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I have an ALPS MD 5000 printer that is not working. Its been sitting in storage for a long time. I want to place it up on ebay to sell as parts. I want to verify whether or not it has the dye sublimation upgrade. Does anyone here who has one know how to verify this part? All I see is a number on the...

I use one of those box cutter knives and just go back and forth through the ridges. takes a while, but gets everything out

yes

Easy Off Oven Cleaner and Simply Green would by my next choice strippers.

Ah Ha! They put it back up!

Lumpy's Guide to Painting Windscreens!!

Was it a Craftsman Compucarve?

Sold at SEARS

Black and then FUTURE

The new? Kodak Easyshare all in ones.

Did I see the ad for this correctly in that it prints WHITE?
I checked the website and it says it prints in 6 colors, but doesnt list them.

Why not place a layer of saran wrap or something on the bottom of the tank that you can remove after your done?

What scale are we talking about?

Yes.

Try a smaller tip and lower pressure

http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/ ... ails/1.htm

http://www.paintingclinic.com/clinic/gu ... tgems2.htm

http://www.bananaking.net/cento/workshop/paint_gems.htm

http://www.wegotgame.net/jen/star_gem.html

Does PLay Doh have sulphur in it?

I wear a dust mask and that seems to be fine.

What other printers are out ther that print white other than the ALPS?

So I have on order an ALPS printer. It seems like most of the decal posts have gotten deleted or something. So what I would like to know is: 1. What wet transfer papers have people used and prefered? 2. What was the other company that sells the white ink cartridge? (was it OKIDATA?) 3. How do I get ...

Assuming a 1" weld... it would be about .35 mm which is visable to people looking closely.

For GW Colors I think I would use

Catachan Green
Kommando Khaki
Desert Yellow

I used the circular saw add on for my dremel. Worked great when making my rice fields for wargaming.

Use heat from a hair dryer or hot water to make it a bit more plyable.

Dont forget a good set of eye goggles. When I first started using my airbrush, my eyes would swell afterwards. Realized backspray was getting in my eyes.

I've been slowly weening myself off Citadel/GW towards Vallejo and using Tamiya for airbrush.

Take a small screw driver and instead of a philips or flat head, its a drill bit. Usually a very small diameter drill bit.

It has a "vice" at the end so you can swap out the drill bits.

Built in regulator, water trap, autoshut off...

Put it in your refridgerator. I'm serious.

You should do the same with any 2 part epoxy.

Jeff wrote:If it is a small area I use sand paper. Usually wet and dry sand paper. It takes paint well and looks pretty good. I have used it for figure bases I have also used it to simulate tar paper roofing.

I'll second that swatch.

I have heard used...

magicscupt
sculpey
aves
kneaditite
"green stuff" which I believe is GW remarketted kneaditite
milliput

This is what I am doing with my heavy gear miniatures Purchased magnets from Amazing Magnets because these suckers are STRONG Took the stack of round magnets and colored each end with two different colored sharpies (red and black for instance). Then broke the stack into two stacks. Red stack was the...