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Tamiya weathering sets are overhyped and overpriced for what you get. They're nothing more than soft pastels. That said, you can use a chisel blade to lightly scrape the surface of the color, resulting in a fine powder which can then be applied with a brush, sponge applicator or Q-Tip. You can't thin them. If you do, you'll end up with a thick, mud-like viscous mess. You also can't seal them with any type of clearcoat because the pastel powders will absorb the clear, causing them to darken and look like a thin coat of flat paint. You can get the same, if not better, results using standard artist's soft pastel sticks. They are made with pigments held together with a binder, just like the Tamiya stuff; but, are far more inexpensive and you'll have just about every color needed for weathering any type of model. You can scrape and apply the resulting powder in the same manner as the Tamiya products. If you're interested, I can provide you with info on other weathering products which are superior to what Tamiya has.

You can't. The foil used to package Pop Tarts is Mylar, a metallized polyester film. Because of its composition, it will not permanently conform to fine details like scripts or body trim like thin aluminum foils. It can't be secured with any adhesives which won't damage those details. It's great stuff if you're modeling heat micrometeoroid shielding on model spacecraft, though.

Soitny. It tastes exactly like the stuff I used to get straight from Czechoslovakia. Budweiser Budvar/Czechvar beer is produced only in the brewery headquarters at České Budějovice and exported from there. When I was stationed in Germany in the early '80s, a couple of German friends and I used to make unauthorized border crossings northeast of Hundsbach inside the 1Km Zone (that only applied to U.S. military personnel and that section was patrolled by the 2nd ACR out of Camp Gates in Marktredwitz) and hiked a couple clicks to a small village to buy a few cases of Budvar at a small inn. The old guy and his wife spoke German; so, that made communicating easy. A case cost the equivalent of three bucks at the unofficial black market exchange rate. He told use he could use hard currency and accepted Deutschmarks and dollars. One time, we saw a patrol jeep coming up the road as we were coming back with the beer. I started to panic when one of the Germans, a guy named Gunther, told me, "Don't worry. Just make a stupid face and smile if they ask questions. They will think you're German." We handed them a few beers and they left us alone.

It's sold in the U.S. under the name Czechvar. I can get it for $11.99 for a six-pack at the Polish grocery stores in Greenpoint.

That's what we called our machine shop teacher, Mr. Russo, whose first name just happened to be Louie. He was short two digits on his left hand after an accident on a multi-speed engine lathe.

Perfect business model.

Nie ma za co, proszę pana.

Shoreline Gold/Pearl Fawn was a paint option for Cadillac/Buick/Oldsmobile/Pontiac (Paint Code "P") only available for 1959-60 Model Years. Scale Finishes has this color for $9.99 for a 2oz. bottle. You can find the paint listed under the the makes previously mentioned.

It's a full detail kit, Bill. Check out the instructions. You can snag one here.

Or, use a moto-tool @ 10,000 rpm. Less pressure required to drill a hole than if using a pin vise.

To create a strong bond using Plastic Weld or Bondene, brush either on the mating surfaces of the parts to be joined. This "primes" the two surfaces. Position the parts by firmly holding or clamping them tightly together and apply Plastic Weld/Bondene on the joint. Capillary action will cause the solvent to flow through the joint, bonding both parts. The bond strength will gradually increase for some weeks after. I prefer Bondene because it is methylene chloride, which I find to be a superior solvent to MEK.

Drinking bum wines Especially if you're quaffing bum wines. What's the word? Thunderbird! How's it sold? Good and cold! What's the jive? Bird's alive! What's the price? Thirty twice! Fee-Fi, Fo-Fum, Hic!

I'm the mug what took the time to study and analyze your tip thoroughly before posting my reply. And, my reply was an ALTERNATIVE to your tip. Just because something is posted here doesn't automatically confer practical usage. Merely suggesting something without actually testing your idea doesn't mean it will work. Since this is the "Tips. Tricks and Tutorials" section, how about posting the following to go along with your tip: *1. Explanation - how you intend to create wood bed material with the straw wrapping. *2. Demonstration - show how you plan to create bed material from the straw wrapping *3. Practical Application - applying the information to show what the completed result is *These are the three steps required to present a proper line of instruction which I learned at PNCOC (NCO course) in the U.S. Army many moons ago. Long story short, show how it's done. I'm sure the guys would appreciate seeing a SBS.

Only if one prefers chianti.

How is it free? You're paying, at the minimum, ten bucks for the wine.

Wood strips used for model ship construction provides uniform thickness, the thinnest being 1/32" (.03") and uniform widths. You'll never achieve that from the straw wrapping. 1/64" (.01") wood veneer sheets are also available. Just cut it according to the measurements of the pickup bed or flatbed trailer and scribe the individual plank lines.

Correction, that is .09". .9" is 9/10 of an inch.

Nashua 322 Multi-Purpose HVAC Foil Duct Tape is unsuitable as a BMF substitute. 322 will completely cover/obliterate any script/fine detail like it wasn't there. BMF is 0.0005" thick. 322 is 3.5 mils thick, which is 0.0889". Rounded off, that's 0.09", nearly .1 (one tenth) of an inch, approximately 177 times thicker than BMF.

