Bobs battles with Photo Etch!

[BattleshipBob]

And the next battle lol, B turret

Almost finished, added railings and finally managed to bend those very, very small nubs on the ladder which must be bent 90°to the ladder to represent the fixing to the turret side. Tried using a pe bending tool, but had to use a tweezer to hold the ladder and the handle end of another to push the nub over. Not perfect but getting there. Destroyed two first mind you lol

Started also applying ca with a thin metal rod in a swann Morton handle, found much better than the toothpick method, well in my opinion

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Did not know that Tamiya do a ca accelerator, you put it on one part and the ca on the other and just join. The bottle lid has a brush as well. Only problem no bugger stocks it, so coming from Taiwan via eBay!

Hope this is boring the pants off you folks, but despite rumours, still about

Bob

[Mickc1440]

This is fantastic work Bob, I just wouldn't have the patience

[boatman]

And the next battle lol, B turret

Almost finished, added railings and finally managed to bend those very, very small nubs on the ladder which must be bent 90°to the ladder to represent the fixing to the turret side. Tried using a pe bending tool, but had to use a tweezer to hold the ladder and the handle end of another to push the nub over. Not perfect but getting there. Destroyed two first mind you lol

Started also applying ca with a thin metal rod in a swann Morton handle, found much better than the toothpick method, well in my opinion

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Did not know that Tamiya do a ca accelerator, you put it on one part and the ca on the other and just join. The bottle lid has a brush as well. Only problem no bugger stocks it, so coming from Taiwan via eBay!

Hope this is boring the pants off you folks, but despite rumours, still about

Bob

BOB Mate why would we find your work borein ? as im enjoyin lookin at them railings done better than i did on my tiger so dont shoot your self down my freind as i think them railing at very top noch an look built by a proffeshinalll more of the same please an hope you feel better now
chrisb

[Jim R]

That turret looks great. The only trouble with the accelerator is that the grip is instant, no wriggle time whatsoever. You have to position the part perfectly, first time.

[scottie3158]

Bob, very neat work.

[Andy T]

This is fantastic work Bob, I just wouldn't have the patience

Same here!

[BattleshipBob]

Too kind gentleman. As I keep saying still a way to go. However more confident now and messing about is bringing results.

Learnt a bit watching a Japanese guy on YouTube, thankfully subtitles lol. Never thought of using a glassfibre pen to remove ca!

Next problem is getting the rails both to bend correctly AND the bend in the right place lol.

Much appreciated comments

[adt70hk]

Bob

All I can say is that those turrets look the business. Really top notch finishes.

ATB.

Andrew

[Ian M]

Nothing wrong with that at all. If you look at Ammo's range they do the lot. CA, in several thicknesses, also a black one, accelerator and debonder. Martin AKA the nightshift on YouTube uses them and the debonder is great for cleaning up.
Brush on accelerator is OK but don't be surprised when you stick the brush to something. been there got the T-shirt.
Sometimes the damage done by clean up is worse than the excess you are trying to remove.

[BattleshipBob]

Bob

All I can say is that those turrets look the business. Really top notch finishes.

ATB.

Andrew

Hi Andrew

Many thanks bob

[BattleshipBob]

Nothing wrong with that at all. If you look at Ammo's range they do the lot. CA, in several thicknesses, also a black one, accelerator and debonder. Martin AKA the nightshift on YouTube uses them and the debonder is great for cleaning up.
Brush on accelerator is OK but don't be surprised when you stick the brush to something. been there got the T-shirt.
Sometimes the damage done by clean up is worse than the excess you are trying to remove.

Hi Ian

Still very much on the experimenting phase, handy hard earned advice, thanks. Have ordered the ammo stuff and have plenty of scrap plastic to practice removing the ca

[Scratchbuilder]

Bob, nothing wrong with your work, a couple of tips.
Railings or straight parts. Put a small drop of c/a at one end where you want the (railings) to start. Then line up where the end is going to fit and secure that with a small drop of c/a. Then when you are happy run c/a down the length with a scalpel blade dipped in c/a #10A works best.
Bending - My etch bender is good at collecting dust, I just use a flat one sided blade and a cut down 6 inch metal ruler. You can get the 90 degree bends by folding against the ruler edge.

[BattleshipBob]

Bob, nothing wrong with your work, a couple of tips.
Railings or straight parts. Put a small drop of c/a at one end where you want the (railings) to start. Then line up where the end is going to fit and secure that with a small drop of c/a. Then when you are happy run c/a down the length with a scalpel blade dipped in c/a #10A works best.
Bending - My etch bender is good at collecting dust, I just use a flat one sided blade and a cut down 6 inch metal ruler. You can get the 90 degree bends by folding against the ruler edge.

Thanks much appreciated.

Bob

[john hutton]

Evening Bob,
That is some very fine work mate. When I saw 8 barrel pom pom mount that you started with,it was a pleasure to see. If I could list Evils that man has created PE would be somewhere near the top, but I think you are on the way to getting its measure. Crack on Sir will be watching with admiration.