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by Wug
Thu May 21, 2020 12:55 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Future (Pledge Floor Care) is it gone for good?
Replies: 24
Views: 99013

Re: Future (Pledge Floor Care) is it gone for good?

DaveVan,

Please let us know.

Johnson & Johnson has an 800 number.

800-558-5252
https://contact.scjbrands.com/en-us

I'm on a prepay and don't want to burn up tens of dollars of phone time only to talk to an operator who doesn't have access to the information needed to answer my question.

Mike
by Wug
Sun May 10, 2020 7:15 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Future (Pledge Floor Care) is it gone for good?
Replies: 24
Views: 99013

Re: Future (Pledge Floor Care) is it gone for good?

Kylwell, Thanks for looking this up. Your saying Pledge Floor Gloss: https://www.pledge.com/en-us/products/pledge-floor-gloss Is not the same as the Future we knew and loved and that our cherished acrylic floor covering is gone for good. So FineScale is wrong about this? I'm sure the Alclad product ...
by Wug
Wed May 06, 2020 6:49 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Future (Pledge Floor Care) is it gone for good?
Replies: 24
Views: 99013

Future (Pledge Floor Care) is it gone for good?

The last time I checked a supermarket, the acrylic floor covering we all love was gone. There was a Pledge product for floors but it was a cleaner not an acrylic clear coat. I chalked it up to COVID-19 shortages. An Alclad video seemed to claim that Future is gone for good and promoted on of their p...
by Wug
Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:04 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Removing 20 year old paint
Replies: 19
Views: 53614

Re: Removing 20 year old paint

by Wug
Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:11 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Comic style color scheme help.
Replies: 7
Views: 29296

Re: Comic style color scheme help.

A few years ago at Wonderfest, someone made a Superman model with comic book coloring and shading by black lines and crosshatching. It was amazing. No matter what angle you photographed it from it looked like a 2D cutout. I think it won a gold.
by Wug
Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:30 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Stripping "chrome" off model pieces
Replies: 22
Views: 100477

Re: Stripping "chrome" off model pieces

Super Clean
by Wug
Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:19 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Basics. Airbrushing.
Replies: 218
Views: 646652

Re: Basics. Airbrushing.

Hi Chas,

I've never used one but a lot of serious car modelers use automotive touch-up guns on their models.

Paul Budzik has at least one video on automotive spray guns for models.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9UUZI ... B7A/videos

Mike
by Wug
Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:03 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Scratchbuilding article
Replies: 11
Views: 31969

Re: Scratchbuilding article

Thanks for posting.

I remember your build from therpf.
by Wug
Sun Jun 30, 2019 2:11 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Dust when airbrushing
Replies: 10
Views: 37690

Re: Dust when airbrushing

Hi jgoldader, At a model club meeting decades ago, some of us complained about the troubles we had with dust. Others claimed they never had dust problems. The modelers with dust problems were all single. Married modelers were dust free. Apparently, the presence of a woman in the house keeps dust and...
by Wug
Sun Sep 02, 2018 1:04 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Looking for small rocket nozzles?
Replies: 9
Views: 33108

Re: Looking for small rocket nozzles?

Wave, Kotobukiya and maybe Volks sell small rocket nozzles intended for detailing Gundam kits. If the Starship Modeler Store can't order them for you, Hobbysearch and HLJ sell them.

Mike
by Wug
Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:17 pm
Forum: Important Site News
Topic: Hacker alert
Replies: 10
Views: 50575

Re: Hacker alert

xkcd is the comic for computer security.

https://xkcd.com/327/
by Wug
Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:05 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Polishing cream
Replies: 5
Views: 16212

Re: Polishing cream

I like Novus plastic polish. https://www.novuspolish.com/index.html You can probably find it locally at glass shops and plastic shops and occasionally from model contest vendors. Novus 2 is good for most model polishing. Novus 3 is for heavier scratches. Follow it with Novus 2. With Future you don't...
by Wug
Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:42 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: cheap plastics or balaswood
Replies: 15
Views: 44669

Re: cheap plastics or balaswood

If you have any Ma & Pa hardware stores left, check to see if they sell scraps of cut window plastic. Years ago I picked up a lot of the stuff for cheap. It's about 1/8 inch thick. I think it's made from PETE so you'll probably need to use epoxy.
by Wug
Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:42 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: a new project , Aldebaran
Replies: 62
Views: 225144

Re: a new project , Aldebaran

looking good
by Wug
Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:28 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: What are your favorite greebles ???
Replies: 11
Views: 39514

Re: What are your favorite greebles ???

