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Tis the season for airbrush shenanigans, apparently. Having replaced the packing screw, I tried to spray and transmuted a few drops of primer into an overflowing cup of bubbles. Stripped the whole thing down, ran a pipe cleaner with a bit of alcohol through the body, gently removed the nozzle o-ring and removed an embarrassing amount of buildup from around it. Put everything back together with the packing screw just loose enough that I wasn't quite forcing the needle through. No more bubbles! But the primer laydown is off. It's building up quickly on parts but not actually covering the plastic. I'm not sure if it isn't actually atomizing or if I just need to mix it more thoroughly after sitting on my desk for a few weeks. It is funny going back to the breech assembly and wondering why me from three months ago decided to spend what must have been hours painstakingly masking it just to use the wrong colors.
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Dec 22, 2021 10:46
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There is basically no time at which you don't need to shake your primer way more than you'd ever expect. Stuff loves to separate no matter the brand or color.
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Dec 22, 2021 14:03
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My Vallejo Gloss Black separates in what feels like minutes after I shake it like a madman. The effect is the same: it looks okay when it goes on, but when it dries the coverage is very poor.
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Dec 22, 2021 15:22
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my Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 works great with minimal shaking. It does need to be thinned at least 50/50 with Mr Color Levelling thinner though.
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Dec 22, 2021 15:29
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punishedkissinger posted:my Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 works great with minimal shaking. It does need to be thinned at least 50/50 with Mr Color Levelling thinner though. This is my go-to as well. Great stuff.
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Dec 22, 2021 20:18
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punishedkissinger posted:my Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 works great with minimal shaking. It does need to be thinned at least 50/50 with Mr Color Levelling thinner though. Mr Color leveling thinner is the best stuff ever. I thin almost anything that isn't water based with it. Tamiya acrylic, Tamiya lacquers, Mr Hobby paint, AK paints, etc. It just works beautifully and really does level nice.
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Dec 22, 2021 20:43
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Mr. Color Levelling thinner is the champagne of thinners.
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Dec 22, 2021 22:40
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I'd love to know the formula so I could make my own at 1/10th the price. I bet it is just some kind of lacquer thinner mixed with a glycol (ethyline or propyline) retarder.
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Dec 23, 2021 02:24
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SkunkDuster posted:I'd love to know the formula so I could make my own at 1/10th the price. I bet it is just some kind of lacquer thinner mixed with a glycol (ethyline or propyline) retarder. 
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Dec 23, 2021 02:29
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I figured it might be in the MSDS, but hadn't looked it up. Now I just need a chemist to decipher all that and tell me what I need to buy at the hardware store.
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Dec 23, 2021 02:45
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all you need is diacetone alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, mibk and BH-33 industrial cleaner
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Dec 23, 2021 03:18
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Raskolnikov38 posted:all you need is diacetone alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, mibk and BH-33 industrial cleaner My hardware store is kind of limited, but I think I can get Diatomaceous Earth, isopropyl alcohol, more isopropyl alcohol, and MEK. I'll have to check to see what cleaning supplies they have. When you go to war, you go with the army you have, not the army you wish you have.
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Dec 23, 2021 04:16
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If you're willing to gently caress around with MEK to save some money on thinner, I would question whether your brain can afford even the most incidental exposure to it. In all seriousness MEK is pretty potent stuff (which also melts polystyrene*) *and lung tissue
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Dec 23, 2021 04:42
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Vorenus posted:If you're willing to gently caress around with MEK to save some money on thinner, I would question whether your brain can afford even the most incidental exposure to it. I shoot lacquers almost exclusively through my airbrush, so I buy lacquer thinner by the gallon for cleaning and use Mr. Color Leveling Thinner for thinning paints, so I don't see any need for MEK in modeling. However, I have heard that it is a good substitute for Tamiya or Mr. Color extra thin cements. If my hardware store sold it in 1qt cans, I'd give it a try, but the only thing they have is 1 gallon cans for about $35. One little 4oz bottle of Tamiya or Mr. Color cement lasts me for years, so I can't justify buying a whole gallon.
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Dec 23, 2021 04:48
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SkunkDuster posted:I shoot lacquers almost exclusively through my airbrush, so I buy lacquer thinner by the gallon for cleaning and use Mr. Color Leveling Thinner for thinning paints, so I don't see any need for MEK in modeling. However, I have heard that it is a good substitute for Tamiya or Mr. Color extra thin cements. If my hardware store sold it in 1qt cans, I'd give it a try, but the only thing they have is 1 gallon cans for about $35. One little 4oz bottle of Tamiya or Mr. Color cement lasts me for years, so I can't justify buying a whole gallon. If you want a bulk sub for thin cements, you could get some Methyl-Chloride, also known as Dichloromethane or DCM. They often carry it at stores for sign-making supplies or general plastics, or stores that sell sculpting/casting/special effects supplies. You can usually get a liter for under $20, and that's basically a lifetime supply. It works great on styrene, but it's chemical makeup is slightly different than something like Tamiya extra thin. I recently just found that while Tamiya extra thin can be used to thin out their tube putty, if you try to thin the putty with DCM it just instantly dries and hardens it. It's also toxic as poo poo, so best to transfer small amounts into an old glass bottle for use, and keep the larger tin stored safely away.
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Dec 23, 2021 06:49
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:If you want a bulk sub for thin cements, you could get some Methyl-Chloride, also known as Dichloromethane or DCM. They often carry it at stores for sign-making supplies or general plastics, or stores that sell sculpting/casting/special effects supplies. You can usually get a liter for under $20, and that's basically a lifetime supply. iirc DCM isn't just "don't let your toddler get it" toxic, it's "don't get it on your skin" toxic. As in, the safety info recommends closed-toed shoes and a either a fume extractor or a respirator.
