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Hey Gang! So I'm starting to get more & more into sub-miniature electronics for kit lighting & I usually like to try to to internalize my designs to just the kit alone that I plan to light. No hefty bases or wire setups going to a wall outlet. I have a few "on/off" style switches t...

Hey Gang! I'm getting to the point where I'm going to soon need a decent soldering station for wiring up micro components like 0402 SMDs & the like. I'm looking to get a station that has a smaller soldering iron with interchangeable tips & good temp controls. Perhaps something that wont brea...

Hey Folks! Its been something like ten plus years since I had the ability to airbrush any kits & now I've finally gotten a nice spraybooth, I need to replenish my stock of paints due to loss & hardening over time. Its been a long while since I primed anything & was wondering what the gen...

Hey Gang! So i have many projects that are gonna require very tiny slide switches but, so far, I've only been able to find ones that are around 6mm in total length: http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm44/budokhan/photo_4_zps08774197.jpg What I was wondering is, are there any switches available that...

Hey Gang! I recently picked up the Moebius models BSG TOS Colonial Viper Mk1 & plan on lighting the crap outta it! I have a bunch of other stuff for it already & one of those things is the LED engine lite setup. The assembly I'm using for that is one of those push on/off L.E.D. dome lites fr...

Hey Ed! I knew i could count on you to give me the answer I was looking for! Thanks so much! I had thought about the wire & thru-holes but wasn't sure If I should make a jig of sorts to "pre-make" the rungs & put them thru afterwards or if there was a better, simpler method as I've...

Hey gang! So, I'm planning my 1/500 Yamato kit build out & I've seen a lot of folks adding their own replacement hand rungs on the ship. Does anyone have an already existing formula to make these & if so what wire dia. should I use? Or are there maybe p.e. sets with hand rungs that I've not ...

Hey guys! a little late to this thread but personally, I've always found it easier to buy rather than build if someone else has already done the work. I picked up a really nice little pre-made vac-former a while ago from Micro-mark for just a bit over $120. The whole thing is in one unit..power supp...

there's always the Yamato 2199 PE set from Bandai. i'm not sure if he has any left but TVGM had some. or do you have the set and want extra PE for stuff it doesn't cover? i haven't had a good look at the set since i received mine. Ya know, its funny you should mention TVGM, Im one of the lucky nerd...

Pat Amaral wrote:Tom's Modelworks

http://www.tomsmodelworks.com/catalog/i ... Path=23_34

Thanks very much for the link! I saw a couple sets on his site that looked promising but not quite exactly what I was after. Still may get those tho as they do have greeblies that'll come in handy!

Hey Gang! So I'm going to be starting a 1/500 Space Battleship Yamato build soon & I'm comin' up short on finding 1/500 scale p.e. frets that have naval ship railings & ladders with railings. I've looked high n low & so far the only set I can find is from Gold medal models, its waaay exp...

Hey gang! Please excuse me if this has item has already been talked about before but & friend of mine over on another forum let me know about this & I got so excited over the possibilities of it that I just had to share! Radioshack has a pen that allows you to "draw" a conductive s...