Recent content by Heavens Eagle

Oh the joys of having a "War Dept". I had a choice to drive way over to east Tennessee overnight to go to a VW event and swap meet. Decided I didn't want to do a 9 hour drive over and another back tomorrow night.

Oh My Tim! That is some really good PE work on that railing! Watchmaker hands there guy!

I can feel your pain (I was there once LONG ago) When my "War Dept" passed 24 years ago I dated for a while then came to the conclusion of "why bother"? That was 17 years ago. I had not bought kits in years and a while back I got rid of a bunch of stuff I was never going to build. Since then...

@paddy The best way to explain it is to plan ahead. As you (and I) are unfamiliar with the subject, do some reference and kit study, then plan how you want to deal with it. I suspect your answer will depend on what you are trying to do. For example, my howitzer is mostly one color, grey (ugh)...

Only thing I have read on this is that it takes a LOT of paint. Be sure to post in process photos so we can follow along.

@paddy I think you nailed it. Good job!

I built the Lindberg boat back in college and ran it with RC. Have no idea what happened to it at this point. Still have the box as it is full of smaller kits. (I think)

Something I do with PE when it is supposed to be round is to first scuff the sides with very fine grit sand paper (1000 or 1500) Just enough to make the surface "not smooth". Then I run an bead of thick CA along the surface. The Bob Smith brand that I use then usually sets itself up in a short...

It's looking mighty interesting Tim!

Eastern is 9am, Central is 8am (unless it is different in Canada), Mountain is 7am, and Pacific is 6am

Not sure what time zone you are in, but the start time is 9am New York time. (US East Coast) Here is the link for the thread. https://modelersalliance.org/threads/google-meet-for-modelers-alliance-who-is-in.156027/

Looking really good Paddy! You are a master at doing the motor bikes!

Welcome aboard Chris! Glad you decided to join our little group. Feel free to join in Saturday (Oct 3rd) morning as we will be having our monthly Google meet and chat. Kind of like a local hobby group meeting except we have folks all over the world. Everyone that has been here for a while...

I used one of my basic H&S brushes yesterday with the .6 tip and needle and sprayed the red primer on the carriage of my howitzer. To clean the Vallejo primer out, I use lacquer thinner which works great. I only thin the Vallejo with Vallejo airbrush thinner and a bit of Vallejo flow improver...

A Tomcat, peddle to the metal.... Mach 2 Less. Looks like it was a nice wedding and a good time by all I am sure.