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    What to use to hold small parts? eg: clamps, vice, Blu-tack, pegs, etc....

    Double sided sticky tape on a coffee stirrer works well with the added advantage that unlike BluTack, it doesn't 'creep' up the sides of the part when you press it down into the BluTack which can leave unpainted edges. A combination of a mini crocodile clip held in a clothes peg has the...
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    Sticking stuff?

    I have an idea for a diorama that requires sticking a 3D printed building to a foam base painted with ordinary domestic emulsion paint. Can I use PVA or will I need any special adhesive? I should mention that this won't be used for wargames so the bond does not need to be super strong.
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    Spares?

    I have a large box of spares - from the 1/16 HobbyBoss Tiger which I may get round to finishing since it's been sat on the shelf for 5-6 years now. I get lots of spares because I don't finish a large percentage of the kits I start - but even then I find it really hard to find bits that are...
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    Jim R's 1905 Rolls Royce

    Nice. I remember buying one of these but for some reason lost in the mists of time I never built it.
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    Anybody know about MOT tests?

    I bought a car last September which had just got a new MOT from the dealer valid until October this year. On my way home, I got a warning light on my dashboard about the brakes. I thought I'd play it safe so I booked an independent garage to carry out a fresh MOT a week later. They failed the...
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    Bonnie and her fascination with boxes

    Just finished at the bench. It's a good job I didn't need to do any paint spraying!
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    Whos got a cat?.......

    This is my two on the day they adopted me in June 2017: That's dozy Clyde on the left and Bonnie watching what's going on as usual. This is them a couple of weeks ago: Both fat and sassy - always wanting something. If it's not food it's fuss, if it's not fuss it's getting involved in...
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    Missing post.

    Hi guys. I posted a thread about the model show at Hinckley. I'm trying to see if there is any interest but I can't find my post. It isn't in New Topics, Todays Posts or Posts Since Last Visit. Any ideas what's happened to it?
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    Wot Ron tempted me to buy

    I liked Ron's recent wooden race car build and I was persuaded by that smooth talking tempter to buy a wooden kit for myself. I wanted summat a bit different so this is what I chose: Unlike Ron, who left his model in the nude - cheeky! - I wanted some colour on my build. All the parts...
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    East Mids show Hinckley

    Just spotted this year's show is on 6th April this year (details on IPMS site). Anyone going?
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    Another one for the chemists

    Hi guys. Last week I ordered 5 ltrs of Cellulose thinners for PJ to clean his A/B (He's currently using about a 400ml bottle of MLT every week which is proving expensive). Anyway, this is what arrived this morning: Is this the same as cellulose thinners? If not, is it safe for PJ to use it...
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    Happy Birthday!

    Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday to us! Happy Birthday to me an' Ron! Happy Birthday to us! Edit: Oh poo! Got the shakes in my fingers as they were hovering over the 'Post' button and clicked too early! Never mind, it's the thought that counts. Hope I didn't spoil the surprise Ron!
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    One for the chemists

    Hi guys. A friend of mine gave me a container of Trichloroethylene as a degreaser. I'm wondering if it would be safe to use: 1) As a styrene cement 2) As a cleaner for my A/B Any thoughts?
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    H&S problem. Again!

    Hi folks. I tried to do some spraying with my H&S Ultra (2024 version) and got no air coming through the nozzle at around 20psi. I went all the way back to the compressor and checked everything in turn - hose connections, air valve into the A/B, the trigger with and without the needle and the...
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    Thinning varnish.

    Hi guys. Can anyone recommend a thinner for Humbrol Gloss and Matt varnishes? Every time I try to spray them, I end up with puddles of varnish even as low as about 12 psi.
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    Oh PJ!

    I got my grandson PJ an A/B set up at home a few weeks ago. He's got a H&S Ultra A/B which is a nice enough bit of kit. A week after he started using it, he brought it to me saying it wasn't spraying properly. On close examination he'd broken the tip of the nozzle by forcing the needle too hard...
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    Gern's Laserart Locomotive

    Now I'm finito!
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    Gern's Laserart Locomotive

    Finito. Here are the pics of my completed train. A lot of fun, and though I say it myself, I reckon it looks pretty good if you don't get too close (well I'm 'chuffed' with it and that's what really counts)! Here's the tracks. You can see what they look like in the 'sprue' shots in my first...
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    Back to where I left off

    Hi guys. just had a recap of Barry's wonderful Border Lanc build. It's been some time since Iast looked so had to scroll through every page to find where I'd got to. Is there any way of opening a thread at the last page you visited rather than the start?
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    Gern's Laserart Locomotive

    Almost finished. I have to create some sort of coupling for the tender as I didn't get one in the kit. According to their instructions, the axles and coupling were originally supplied as round dowel. They've changed this to flat strips and I don't know if they forgot the coupling or if it was...

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