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My dad has always been huge into modeling and it was a big part of us as I grew up. One tool we've always used, which I haven't seen mentioned here is a ruling pen: Adjust the pen to the desired thickness of glue bead you want, hold your seams together, dip that in your Tenax, run it down the seam, voila. I've never used anything else and can't imagine the job getting done better with any other tool.
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Vaporware posted:I was always afraid of ruining my pen by leaving it out with glue or ink on it, is it easy to clean up if you let it gum up? Plastic will inevitably make its way on the tip. WAit for it to dry, widen the tip and pass an Xacto through it once or twice and it's clean. The plastic doesn't really adhere to the pen. Cakefool posted:I always wondered what those things were, funky. You just dip it into the glue yeah? Might have to look at one. I generally get away with glueing the inside of a seam, but visible glue marks can be unavoidable. Yeah just dip it right in there. It takes some practice to get the right adjustment on the gap as to how much glue you want come out of it. This will fill the seam with glue. If you're getting just the right amount, you'll have minimal, if any, glue marks. I haven't built something in years. I'm getting a huge nerdy itch to build something sci-fi.
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Jul 13, 2009 22:20
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Powdered Toast Man posted:The little-known, but epic 1:1 Alien Facehugger kit shows up on there occasionally, as well as the usual Halcyon kits.
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Jul 14, 2009 17:09
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Powdered Toast Man posted:Yep, you know the dude is a badass from the Tamiya and IPMS trophies, plaques, and honors he has. I think my personal favorite is the Su-27 Flanker, although his award-winning naval diorama is epic. I should take some pictures of my dad's awards shelves. I'll ask him for some pictures of his latest works and whatnot if you guys want to check some of it out.
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Jul 24, 2009 05:03
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My solution for the majority of weathering is to buy a set of pastels and have a wide array of brushes on hand. Sweep them across the chalks and onto the painted model. Kinda like doing make-up. To seal it all in, afterward, go over the finished product with some airbrushed flat clearcote or gloss, depending on what you're doing. Edit: I have a larger set of these pastels here:  Click here for the full 1518x882 image. permanoob fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Dec 13, 2009 |
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