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Dec 23, 2021 19:00
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Blue Footed Booby posted:iirc DCM isn't just "don't let your toddler get it" toxic, it's "don't get it on your skin" toxic. As in, the safety info recommends closed-toed shoes and a either a fume extractor or a respirator. Yep, which is the exact same as any thin cement used in modeling. They're all dangerous as poo poo.
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Dec 23, 2021 21:51
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just received this for christmas. any tips on this kit/ in what way should it have been knocked out? edit: oops! 
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Dec 25, 2021 17:24
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I don't see a picture 
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Dec 25, 2021 17:46
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punishedkissinger posted:just received this for christmas. any tips on this kit/ in what way should it have been knocked out? Out of gas or broken transmission.
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Dec 25, 2021 18:34
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Gewehr 43 posted:Out of gas or broken transmission. I was thinking a bunch of guys trying to crank it on maybe? How can you show a busted transmission?
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Dec 25, 2021 18:57
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punishedkissinger posted:just received this for christmas. any tips on this kit/ in what way should it have been knocked out? I bought myself the Tiger Haynes manual for Christmas and suggest doing a diorama based on this photo  Otherwise there's always the Tiger 131 way and put some small gouges in the gun and mantlet and add some Germans running away.
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Dec 25, 2021 19:12
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punishedkissinger posted:I was thinking a bunch of guys trying to crank it on maybe? How can you show a busted transmission? I was just being facetious and jabbing at the All Powerful Teutonic Tiger. Its glass drivetrain and lack of fuel supply probably disabled more of them than any enemy fire. That said, a dio about a tranny change would be pretty involved.
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Dec 25, 2021 19:58
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Modelling thread, what cement for joining ABS? I have some (full-size) motorcycle plastics that have cracked, and I planned on stop-drilling the endpoints then gluing it back together since it's relatively unstressed. AI recommended I use a plastic cement for that rather than my initial idea of Jbweld Plastic. I have a little jar of dichloromethane that I bought to do some fixes on busted Transformers, but is there a better option? People from a different motorcycle board mentioned using the cement they join sewer plumbing with, but that seems unnecessarily aggressive and gloppy to boot.
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Dec 25, 2021 20:23
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A Tiger with a broken transmission would be tough to show, since you had to take off the turret in order to extract it. A broken engine would be much easier, Tamiya makes a Tiger engine kit complete with technicians.
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Dec 25, 2021 20:30
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There's also the option of it being high-centered on a rock or something. That has the handy side benefit that if you ever want to reuse the tank or have it sitting there with a scene you can just take it off the rock or something.
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Dec 25, 2021 20:40
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Have a fuel bowser and a few annoyed guys standing around.
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punishedkissinger posted:just received this for christmas. any tips on this kit/ in what way should it have been knocked out? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimoutiers_Tiger_tank Or give it free France markings: https://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/history/bretagne-panther-history/ edit: oh no! Panthers are not Tigers!! Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Dec 26, 2021 |
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Dec 26, 2021 00:15
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According to the troops on the ground, germany had many tigers on the western front.
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Phy posted:Modelling thread, what cement for joining ABS? You want what you have. Dichloromethane/DCM/ plastruct bondene for ABS. PVC glue won't work, that's acetone. I mean I it will melt ABS, but not weld as well as DCM. If for some reason the DCM doesn't work, try MEK. There are a lot of ABS formulas and you'll never figure out what to use beforehand. Also, the joint won't be as strong as before. When you re-noodle plastic monomers together the monomers don't interweave as well as the virgin plastic. So you might need to add a laminate to help transmit tension across the crack.
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Dec 26, 2021 02:12
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A bunch of crewman with frostbitten fingers trying to disassemble the interleaved road wheels to clear the frozen mud
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Dec 26, 2021 13:09
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Something involving Rainbow Dash so we can finally understand the struggle of the Wehrmacht soldier.
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Dec 26, 2021 17:11
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MyronMulch posted:Something involving Rainbow Dash so we can finally understand the struggle of the Wehrmacht soldier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_DnRn9hyFU
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Dec 26, 2021 19:50
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A museum diorama, the Tiger is being bukkake’d by wheraboos
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Anybody have experience with Stellar Effects Modeling Solutions or just "lighting kits" in general? Got a big Enterprise for xmas and already bought some etch bits and a transparent deflector dish. I'm looking at lighting kits and, for one, none of them are well described. For 2 it seems like the main thing you're buying is a control chip and sound effects. I may be a man child but I don't need sound effects. Seems like I'd be better off picking up some fiber optic filaments for the tiniest lights and using my supply LEDs & 9V plugs to make my own rats nest. Do you need the special cutter for fiber optic filaments? DiHK fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Dec 29, 2021 |
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Dec 29, 2021 15:44
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DiHK posted:Do you need the special cutter for fiber optic filaments? No. They're not actually glass like the real thing, just plastic you can cut with anything. Not familiar with the company though. If I need a lighting kit, I've typically gone with something from Voodoo FX. Bloody Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Dec 29, 2021 |
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so if I have tamiya cement what do I need CA glue for?
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the paradigm shift posted:so if I have tamiya cement what do I need CA glue for? Metal, resin, your fingers
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the paradigm shift posted:so if I have tamiya cement what do I need CA glue for? When you cut yourself with your hobby knife and don't want to get a band aid.
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