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More good info. I came back to ask where to get some tempered glass. Thank you.

If I can't find a cutting board big enough, I'll use Corian. I want it to be big enough to go across about 80% of the sink, and be elevated on the countertop. It would be for things like cargo beds and boxes, sides of a tank hull, the "house" for a WWII ambulance/radio truck. I'm working on a 1/24 house for an Opel Blitz truck. To keep it symmetrical, left and right halves are glued together with tiny drops of superglue near the edges of the parts. Same with front and back. After lots of sanding and checking to make sure everything is straight, the parts are separated by running an X-Acto between them. Now I have 2 identical parts, but they need that superglue sanded off. For a 1/24 truck, that box can take up a lot of a 9x11 sheet. Go to 1/16 and two sheets would be better. I think I need to dig out some scrap Corian. Thank you

I use it on a flat surface for scratchbuilding projects. Squaring up box sections, sanding off superglue, etc. I would like bigger sheets for bigger projects. Is it available anywhere? If it is not available in bigger sizes, would two sheets side by side be ok, as long as they are held in place securely? I haven't tried that yet because I don't have a big surface to hold them securely. I plan to modify a big plastic cutting board just for that. Something to place over the kitchen sink, angled down slightly, so water can drip onto it and carry away the dust/swarf. Thanks. Lee

Very impressive. Good to see you posting again. I would also like to get in line for a kit. Maybe body only, though. I wouldn't be able to resist going pro/street.

Wow. I never knew that body style was also a Charger. Dark days for cars back then.

I hope this is not considered a hijack, but what about laser cutters? I may get access to one soon. I wonder if anyone would want parts cut from sheet styrene? One application I have in mind is the box/shelter on the back of an old military truck. The Opel Blitz was used as a mobile communication van and ambulance, among other things. You can buy a kit of the radio truck in the standard armor scale of 1/35, but I'm thinking of making one for the 1/24 flatbed kit. There are lots if thins that can be made from flat sheet. Even more when flat sheets are glued together...or soldered. I'm thinking of brass frame rails in 1/8 scale. Imagine a C or box-section frame for a Big Deuce lowboy, or a stretched nose for a V-12 engine.

No. The thread is probably several years old. It has Heller's 170V Lieferwagen (delivery vehicle/sedan delivery) mated to Heller's BMW 328 grille and maybe fenders. Nice build in four link, though.

I remember it was just a mock-up at the time, but was pretty cool. I did a search and could not find it. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Thanks. Lee

And Coach. I watched that show when it was on. "They say all you can eat, but they don't mean it". Rest in peace.

I came up with a solution, for now, anyway. I took the regulator off my old compressor, along with the fittings that attached it to the compressor. I then attached all of that to the new nitrogen regulator. An inelegant solution, but it should work. I do plan to get a proper fitting to go from nitrogen regulator to airbrush hose, but I need to wait until tomorrow to talk on the phone with people who sell the parts.

I just bought a regulator for a Nitrogen tank. It was from a Homebrew store, so it has a barb fitting. I need to remove that and go from 1/4" NPT to the airbrush hoses. Thanks. Lee

I've had a paid Fotki account for 16 years. Never had a problem. Free (limited) accounts are for the birds. It's not cool to read a how-to article with pics, when the pics have been substituted with things the poster grew in their garden.

Wow. I didn't realize this question was more than 4 years old.

Or you could get a hex punch and die set and make your own from sheet plastic. If you don't think you'll need enough to justify buying that tool, I could punch some out and send them to you, if my punches are the right size.

Well that's pretty cool, but how many times did Rachel from Card Services offer to lower your interest rate?

It hasn't been available in Austin for ten years or so.

I took models to Afghanistan when I got deployed there. A very boring deployment. I got a couple of really nice paint jobs in that dusty environment. When a speck of dust got in the paint, I would let it sit for a couple of days, then sand it out with a polishing cloth and put on another coat. I had planned to build only, then paint when I came home. A hobby shop owner told me about Tamiya spray paint, which allowed me to finish a couple of cars.

You can get a show-quality paint job with Tamiya spray cans. Lay on plenty of clear, especially if you're using candies, pearls, or metallics. Follow that with a polishing kit and then plastic polish with flannel. You will be able to see your face in the paint. Someone else may have a link to a how-to video. There is also a poster here, Don Yost, who sells a DVD about getting a great paint job.

356 drag car!

Well that's good news, gentlemen. I may get the spray gun, too. I love candies, pearls, and metallics. I also like big scale models. Thank you.

I just bought one at the LHS. I wanted a single action with a wide spray pattern for covering a whole 1/24 car and not having "tiger stripes". If you have one, how do you like it? How is it with pearls and candies? Weird questions for an owner to ask, but I don't have a heated place to spray. It may be a couple of weeks before I can try it out. Thanks.

Lots of information here. Before I posted, I wondered if there was some missile with an elliptical cross-section, or maybe a fuel tank. Tubular space frame sounds more plausible. It must have been a heck of a thing to see so much innovation, so many different ideas about how to build a race car back then.

That's a real bummer. I like having a local hobby shop. It's great to go check out a kit kit before buying it, or to pick up something today. Lots of reasons why it's better than mail order. For me, anyway. I only mail order if the LHS can't get it. I'm not wealthy. I just don't buy as much as I could. I suppose those of us who feel this way are old fashioned.

I'm with you on the high price of the weathering products. I do like the idea of a lot of these new techniques, but the price is outrageous. Especially anything by Mig. It could discourage people from getting into armor modeling. I found a source for pigments in 100gram sizes for about 4 bucks. I went to Mig's website to compare prices. Not only are people paying a ridiculous markup to have it put in a tiny container, some of his illustrations are lifted from the Earth Pigments website. 100 grams is the smallest size offered. He darn sure buys in bigger quantities to pay less per kg. I'm a member at an armor modeling website. I thought about starting a thread about weathering for less money, but Mig is an advertiser and plenty of posters have no problem with the prices, even when they know about the crazy markup. Some believe Mig products are "made for the hobby". I didn't start the thread because I figured it might get deleted or start a flame war. Oh yeah- a local art supply store has Winsor & Newton oil paints for less than Abteilung 502 paints and a lot less than Michael's/ Hobby Lobby. As much as 75% less than those 2 stores.

Great job on the weathering. What techniques/materials are you using? I'm halfway through only the second armor model I have ever built. I have to say, weathering techniques have taken a quantum leap in the last 15-20 years.