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    Soo.... What did you just get???

    in Modelling Discussion

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    Yes, oven cleaner (one containing caustic soda) will remove chrome just like it will remove paint. 

    Put the parts in a plastic bag, spray them with oven cleaner, and let it act for an hour or more. Rinse, et voilà ! And in case not everything has been removed, repeat the operation, and scrub gently with a toothbrush (not the one you use for yourself :wacko: )

    Hubert

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    How to prevent vacuform canopies yellowing?

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    To complete my answer. Since you have an old, yellowed, canopy, and need to vac-form a new one in PETG, you have two options:

    1) Make a female mold around the old, yellowed canopy. This is the best option for vac-forming, whether the part is transparent or opaque. But it has some constraints, like needing a hole to suck the heated PETG in the female cavity. The diameter of this hole should be about 50% fo the thickness of the material formed to avoid any dimple. One way to get it is to drill a same diameter hole in the old part, insert a piece of monofilament in it, and pour the mold material around the part and the monofilament. When the model is set, remove the monofilament, et voilà, you have a hole for succion !

    2) Make a male mold by pouring your mold material in the old canopy, than vacform, or plug-form the heated PETG around this male mold.

    Whichever way you go, remember that PETG loves humidity, and will store it between its molecules. Thus, when you heat it, if you go above a certain limit (170° C), bubbles will appear within the plastic :wallbash:, created by water vapour. To avoid this, one way is dehydrate the PETG sheet for two hours at 50° C. Another way is to heat the PETG by plunging it in boiling oil (160° C). And Peter from Airscale seem to have been successful by plunging the sheet in boiling water.

    HTH

    Hubert

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    How to prevent vacuform canopies yellowing?

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    Hi Dale,

    I’m afraid you won’t like my answer : « Make new ones ! »

    Old vac-form canopies were made of PVC, which yellows and becomes brittle with age. This is due to ultra-violets, and there is not much you can do about it, but for keeping your models, including when finished, in the dark ...

    More recent vacs are made of PETG (one commercial name is « Vivak ») which is more tolerant of UVs, and does not seem to yellow with age (so far)

    Hubert

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    New HKM B17G in 1/48

    in Modelling Discussion

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    Apparently, they have reworked the CAD. That’s what Neil says anyway. The nose on the 3D renderings for the new 1/48 kit certainly looks flatter than the 1/32 kit...

    There are other issues however, like the outboard engine nacelles, which may not have been addressed, as most comments focused on the wrong nose shape.

    Hubert

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    Both my parents are in ICU

    in General Discussion

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    Sorry to hear about your parents, Ernie. 

    Having lived through the ordeal of taking care of elderly, demented, parents, I know how tough this can be. And I had also to go through the sinuous, tortuous, mean, actions of a manipulative sister who did her utmost - and succeeded - to separate my parents from their two sons, even though I was the one mandated judicially to be the legal guardian of their interests.

    Both my parents are dead now, my father the last one. His funeral was the last time I saw my sister. She can rot in Hell for all I care. I refused any inheritance after his death. The family has been broken by the wrongdoings of this b#&%. Just another confirmation of the old adage that you choose your friends, but not your family ...

    Hubert

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    A "Risky" build

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    That’s it ! You inoculated the bug to me :raincloud: !

    Now I have ordered a P-51 kit, to turn it into a racer, with some Draw Decals on it. I have ordered the SWS Mustang IV.

    Why The Zoukei Mura kit? Because :

    1) it is cheaper in Europe than the Tamiya one. With my experiences of the Portuguese Post, I did not want to dare some more exotic countries of origin.

    2) this version has the 3 different canopies, and the two different propellers, so my choices remain open for which racer I will do ( although I am leaning strongly towards « Voodoo »)

    You will take all the blame. Plus I will also order the California Fire Dpt decals for my OV-10 A kit. Will you send me food vouchers when I am poor, because of your bad influence :lol: ?

    Keep the great work coming :thumbsup2: !

    Hubert 

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    Soo.... What did you just get???

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    2 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

    The C-87 is a distinct possibility for me. But everyone I know, myself included, is waiting for the PB4J-2 conversion.  Everyone loves a Privateer.  Didn’t the French fly Privateers?

    Indeed they did. But you know me. Boooooring camoed aircraft, roundels (even if these ones had "hooks" on them ;) ) : not my cup-o'-tea ...

    The one below on the other hand :rolleyes: (pic posted under Fair Use conditions)

    Hubert

     

     

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    Soo.... What did you just get???

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    17 hours ago, Artful69 said:

    :lol: :lol: :lol: ... Now isn't that funny ...

    The three main things I notice most about the B-24 (in no particular order) are: The huge twin paddle tail, the clunky roller-doors in the bomb bay and the really odd mis-happen turrets that look like they were just shoved on as an afterthought. Like: "oh crap, we better give these poor bastards some sort of protection ... here you go mate ... good luck!" ... :rofl:

    I had never even known what a Davis airfoil looked like ... until a bunch of you more astute individuals pointed it out! ... I might give Iain's "airfoil remedy" a crack if he gets to releasing a template to work off. But in the end I'm not sure I'll be all that concerned. Some people were concerned about the half-assed looking engines ... but while they really do look dodgy on the sprue ... looking at the cowl - I'm not going to see much at all through there so - meh! For those madly desperate for a maintenance and repair dio' I'm sure Eduard or someone will launch the appropriate Brassin cowl and engine gear. The frosted turrets worried me until I saw one polished out - even the seam doesn't look THAT bad on one fixed and assembled ... If I can find some clear drying stuff to stick 'em together (I think my normal plastic glue dries opaque?!) I should be set! ...

