Recent content by Heavens Eagle

The one issue I had with their PE on the Ju88 (which isn't finished yet) was one part on the wheel well fret wasn't correctly etched. They sent me a new full fret with the corrected part. I ended up using some of those extra parts on the build.

Get yourself a Drafting stubble brush. They are about 12+ inches long with 2+ inch soft bristles. I use mine all the time and have found small 1/72 PE parts the size of a pin head.

I have similar issues with Trumpeter and Italeri. Doesn't keep me from dropping change on some of their better items though. It seems that they all will FUBAR a new kit if given the chance. The three big Trumpeter tank kits I got recently all seem to be top end, and the Titanic kit was given...

As I stated earlier it was paint time this weekend. Discovered a minor goof "after" laying the paint, but it will only involve cleaning and repainting 4 parts. As I now have "practice" on the candy cane color application, it should be a bit easier. Besides I want the paint that is on the rest...

Yup, and Murfreesboro is coming up on Nov 14th. As that is only about 3 hours away, I am going to try and go. Will take a couple of items and see what shows up.

I have heated a lot of Eduard PE. You only lightly heat it till it starts to turn red to orange. I use a candle or for small items a lighter works fine. The propane is only pulled out for BIG stuff. If yours is going all melty, you are heating it too much Bob. I know you hate Eduard, time to...

Also check your clothes, pockets, and things like that. Watch parts go in all kinds of weird places and in rare cases they "HAVE" to be found. Your PE work is looking really good Paddy!

Mine was supposedly low dose as well. I had surgery in Feb. This was to get the stuff they missed and the stuff that has been buried in the main nerve that they couldn't get since the first one. The first doctor I had was a POS!!!!! I never really trusted him. When it came back the 2nd time...

Looks like you got the flag managed! Looking good! Hopefully the radiation you will be getting has less effects than what I went through a few months ago. They did a big rad therapy on my left thigh up into my butt for the month before 4th of July. 33 treatments, 5 days a week. The first 4...

Something I have used for quite a while is to use my CA pallet (sapphire crystal block) and dip my applicator with the chisel end on it into the drop of CA. Then transfer it to the seam I am filling. This only works on seams that are fairly thin and line up. I fill them and spread the CA...

I get it Saúl. I have the 1/35th scale Mil24 Hind and want to do this Hungarian bird, but not sure I can pull it off. Recently I got a bunch of ResKit parts and now have the heat hiders for the engines as well as other goodies to detail it up.

I have a small tube full of brass tubing that I have had and accumulated over many years. The diameters are from 3/16th inch up to 5/8th. I use them as forms or reference only. Yeah bending a curve on PE requires annealing. Years ago I was trying to bend a curve in some PE with holes. It...

Don't knock your talents Tim. We all have skills that we share here and yours are right up there with the rest of us.

Something to think about Bob is that your don't have to use round tubing. You can put a small wire inside that is thicker than what you are putting inside and squeeze it down into an oval which should work well for the flat flying wires.

Glad you are enjoying the build Paddy. That is after all the whole point of building something.