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Well it looks like we're back to normal now. Or for now :) . Thanks to whomever fixed things (IF anyone fixed anything). Thirded! (if that wasn't previously a legit word, I'm unilaterally declaring it is now) :D EDIT: Hahahaha! NOT FIXED , just got that while posting this, General Error SQL ERROR [...

Thom wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2024 10:10 amAnyone else getting a '500 Internal Server Error' now, either logging in or just clicking on a post..?

Got one once yesterday trying to pull up forum.
Closed tab, waited a few moments, tried again, forum worked okay.

I masked off except part of it that will be cut off to test. after spraying and waiting a few hours it seemed to stick OK, but scratched off very easily with my thumbnail. After curing overnight however it seems to be very durable. Going to remove masking tape and spray the whole thing today. I wil...

Zubie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 2:58 pmFacebook insists I prove who I am before it lets me back in, and how you do that seems more trouble than it's worth

That brings to mind 2015 where a couple weeks after FB locked me out I realized how much less general stress there was now in life.

John P wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2024 7:58 amSo long that I'll sometimes move on to another activity and come back to it later.

Yep, another activity such as painting with oil-based enamel and allowing it to cure.

Sometimes the page just loads a "server took too long to respond" error. I'm definitely not getting notifications on threads I'm following (such as this one) Same here for several weeks now on the loading problem; sometimes it will and sometimes it won't. Several days now on the notificat...

Hehe! Exactly that just happened with that post!

EDIT: and this one too.

Richard Baker wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2024 2:55 pm Apparently when you post and get that error message if you save as draft then go back to the last page you will find it did post, this happened twice to me just now

Hmm, interesting. Will remember that.

Enjoyed some of the fun things people included, for instance; the ATST on skis with a cat scratching top of one ski; the Rebel pilot fishing while Y-wing is serviced; the SS Minnow.

Have yet to do the painting, but having a couple vinyl figures who are getting transferred to the G scale rmodel railway genre I've looked up the info. One find from a website dedicated to modifying the usually vinyl action figures, https://www.figurerealm.com/customtutorial?action=view&id=33 I ...

sbaxter wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:33 amIf you’re still reading after all that word avalanche, congratulations … I think.

Before a health crash in 2005 I could read a paperback sci-fi novel at a rate of a page a minute or more.

So, basically, still in a "To be continued" stage?

holt35 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:17 ambut I'm going to pick up some rubber cement to as I feel that may be easier to rub off.

Rubber cement has a rather different chemical for its solvent from what Elmers glue uses, be careful with how it interacts with the paint layer being covered.

Hahahaha! :lol: Dave Lentell Waukee, Iowa Dave left out the interior and replaced the windshield of a Fine Molds 1/72 scale TIE fighter with a Thomas the Tank Engine face from an HO scale Bachmann train. He painted "Thomas the TIE Fighter" with Vallejo and Tamiya acrylics and weathered it ...

I too use Plastruct Plastic Weld for dissimilar plastics. Since the mid 1970s. Their Bondene is labeled to do ABS to ABS and Styrene to Styrene. I've also had success doing styrene to ABS with Tamiya's liquid cement in orange label and cap color bottle. :arrow: In my experience as both a modeler and...

Oh, sorry about his passing.

Wishing you sign success. And even a sign of success.

It's a beautiful clean model, and yes it's a whiffer. Thanks for the builder info. Had come to conclusion that it could well be a what if but I hadn't gone 100% there because of not knowing what info might be out there that I didn't know and wasn't finding. It absolutely was the "Good looking-...

P1010092 with that NASA liveried P-51 turboprop conversion tucked in lower left corner is a point of interest. https://postimg.cc/p5N8kQw2 Don't know if the real deal was actually used by NASA but here is this, https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=78138 By 29 March 1968 Converted ...

Only thing I can think of right now is to design and 3D print a scribing template.

Natsu-Rokka wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 1:16 pm... there are some things I want custom made that are nearly impossible for me to do by hand building, like tires

Ah, good point.

And as seen in a couple of my recent posts, I've been buying 3D printed figures in 1/144 and some detail parts in 1/72, and the model train scales.

One huge benefit of using CAD is that it is simple to offset lines to account for outer skin thickness. Ahh, that is a very helpful thing. around 35 years ago, when my eyes and hands were in better shape: You too, eh! :D I am old school, so I hand build using basic materials like sheet plastic and ...

Many years ago, I did a Ford tri-motor in BareMetal foil Speaking of that ... a 1990s, I think, repop of Monogram's old 1/77 scale "box scale" one with the dog sled and parka guys (but no pilots and not even a bench seat in the cockpit) was dug out of the closet a couple weeks back and is...

I was concerned the bare metal foil might be hard to get on textured/raised surface details, but from what I could see that didn't appear to be an issue. it is a matter of degree; what degree of detail and how fine of detail and how many compound shapes and corners. For me in my experience, the les...

And we finish with another model by the first reference's JohnnyK, https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235052774-tips-to-apply-aluminum-foil-and-rivets-to-an-airplane/ Tips to apply aluminum foil and rivets to an airplane Posted March 19, 2019 A number of modelers have asked me to s...

And from the automobile modeling genre, Jul 17, 2020 I will be showing you how to add chrome trim to your model car using aluminum foil instead of bare metal foil. https://youtu.be/NgIlG8qJBdg See also: Oct 24, 2016 Today I want to show off my .99 cent foil tape that I scored off feeBay; it works gr...

I have never used chrome foil before and have never seen or heard of anyone doing it to entire kits, Is actually almost common in the aircraft modeling genre. Here's a sample, https://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/177401.aspx FINISHED!!! Revell 1/48 B-29 in Bare Metal Foil Posted by ...

When hand-painting I find that I have to just be patient and allow the colour to build up over multiple thin coats - the 'thin' being important to avoid blobbing and to preserve the detail on the parts. I'm making progress on some model train projects today instead of space stuff, but I did space m...

I know a lot of people use a program called Sketchup, but I haven't tried that. I prefer drawing it out, that's part of the experience for me. I've used Sketchup some but it is a whole lot easier to take a sheet of paper to the model building table. (and then spend 8 minutes looking for the X-acto ...

dalem wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:07 amIs that based on the one blasting out of the docking bay?

Yes, that is half the inspiration.

How do you guys deal with getting an idea from your head to the bench? For me that turns out to be a bit variable. Varying both in the process itself & depending on what exactly I'm kitbashing or scratchbuilding. A lot of times there is at least some manner of sketch involved. But sometimes, an...