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He is saying you have Ample Info!Hey!! are you sayin my bird's got cellulite????
J
Hhehe..no really you can learn a lot from failed attempts. Just wondering how the paint holds up on these. It may look awesome for a few weeks..but how is week 3? ...Soft plastic and paint...I foresee some possible cracks coming If I had a money tree in the back yard I'd just mold/cast to resin the whole damn thing.. but that aint going to happen.JEEZ, don't say that....I've just bought my paints :eek
I have an idea.....why dont you slide down a razor blade banister into a pool of acetone?
Hey!! are you sayin my bird's got cellulite????
J
REMINDER - I have surface panel stencils
It's been buried in the thread several pages back so i thought I'd repost. I have a file that contains stencils of all the missing panels. They are printed in reverse. So you print them out on label paper and peel-n-press them onto .15 sheet plastic. Cut and past on the BMF. The results worked flawlessly for me. See pics
There is no charge for them. I am giving them away. Just email me directly at melvillejosh@gmail.com
In the spirit of cooperation I am looking for a scan of the JBOT decals for he 1/48 scale Falcon. JOBT is kaput.
I was using MagicSculp. (two-part epoxy putty)
They recommend you use a thin coat of glue when using with plastic.I didn't so far and its stuck in there pretty darn good..however..I can see if you pushed hard on the plastic it would tend to want to pop out..Tho apply enough pressure your going to break anything. The 2 spots I used it on are pretty solid. When I cut the sidewalls out, it did slightly come loose at the edges, but easy to slide some glue in there and make it good. I think the key is here, the more nooks you get this stuff pushed into, its going to want to lock into place and not come out.
Hey guy... I'm a big supporter of MagicScuplt... this stuff is awesome and has a pretty long shelf life too. But I would definitely recommend using the thin coat of glue on one side in the spot you used it in. I thought the same thing you did, but something I discovered is that this stuff has a very slight shrinkage when it cures. Without the glue to anchor it, it will end up popping off the plastic or at the worst crack into two pieces. I did a inner door on a Dolerean with it and while i was painting it just popped off the plastic with very little force.
REMINDER - I have surface panel stencils
It's been buried in the thread several pages back so i thought I'd repost. I have a file that contains stencils of all the missing panels. They are printed in reverse. So you print them out on label paper and peel-n-press them onto .15 sheet plastic. Cut and past on the BMF. The results worked flawlessly for me. See pics
There is no charge for them. I am giving them away. Just email me directly at melvillejosh@gmail.com
In the spirit of cooperation I am looking for a scan of the JBOT decals for he 1/48 scale Falcon. JOBT is kaput.
Hey guy... I'm a big supporter of MagicScuplt... this stuff is awesome and has a pretty long shelf life too. But I would definitely recommend using the thin coat of glue on one side in the spot you used it in. I thought the same thing you did, but something I discovered is that this stuff has a very slight shrinkage when it cures. Without the glue to anchor it, it will end up popping off the plastic or at the worst crack into two pieces. I did a inner door on a Dolerean with it and while i was painting it just popped off the plastic with very little force.
Its choppy time for the rear side walls, I’ve been putting it of for about a week but it turned out to be less trouble than I thought it was going to be
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First I cut right tight to the back of the wall itself.
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Then cut the whole thing away neatly keeping the line that is there as there is a similar line on the real studio scales.
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On the top part I cut back 3mm to give a new flat back.
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On the bottom part its already stepped back 1mm to let the original wall fit so I only cut back 2mm on that piece to give the same flat back.
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This gives all in a further recess of 4mm which is as far as I dared to go because I want the screws to still work and besides it looks about right to me.
It seems like it is going to weaken it but if you are careful to not go to far it is quite strong once it is back together.
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And the scratch built sidewall it fits in nice and snug,
I will strengthen the remaining panel areas but not until I have finished all adjustments as it bends to easy at the mo when cutting.
Not to shabby, three more to go.