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Hobbyist experiments that worked or didn't. Show and explain your tests on materials, tools, methods, etc.
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I agree with our friend @ssgt, my friend @lis! -
If it were me, I’d buy them and use them. You can use liquid decal film over them if need be. -
Thanks Colin @tail-dragon, I’ll give that a try on my next gap. I appreciate the pointer. I’ve learned a lot on imodeler.
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I've found with plastic sheet or rod that it sands easily enough, but is too soft if re-scribing is needed. I've taken to using stretched sprue (you always have a lot left over, anyway) - stretched a little […] -
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Thank you for the tip , Michael @faraomike . We often used MEK where I work . My employer stopped using it because it is so hazardous. We switched to MPK... not sure what the difference is, or if it is really […]
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There is always the trick with the kit frames that are left over. We cut them into relatively small pieces (so that they are easy to melt) and put them in a jar of our choice with MEK (methyl-ethyl-ketone) until […] -
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I found very interesting set of decals. Problem is that year of production was 2004. What do you think about fragility of this decals after this time? link to hobby […] -
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Thank you @lis, I appreciate your interest in my plastic modeling endeavors ! ☺️
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I will be following your topic 🙂
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It seems to work pretty well, at least it did in this instance , @lis. I will try it and the correction fluid trick on future builds.
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very realistic!
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Very interesting idea to fill the gaps!
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Yes, it is , @fiveten, it’s a big help. The decal sheet instructions show it marked incorrectly. Fortunately there are some good photos of both sides. Each side is differently marked... apparently JG2 liked a […]
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it is simply wonderful to have an actual pic of the plane you intend to represent, my friend @ssgt!
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Glad to help the imodeler community @fiveten ! @mornem had also told me about using white correction fluid to fill narrow gaps... I used that on this FW also. This is the 190 I’m trying to portray with t […]
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Thanks for the great tip, my friend @ssgt!
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