Recent content by Heavens Eagle

You forgot the "I found someone that will give me MORE so bye and give me all your stuff" clause. Nope! My late wife was pretty much a WE person. WE take care of the house, WE take turns cooking, anything she could do she insisted on doing her part. After her stroke, there were things that...

Yeah, Paddy, that drill with the micro adjustment bed looks to be really nice and could be a really good watchmaker tool. This build is looking really good Paddy! Sorry the lathe didn't work out.

Shopping trip or shopping TRAP? For some reason that word blipped an "A" for a second in my vision instead an "i". Thought you would find it interesting.

I have a Krome and the functional part is the same as the Sotar. I do believe that the passage for the paint being larger in the H&S does make a big difference when spraying thicker paints. The Vallejo Air paints are thinner than the basic color paints, but I had trouble spraying those through...

I have the EVOLUTION CR Plus with a 0.15mm nozzle that I use A LOT. I also have the Plain EVOLUTION which came with two size sets of tips (0.2mm and 0.4mm). Each tip set has a needle, nozzle, and air head with a needle cap. I read someplace that H&S did a modification to their needles that...

First off there is this: I think most of us are setting in the lower right corner. But! Then there is this: Alas I have not had a War Department for many, many years thus I can do posts on Airbrushes. So here is a short review on the differences between Badger (mostly SOTAR) and my Harder...

I am sure that took a lot of hard work. I remember back in the day at Oklahoma State that the Veterinary school was harder to get in to than the regular medical school. Congratulations and good luck!

Yeah I bought some Stainless balls 1/8 and 5/32 and put one of each in a bottle when I open it. Have a paint shaker (Robart) that goes back to the 80's that still works fairly well. That with the bearings and have had no real problems. The other part is the Harder & Steenbeck airbrushes have a...

I found the H & S airbrushes work SO MUCH BETTER than the Badger brushes I used in the past when using Vallejo. Even other paints spray better. I guess tonight I will do a photo comparison on the airbrushes to show the difference because it really does make a difference.

Yeah, cleaning up track links is a mindless chore. As I wanted the 251 links to work smooth and drape naturally I spent a fair amount of time just working them over. They really work and drape smooth now and that is worth all the work.

I found Vallejo can tend to deposit along the inside of the airbrush canal to the tip. Thus the tip has to be removed and cleaned out to make things work right. I have found like Tim that I cannot just let the paint set in the airbrush for a bit and thus plan on spray, empty, clean. The clean...

I had considered going, but as last year it got snowed out, I was able to go in June. For me it is just too early in the year. Instead I am going to try and finish up some builds and take them to the Nationals come August.

If it is the kit I think it is, I remember building it back in the late 60's along with the 1/48th Helldiver kit. Both had working landing gear and folding wings. Yeah, the Corsair landing gear was pretty much crap, but the Helldiver worked great. Watching with interest you making a silk purse...

I know I could make the gearing, but with how much mass would be pushing on it and the fact that you would be forced to use the steering wheel to turn the wheels if I did, NOT worth it. Something would break soon after.

The Vallejo I used on my Pak 40 is all new label stuff. I have had no trouble with spraying it at all. I am also using the Harder & Steenbeck airbrushes I have bought in recent years. I will so spray through with cleaner but final cleaning is always done by pulling the tip off. Can't really...