Brian Austin Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 The "pen" extrudes plastic that can be treated in various ways according to the video. Perhaps a technique or two could come in handy in our work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29dsCVFI0HM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Amazing skill! Scratchbuilding at an elite level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) Definitely a tool worth adding to the box, and impressive skills, but a lot of that work would be much more logically accomplished starting with styrene sheet and tube/shapes. Edited March 10, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 That's pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 19 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Definitely a tool worth adding to the box, and impressive skills, but a lot of that work would be much more logically accomplished starting with styrene sheet and tube/shapes. Sure, but building a model using more conventional methods would not get very many views online. "Building" a model basically free-hand, using a pen dispensing a liquid plastic is more of an art than a skill of building a model using what I would call "conventional engineering" methods and materials. I would almost compare this to free-hand paining a picture vs. doing one of those paint-by-numbers paintings. Which would get more interest from an average person watching the video? I suspect that this video is not just done to show off skills, but to make some money. As I see it, the Internet (and ability to share videos with the world has created this phenomenon of showing one's talent to make some dough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, peteski said: Sure, but building a model using more conventional methods would not get very many views online... ...As I see it, the Internet (and ability to share videos with the world has created this phenomenon of showing one's talent to make some dough. Agreed, but my comment was specifically directed at the OP's mention that... On 3/1/2023 at 12:55 AM, Brian Austin said: Perhaps a technique or two could come in handy in our work? ...which is entirely possible, but hardly a replacement for more conventional approaches, as this is a scale modeling site, if I'm not mistaken, and not a scattershot appeal to the lowest common denominator...as is YT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 That was a remarkable bit of workmanship. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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