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Keyser, reckon you are right about burning sprues being a joke by Sean. Looking at your location. Anglesey? Yea right! Another joke? Might have been more believable if your name was Glynn Evans. LOL
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Louverit's connection does not appear to be secure when I tried to look at it.
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Pin strips and Photo Etch
Bugatti Fan replied to Perspect Scale Modelworks's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
Photo etching in the trade is named chemical milling. There are companies out there that specialise but will require the artwork generally to be supplied as a 2D Cad file or ready to use. -
Burning sprues? Would it not be worse than going into landfill due to the toxins given off going into the atmosphere? Like I said before, unless it can go into the domestic recycling bin it is just impracticable at this point in time.
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Isn't brake fluid a bit dangerous if you get it on your skin, not to mention very expensive compared to household products that will also strip chrome.
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I don't think that 3D printing will ever replace injection moulding. If you ever watched an injection mould in use and a 3D printer the difference in manufacturing time is seconds from an injection mould and quite a number of minutes or even hours depending on the complexity on a 3D printer. No comparison. Recycling sprues. Unless you could put them in the domestic recycling bin, the many ideas are either impracticable, unfeasable of just too costly to pursue. The idea of model shops having a bin for recycling sprue. Has this been thought through? If I owned a model shop where shop and yard space would be at a premium it would just be another inconvenience, not to mention the cost of having the bin removed. Seriously, the cost of collection would outweigh by far the value of the scrap sprues, and really, would modellers actually stop to think about taking sprues back?I Recycling sprue really is a nice thought, but is so impractical to do it is a dead duck!I If you can use it for stretching or making something from it so much the better. Some figure modellers I know have dissolved it in CTC (Carbon Tetrachloride) to make bottles of a plastic gel fluid.
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Nice project! Those classic polished wood speedboats look fantastic, and making them to scale! Terrific! Using a PT boat hull as the basis is very resourceful to obtain a hull of about the right size. The period truck and trailer look good and will be very complimentary as a whole. Looking at how long it is, I guess you will need a 1/25th scale big rig case to display it in. Will be following the rest of this build. Besides the dolls house flooring already suggested, marquetry veneers are also a good source of thin wood. I have used Pearwood veneer to good effect on a car model as it has an extremely close grain and when button polish is used it looks very realistic as scaled down mahogany.
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Airfix/Hornby under the Pocher name will be releasng a 1/8th scale Lotus 72 John Player Special Formula 1 Racing Car Kit this year. I think it may be one that Emerson Fittipaldi may have driven. One for F1 enthusiasts to look out for, especially super detailing modellers.
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Holloway House. Quick Shine Multi Surface Finish.
Bugatti Fan replied to Bugatti Fan's topic in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
Edited my last post. Screw years back should read some years back. My tablet changes words frequently and I don't always spot it.I Les, thanks for the feed back, I will have to look around a bit and see if I come across some Pledge with Super Shine. Forgot to mention in my opening post that the Holloway House Quick Shine Multi Surface Finish is sold by Lakeland in the UK. Look for the one in the green labelled carton. -
Holloway House. Quick Shine Multi Surface Finish.
Bugatti Fan replied to Bugatti Fan's topic in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
I am on the last knockings of a bottle of Klear that I bought when it was available some years back in the UK. The fact that it became discontinued at the time bypassed me or I would have laid a bit of stock in!. There must be a number of floor finishing products that are similar to Klear/Future/Revive It on the market. My guess is that when Klear was discovered as a cheap good modelling product, everyone and their dog latched on to it and did not look at anything else. -
1961 Mercedes Benz 190SL - Revell with a few modifications
Bugatti Fan replied to 89AKurt's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Kurt, I thought that it might be a PCB jig. Thanks for confirming and for where to look on the web. -
1961 Mercedes Benz 190SL - Revell with a few modifications
Bugatti Fan replied to 89AKurt's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Kurt, your model is coming along amazingly well. Your subtle customising of a classic Merc looks good. I was intrigued by the spring loaded work holder that was holding the chassis underpinnings to your model. Is it a PCB rotating holder or something else that you adapted? It's just like having an extra pair of hands on your worktop! -
Has anyone used Holloway House Brand. Quick Shine Multi Surface Finish product, the one in the green labelled plastic bottle? I read somewhere that it is an effective substitute for Johnson's Klear. If any of you guys out there has one lurking in a kitchen or utility room cupboard can you try it out and post your findings on here. I can get it in the UK but as it is very expensive at about £15 per bottle so would like to know a bit more about it. Looking at the Flory Models website the guy doing the You Tube video says that there is a new clear Johnson's product similar to Klear, but it is only available in the US and Canada.
