Tip, tool or technique...

Mad-Modeler

3.) Foam Pads + non-foaming Shaving Gel.

Do tell.. how and when is using non-foaming gel a good idea?  I mean other than when shaving of course.

For me...

Tool:tie between  Hobby knife with assorted blades, my Dremel rotary tool, and a private library of refrence

Tip: too many to list

Technique: scratch-building. It has opened up a new world of scale modeling to me (especially with the scale drawings I can find in old magazines

joeviz.

I prefer to use the non-foaming shaving gel instead of water to moisten the foam-pads for the following reasons:

1.) The Gel binds the dust a lot better than water(I do a lot of resin sanding too).

2.) With the Gel you don't need to re-moisten the pads as often.

Just a tip I picked up from a Professional modeler while on a visit to Japan. Tried it and liked it.

Mad-Modeler

joeviz.

 

I prefer to use the non-foaming shaving gel instead of water to moisten the foam-pads for the following reasons:

1.) The Gel binds the dust a lot better than water(I do a lot of resin sanding too).

2.) With the Gel you don't need to re-moisten the pads as often.

 

Just a tip I picked up from a Professional modeler while on a visit to Japan. Tried it and liked it.

Ahh... I see said the blind man...

Manstein's revenge

What one tip, tool or technique have you picked up over your modeling lifetime that has radically changed the way you model (for the better I hope)?

One thing, eh? Has to be the Mattel Vac-U-Form machine... Never do I suffer from bad/broken canopies, missing gear/bomb doors, seats, parachutes, ammo boxes and crates, SMG and assault rifle magazine pouches, hatches, a lack of Kevlar helmets or camouflage-covered German helmets, the list goes on and on...

I've thought it over.

The best tip ever is simply, NEVER apply glue directly from the tube.

GeorgeA

I've thought it over.

The best tip ever is simply, NEVER apply glue directly from the tube.

Hans von Hammer

Manstein's revenge:

What one tip, tool or technique have you picked up over your modeling lifetime that has radically changed the way you model (for the better I hope)?

 

One thing, eh? Has to be the Mattel Vac-U-Form machine... Never do I suffer from bad/broken canopies, missing gear/bomb doors, seats, parachutes, ammo boxes and crates, SMG and assault rifle magazine pouches, hatches, a lack of Kevlar helmets or camouflage-covered German helmets, the list goes on and on...

I just scored one on Ebay.. havn't tried it yet... itching to...!

Great for vac-forming hamsters, not big enough for cats though - ooo something shiny!! ----->

umm.. humm..

sprue cutter..

reading glasses( my eyes are getting bad.. )

CA glue, and rediscovering liquid glue..

gloss coating before decaling

and the internet.. for the longest time.. I thought I was alone in this modeling world except who ever was submitting to FSM... NOW... wow.. in the past year, myself was stalked by a fellow modeler in my area, we've now formed a club with others and have over 10 members or so, so far.. and growing !

p38jl

... NOW... wow.. in the past year, myself was stalked by a fellow modeler in my area, we've now formed a club with others and have over 10 members or so, so far.. and growing !

Cool!

p38jl

Hans von Hammer:

Manstein's revenge:

What one tip, tool or technique have you picked up over your modeling lifetime that has radically changed the way you model (for the better I hope)?

 

One thing, eh? Has to be the Mattel Vac-U-Form machine... Never do I suffer from bad/broken canopies, missing gear/bomb doors, seats, parachutes, ammo boxes and crates, SMG and assault rifle magazine pouches, hatches, a lack of Kevlar helmets or camouflage-covered German helmets, the list goes on and on...

 

I just scored one on Ebay.. havn't tried it yet... itching to...!

If you need the plastic sheets ( and you will, eventually), this is the guy to get 'em from.. Sells the clear ones and white...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150497307276&ssPageName=ADME:B:FSEL:US:1123

There's another guy that sells the clear sheets for less money, but his don't have the holes in them, and are a b*tch to get to seal.. You'll burn through 5 or 10 of his before you get one that'll seal properly..

Thanks Hans..!

Manstein's revenge

 

GeorgeA:

 

I've thought it over.

The best tip ever is simply, NEVER apply glue directly from the tube.

 

...here's another tip, start using liquid glue...

 

There's nothing wrong with Testors from a tube  - unless you apply it directly from the tube.

The second I'd put right behind the first is simply : TEST FIT. TEST FIT. TEST FIT.

Perform each step of the assembly until you can do it blind folded. But don't.