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Nebakenezzer posted:Tarp talk pleases me, friends Canvas mostly. Some (like raincoats and ponchos were) were coated in a type of synthetic resin since rubber (the way rain gear and water resistant stuff used to be made) was in high demand for tires and poo poo.
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Symetrique posted:If you replace every part of a tank except the tarp, is it still the same tank?? Only if it's German.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Only if it's German. Please update that talk you had with MHV to include tarp details, thanks
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May 12, 2018 05:57
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Rope Rocket assembled! Time to rope it up and make some rope, rope-style.
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May 13, 2018 04:26
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Schadenboner posted:Maybe heat fresh ones up? I think the softener is more-or-less in a wax matrix that melts off with the dryer heat, this will give you the consistency of a used one without some of the potential ickyness? It's possible. If I had to do it over again, I would just take some used ones from the dryer and iron them flat to make furled sails. That said, the worn, wrinkly texture of a used sheet is phenomenal for worn fabric like tarps or even battleworn flags.
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The modelling news covers Japan's biggest annual hobby show
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Holy poo poo new tool Mirage 4000. Also, never heard of Modelsvit, are they any good?
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So my Definitely takes a light touch and some practice to get the feel of the tension between the heads. My first several attempts resulted in snapped threads. Then it was threads that had twisted up on themselves, which I think was due to differing tensions on the individual threads. This last attempt turned out pretty good though. 
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May 14, 2018 01:49
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Poorly lit WIP of a Dragon/DML Fokker Dr.I. Gonna finish it soon, hopefully. The fit on the kit was pretty rough, and it seemed like there was always something going wrong. I'm happy with the way the propeller turned out though. 
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:So my That turned out great! Chuck is going to miss you buying all his rope for your projects though. 
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The Locator posted:That turned out great! Chuck is going to miss you buying all his rope for your projects though. I'll step up in a couple of months. I don't really have the space to run a rope making operation where I live so he needn't fret.
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Fearless posted:I'll step up in a couple of months. I don't really have the space to run a rope making operation where I live so he needn't fret. I don't really either. What I did was set up one head on the kitchen counter, and then set up my ironing board 10 feet away and put the other head on that. That was the only way I could get enough working length to make some rope of decent length. Necessity is the mother of invention!
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I don't really either. What I did was set up one head on the kitchen counter, and then set up my ironing board 10 feet away and put the other head on that. That was the only way I could get enough working length to make some rope of decent length. Heh. Chuck, who makes craploads of rope for his business makes it by stretching it down a hallway!
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Symetrique posted:Poorly lit WIP of a Dragon/DML Fokker Dr.I. Are you saying that prop isn't really wood!? 
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Blue Footed Booby posted:From the Bandai section: I built the very old (ERTL?) kit ages ago, before I knew how to build models at all. It didn't turn out great. This could be a good chance to redeem myself.
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May 14, 2018 12:00
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All those Robotech models are making me feel super nostalgic
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Symetrique posted:Poorly lit WIP of a Dragon/DML Fokker Dr.I. The propeller is amazing, how did you do it?
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Amazing rope. You need to do a photo like this, then put something like a staple or paperclip in the shot to blow people's minds.
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Vaporware posted:Amazing rope. You need to do a photo like this, then put something like a staple or paperclip in the shot to blow people's minds. I have a plan to make a bottle of Tamiya paint a foot high for exactly this purpose.
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Ensign Expendable posted:The propeller is amazing, how did you do it?    Thanks! Still working on getting the technique just right. Its basically the same as the method Plasmo uses to paint his props. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_dszpr5iY4&t=224s The difference is that after painting a light tan base coat, I use Prisma watercolor/aquarelle pencils for the darker layers. The watercolor pencils are less messy than oils, and the lines between the layers of wood can easily be tidied up with a damp brush. I follow that with a clear coat, and streak some umber oil paint over it. Once that dries, I use Tamiya clear orange and yellow to give the prop a more varnished look.
