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Does anyone have recommendations for the best glowy or highly reflective paints for warp engines?

Many thanks,

Bob

After 20+ years, my Kopykake Airmaster finally gave up the ghost. It was a pastry and baking compressor used to spray colors onto cakes, and it did a super job spraying models hooked up to my Paasche VL airbrush. I'm of a mind to get another, but wanted to ask if there's a better, super quiet altern...

Hi all, i need a tough ,heavy duty compass for scribing purposes. I intend to use it to cut out a circular area around a TOS Enterprise bridge in order to use a drop in replacement I've made on Shapeways. Anyway, the compasses I currently own are great for light scribing, but not for serious scribin...

Funny. I use catridge 56 also, and mine come out pinkish-purple. Weird!

Thanks. I thought it might be a dry time issue, so I let these last ones dry for a couple of days before clearcoating them. Now, I'm wondering it isn't an ink issue. H-P changed their ink formula awhile back for newer printers, so maybe its an ink thing? This didn't happen on my old inkjet printer w...

Hi, all. I've got a homemade decal problem. I've printed out several of Carlos Zangrando's wonderful decals. They look great and my H-P inkjet printer prints them nicely. The problem is, when I spray a clearcoat on them they change color, usually from a nice grey (in the case of the Ent-B decals) to...

What type of ink did you use? If a laser printer, then did you spray a fixative on first? If an inkjet printer, then did you allow enough time for the ink to completely - and I mean completely - dry? I found that my inkjet inks ran even weeks after being printed. I believe they weren't dry completel...

I hadn't even thought of pinning the parts. Thanks guys, super idea.

I've never used the Aves. Where can I get it and what is it?

Robert

Hi guys,

A resin nacelle pylon on my Pioneer conversion keeps breaking, and no amount of superglue/CA will hold it. The slightest bend or handling snaps it off. Can anyone recommend a relatively fast acting glue for this? I'm wondering if a two part epoxy might be the way to go.

Thanks,

Robert