    I do know what you mean though ... about issues with a kit really bugging you ... I'm not a complete accuracy basket case ... but I do tend to notice some wildly off shape issues ... like, forgetting "nose-gate" on the HKM B-17 ... it just looks a bit chubby to me, you know? ... like it's developed a taste for a drive through diet. The Hobby-Boss Mk.V Spitfire looked very misshapen (although my HpH correction set should go a long way to fixing that one up) ... The Trumpeter F-thru-K Bf.109's look a bit too pointy, yet assembled and painted they turn out quite nice (and are pleasant to build, with no real vices in the engineering or fit department) ... Yet for whatever reason I can shrug off the Bf.109E's mistakes more easily. The more recent Revell Mk.II Spitfire had accuracy issues over the place ... but it was mainly the chunky look about it that disappointed me most. Still I haven't built one yet - so I may change my mind at a later date! ... I Still haven't got the Barracuda correction works for it either.

    Rog :)

     

    You can always convert the newly released D into a C-87 ... no turret-seams issues, and as a bonus, you can even develop new, correct-diameter, cowlings for an early C-87. 

    You’re « just » left with getting the Davis wing right ;) ...

    Hubert

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    Did you notice the latest PB attempt ?

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    Very happy with Smugmug, even though I am not using all the functionalities my paying formula entitles me too.

    After the PB debacle, I swore never to believe anymore the claims of « free » image-hosting. There is no such thing as a free lunch, as they say ...

    And, btw, Flickr and SmugMug are now the same company, the latter having bought the former. Which may be another proof that a sound business model with paying - as opposed to « free » - services lasts longer and is more successfull.

    Hubert

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    Soo.... What did you just get???

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    1 hour ago, Clunkmeister said:

    No Pontos set, hubert, which surprised me alot. There's some 3D printed stuff out there and plenty of PE, Brass and resin, so we might have a shot at it. Artwox out of Russia makes a decent wood deck that's sold locally as well.

    I was sure I had seen a detail set, but when I checked, after my post, I found out Pontos did not have a set, nor did Ka-Models ...

    On the other hand, Shapeways seem full of detail sets for ship kits, including this one ;)

    Hubert

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    Did you notice the latest PB attempt ?

    in General Discussion

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    One of the good things about LSM is the fact that you can upload directly your photos to the site.

    However, some, like me still rely on hot-linking from a photo-hosting site. I moved (and how glad and happy I am for doing it) from Photobucket to Sugmug at the time of « The Great Photobucket Scam », some 2 1/2 years ago, when they tried to extort USD 400 per year for continuing to host and and hot-link their users’ pics. 

    I certainly was not the only one doing so, and their business seemed hurt enough that they removed the CEO responsible for this debacle from office - served him right - and then allowed a return of the hot-linking, albeit with a - very often VERY obnoxious - big watermark ...

    And now, I noticed in the last two days they are again stabbing their users / customers in the back : hot-linked pics appear blurry, with just the watermark clear and sharp :wallbash:. You need to click on the pic to access a clear, in-focus picture.

    In short they have done it again : betray their users. Maybe one day, this will become case lesson in how to run a business in the wall ...

    Hubert

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    Soo.... What did you just get???

    in Modelling Discussion

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    8 hours ago, GusMac said:

    Mr Levelling thinner also works well with Mig Jiminez's Ammo paints and speeds up drying slightly compared to the proprietary Ammo thinner.

    In my experience Vallejo just doesn't airbrush well with anything but that's just me. Great for brush painting but I leave it at that.

    In fairness, I swore never to use the Vallejo black primer again after this experience (and the frustration of having to dig deep, looking for a basic information like what thinner to use with it).

    The reason I kept it was to remember not to use it, or not to buy it again :) ...

    Hubert

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    Congratulations Ernie!!!

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    7 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

    Thanks. Tony and I talked a lot today, and quite honestly, both of us are getting more and more interested in civilian applications of military aircraft such as SAR birds, fire bombers, racers, etc. 

     

    Hear, Hear !

    Yes, we need more civvies and utilities, and less bombs and guns ;)

    Hubert

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    Soo.... What did you just get???

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    2 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

    Absolutely!  Mr Leveling Thinner is a magic elixir. 

     

    2 hours ago, Bill_S said:

    It works very well with Tamiya acrylics too!

     

    Agree that it is a « miracle product » in most instances (like Tamiya X-22 clear, for another purpose).

    Be aware though that, mixed with Vallejo acrylic black primer, it turned the mix into a gooey mess within minutes, in the airbrush cup, and around the airbrush nozzle and needle. It took me almost a day, and strong stuff like pure acetone, to clean and recover the airbrush, with a very narrow escape from the « vertical filer » for the AB.

    ONLY WATER will work to thin this Vallejo primer (but it’s not mentioned on the bottle, and only a long internet search produced this information :wallbash:)

    Hubert

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    Spam

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    Spam is in the same league as Marmite : awful, unedible stuff, the taste of which can only be acquired by people who have also been educated in British boys’ boarding schools :) 

    And this definitive judgment is from a man with impeccable food tastes, which include eating frog legs, snails, living oysters, andouillette (a typical French sausage made of pork tripes), sweetbreads, tête de veau (literally veal-head), pig trotters, and steak tartare ;)

    Hubert

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