have a neat part but its made of some odd nylon find someone to mold and cast it for you. If you can find home for 10 or 15 casting the cost can be shared.
<a href="http://www.kc6sye.com/2_wheresaneatpart.jpg" target="_Sparky">Is this plastic thingy on the counter a neat part?</a> <a href="http://www.kc6sye.com/1_casting_inprogress.jpg" target="_Sparky">Let's cast it.</a>
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Here, you can have this one.Ti Raven wrote:(where is an umlaut when I need one?)
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I'm not using it right now.
Sheer elegance in its simplicity.
Political unrest in dictatorships is rather like a round of rock-paper-scissors: The oposition goes on denouncing the regime on the papers, the regime censors the papers, rock-throwing ensues.
Political unrest in dictatorships is rather like a round of rock-paper-scissors: The oposition goes on denouncing the regime on the papers, the regime censors the papers, rock-throwing ensues.