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Has anyone got or used headband magnifiers?
vossy replied to vossy's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Hey Pat remember this "call the hands, call the hands, calls the hands, wakey wakey (and the next bit could be anything depending on who was on the bridge at the time) memories - great ones chris -
not real sure mark. i can email stefan though. he has already said to me that its not a dremel. he lives in sweden and sometimes is a bit hard to understand. although i'm 100% positive his english is better than my swedish.
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apart from a dremel (which is very good and i do have one) does anyone know of one like this with a very flexible neck for getting into hard to reach area's? attached pic is from stefan's build log on flory models. sorry it doesn't show the tool all that well cheers chris
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g'day all, after raising my bat on passing 50 i found the old eyes weren't picking up the line and length as well as they used to. Is this a good tool to help me get my average back up? cheers chris p.s. sorry if non cricket country people don't understand.
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g'day tuffarts, i use bna a lot as you say they are cheap and quick. unfortunately their range of tamiya primers is out of stock and has been for quite a while. bna is where i finally got the mk1 upgrade kit (which i believe is currently sitting at the sunshine west mail centre). hopefully they renew their paint cans soon. cheers chris
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g'day all, would just like to say thanks to everyone who has replied to my question about primers in spray cans. your insights are greatly appreciated. i have ordered the mk1 design super deluxe upgrade kit for this build and hopefully it will arrive later this week or early next week. i can then begin to put the pe eyebrows and steps on the hull and then the moment of truth for the rattle cans (assuming i can get tamiya grey super thin primer from melbourne). am also scouring the net for a good quality affordable airbrush and compressor (which i reckon is probably even more important than the gun itself - certainly a lot more expensive). a bit of a problem for us aussies is the crap dollar exchange rate we have at the moment. don't know about other aussies here but i buy a lot of stuff from overseas specially a place i found in the uk called snmstuff. seriously it was cheaper postage from the uk to aus for 68 dollars worth of goods than from melbourne to ballarat (where i live) for the same order (exactly the same order). the uk postage was 3 pounds, the australian postage to send it 100 km was 11 dollars. also it took only 7 days to get to my door from the uk. i very highly recommend them. anyway i digress. cheers chris
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hi all, has anybody had experience with using primer in rattle cans for plastic models? apparently tamiya make a thin primer which is supposed to be ok. have an air gun on the way but the build i'm following used crc primer from a rattle can. any help greatly appreciated. link to build log http://www.florymodels.co.uk/trumperter-1200-bismark-1/ i'm an industrial/commercial painter by trade so have vast experience with spray systems but as far as rattle cans go i find they mostly splutter and clog up and you can't get a good even flow. perhaps tamiya thin is different or stefans crc? cheers chris
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thanks guys. Happy new year Brian.
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ok so i've begun trumpeter bismark 1/200 with mk1 upgrade kit to go along side my current amati bounty but i would very much appreciate any advice on fillers for plastic. which ones sand the best, take glue/paint etc. cheers chris
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I am Considering a Plastic Build and Need Advice
vossy replied to BANYAN's topic in Plastic model kits
g'day pat at least they kept Vampire and have put her to good use. They sank my beloved poor old HMAS Torrens! chris -
I am Considering a Plastic Build and Need Advice
vossy replied to BANYAN's topic in Plastic model kits
Thanks for that great link to HMAS Vampire. She was decommissioned 13 August 1986; exactly 9 days after i joined the RAN. Chris -
g'day mate, seems like an expensive outlay to me. replacement blades, etc are pretty cheap - plus - do you have the skill to accurately use this tool? not convinced, save your money and buy another kit i say' but hey i'm in the naughty corner at present cheers chris
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g'day homer, i also use Hubert's method and agree his site is invaluable. so sad he passed so suddenly. the seizings look great and are easy to produce in any diameter and length. a truly ingenious method to turn what can be a nightmare practice into a simple one. like Hubert used to i tend to make many of these whilst waiting for stuff to dry, soak, etc. for all who don't know of his site it is a brilliant tool for any model maker of any ability. cheers chris
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The day the entire German fleet surrendered - moved by moderator
vossy replied to Kevin's topic in Nautical/Naval History
G'day Kevin, as ex-RAN i love this post! Long live the Puss -
yeah have just been looking at comparisons any heads up on price and aus suppliers?
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g'day mate, so it would fit the trumpeter?
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g'day all, can anyone tell me the difference between the upgrade kit for the trumpeter bismark 1:200 please? most pics seem very similar but the pontos kit seems a little cheaper (and as we all know cheap isn't necessarily better). cheers chris
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g'day brian (or should i say Active Member). what i really would like advice with is i have i planked the transom down towards the keel lower enough to begin the side planking? jeez mate i have asked this question on multiple forums with no clear answer. harder than doing a guts watch in the mighty Bass Straight. rip HMAS Torrens DE53 cheers chris
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g'day all. so as I have said I'm a bit confused as to my next move so a pic and some comments would be most appreciated the said plank hasn't been glued only bent and nailed. question - does this look like I'm on the right track after I shape this plank on the stern ( I realize I have to do that). this is my first time at this type of stern. santa maria and golden hind were both flat and I found them pretty (well relatively) easy. this I just don't know anyway onto the pic cheers chris
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g'day Graham, as druxey said there are many great tutees on this site and Mark makes valid points as well. search this site for build logs on your particular model - these can be invaluable. whilst i love this site don't limit yourself to it. google your model name, scale and "build log" and you never know what may come up. there is a fantastic site very similar to this in russia - www.shipmodeling.ru - will get you there. it is moderated by roman roganov who is also a member here. like this site there are many members, mostly from russia though although i'm one and as you can see i'm an aussie. use google chrome to translate the page into english if your russian is a little scratchy roman is a very helpful guy and i contact him regulary and he always has great insights and advice. see his bounty log here. other sites are modelbrouwers.nl in the netherlands and modellismo.net which is an italian forum. you will find many cross post logs across these sites but i find the logs are more expansive in both pics and text in the native tongue. again view these in chrome for a pretty good english translation. good luck, great to have you aboard cheers chris
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g'day jack, what a fabulous job you have done on her! truly magnificent build. i have this kit on the shelf but unfortunately mine is a bit old and has lots of plastic (which billings was famous for back in the day). the scroll work is all plastic as are the shields etc. anyway i will get to it sooner or later but viewing your masterpiece it maybe sooner cheers chris
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well this is where I'm at. stuck! no-one seems to either know or want to offer advice bar roman who lives in Russia and takes an eternity to communicate with because of the distance and time zone issues (not his fault btw). will give it till the end of the weekend then just like Indiana jones take the great leap of faithand hope for the best.
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g'day Duke, good to see another Bounty, albeit a different kit to mine. you are lucky that there is a great build log on this site for your particular model. me, i have no such reference i'm afraid. anyway onto your keel problem - i reckon you could probably fix that by using filler blocks or rods between problem bulkheads until the alignment is right. i don't know how many models you have built but i have done a few and i can assure you that the keel and bulkhead definitely need to be 100% correct alignment and perpendicular before you attempt to do the first planking. in fact i reckon this somewhat boring and seemingly easy part of the build is imo perhaps the most critical part of the build for if you get this wrong pretty much everything afterward will also be wrong and out of alignment. anyway happy building over there in canada cheers chris
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g'day brian, thanks for that. so i'm figuring its going ok at this stage?
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Christmas tool and equipment list
vossy replied to schnu's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
all i want is some guidance on the first planking of my Bounty
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