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wowyz wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:20 am What is a tealight? Battery candle?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tealight

I found it rather interesting to see the more recent battery-powered candles to simulate the flickering flame (not just by varying the light output, but physically "wobble" the flame).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpXQX9eceAs

On the topic of "mark all read", is there a way to have a button on the main index to mark everything as read at one click? I still haven't gotten into the habit of clicking the button in each topic area. Kev If I'm not mistaken, when you're at the top level (e.g. after clicking on "...

E-Dub wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2017 8:50 pm So "Red" means "Not Read"? Kind of counter-intuitive.

But that's only because "red" and "read" are homophones (at least in English).

Hrm... :-k that could be interesting to see -- a model finishing utilizing Zip-A-Tone... I had used used Letraset lettering in the past (this was during the days of the 8-bit microcomputer) -- using strips of masking tape and light pencil marks as guides for positioning the lettering directly on the...

I now understand about the red star but I don't understand why some page icons are scrolling while others are stationary. I believe that's this board's way of noting a "hot" topic, i.e. one with a lot of posts, especially in a short period of time. Some boards have flames, some have a dif...

EVApodman wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2017 10:33 amWhere is the "quote" function in the postings?

Look near top right of each post (but left of the avatar on the right side) -- toward top right of each post there is a button with quote mark symbol.

You should also be prepared for the occasion that you might come across drawings that look OK in the views, but might not make sense if you try to translate into three dimensions. Take for example the capsule (often referred to as Icarus by some fans -- though the name was never mentioned in the mov...

If you look at the heading for each of the posts, you'll notice a little "document" icon (it's the thing that looks like a sheet of paper with a corner folded over) -- the color indicates read/unread state (grey=read, red=not read). Similarly, on each thread, there is a round icon to the l...

Some easy "hacks" to move the avatars to the left-hand side
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Is this Tamyia clear a gloss or flat?? https://www.tamiyausa.com/items/paints-finishes-60/spray-ts-%28plastics%29-61500/ts-13-gloss-clear-85013 https://www.tamiyausa.com/items/paints-finishes-60/spray-ts-%28plastics%29-61500/ts-80-flat-clear-85080 https://www.tamiyausa.com/items/paints-finishes-60/...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_XiunR-cAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NffhdAz9pc4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLNMT2H-UFw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyCeu9J2UwQ

Tommy8008 wrote:

fritzthefox wrote:fanny.

Hahahaha.

(just to clarify his reaction for stateside folk)
North American slang: a person's buttocks.
British slang: a woman's genitals.

IIRC the Ultra Hawk kit (vehicle from Ultraman series) used magnets to hold together the different component vehicles together (it was essentially three vehicles that "docked" into a single vehicle). IIRC there have been a number of people who used similar techniques with magnets for Star ...

As for the headphone jack, where would the plus and minus go? I can't visualize that. me neither If you look closely at the headphone plug, you'll notice that the metal parts are divided into distinct sections separated by a narrow bands of a different material. Mono plug would have a tip and sleev...

How 'bout a headphone jack and plug for electrical connection?

Joseph C. Brown wrote:

naoto wrote:Let's not forget that cyanoacrylates emit Eichner radiation

Which apparently helps heal Exacto oops and slices. No scarring yet on me from those 'bandages' and no loss of hair. Yet.

... and the growing of extra limbs has its uses too!

Let's not forget that cyanoacrylates emit Eichner radiation

PACinT wrote:CA was designed to glue flesh and skin, …

Hrm... I always thought that cyanoacrylate was originally developed for optical purposes (e.g. making lenses)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9SWB1usr0M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSHxyJQUcXw

I'm going to go with having the ship sitting on its "drive unit" like the ship in Forbidden planet. I have the lights installed for the "drive unit". Kept it simple. I still need a ramp or stairs coming down. I need some tiny astronauts. IIRC the landing gear on the C-57D consis...

[spelling-and-grammar-Nazi] In the context of the subject of this thread, the term in use should probably be "diffuse" rather than "defuse" defuse * remove the fuse from (an explosive device) in order to prevent it from exploding. * reduce the danger or tension in (a difficult si...

A Dollar Tree item modified for use as a nosecone for model rocket http://modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com/2012/01/valentines-flute-glass-nose-cones.html http://modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com/2011/01/tip-champagne-flute-nose-cones.html http://modelrocketbuilding.blogspot.com/2011/02/tip-champagne-...

A 22nd century gadget that would be really handy
http://doraemon.wikia.com/wiki/Mecha_Maker
https://www.youtube.com/embed/PvZpfSPUb ... autoplay=1

Also when looking for donor parts from other model kits, you can do what folks in the SFX folks have done -- get parts from anywhere -- potentially useful stuff can found in just about any model kit (aeroplanes, cars, trucks, tranks, artillery, ships, etc.)

Relatively simple shapes combined could yield interesting results -- some model rocket examples.
http://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/cen5307.htm
http://fliskits.com/products/rocketkits ... decim8.htm
http://fliskits.com/products/rocketkits ... /tesla.htm

V'LOCKer toys might be a source for interesting parts: http://www.volks.co.jp/jp/vlockers/wepn04.html/ http://www.volks.co.jp/jp/vlockers/wepn08.html/ (actually these re interesting -- in that individual parts are relatively generic -- it's how you combine them changes the character. For example a r...

Hairspray?

The Modular Space Toys ( http://codex34.byethost22.com/ ) is pretty nifty. There's even a build on the SSM Gallery of a model built using components from this papercraft set: http://www.starshipmodeler.org/gallery1 ... _cecil.htm

Estes did release the TOS Enterprise and TOS Klingon kits. They also released an unrelated USS Atlantis kit ( http://www.spacemodeling.org/JimZ/est1283.htm ), which featured styling reminiscent of Star Trek. Not surprisingly that kit often a topic for "upscaled" (i.e. built up in larger si...