Recent content by Kiwidave4

Not sure if I follow the aim here. Is it a challenge or a workshop to help people scratchbuild? I never build OOB so all my models have a degree of scratchbuilding, sometimes just a few minor details, sometimes a complete rework as was the case with my Tamiya Saladin which only used three of...

Thanks chaps. Seems I was the only one who did not know I was a member! Will post some progress pics of the M109 when I have some completed sub-assemblies. Regards Dave

I recently found an email in my spam folder from Modelers Alliance which I at first assumed was junk, but when curiosity got the better of me I opened it to discover this Site. Today another MA email appeared in my spam folder so out of curiosity I tried to log in and here I am. Apparently I...

I am neither a prolific builder or buyer, but I have used Hobby Easy in Hong Kong and would suggest that they would take some beating when it comes to range, price and service. The only downsides are the Website, which is often not accessible and always very slow, and also the fact that they...

I use a similar technique, but with Bare Metal foil for the reflector. I burnish the foil after glueing it in the headlamp shell by using a cotton bud, and then give it a coat of Klear (Future). I also use Klear rather than glue to fit the lens - I place the lens then flood with Klear, it...

Re:Another question on primer I hear you all groan I use Humbrol enamels for painting and have had no problems with anything falling off! Prior to painting I wash the finished model in a sugar soap solution, air dry, and prime with whatever oddments of paint I have left over from a previous...

The first one is the Myasishchev 'Bounder'. The second I would have said the was a Tu144 but the military scheme throws me. The third I dont know! Regards Dave

I use stretched sprue. It meets my most important criteria...it is cheap! I apply some liquid cement along the weld line, lay the stretched sprue on it, then give it another coat of cement. For fine weld lines the 'pucker' caused by the cement is close enough to scale. for really lumpy welds I...

Always one to look for the least work and minimal cost I use corks from Methode Champenoise bottles. They are easy to hold, stable when set down, and I have the pleasure of emptying the bottle in order to obtain them! I do have one 'deluxe' figure holder. It is the wooden handle of a shaving...