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What would you guys use to make a 1/72 sand?

So, Im finishing up my new 1/72 FM X-wing and I'm ready to put the blast marks on the thing. What I need is a good sooty grimy dark grey or black. I was considering ero1 grey with some silver or steel mixed in.

What would you guys recommend?

Wow! It's 1:34 and I spent the last 3+ hours working on models!! The most I've done it quite some time. Anyway, I soldered all my red LED's and trimed down the circuitboard to fit underneath the wings. I realized the best place for the Batteries is the front landing gear bay!! It should hold 3 small...

I've got one of those lightsheet experiment kits I had hoped to light the cockpit of my Finemolds falcon with.

Hmmm, I wonder if they would make a cockpit set for the Falcon? They have some real nice railrod kits on their site.

So, I've got another one of the Voodoo FX x-wing light kits. I put one in my SMT Y-wing(and hasn't gone any farther) so I'm cool with soldering it together. Now, I want to put it in the new Finemolds X-wing BUT I want to make it self contained, I don't want to have to drill a mounting hole. The ligh...

So, last summer, I ran almost all the FO's I wanted into my CCX cockpit. (for pix, go here:http://paulsplasticpalace.spaces.live.com/) So, after oogling the thing sitting in the fuselage, I decided to finish it up. I pulled it out of the fuselage, and unbundled 2 of the 3 FO bundles! :evil: :cry: :!...

What do you all use for liquid masks? Years ago I used micromask(the brown stuff) and had lousy results. I then used Bob Dively's liquid mask, and have loved it, but I'm out. I bought some Mr hobby liquid mask neo, but have had problems getting it off the model. I bought some of the Hasagawa liquid ...

there was a flyer I grabbed at Nationals this weekend called printapart.com. They say they can make any part if you send them a cad picture.

wonder how good they are?

Romulan Spy wrote:I thin Tamiya acrylics with plain old Windex when I need to airbrush. Also works great for cleaning up the brush afterwards.

at what ratio or do you eyeball it?

Ok, soon Im going to have to mask off my slave 1. It apears that I really need to BE PATIENT and use a toothpick. Now, what's the best mask? I've used the Bob dively stuff and recently used the Mr Hobby mask(but had the WORST time getting it removed). Someone used some purple stuff a while back-who'...

Its funny this has come up! I keep trying damn Tamiya acrylics and have the worst time with them. Now, one of the best builders in my club is using them! I'm working on the FMBF Slave 1. Im determined to get the colors right! I just finished shooting the field gray on the cockpit pieces(I didnt see ...

I have this jack here that came off of a holloween display. It's basicaslly a Ps2 port plug with male and female ends. the male side only has 2 pins in it. If I got one of these with 6 pins wouldn't I just have to wire each set of wires to the corresponding pin and the plug should work? where would ...

Ok, Im using the voodoo Fx x-wing lighting kit to light my SMT Y-wing. I was going to run the wires to the base so the ship could not be removed, however, I was thinking, would it be possible to mount a plug in the bottom of the model that all the wires attached to and then an opposite plug/jack in ...

Gonna hev to e-mail the guys about the lightsheet info.

Here's the deal, I have a lightsheet experimenter's set, and I have one of the Voodoo FX's Falcon Lighting kits. The Lightsheet kit runs on 3 AAA's and the Voodoo off one 9 volt. Is there anyone out there who could connect the lightsheet kit to the Voodo so I could run both off the 9 volt? I'm willi...

Ok guys how does one solder? I mean I get the idea heading the solder it melts and 'welds' the wires to gether but, should I twist them really really goos or what? And how does one use heat shrink tubing?

Picked up some of this a year ago and am just now getting around to useing it. Question is, how do I use it? Its all in japanese. Is it water soluable? I know I brush it one(and Ive heard of people using it as a primer) but what do I clean my brushes with? I have a bottle of the 500 and a bottle of ...

Ok, they get talked about all the time, and it apears as though I'm the only one that doesn't get along with them. Tamiya paints. Im reading all the reviews of Slave 1 and everyone uses Tamiyas. The issue of Tamiya model magazine that has the Slave 1 in it(of course uses Tamiyas, it's their mag) wae...