What are you working on right now?

[BarleyBop]

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The girl with the shotgun

Looking back, seems it often starts with a girl!

 

[Edbert]

Looking back, seems it often starts with a girl!

Yeah, usually her dad is the one with a shotgun!

 

[Jakko]

I'm guessing you haven't watched Stranger Things

 

[GCB]

Excellent!! Good creativity.

 

[Edbert]

Back on the bench, after several months...

 

[Edbert]

I spent several hours painting that halftrack, so many nooks and crannies! Plus it is just B I G, took a lot of paint. So I stashed it away again and worked on something else today...

 

[BarleyBop]

Have a few in the pipeline that will require spots... Is there a special technique?

 

[Edbert]

Get real close (between 1/4 and 1/2 inch), lower pressure to 15 PSI, barely release the paint.

Practice on scrap. I use cardboard which is not a perfect test because it is absorbent, but I'm testing the spray pattern not the thinness of the mixture.

 

[BarleyBop]

lower pressure to 15 PSI

...AB still so new... Haven't quite figured out how to work the relationship between paint viscosity, pressure, needle size and distance.

Besides practice on card, I think I'll build a mule to experiment with all these techniques!

 

[Littlemarten]

...AB still so new... Haven't quite figured out how to work the relationship between paint viscosity, pressure, needle size and distance.

Besides practice on card, I think I'll build a mule to experiment with all these techniques!

It's about 60% science and 60% art …

 

[Jakko]

And the remaining 36% is luck.

 

[Tommergun]

Glad I got this out again, I'm getting a lot done this weekend.

 

[Edbert]

I spent today working in the driveway and outdoors. Yes, it was related to models, but only indirectly.

I bought a display case a while back. I found that the "curio cabinet" I found cheap on Facebook marketplace was great for 1/48 aircraft (single engine and jets), 1/32 single engine WWII aircraft, and 1/35 armor and 1/12-1/24th cars, but was too small for multi-engined 1/48 WWII bombers or anything bigger. I think it was intended for figures, Gundam maybe, or doll-collectors, because there was 12 inches (sorry @Jakko LOL) between the shelves.

So today I used my router table to cut some plexiglass, and my tablesaw to rip some 2x4s, and make it more suitable for model airplanes.

This was the 1/4 inch plexi I bought, but it was not the right size, too large. That is what the router table is for.

This was taken during a pause. You can see the shavings everywhere, but worth noting are some details...the fence on the right is keeping the plexi flat on the base, the one on the left is keeping it away fromt he verical fence which prevents me from going diagonal. I found the a low RPM on the router prevented the melting (from heat) effect, so while it went slower it was preferable.

These are some scrap 2x4s riped and cut to hold up the new shelves. I rattle-canned them with filler-primer hoping to make them invisible, but they are not. Maybe I can try ripping them into 0.5x0.5 instead of 1x1, we'll worry about that later.

The B-25 and JU-88 have to go here, they are too large for my maiN display case. I just stuck the others in there to show how it is working, or if it is not.

On the right is part of my "simracing" rig, totally unrealated.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

That's nice. I need to build something like that. Now why would you use the router table instead of say a 60 tooth blade on a table saw?

 

[Edbert]

That's nice. I need to build something like that. Now why would you use the router table instead of say a 60 tooth blade on a table saw?

Plexiglass is essentially plastic. Meybe literally so. But it behaves that way. I had to turn the RPMs to minimum in order to prevent melting the material.

Could it be cut with a saw, rotary or jig? Of course! My intent was a smooth line. I admit my method might not have been optimal, buit it worked!

;-P

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Plexiglass is essentially plastic. Meybe literally so. But it behaves that way. I had to turn the RPMs to minimum in order to prevent melting the material.

Could it be cut with a saw, rotary or jig? Of course! My intent was a smooth line. I admit my method might not have been optimal, buit it worked!

;-P

I was just wondering cuz I just bought a router table and learning to use it.

 

[Jakko]

Plexiglass is essentially plastic. Meybe literally so.

It is It's an early thermoplastic, discovered/developed in the 1930s.

If you need to make straight cuts in plexiglass, you can also use a plastic cutter, the kind with a hooked blade:

… and a steel ruler or similar guide, of course. It works just like with plastic card for models: make a couple of cuts in the same place to score a groove in the plexiglass, then wiggle it back and forth along that line until it snaps. My Tamiya one (a rebadged Olfa) came in handy for that once when a storm had ripped the little roof window in the attic off, and the only thing at hand to quickly and reasonably fix it with in the middle of a sleet shower was a sheet of plexiglass.

 

[Steve Ski]

Back on the bench, after several months...

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That rig is lookin great, Edbert.

 

[Edbert]

The 152 (not a Cessna!) is ready for stickers, but since I intend to paint them, I'm taking a break and building up my confidence before starting.

The cowling is clearly loose, still thinking I want it removed/removable to not loose the wonderful engine!

But I've got something else to work on in the meantime.

 

[kevin]

Still working on the diorama, I have the vehicles done and glued to the base. I also added some foliage / grass. There are still some bits and pieces to add.

I have the figures built and starting the paint.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

I love it. Reminds me of watching The Walking Dead years ago. Needs a little green though. It could be the filter on your camera?

 

[kevin]

The colors are as is, no filter. It's still a work in progress and I'm going to get some paint on the foliage. Not quite green, though. I'm going for a desert like look.

 

[Edbert]

 

[stevethefish]

My Platz F-15J:

Has anyone here done panel lines BEFORE the decal application? I've never done this before, but this kit will feature some complex decals and I figure that the panel lines will help me line them up better.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

You just going to have to go over it again for panel lines. No sense in doing it twice.

 

[user 22148]

Started Weathering my Tamiya Tiger I - just basic washes so far (that need to have the excess removed).

 

[Edbert]

 

[Edbert]

2nd to last item in my century series collection. Wishing Kitty Hawk was not the only option.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

2nd to last item in my century series collection. Wishing Kitty Hawk was not the only option.

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Do you have a printer?

 

[Littlemarten]

Wishing Kitty Hawk was not the only option.

What's wrong with Kitty Hawk?