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NOBLNG

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  1. I’ve never tried it, but maybe a cuticle trimmer would work?
  2. Great Idea.
  3. I’ve posted this previously, but this is an easy to make trim scriber. Any stiff wire would work. Chuck it in a drill and sharpen it before bending.You can vary the width by spreading it or rotating it off 90 degrees. Sure beats free-handing it!
  4. Does that chopper make a nice 90 degree cut on one or both ends on something like say .100 x .188 ? Or do the ends need to be sanded square?
  5. Well how about that!? Running it once in and out of the center of my soldering gun worked...and the thing was sitting in a drawer right beside me all the time. Thanks for the link Bill.?
  6. Yeah, fiberglass won’t dent like that.????
  7. I have a pair of tweezers that have become horribly magnetic. I dragged them through this thing a number of times and couldn’t get rid of the magnetism. There are units that are 115v powered...but I have this. Eventually, I re-magnetized them first, then de-magnetized them and it worked....but only for a little while.?? Does anyone have another way or do I need a powered one?
  8. How do I tag posts? I can’t find it in the “how to use this board” section.
  9. NOBLNG

    Buick GS

    Looking really great so far,?
  10. Now that’s a super nice 4x4! Well done. Makes me want to get one of these kits.? How did you do the Upholstery on the seats?
  11. Nice! Extremely well detailed. I like all the extra accessories.?
  12. Super clean build!?
  13. Beautiful job...especially under the hood!?
  14. Nice job! I love that colour.?
  15. Yes, I’m glad this build re-surfaced. It is absolutely outstanding in design and execution!?
  16. Maybe a thread like this should be a sticky? There are numerous threads on here about various tools. It would be nice to have them all in one place?
  17. Upholstery! I am trying to replicate the seat in my Willys, which is actually the rear seat from a 1980 Blazer. I narrowed the seat from a ‘56 Ford pickup. Then I added some piping (not quite correct, but pretty much out of sight). Then I found a picture of similar colour houndstooth pattern on the internet, re-sized and printed it. The last pic is some self adhesive label paper that doesn’t stick well enough. I’ve re-printed it on normal paper and am experimenting with different glues to fasten it securely. Then I will give the whole thing a coat of satin clear.
  18. On my way home from getting my first Covid shot, I decided to stop at a hobby shop in that neighborhood. To my dismay, I found out that the owner passed recently from cancer. Unfortunately the business is closing so I grabbed a few items
  19. If anyone has any nifty tools, especially ones that are not normally associated with model building...post them up! I don’t know where I got this? I found it one day in the garage with a bunch of drill bits. It has three collets that will take anything from a #80 up to 1/16”. I use it by hand, in my cordless drill and in my drill press. It runs very true.?
  20. Here is a sample of the effect of four different colour primers. The paint is Tamiya LP-46 Pure Metallic Red in the little bottles airbrushed. All were sprayed with equal coats...I don’t recall how many, likely two. This is Tamiya TS-60 pearl green aerosol that I decanted and airbrushed. It covered the red oxide primer in pretty much one coat. The only way to know for sure is to experiment.
  21. Good luck Rick. You may be better off ordering some. I know Scenes Unlimited makes some nice ones. And remember, on a 4x4.....bigger is better!?
  22. The two sheets on the right arrived yesterday from Slater’s Plastikard. The two on the left I got last year but are too large of scale. I think I originally mis read how they scaled them 1:25 is not the same as 1/25 ? These are 8”x12” sheets and I ordered a few of each to be safe.?
  23. I picked up these two tweezers for $6 in the male grooming section at Marshalls. I have two pairs that I use constantly...one doesn’t open very wide and the other is “magnetic” and frustrates me all the time. Hopefully these will be a treat.?
  24. Looking good there Bob.?
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