Broken toys from flea markets and thrift stores. Water guns. Broken headphones. Cheap kits from vendors at model contests.

Mike
by Wug
Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:02 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Soft Vinyl model needs some weight suggesstions needed for filler(s)!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 26568

Re: Soft Vinyl model needs some weight suggesstions needed for filler(s)!!!

Old time vinyl modelers used Mountains in Minutes, a two-part foam for model railroaders. I've never been able to find it. I've used aerosol foam from the hardware store. Avoid the "minimal expansion foam," it expands with enough force to distort parts. Be careful with the stuff. Once it g...
by Wug
Sun Aug 06, 2017 9:16 am
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Black/blue paint
Replies: 19
Views: 35761

Re: Black/blue paint

Hi aussie cylon,

What are you trying to do?

Are you trying to replicate the color of the actual car?

Are you trying to replicate the color of the car as it appears on film?

Are you going for a scale effect of one of the above?

Are you doing something completely different?

Mike
by Wug
Sun Aug 06, 2017 9:10 am
Forum: Important Site News
Topic: Forum Moderation
Replies: 64
Views: 286198

Re: Forum Moderation

onezero,

So far so good.

Thanks

Mike
by Wug
Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:53 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Will vinyl and styrene glue together??
Replies: 19
Views: 36755

Re: Will vinyl and styrene glue together??

Is the vinyl really vinyl and not polyethylene? Don't let styrene and vinyl touch. The vinyl might soften. Create a barrier between the two materials. Put a thin layer of epoxy on one part. Let it set. Epoxy it to the other.
by Wug
Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:25 am
Forum: Important Site News
Topic: Forum Moderation
Replies: 64
Views: 286198

Re: Forum Moderation

Is it possible for a new members first post or first few posts go through a moderator before they hit the board?
by Wug
Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:33 pm
Forum: Important Site News
Topic: Questions? I Got Your Questions Right Here, Buddy.
Replies: 67
Views: 350020

Re: Questions? I Got Your Questions Right Here, Buddy.

On the old forum it was possible to login to check your new personal messages without reseting the forum posts that are new to you.

Now, when you login and check your personal messages does this reset the forum posts that are new to you?

Mike
by Wug
Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:14 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: a new project , Aldebaran
Replies: 62
Views: 225144

Re: a new project , Aldebaran

Thanks!

Great model!

Mike
by Wug
Mon May 29, 2017 11:53 pm
Forum: Important Site News
Topic: Questions? I Got Your Questions Right Here, Buddy.
Replies: 67
Views: 350020

Re: Questions? I Got Your Questions Right Here, Buddy.

How do you log in to only check personal messages?
by Wug
Mon May 29, 2017 4:35 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: a new project , Aldebaran
Replies: 62
Views: 225144

Re: a new project

Hi ptitrainrouge,

Please post inline images. The forum allows them now.

Thanks,

Mike
by Wug
Sun May 21, 2017 4:52 pm
Forum: Important Site News
Topic: Questions? I Got Your Questions Right Here, Buddy.
Replies: 67
Views: 350020

Re: Questions? I Got Your Questions Right Here, Buddy.

Thanks for the inline images.

Please keep sig images banned. sights like FineScale are so repulsively ugly I can't look at them for more than about thirty seconds. They make me see sick.

Thanks

Mike
by Wug
Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:34 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Iwata Triple Action Handle Set vs Preset Handle
Replies: 2
Views: 7055

Thanks
by Wug
Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:24 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Iwata Triple Action Handle Set vs Preset Handle
Replies: 2
Views: 7055

Iwata Triple Action Handle Set vs Preset Handle

Should I buy a Triple Action Handle or a Preset Handle for my Iwata Eclipse. I intended to purchase a Preset Handle at Wonderfest. Tag Team didn't have any at the show and they gave me a hard sell on the Triple Action Handle. I'm sure the Preset will do everything I need it to do - easily limit the ...
by Wug
Sun Jul 17, 2016 4:15 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Surface for my build table
Replies: 6
Views: 14899

Go to a glass store. Buy a sheet of glass in the size you want and have them dull the edges so it doesn't cut you. It cost a lot less than I expected. The glass is very flat and makes a perfect surface for sandpaper. You can scrape anything off of it with a razor blade scraper. Put a self-healing ma...