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Symetrique posted:Those microset and sol bottles are designed to be accidentally knocked over. You're not the only one that's lost half a bottle to carelessness Smells great though, doesn't it? One of my favourites.
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Phi230 posted:So I have the tamiya weathering powder, like that they sell like makeup? Is this recommended for making gun streaks on planes or is there some other way I should apply this. It seems the makeup applicator they give to you is kind of imprecise to use for fine lines Rub the palette with the sponge so that some of the pigment comes loose and use a smaller brush to apply it. If you want more of a streaking effect, use a damp brush. Test it out on a scrap piece of plastic first though, its easy to put too much on. Unkempt posted:Smells great though, doesn't it? One of my favourites. Hah, yeah. Microset smells too much like vinegar though. Microsol is like a mild windex.
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Symetrique posted:Rub the palette with the sponge so that some of the pigment comes loose and use a smaller brush to apply it. If you want more of a streaking effect, use a damp brush. Test it out on a scrap piece of plastic first though, its easy to put too much on. Oh, I love vinegar. I sometimes wonder if it is actually vinegar at a 5000% markup.
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Phi230 posted:So I have the tamiya weathering powder, like that they sell like makeup? Is this recommended for making gun streaks on planes or is there some other way I should apply this. It seems the makeup applicator they give to you is kind of imprecise to use for fine lines I've never used it for gun streaks but I don't see why you couldn't do that. You can use a fine brush to apply it. I mostly use them for metals, heat discoloration and wider dirt/grime/dust.
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Unkempt posted:Oh, I love vinegar. I sometimes wonder if it is actually vinegar at a 5000% markup. Do a taste test!
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Yeah I think it's watered down vinegar. I have the faintest memory of once long ago being told to use water+vinegar to apply water slide decals to model airplanes.
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Watered down vinegar is a common one. I actually had very good results with 70% rubbing alcohol. It's much, much better at getting decals to fit into tight crevasses than Solvaset, but you can take off paint if you're not very careful.
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I ended up replacing my nearly empty bottle of microset with mr mark setter. It works well, but is disappointingly odorless
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A "tree" of control cables ready to be installed on the Sopwith Camel
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Greyhawk posted:A "tree" of control cables ready to be installed on the Sopwith Camel Welp I just broke out in hives.
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Greyhawk posted:A "tree" of control cables ready to be installed on the Sopwith Camel We are a hobby for masochists
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Greyhawk posted:A "tree" of control cables ready to be installed on the Sopwith Camel Oh yeah thats the stuff. Speaking of masochism: Sweet 1/144 A5M4 cockpit: This is the only molded cockpit detail in the kit:  Using some cockpit drawings from a 70's issue of Maru Mechanic as references, I thinned out the sidewalls and removed the platform where the seat goes and added detail with styrene and a few lines of aluminum tape.   Raised the cockpit floor by gluing on several layers of styrene to the one-piece wing. I then added the instrument panel, flight stick, rudder pedals and guides, and a lever thing next to where the seat goes:   I still need to make the back ends of the two Type 97 machine guns that peek out over the instrument panel. And a harness.
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I've got a 1/72 version to do next and you're out of your mind. Also if you could tell me where you got that magazine I'd like to use it for my own references I'd appreciate it.
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Carth Dookie posted:I've got a 1/72 version to do next and you're out of your mind. Unfortunately I couldn't track down the full issue, just these photos of it:  
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Pity. I'm still trying to figure out a guide for extra rivets. I could buy the thing on eBay but it's stupid expensive relative to the kit.
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Carth Dookie posted:Pity. I'm still trying to figure out a guide for extra rivets. I could buy the thing on eBay but it's stupid expensive relative to the kit. Yeah the documentation for this plane isnt great. People are still arguing about the correct color for the metal finish. I checked a burindo old pdf, it didnt have any cockpit information nor rivet lines for the exterior of the plane.
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I've seen an extremely tiny preview of that Maru magazine that showed rivet lines if you're game enough to spend the money.
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A package arrived today and now I'm raiding my parts box and making something very serious and historically accurate. 
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so i previously asked about water slide decals, but does anybody know a dry transfer decal service? especially one that can print white. I am incredibly close to just buying a specialized printer because some of the quotes I'm seeing are ridiculous
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Blue Footed Booby posted:A package arrived today and now I'm raiding my parts box and making something very serious and historically accurate. Purrfect!
