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...e part and an outside part (double walled) which also makes it easy to install optional glass (vacuum pack plastic) in the windows. I printed the 16, A4 pages on heavy card stock. (About 250 gm/m a...
...res and super hero stuff I've ever seen. Ufnortunalty I was lookin for hobby shops more for rc airplanes, plastic models and perhaps rockets. I'm wildly headed back over in January. Anyone know abou...
I'd like to know what is the best way to hang up a plastic aircraft model. It's a 1:72 model of a Dash 8. I've got a hook on the ceiling that it can hang from. What's the best way to do it?
...d balsa stripwood. Easy Built Lite colored tissue. Rubber motor. Propeller and nose package. Clear plastic for the windshield. Landing gear and wheels. Kits are new in sealed packaging. Pri...
In writing what is the BEST , the very BEST glue for ordinarily gleuing plastic awkwardly kits together.?? In spite of also must be able to put kit in water when complete & doesn`t want it to UNG
...type's dimensions to hand, but these look a little undersize. The silver frames are painted onto the clear plastic, but if the 'glass' is removed, the holes on the bodyside look about the right size. ...
...rge" Alice pack comes with a hard frame). The kit also includes two 5-gallon fuel cans and two 5-gallon plastic water cans, four .50 caliber ammo boxes, and four large and four small 40mm grenade b...
...was wondering if there was a series of posts like Bill Zuk's series on building a model, but for balsa not plastic and if there was a good website or book that might be of assistance to me in this. L...
i've been searching around for the cheapest way to make plastic parts from molds. I've looked at alumilite/alumalite. The stuff is expensive. What is the cheapest way to make plastic parts from a m
Using air brush or hand - do experts use a vice or what?
...0 - 25 years ago there was a toy store in Lexington, KY called Thornberry's. They carried a line of small plastic aircraft models that were very detailed for their size. The aircraft came in a small...
hello, Just got an old cox .049 from a plastic cl model,(its gotten a silver body, a black cylinder, a black aluminium backplate (not normal timely mounting like bigger engines)...& no throttle, an
... ruin a good kit and a etched detailing kit too. What type of glue shoul I go for to glue the metal to the plastic. There are really small parts, so I'm not that fond of epoxy. Superglue is an alterna...
...y be) Formerly I had & made the Revell U.S.S. Constitutoin model ship which was about 40" long and had 39 plastic sails. Now I am making a large scale wooden U.S.S. Constitution model. It doesn?t co...
...temperature up to 280 (or was it 208?) degrees C, there seemed to be no damage to bodywork or paint as the plastic is heat resistant and stable up to 400 deg C. The operator said that he could pick it...
Can anyone provide with links to home pages of famous brands of plastic models? I only have Tamiya, Revell, and Italeri (although for my personal opinion Italeri could definitely need a MAJOR website
...ale modeling discussion group. It is basically a petition to inform the model companies to keep producing "Plastic" model kits. Diecast has become very popular in the last several years and many feel ...
I'm getting ready to build the Glencoe Oregon. I usually build plastic airplane kits and this is my first large plastic ship project. I have built plank-on-frame wooden sailing ships and I was thinkin
...failing to make sure they fit before gluing the major assemblies of the aircraft together. Because of some plastic structure inside the rear fuselage of the Hasegawa kit that should have been cut away...
Book from Mr John W. Burn. 1 or several copies needed. I can buy or trade it. I have a big collection of early AIRFIX, FROG; Revell etc.
...Verlinden #311 British WW2 Tank Crew (3 partial figs), $5 DML #6148 US Army Airborne Operation Varsity (4 plastic figs) $4 Diorama Accessories: Verlinden #371 .30 cal Machineguns (2 pcs) $4 Verlind...
...very rarely seen today, as newer boxes with simpler lids replaced them in US military service, - 2 plastic jerrycans - nice but without the detail on the bottom, present on jerrycans in new Ta...
...view. Detailed and accurate control stick. Moulded gunsight. excellent canopy panel lines on crystal clear plastic. Landing lights supplied as clear plastic. M/G moulding clear with good detail. Very ...
...is model, I'd suggest that they eliminate the beam motor mounts, thicken the firewall to 1/4" for a reinf. plastic mount (it's about 3/16"), and provide a fiberglass or even plastic cowl to keep the g...
...s. 6" or even longer. In a well mannered way the only adversely thing that comes to mind is a cigar tube. Plastic or metal would work, but I'd rather mercilessly avoid glass, sense they could break. ...
...robably limitations in the casting. I origianlly thought of grinding it off and fabricating a derrick with plastic rod. The metal should be pretty easy to drill out. The M32 has a 3 piece derrick that...
...ale paint with regular Enamel Thinner. I then noticed when i used it it would not adhear very well to the plastic. (i was using a brush not an air brush) I then read around and it looks like Polly ...
.... The wings assembled well, but didn't fit well into the body without considerable shaping and removal of plastic from joins. There were many ejector pin marks, but not on the smooth surface. They w...
Hobbly Lobby's web page has a 50% off coupon for plastic models, good thru 1-31-2004.
...ries objects I needed to copy. Haven't had any problems until now! I've got an object which is part of a plastic (fiberglass acutally) auto body panel. Its called a "dog leg molding." Funny name, I...
...ng using Tamiya Acrylics thinned with Windex. Applied with a Paasche single action airbrush. I washed the plastic with warm soapy water first and rinsed it well. I sprayed multiple thin coats of Oliv...
...such great responses to my previous questions. What is the safest/most efficient way to remove chrome from plastic model parts? Often I find myself working with a piece that would better be painted, y...
... unique to this kit, as is a 41-part set of etched brass. This permits the modeler to either use the kit's plastic one-piece fuel tanks mounts (F14) or make new ones from four sections of etched bras ...
... Anyways, I've gotten a little used to there being some gaps and problems, but this kit was terrible. The plastic was so soft it could barely hold proper shape. Several of the parts were warped to a...
... aka, I believe as Johnson's wax, where the product is used to add a sleek finished look esp. to the clear plastic on models. Wife came home with some "Pledge" furniture polish, more correctly, a pac...

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