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Is this the same thing as the old school Castrol Super Clean, not the new super clean :censored: . I've got a loads of parts I wants to strip of the chrome off of. https://www.ebay.com/itm/266839007212?_skw=Castrol+Super+Clean&itmmeta=01JAECYZRZR4YVTX11ECQF0P8C&hash=item3e20d81fec:g:738AAOSw...

I talked to someone the other day who is part of Pocher club/forum and it most definitely is styrene. Regular styrene solvents will work, MEK and I thought of using the Plasti Weld Plastistruct makes will work. I'm confident it will. Its solvent universally works on most plastics if I am not mistake...

I got the parts just a couple days ago, they are without a doubt styrene. The seller kind threw me off with how he said he repaired one of the parts that cracked and needed to be glued back together. He used superglue and a piece of metal to pin the part. So, I thought it wasn't styrene and somethin...

Stupid question/subject, but I'm wondering if anyone in here knows? I bought out some 1/8 scale Poacher body parts for a different scratch project. Does anyone know what kind of plastic Poacher used (or uses) for the kits? I don't think it is styrene? I want to know what solvent to use to bond the p...

Tony...you mean 308 bits? The only way I know ow to contact him is through the Shapeways web site. So...they didn't close their doors, just the web site is screwed up?

Has Shapeways gone the way of the the Dodo bird?

Well, gone are the days of FX miniatures. ILM paved the way to CG and building film miniatures went the way of the dinosaur. Painting in scale is just as it means and what others have written in here. It is the muting and dulling down of colors and glossy sheens. Colors become dull and less vibrant ...

I have thank you for the link. When I have the kit and have a chance to really look at it, get some measurements I'll post pictures and I'll be inquiring in that forum about the best way to cut into a car body like that. I just want to be really sure I have a good idea what I'm doing and to inflict ...

Yeah, it'll be a project. It'll be just challenging getting the 1/24 Nemo car onto a chassis/frame and fitting in suspension and everything because the Wave kit is really more of an aesthetic piece with nothing inside it. I think I can do it with some existing 1/20, 1/24 and 1/25 scale cars. I got a...

It's a Japanese styrene/commercial kit, but the hood is molded into the body (one piece). The hard top is the only separate part from the body besides the ornamental parts (all the chrome pieces). Yes, I'll have a better idea when the kit arrives and can measure it and see what I can drop in the eng...

I just purchased this car kit; Wave 1/24 Nemo's Car Model Kit The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen eBay item number:126654105790. I don't have it in my possession yet, but the auction number is listed will show you what it is in case you don't? I don't usually build cars, but this one being a ficti...

Another way to reduce bubbles in silicone rubber (if you don't have a vacuum chamber) is to brush the first layer onto the part surface(the important part). After that, hold the container you are pouring from high(within reason) and slowly pour into a corner. As the silicone is poured and held at a ...

I know this is probably a dead end subject. Kool Shade has been off the market now for like 15 years and there's been no real replacements I am aware of. I think since 2008 or 2009? I know the pain of trying to buy the "real thing" is extremely costly. I think it's something like $1,000.00...

I'm not so concerned about the toxicity of lacquer thinner, although I'm not looking to find something that is going to give me cancer after I use it. I know the stuff is bad to breath and a charcoal filter is necessary. I'm looking for something that will produce good finished results, so really mo...

Is there a difference between using your typical "off the hardware shelf" lacquer thinner to your maybe... "higher quality grade automotive lacquer thinner" for thinning out acrylic lacquers, or are they just one in the same? The only difference being that the automotive lacquer ...

I haven't made it yet, but it will be a combination of kit bashed pieces to make the end result (various scale of kit parts used). So, its 100% custom. I'm a ways off from really getting started. I just was curious if it would be a crippling expense or not? I've no idea if some of the parts can be p...

Pretty sure they strictly use acetone although I am not 100% on that. I had thought of that...but I'd like to get larger volumes of solvents. Like 1/2 to full gallons of MEK, Acrylic Lacquer thinner, Acetone. Mineral spirits etc.

I'm not sure where this belongs, but I am not sure who else to pose this too? I've a fairly large project I'm wanting to take on and some of the parts I'm making (kit bashing together really) to make certain components may still be out of scale. Either a little too big or a little too small. It's al...

Well, I'd be willing to pay someone to buy the solvents I want out of state and ground ship them to me, but I don;t know anyone in any neighboring states who would be willing to do that? And, UPS or some other outfit might not be willing to ship those items accross state lines and if they did, they ...

The Hardware stores (Lowes&Home Depot.) have those solvents, but they have all been reformulated for CA as you know. How good they are I don't know? Like I said, it's all those reformulated "green" EPA approved solvents. Call me stubborn or set in my ways, but I prefer the NOS stuff. I...

So, would using the nail polish cleaner be better than buying Acetone itself? I was under the impression that in CA (where I am) that you can't get real Acetone. You can only get that "green" EPA approved stuff. Not as I know/remember it? Maybe I've been wrong all this time? Also, wouldn't...

Brake fluid is super caustic. I know others who use it as a paint stripper. Never thought it would remove electroplating.

Okay, so pass on the Reveal paint stripper? It's not like you get a lot of it anyway. It's maybe a 1oz. bottle? I should be able to find the Super Clean at Ace Hardware.

Thanks, I thought of that but wanted to see if anyone knew in here or tried it? My biggest hurdle is getting solvents. I used up all my real lacquer thinner a long time ago, as well as the MEK, Acetone, and I have some M.M airbrush thinner, no mineral spirits because I can't get any of the real stuf...

So, I never really thought of using it and today I was. Nail polish. I know acrylics are the thing now, enamels are going the way of the dinosaur despite have loads of Flowquil R.R and military enamels, I have more or less run out of thinner Well, I have a very limited supply anyway and had been usi...

Would the Revell paint stripper work just as good? Y/N?

Cool. Thank you.

I was curious if anyone out there knows of any kind of manual or guide about wiring and installing LED's and other lighting effects? I am SO BAD at it its embarrassing. Learning to solder is one thing, wiring LEDs and using circuit boards is another.

Really? And it doesn't mess up the plastic parts? I just have a bunch of chrome parts I wants to strip. I think it be better than just painting over the chrome I.M.O. Where can I find it? So far I'm not really getting any hits on who has it?