That is an evasive non-answer, Mike. Personally, I don't care one way or the other if somebody has them in their sigs. I was playing devil's advocate. It also doesn't matter what percentage of members see them. They're still seen more often by regular users because they are in every single comment posted by the individuals including them and that could total thousands of times because of post counts as opposed to a single political comment made during a particular discussion in a single topic. Would political statements in a sig be treated in the same manner since the same small percentage of people would see them? I doubt it. It just reinforces my assertion regarding selective enforcement of the rules. If one can't be used because it would violate policy, so neither can the other. I was a member of a now-defunct flightsim board which had a sub-forum, Goose's Bar, in its OTL section. It was a no-holds-barred, free-for-all with no restrictions on subject matter or language which are prohibited here. It was set up so that members could blow off steam by keeping things off the main board. One had to request admittance by agreeing to keep discussions there and not to let them spill over into the regular fora. It was inaccessible to everyone except those who requested to join thereby precluding any vicarious snooping. One was allowed to say whatever they wanted, how they wanted with virtually no moderator interference. Anyone who violated the agreement was permanently banned from the site. It was one of the most popular sections because members could speak their minds without worrying about getting penalized or banned. Nobody ever continued any discussion, disagreement or argument into the main board. There was never any animosity carried over. There also was an invitation-only section for religious topics where members who were so inclined could proselytize to their heart's content. The same rules for the free-for-all section also applied to this one. The site owner, and the mods, didn't act like hall monitors and believed in treating the members like adults. Is it the consensus of the board staff here that the membership isn't intellectually or emotionally mature enough to handle something like that? No apology necessary, Noel. I was only goofing with you. I don't care how someone addresses or refers to me. Just don't leave an open tab under my name. How many times have you referred to, or called, somebody a jerk in the course of real life? That is one of the definitions and that word is commonly used in that context exclusive of any sexual innuendo or reference.

I concur with Casey. I asked Dave about the biblical quotations and references used as signatures and he didn't reply. Using them is an violation of the board policy regarding prohibited subject matter. So, Dan, Mike et al, why do you let that obvious flaunting of board policy continue? Rules are rules and ignorance of the rules is no excuse. Remember writing that, Mike? If you're going to penalize members for inappropriate subject matter, political content,alleged sexual innuendo, maledicta, etc., the mods are obligated to flag and discipline ALL violations. You'll probably catch hell from members who use them in their signatures; but, being a moderator is a thankless job which all of you volunteered to do. You're all delegated the responsibility to enforce board rules and policies without bias.

That one poster is me. Is it too inconvenient to refer to me by name? Why should any poster get penalized due to someone's lack of knowledge concerning the definition of a word or the context in which it was used? If you're unsure of a word or term, google it. Takes a few seconds and doing so can prevent someone from receiving a possibly unjustified penalty. Perform your due diligence and get it right. Posters deserve the benefit of the doubt before being disciplined.

It can't be a standard procedure, new or otherwise, unless it's evenly enforced across the board encompassing all subject matter which is prohibited, including religious references. Case in point, the "Off-Topic Lounge" has a warning/advisory which states: "General discussions on anything EXCEPT politics or religion! Keep it clean... all forum rules apply!" That's concise and needs no further explanation or clarification. It makes it very clear that neither of those subjects can be included in any post in any manner or form, not only in OTL, but in any other part of the board, no exceptions, period. However, this isn't the case, as I pointed out to you in a read but unanswered PM. If what I mentioned can be excused and continue to be overlooked by every member of the moderating staff, this shows a distinct and obvious bias in favor of the individuals who break this rule by flaunting this particular, longstanding, allegedly set-in-stone policy. You can't have it both ways. Either the policies are equally enforced to the letter; or, the policy itself is flawed and unenforceable because of selective and unequal enforcement. If enforced as intended, there will be numerous complaints and cases of butt hurt from the members who are affected. Well, that's too bad. As the saying goes, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Like anyone using "inappropriate" language and the like, members who openly violate other conditions of the "new" and previous policies should also be held accountable and face the same consequences and heavy-handed scrutiny for violations. I would also suggest that the moderating staff keep up-to-date on slang terminology to be better informed on present day colloquial usage and not to jump to ill-informed and incorrect conclusions as to what they thought was implied. What you might consider as "inappropriate" by the strictest definition of a particular word doesn't mean it was intended as such when used. These words have many other, less vulgar definitions which are used in the context of those other definitions in everyday interactions by "nice" people from all walks of life and age groups. "Nice", for example, began as a negative term derived from the Latin nescius, meaning “unaware, ignorant.” This sense of “ignorant” was carried over into English when the word was first borrowed (via French) in the early 1300s. And for almost a century, nice was used to characterize a “stupid, ignorant, or foolish” person. Will those who use "nice" to describe someone's WIP or finished model be penalized based on an outdated definition because it could be construed as a personal attack and that someone was calling another member ignorant or foolish? Don't play word police unless you are knowledgeable of all the definitions and usage. Look up the word before making arbitrary decisions as to whether or not the word is actually "inappropriate".

CultTVMan Hobby Shop has the Jupiter 2 Light Kit in stock for $159.99.

You assume everyone lives in a house and has a garage to store tools. If one lives in an apartment, one has neither a garage to store a car, let alone large quantities of power tools nor the space in aforementioned apartment dwelling to to do the same. Not everyone is fortunate to own a house with a garage. That's a stone cold fact here in NYC. I keep that in mind when offering advice and mention items commonly found in both a house or an apartment.

February of what decade?