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sharkman
Master at Arms
That is a cool scheme Saul, They don't seem to make one for 48 scale. Berna decals makes an aftermarket sheet but doesn't include these markings.
Got these to try them out. I see the VMS product videos and shipping prices from Europe knot up my rectum so...
A word of advice, straight from the Doctor (Dr. Mike's CA), store the activator AWAY (at least a meter) from the glue. Vapors are enough to set it off and shorten the shelf life. Luckily, I keep the glue in my spare refrigerator and activator on my workbench. As for the debonder, it is a liquid. Unlike the gel types normally sold (one is coming soon from another vendor).
I am hoping the Stick Fast DeBonder works like the VMS one in the video.
The Stick Fast CA Black Flexible might hopefully be the same as VMS' Flexy Black:
Best of all, if they work like in the videos, the eBay vendor is willing to put together CA sets specifically for plastic modelers! FYI, he is a wood working service.
Regards,
A word of advice, straight from the Doctor (Dr. Mike's CA), store the activator AWAY (at least a meter) from the glue. Vapors are enough to set it off and shorten the shelf life. Luckily, I keep the glue in my spare refrigerator and activator on my workbench. As for the debonder, it is a liquid. Unlike the gel types normally sold (one is coming soon from another vendor).
I am hoping the Stick Fast DeBonder works like the VMS one in the video.
The Stick Fast CA Black Flexible might hopefully be the same as VMS' Flexy Black:
Best of all, if they work like in the videos, the eBay vendor is willing to put together CA sets specifically for plastic modelers! FYI, he is a wood working service.
Regards,
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
This will be interesting to see if it works as well as you hope. I'm eager to find out. I wonder of that black flexi glue is anything like the Brookhurst Tire Glue I have used to successfully cement together vinyl tracks that no other glues work on.
The DeBonder doesn't hurt plastic but destroyed the ink on the bottle label and cutting mat (lines) as it is a very thin liquid in a squeeze bottle. Not good! I decanted it to a glass container which is too large until I find a smaller one. I used one drop of the black flexible CA (also thin) on the plastic and had to wait two hours for it to dry. The DeBonder made it gummy as in the video. However, the spillage took my attention away so I need to redo my trial, this time using my regular CA glues. I will try to see if the black flexible CA glue is stronger while I am at it. Plenty of Dragon Mustang parts to try them on.
I don't know what Brookhurst Tire Glue is like to comment on its properties or compare to this one.
Regards,
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Thank you Saul. I look forward to the new results. The Tire Glue is a gummy black substance that is excellent for gluing together unglue-able vinyl tracks and other soft plastic/vinyl parts.. I've used it successfully on a few tank tracks that others could not glue no matter what they used. I thought I'd had a picture of the stuff somewhere in my albums on my PC, but apparently it got lost since I can't seem to find it. I'll try to see if I can get another shot of it.
6 Turnin' and 4 burnin'.
Wasn't it the one Jimmy Stewart flew in Strategic Air Command?
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
I have one kit I picked up a couple of weeks ago for the MMM-2022 build, and several 28mm figures that have been lurking around since Halloween. Better late than never eh?
There is also the Big Bad Wolf, but his parts are all over. These figures are really small, though the detail is quite crisp. I have painted dozens of figures like this in the past and had them look really good. At some time I will go for it again.
There is also the Big Bad Wolf, but his parts are all over. These figures are really small, though the detail is quite crisp. I have painted dozens of figures like this in the past and had them look really good. At some time I will go for it again.
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Parts and stuff arrived today
I really liked how they did the road wheels, turret not so much
I like the snow white and red riding hood figures!
I really liked how they did the road wheels, turret not so much
I like the snow white and red riding hood figures!
Big10
Well-known member
That's it, why I picked this set up. Love that movie.
I like the movie Air Force from the 40s better, has an old shark fin B17 Mary Ann as the center point.
Big10
Well-known member
Lol, good movie too with that 90 year old radio man/gunner. (Not really 90 and no offence aimed at older wiser people
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Harry Cary Sr could play any age he wanted.
To be honest, some of the guys I knew in the USAF looked that old.
To be honest, some of the guys I knew in the USAF looked that old.
Another CA debonder, a rebranded Bob Smith one sold by ModelExpo. It is a gel type.
Regards,
Regards,
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
The Bob Smith accelerant works well also. I apply it by dipping a wire or another tool in the bottle and letting it run over the CA. It doesn't make the CA boil like some I have used in the past and it has almost no smell. It is also a bit slower to evaporate, but doesn't damage the plastics that I have placed it on.
Nope, turns out it is a thin type as well.
This came in... for Tamiya's kit but some bits may make its way onto the Pole Dancer.
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These are not bought but borrowed...
This is what the second book is about... old school techniques:
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Another for the stable...
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