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Unkempt posted:I have a plan to make a bottle of Tamiya paint a foot high for exactly this purpose. Brilliant!
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Unkempt posted:I have a plan to make a bottle of Tamiya paint a foot high for exactly this purpose.
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lilljonas posted:I built the very old (ERTL?) kit ages ago, before I knew how to build models at all. The Bandai kits are infinitely better than the Ertl and Revell stuff that came before.
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Midjack posted:The Bandai kits are infinitely better than the Ertl and Revell stuff that came before. It's why Revell cried to Papa Disney about people importing Bandai Star Wars kits from Japan instead of buying theirs and put a stop to them being easily exported. Tough poo poo for them now though; Bluefin got a legitimate license to bring the Bandai kits overseas.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:It's why Revell cried to Papa Disney about people importing Bandai Star Wars kits from Japan instead of buying theirs and put a stop to them being easily exported. Revell is out of business as of a couple of weeks ago too.
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Midjack posted:Revell is out of business as of a couple of weeks ago too. Was the business model of reboxing Zvezda kits and selling them at twice the price not sustainable?
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Ensign Expendable posted:Was the business model of reboxing Zvezda kits and selling them at twice the price not sustainable? Hobbico, who had owned Revell Germany and Revell US for several years, went bankrupt. Blitz bought Revell Germany and Revell US after that and closed the US company. Presumably Revell Germany will take the tooling and produce some of the old Revell US kits again. Hasegawa and Italeri are probably SOL though. Midjack fucked around with this message at 05:35 on May 15, 2018 |
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Midjack posted:Hasegawa and Italeri are probably SOL though. How are Hasegawa and Italeri tied in?
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SkunkDuster posted:How are Hasegawa and Italeri tied in? Hobbico was their sole US distributor.
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Italeri can just sneak it through the Tamiya reboxes. Hasegawa is screwed, although their US prices were high enough that ordering from Japan was a better option.
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Symetrique posted:Italeri can just sneak it through the Tamiya reboxes. Hasegawa is screwed, although their US prices were high enough that ordering from Japan was a better option. I've never understood this - Hasegawa is always about double. I mean, I get higher quality and everything...
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Nebakenezzer posted:I've never understood this - Hasegawa is always about double. I mean, I get higher quality and everything... Importers price gouge, water wet. This is the experience with importing anything that has ever existed and been on sale in Australia.
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Nebakenezzer posted:I've never understood this - Hasegawa is always about double. I mean, I get higher quality and everything... This applies to basically all Japanese brands. For example, my local hobby shop stocks GSI creos tools. A file sells for $20-25. Ordering it directly from Japan is $8 + $4~ for small packet shipping. Tamiya pricing is also ridiculous. A 1/72 kit for $30, when you can get them on Amazon from Japanese sellers for less than half of that.
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Nebakenezzer posted:I've never understood this - Hasegawa is always about double. I mean, I get higher quality and everything... Note: quality not necessarily higher. Specifically they have a bad habit of reboxing 80s molds with new decals as a "limited edition" and selling it at new tooling prices.
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In 1/72 scale their ground vehicle kits are pretty much top dog. Trumpeter are the only manufacturer that come close, but even they don't have rolling wheels on metal axles as standard.
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I think I'm just gonna call this done, unless someone spots something I should fix. DML/Dragon 1/48 Fokker Dr.I         Streaking was done with olive drab oil paint over a clear doped linen color. I used rigging material from Infini, with stretched cotton bud turnbuckles, and eyelets from quickboost. The Eduard kit is probably a better buy, this kit had quite a few issues that kept destroying my motivation to finish it. Photo album here
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Scharnhorst issue 44 We get to cover and kit out in brass the port side of the forward deck structures.
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Are the techniques and advise for rigging wooden ships applicable to plastic ones as well? My girl got me the Revell Constitution for my birthday and I'm a bit hesitant to even start it. I'd assume that the rigging it comes with is also garbage?
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