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Once you finished composing your message, still in the compose window, hit Control-a, then Control-c. The first one selects all the text in the compose window, the second copies it into computer's copy/paste buffer. If something goes wrong and your message is lost, you can just try to reply again and in the empty compose window hit Control- v. That pastes the text f r o m the buffer into the window. Keyboard shortcuts are wonderful! Of course the paste buffer does not persists through reboots and gets wiped out by anything else you "copy". Actually, the above text (in black) has some combination of words that makes the forum puke. If you notice that the word "f r o m" has spaces between letters. Because of that word is typed or copied/pasted without spaces between the letters, the forum will puke when you hit the "Save" button. But instead of 404 error, there is a dialog box stating "This comment can no longer be edited. It may have been moved or deleted, or too much time may have passed since it was posted for it to be edited." After you hit "OK" the page is hung - you have to reload it. I duplicated it few times (thus my test posts).

I have my doubts that any paint-type spray-on "chrome" finish will have the brilliance of vacuum-metalized parts, but I'll be watching for Steve's evaluation (because I think Steve is also after that super shiny brilliance I want). Yeah, I know "scale chrome should not be that shiny" but I like mine extra shiny.

Very nice, and congratulations about having your article published in a modeling magazine!

Ok, but the person running the quiz would have to know with certainty whether the photo was real of doctored.

That's what I was thinking too. Hey @Super28 , how did you dug up that thread?

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I got burned this way using so many computer programs and websites (lost text) that nowadays I use 2 extra key strokes not to ever lose the text I just typed in. Once you finished composing your message, still in the compose window, hit Control-a, then Control-c. The first one selects all the text in the compose window, the second copies it into computer's copy/paste buffer. If something goes wrong and your message is lost, you can just try to reply again and in the empty compose window hit Control- v. That pastes the text f r o m the buffer into the window. Keyboard shortcuts are wonderful! Of course the paste buffer does not persists through reboots and gets wiped out by anything else you "copy". Just for full disclosure, for you mouse clickers, Control-a is equivalent to right-click->select-all, Control-c is right-click->copy, Control-v is right-click->paste. But it is much easier to use the keyboard shortcuts when typing. I suspect that the problem here is not the length of post, but combinations of certain words.

For some reason Charlie I thought you used Corel Draw (and PhotoPaint for bitmap editing) for designing your decal artwork.

If you look through the fingernail polishes in the drug stores, or supermarkets (or even dollar stores), you can usually find some color shifting ones.

If you don't need them to be functional (springy), then you can make your own using solid copper electrical wire (with insulation stripped) wound around an end of an appropriately-sized drill bit (or similar metal rod). That way you can control the thickness of your spring, its diameter, and length. The wire is soft - you wind the coils tightly around the drill bit, then pull it off the drill bit and stretch it to look the way you need it to look.

This seems to be designed for those craft plotter/cutters. It is likely a metalized plastic film, probably at least 2mils thick - it wouldn't work as BMF substitute.

To me it looked similar to one of those American concept cars with Italian-designed bodies. I was wrong.

All beautiful models! Tamiya didn't make too many 1:6 scale bike models. If they were 1:6 scale, they would be over a foot long. They are likely standard 1:12 scale Tamiya models. Protar makes bike models in 1:9 scale.

While I have never done this, I don't think there will be a problem if you use clear designed to be plastic compatible (made specifically for plastic model kits - like Testors or Tamiya paints). But I'm not sure how the decals will stick to bare plastic. But if you think your color paint jobs are mediocre, do you think you clear paint job will be any better?

It is because it is derived from citrus fruit (thus non-toxic). I tried it back when I was a kid and I don't think it worked well, because I went back to the regular smelly orange-tube stuff. I seem to vaguely recall that it was more runny than the orange-tube stuff, and that it took longer to dry. Reading the online forums it seems that most other modelers are not loving the non-toxic cement.

Thanks! Since I "roll my own", I haven't really looked at the Micro-Mark kit. But I think someone on this forum might have posted some info about it in the past. As for recommendations, if you have access to a laser printer, Pulsar FX Pro makes a good kit. I recommended it to a friend and he had good results with it. It is geared towards making PC boards, but it should work for etching thin metal too. https://pcbfx.com/ Another item I etched from 0.005" Nickel Silver are all the Peterbilt emblems on this wrecker (and used them instead of the kit's decals):

Well, can you really say *nothing* European? I have an idea what it is, but not willing to research the specific details.

"Polyurethane" is a very nebulous term, covering many different coatings. For example there is Minwax Urethane which is used for finishing wood, but can be used on models. However it is amber in color. There is also a water-based version of that urethane which is clear. Can you give some specific types or or brands of the polyurethane you are using?

And another hobbyist-friendly etching company: https://www.ppdltd.com/ I have been etching electronic circuit boards since my teenage years. Etching model parts is a similar process. The only photos I have handy now is weather vanes and lighting rods I etched for an N scale (1:160) barn on my friend's model train layout. I designed the artwork in Corel Draw, then printed it on a transparency. Then I took a sheet of 0.005" brass, sprayed with a photoresist and a regular lacquer on the other side. Then I exposed the photo resist to UV light through the artwork (mask). Developed the photoresist and put the brass sheet in Ferric Chloride (etching solution). This is what I ended up with: And here they are after being placed on the barn.

Yes, I too visited the Yellow Submarine during the same trip. Amazing stuff!

Useless? It helps us understand the Universe. Or is that too nebulous for you, and you rather just worry about the more mundane goings on in your immediate neighborhood?

How about a detailed description of your workshop? Or how does your neighborhood look? After all, since you giving us detailed play-by-play (or is it stick-by-stick?) details of your build (including the raw materials you're ordering), why not tell us more about where it is all taking place. And I'm sure somebody will find a photo of that 4.5 lb block of clay very intereting.

Remember Rainbow Ten? They used to have really basic website with basically text-based listings of their stock. You had to email them your order. Well, Rainbow Ten is a wonderful large brick-and-mortar hobby shop which just had some online presence. I was lucky enough to visit them 14 years ago. That was an experience!

Wicked cool model (as we say in New England), and clear and sharp photos! Nice!

They probably don't even realize that the color picture is not real colors (as humans see colors) - they were added to enhance the image which IIRC is not even taken in the visible light spectrum.