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    Plastic Modelling Tips

    Maybe in the wrong section!!! but

    I thought that it would be good for some tips and ideas to be published i know after years of modelling that i "just do" things and use stuff that perhaps would never be thought of by some people! Equally i bet that the opposite applies so here you go alist of tips and tricks to help us all

    I will get the ball rolling

    1 Make use of the screw tops from jars they make superb pallettes or turned over to form display bases

    2 simple acetone (nail polish remover ) is the best thing for getting rid of super glue

    3 want to clean some parts or a model before painting tried kitchen towel or cloths and they leave bits everywhere Simply use a paper coffee filter they are hugely absorbent dont fall apart when wet or leave traces of muck on the surface

    4 having problems applying tiny drops of super glue?? simply get a sewing needle and cut the top off at the thread end with a grinding tool! this gives a vice little v shape. Capilliary action holds the glue untill placed where you need it .
  • Guest

    #2
    got a fine scratch that needs filling, too small for filler ?

    then consider typist correction fluix ( tippex, or liquid paper ) has good gap filling properties, , happily takes paints, pigments or ink, and sands beautifully smooth with fine wet and dry paper.....

    job done !

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    • Guest

      #3
      Thanks for the tips

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      • Guest

        #4
        i'm usin that super glue one!...Belting idea.

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        • wonwinglo
          • Apr 2004
          • 5410

          #5
          Cheap glass chunky candle holders make ideal anti-spill holders for tins of enamel paint,anyone who has accidently spilled a tin over their workbench will know the benefits,the heavy glass holders are ideal.

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          • Guest

            #6
            blue tack....holds the world together!!!

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