Other Means Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Cool how-to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnergoz Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Hilarious. An accurate depiction of what will happen if you use styrene model glue in an enclosed space. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I am deeply moved by this sequence, largely as it depicts my exact experience with an Airfix He-111 circa 1978. Accidentally slashed my wrist cutting the fuselage from the spru, ended up at the doctors and MONTHS of therapy 'cos everyone thought I was depressed. Strange how it was easier for them to believe I was suicidal rather than just a knife numpty. The HE-111 turned out cool eventually and I was only slightly wounded (more knife drama) later in the year making the Hurricane that shot it down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I am deeply moved by this sequence, largely as it depicts my exact experience with an Airfix He-111 circa 1978. I wonder if that is the same kit I purchased in 1971 but never assembled. Although come to think of it, that one might have been a Monogram kit. 1/72 IIRC. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I wonder if that is the same kit I purchased in 1971 but never assembled. No I bought it new 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Don't be too sure. Sneaky bastards might have found it where I left it and put a new shrink wrap on it. They do that, you know. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 That's some of the funniest sh!t I've seen on the net for some time. Brilliant! Regards KR 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinoza Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 ... where I left it ... Michael Shouldn't you rather say: where it left you.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Don't be too sure. Sneaky bastards might have found it where I left it and put a new shrink wrap on it. They do that, you know. Michael Now that you mention it , it did have certain .... odour 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Shouldn't you rather say: where it left you.. No. Why? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinoza Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 No. Why? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I don't get it and I am just a little bit creeped out 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindry69 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Funny stuff. I remember my first model when I was 7, it was as a F4 Phantom model. I still have the scar in my knee cap. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I have just bought a Tamiya M1A2 to make with my son this weekend. Wish me well.......... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I have just bought a Tamiya M1A2 to make with my son this weekend. Wish me well.......... Kevlar gloves? I'm not entirely joking. They are made and fishermen use them because otherwise they are always cutting their hands. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I know the ones you mean, I have seen some like chain mail, my 9 year old has far better dexterity that me so i'll just read the instructions I think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 They are made and fishermen use them because otherwise they are always cutting their hands. Yeh but it would be a bugger holding small parts wearing those. Btw finger scars caused by a slip of the scalpel while modelling should be worn as a badge of honor! 'I got this one while dealing with that Panzer IV (1/48 scale). And see this one.....1/35 Jagdtiger'.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Btw finger scars caused by a slip of the scalpel while modelling should be worn as a badge of honor! 'I got this one while dealing with that Panzer IV (1/48 scale). And see this one.....1/35 Jagdtiger'.... Rather it should go, "I got these because I am too bloody stupid to hold the knife correctly. Besides...I was drunk. Not that I am ever not drunk, you understand." Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I have a little mini-drill kit with a range of attachments. I would imagine doing plastic models using a little grinder on the end of the flexible hose would be a lot safer. : ) And for getting rid of those annoying bumps left by the sprue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 And for getting rid of those annoying bumps left by the sprue. Have you tried small files? ISTR that jewelers have some interesting kit. In the US Edmunds Scientific carries a lot of stuff like that. They might even ship overseas. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Well managed to make it through more or less unscathed. The M1A2 is pretty much done just all the little extra bits to paint now. Tip: For an amazing array of modelling equipment, raid the wife's cosmetics draw, veritable Aladdin's Cave of files, sponges, paints (erroneously labelled nail polish) etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costard Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Magpie Oz, the M1A2 did not have gold sparkles on the turret or cannon, nor was it intended to camouflage itself in the Blue Oyster Bar. (I have it on good authority that the nail polish remover is good for ungluing noses that get too close to the source, by the way: a tip I'm sure you'll appreciate.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Magpie Oz, the M1A2 did not have gold sparkles on the turret or cannon, nor was it intended to camouflage itself in the Blue Oyster Bar. (I have it on good authority that the nail polish remover is good for ungluing noses that get too close to the source, by the way: a tip I'm sure you'll appreciate.) My wife is a grown up so no gold sparklies, I was thinking more along the lines of the industrial equipment a more mature woman equips herself with, emery boards etc. Nail polish, bright red, makes excellent tail lights. Knives are my only problem, gluing myself to things has never been an issue, but thanks for the tip 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Nail polish, bright red, makes excellent tail lights. You sound experienced and so may know what you are talking about. But I would want to be careful about using paints not formulated for use on plastics, as during my own modeling years (admittedly half a century ago, so things might have changed in the meanwhile), I had some paints partially melt or craze the plastic due to the thinners used. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie_Oz Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 You sound experienced and so may know what you are talking about. But I would want to be careful about using paints not formulated for use on plastics, as during my own modeling years (admittedly half a century ago, so things might have changed in the meanwhile), I had some paints partially melt or craze the plastic due to the thinners used. Michael True enough don't put it directly on plastic as it can react with it but if you do a base coat of primer there are no problems, unless you miss a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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