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I am always on the lookout for the 'perfect' card modeling glue -- haven't found it yet. I use a lot of good ol' wood glue. The stuff in the tube is contact cement, which is good for large surfaces. The clear Tacky Glue is a recent addition; it sets slower than wood glue and dries clear, but I don't find that it bonds as well as wood glue. One thing that I suck at is making canopies, and a big part of the problem is finding a glue that will bond paper to acetate without fogging the plastic. I had hoped that the clear Tacky Glue would do this task well, but it doesn't -- you can tack the paper and plastic together, but they will easily peel apart. The search continues!
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SMS Karlsruhe by Wreck1919 - 1/100
ccoyle replied to Wreck1919's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
Great work so far! I note that in your upside-down photos, the hull displays right-side up, so it all evens out. Cheers! -
Your experiment turned out quite nice!
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Great job, Greg! As usual, your weathering makes the subject really come to life.
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How can a gun barrel not be included in a kit? Seems like kind of an important part for any warship model. 🤔
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Sad epilogue ... I recently discovered that this kit is not new -- it is a repaint of a kit first published in 2005. Only the livery is new; the design and diagrams are the same. I actually knew that the 2005 kit was not a good one, but I didn't know that this version was a repaint. Had I known this, of course, I wouldn't have bought this kit. Now I'll just have to wait until Halinski or Kartonowa Kolekcja produce a P-36 kit.
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Anyone out there working on a card model?
ccoyle replied to gagliano1770's topic in Card and Paper Models
I honed my early skills on some trout models that used to be available for free on a Japanese site. Very nice models and pretty realistic-looking. Sadly, I don't think the site is up anymore. -
Anyone out there working on a card model?
ccoyle replied to gagliano1770's topic in Card and Paper Models
Unlike wooden ship models in their large boxes, card models do sorta lend themselves to hoarding, um, I mean "collecting." -
From time to time I feel it necessary to prove that this build isn't dead. Slow, but not dead. Spanish Nationalist now has its wing mounted. Try as I might, I can't make myself sit and do all the struts at one go -- it's deathly boring. So it's a few here, a few there ... it'll be done eventually. Got all the exhaust pipes done, too, so yeah -- progress. 😆 And I just now noticed that not a single exhaust pipe is visible in the photo. 🤔
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I just tagged your build log -- can't believe I had to type in "I Love Kit" for the manufacturer! 😜
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Welcome! Since you are in LA, be sure to check out the Ship Modelers Association of Fullerton. It's a good group. https://www.shipmodelersassociation.org/index.html Cheers!
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When I was a kid, Cal Fire (known as the CDF back in those days) used to operate one of these as an airtanker from the local airport. BTW, there is a YouTuber by the name of maxsmodels who has done a series of short histories of these old model kit manufacturers, e.g. Revell, Aurora, Monogram, et al. Fun stuff for those of us old enough to remember paying $0.25 for a model kit down at the local Sprouse-Reitz drugstore.
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Ah, thanks -- you flatter me! I'm not trying to be overly-humble when I say this, but I am truly only a card modeler of middling ability. Some guys do work that really defies belief, such as this Bf 109 F-4 done by Rustem Rezyapov from a Halinski kit: Hard? Yes and no. The basic skills are really quite simple, e.g. cut, fold, and glue. But as in any medium, picking up the more nuanced skills that separate the masters from the masses takes a lot of practice. Thanks again for the comments!
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Lots of good choices out there from Vanguard Models, Master Korabel, MarisStella, probably a few others I'm forgetting at the moment.
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New Member from Western Washington State
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😳😳😳 This is one of the reasons why I don't see myself ever getting back into plastic again, much as I might otherwise like to. The 1/200 scale card version from Answer will set you back a mere $24.99, shipping included -- just sayin'. 😁 BTW, the vendor, Paper Model Store, is legit. The guy has his own website, but does most of his selling through eBay these days.
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Wow! Sorry to admit I missed the (re)finish of this one last year. Well, better late than never, I guess. 😬 It really turned out nice!
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