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by fantacmet
Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:47 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: how to make a tin roof?
Replies: 13
Views: 18475

This one is easy. Finescale justhad an article on this not too long ago. Pick your metal, and get one of those things at a craft store for getting everything out of a tube of paint. Then run the metal sheet through it. VOILA! Use a bit of ferric chloride to create the holes and weathering if you lik...
by fantacmet
Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:02 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: need a model cast
Replies: 5
Views: 5872

It wouldn't be too hard, casting the main body and the nacelle seperately, in fact the mold material and resin I use the molds could be single piece, but either way, it will end up being VERY expensive. The mold material itself is very pricey. It would easily be 25-50 bucks worth of mold material, a...
by fantacmet
Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:46 pm
Forum: Finishing
Topic: Dish Soap or Windex ??
Replies: 9
Views: 6225

Ok lets try this reply thing again shall we? Soap breaks the surface tension. This can be demonstrated by taking a straight pin and rubbing it on a candle then dropping it in a container of water,the pin will float on top because of surface tension. Drop a few drops of dish soap in and the pin will ...