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I have never used LED I want and I did some research. Here are some things from post I have found. I can't answer questions but maybe this will help. I can't give credit either I have no idea where I found the info. ___________________________________________________ YELLOW, AMBER, RED, most GREEN L...

The Tin foil worked great. I will differently keel that in my bag of tricks.

OK thinks for the advice. I will look for something, I have had tinfoil suggested to me.
Its for my Macross Defender AKA Rifleman
http://www.happinessismandatory.com/mis ... fender.htm
I have a little while before I there so I have some time to look.

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It was suggested to me from these forms is use bare metal foil for search lights and such. I went to hobby lobby and the work was not sure if they had it. Does any one know roughy what section of the stores the foil would be in?

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thanks for the advice. I will run by hobby lobby when I get to that point and pick up some bare metal foil. I will coat the clear part in future and pva glue it down.

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put a black dot on the silver or on the "glass" part?

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I am not sure how to paint head lights/spotlights. I recently picked up the Macross Destroid Defender. http://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.cfm/product/2034/172-destroid-defender-adr-04-mkx.cfm It has two spotlights on the chest and two on the knees. They are clear plastic, but I am not quite sure ...

http://www.happinessismandatory.com/misc/AMT_Mystery_UFO.htm The Images are also at if you can't access my website https://www.flickr.com/photos/121261425@N05/collections/ What I did was clear coat the model with a Kyrlon Crystal Clear Flat. Then use tamiya weathering powder to paint the model. I r...

preshadeing like you did is what I had in mind. The Basestar maybe a little trouble to do with all the bits and bobs on it. But it should work.

How do you add depth to basically monotone large scale models like the TOS Cylon Basestar, TOS Battlestar Galactica, and SW Star Destroyers? I was thinking of working on my TOS Cylon Basestar but I was thinking of how to paint it but I am not sure how. They don’t have Aztec patterns like star trek, ...

I have been thinking about getting this ship http://www.round2models.com/models/amt/ufo-mystery-ship But I am not sure how to paint it. I want the glow in the dark effect, but I really want to weather and age the ship. I know where I put paint and pigments will effect it, so I want to get the most g...

It is surprisingly not that bad at no letting cold/hot air back in the house. I used the other night and was about 20 degrees, I just shut the door to my hobby room and it really didn't affect the room temp that much. I left it running the whole time. I guess the fan sucked up the incoming air and b...

Here is mine. Its extra cheap. about 15 bucks total. It's not pretty and it works like a charm, stores very small. I plan on building a nice one later on but this works great for me.

http://www.happinessismandatory.com/mis ... _booth.htm

I was working on a name plate for my Polar Lights 16" Godzilla and came up with this idea to on how to paint my raised text. I made a video while I tried so hopefully some might be helped by it. Let me know what you think http://www.happinessismandatory.com/misc/Tutorial/Rasied_text.htm This is...

Matte coat will do it. http://www.happinessismandatory.com/misc/Models/Mad_Max_Interceptor/Build_Images/Near_done_beauty.jpg http://www.happinessismandatory.com/misc/Models/Mad_Max_Interceptor/Build_Images/Near_done_front.jpg This was not on purpose, I didn't know it would do that, so I use "di...

I have had bad experience with alcohol. I use slow dri and alcohol with most of my paints, but not Vajello they clump very badly http://www.happinessismandatory.com/misc/Models/PolarLights_Enterprise_NCC1701_1_1000/Build_Images/ent_060909_base_Dish.jpg Water works a whole lot better. Windex does pre...

I have never done anything worth showing but I did find some very good articles on greebies. They were written by John Selvia at lyzrdstomp.com. I think he as passed on and website went with him. So this is posted with out permission. The webiste is now gone but I did save some of the articles as a ...

I got an A-wing off of E-bay and it had raised panel lines. I was wondering if this blade http://www.craftsetc.com/store/item.aspx?dep=25&cat=19&subcat=25&IsOnSale=0&IsFeatured=0&IsNew=0&ItemId=103660 for an Excato knife would work to scrib lines in the model. I have never sc...

http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/supp ... Sanyo.html

I use them. Their check out is a bit clunky at best, but I have spent seveal hunderds of dollars though them with no problems at at.

Thanks for all the links. I am a regular read of the post apocalyptic section. Them and the Mad Max car I purchased a while back spured me in to buying the modifiled stockers. I will try te candel method, I was just afraid it would me "smooth" dents but I just have to heat it enough to be ...

I picked up a couple of models on clearance called Modified Stockers. They are normal model car with Roll bars and guards of various types. Here is a write I did for one of them http://www.happinessismandatory.com/misc/AMT_MS_1966_Chevy_Impala.htm I haven’t gotten to do the cobra yet. But I want to ...

Using latex it hard.
Read this tutorial it helped me quite a bit.

http://www.castlemolds.com/moldmake/moldmaking.html

use stainless steel balls or glass beads. Copper BBs with corroded and change the color of your paint.

I use acrylic and I have never had a base coat I have been happy with. But the major bouns to me is speed. I a base coat a model in about 20 mintues but with a brush it will take me serval hours to get the lookI want.

I would suggest running parallel / - resistor - Blue - \ | - resistor - Blue - | | - resistor - Blue - | Battery(+) - switch | - resistor - Blue - | - Battery(-) | - resistor - Orange - | \ - resistor - Orange - / That way you only need 3v to run the entire circuit What size resistors do I need? Wo...

I have looked at the LED Calculator, but I am not sure what my voltage should be either. I had a friend tell me 6, while it was posted here to use 12.

so what type of Batteries do I need to get and How many?

I know this is basic stuff but I have never one it before. I am wanting to wire my Cylon raider but I am not sure what battery type, and resistor to use. This will be just a simple one off no blinking lights or anything. I purchased some Phillips Christmas tree light to get the LED out of them. I wa...

here is a build of my Interceptor
http://www.happinessismandatory.com/mis ... ceptor.htm

Pastel Chalks work fine.

I have a simalar compressor from habor freight.
I did a review of it.
http://www.happinessismandatory.com/mis ... ressor.htm

I think they are fine and have not a problem with mine. I am not a heavy user, just once a week to every other week.

Thanks,
Jon