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Benefits freeloaders! Plenty also here in the UK. They do the maths and if working and paying taxes equates to less than the benefits received then it is a no brainer. Why bother to get up in the morning if the state pays you more to be idle? Irks me and other tax payers to fund their sedentary life style choice!
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Saw some of the Klear racketeering prices on Ebay......ridiculous! Came across Flory Models Utube video where Klear and newer alternatives are being compared. The guy in the video is comparing a new clear Johnson's product that is only available in the States as a very good replacement for Klear. Anybody tried any other acrylic floor products other than any of the Johnson's brands. If so, what are they named and who made by, and how did they perform? I'm talking about commercial floor coatings that will do the same as Klear, not dedicated modelling clear coatings.
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Guys, is Revive It still on the shelves in the USA? Impossible to get here in the UK. Has it gone the way of Klear? Assuming that no Johnson's similar products are now available can you guys suggest viable alternatives from other manufacturers. I'm not talking about dedicated modelling materials here, but a commercial floor product similar to Klear, Future, Revive It. Suggestions welcome.
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A very nice die cast model. That particular Studebaker looked very European in styling compared with most of the contemporary American Fins and Chrome monsters from that era.
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Bella's 34 Ford P/U
Bugatti Fan replied to speedy5963's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
I wonder if Bella will move on to become an air brush artist on full size customs? Certainly showing the talent! -
1/12th Porsche 934 Vaillant
Bugatti Fan replied to majel's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Will this model be going to the Vaillant boiler company's head office for in Germany for display I wonder? Joking apart this is a lovely model taking shape. They say the devil is in the detail and there is plenty in this build. Superb! -
Never tried any Scale Finishes products as not aware of any UK distributor. As far as primer goes, I have always used aerosol automotive acrylic primer that always works well for me on my models, so I don't feel the need to faff about with primers through an airbrush.
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Taking shape wel!. It is nice to see older classic racing cars being the basis of a super detailed model. The Delage is a very nice looking car and no wonder this build is prompting loads of posts. The detail work can only be described as stunning! It would be interesting to see what Andrew could do with the Monogram Bugatti 35B kit. That Call'graphe decal sheet has some very unusual car badges on it. I have one that I bought years ago and the quality is very good.
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Geoffrey, those old Jo Han kits are a bit challenging. I would suggest it you are new to the hobby, put it to one side and have a go at some more up to date kits to develop your skills first, and have a go at the Mercedes when you feel ready.
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Model Car World Paint Tips?
Bugatti Fan replied to impcon's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Some interesting comments guys. I think someone mentioned older car colours being difficult to source. Not sure if this is quite true as recently I looked up an automotive paint specialist here in the UK who could supply.me with an aerosol 1960's Porsche colour for £14.00 (equivalent to about 18 to 20 dollars I'm guessing). Another mention was made about this being expensive to spray one model. Depends on the scale of course, but would imagine the poster in question had a 1/24 or 1/25 body in mind although he did not say. In which case, maybe so. Scale finish! The human eye is forgiving when looking at a model as your mind compensates but the camera is not. Overscale Metallica have already been mentioned. I have seen beautifully polished 1/43rd scale models but when photographed look as though they have a 6 inch coat of Dyna Glaze in scale. A real scale finish would look dull to the eye on a table however.