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Baronjutter posted:So is the actual gauge still 9mm, just much more prototypical code rails? Like if you got more realistic wheel flanges on some normal N scale stuff it would run on the tracks? So the gauge is an interesting thing - both British OO and British N run on track that is ostensibly too narrow for the scale. Presumably because manufacturers wanted to retain compatibility with continental/american products, but in the early days it was simply impossible to fit motors/mechanics into true-scale british locos at 1/87 or 1/160 - hence the move to 1/76 and 1/48 - but on the same bloody track! When the association formed (Jan 1960) there were literally zero commercial models, and there are articles on winding your own motors out of ex-government surplus machinery! Most serious modellers in the UK (as opposed to collectors) will model in gauges called EM or P4, which are 1/76 (otherwise known as 4mm-to-the-foot) but with the proper track gauge/clearances. 2mmFS is slightly more niche, but the same principle applies - it's exactly scaled down 2mm-to-the-foot. All N gauge stock can run on plain 2mmFS track fine, but the pointwork is where it all goes wrong since the clearances are MUCH tighter. There are products which allow you to lay finer hand-laid track that will fit commercial N gauge stock in both US and UK prototypes, for what it's worth. I'm mostly just annoyed that because American locomotives are just physically much bigger in real life, there has never been a need to compromise in the way that affected British N and British OO! "Code" is just thousands of an inch if I recall correctly - so C55 is about 1.4mm and C40 (which is what I use) is around 1mm, and C30 (which is what I should be using for sidings/etc.) is about 0.75mm. C40 represents 100lb/yd standard rail, and C30 represents 70lb/yd lightly laid sidings. Not my picture, but part of the fun of hand laying track to me, is to be able to create fun formations, like so: 
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Blue Footed Booby posted:A package arrived today and now I'm raiding my parts box and making something very serious and historically accurate. Those big cat prototypes got pretty wild towards the end of the war
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Blue Footed Booby posted:A package arrived today and now I'm raiding my parts box and making something very serious and historically accurate.    I'm getting close to done with my techno-hellscape display base. Need to add more washes but looking forward to shooting models with this in the future.
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Southern Heel posted:Not my picture, but part of the fun of hand laying track to me, is to be able to create fun formations, like so: I've always had so much respect for people who can hand lay such fantastic turnouts. I can barely lay basic commercial track straight and soldering a feed onto a joiner taxes my soldering skills to the maximum. This is me trying my very best to go slow and put like 10 years of N scale experience into trying to just fuckin' lay some turnouts and flex track properly. The trains run over it, but that's the highest praise I can give it.  
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1/144 A5M4 update: Decals up next. Trying to decide on what to panel line it with, or if I even should. I'm worried about a black liner being too strong against the aluminum finish.
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Are you using ready made panel liner or making your own? I find that thinning black oil paint twice as much as I usually have it makes a nice subtle highlight on light surfaces.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Are you using ready made panel liner or making your own? I find that thinning black oil paint twice as much as I usually have it makes a nice subtle highlight on light surfaces. Thats a good idea. I have some ready made, but I have oils too. I'll try thinning both of those out and testing them on the drop tank just to be safe, thanks!
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Turns out my estimate for the original color of the Eiffel Tower was a pretty good match Found this photochrome colour lithograph of the towers original paintjob.  Getting the whole thing aligned properly was a major headache though. This is probably as good as it gets. 
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Dead on! It just needs a gun turret.
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And a tiny Guy de Maupassant.
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And here I went and thought I was finished. I'll have to see what the greebly box provides
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Symetrique posted:Where are the tesla troopers? They're still charging their stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-95_Fsr5kQ
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So I bought my first ever airbrush today and I'm a little nervous on using it. Anyone got some hot tips?
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Symetrique posted:Where are the tesla troopers? Was that C&C Yuri's Revenge? I loved that game.
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The_Rob posted:So I bought my first ever airbrush today and I'm a little nervous on using it. Anyone got some hot tips? acetone and a respirator mask are your new best friends
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Greyhawk posted:They're still charging their stuff.  SkunkDuster posted:Was that C&C Yuri's Revenge? I loved that game. I believe its from the base RA2 soviet campaign. The_Rob posted:So I bought my first ever airbrush today and I'm a little nervous on using it. Anyone got some hot tips? This is probably the best video on cleaning and maintenance out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulWFoG5Inmw Here's another on thinning and airbrushing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH5OHYfSq5A
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