Christmas seems so far away

[Texas Red]

Thank you!

I started building models when I was maybe 7 or 8 years old with my grandpa. It takes experience to build a model that nice, including the paint which I do by hand. I'm also trying to get an airbrush and for those, iirc, you'd need the paint to be oil based. And water based paint doesn't work very well with plastic models.

What I do before I paint it is I take out the parts and carefully study them, then I was them in a bowl of soapy water to get the grease that is used for building the plastic parts off. The grease prevents the paint from sticking well. Then, I build the model and paint it and then add the decals last. I don't paint the insides of bomber planes that I build because no ones ever gonna see it unless you take apart the model.

[mapuc]

yea tell me about it. Water based colour is a bad choice when painting on plastic models.

I always go through each tree to see if all parts is there AND if some of them has got any damage.

Only one time in my model building life, did I find a part who was damage. It was the hull on the HMS Queen Mary II 1:400 Scale. I send the producer a mail...10 days later I got a new fresh hull.

This HMS Hood model has photo etch parts which mean I need to get my hands on these tools.

When this model was released in 2016 it was without these photo etch sheet.
This mean somewhere between 2016 and 2020 they have decided to upgrade it to some kind of celebration(not the correct word I know) model
Now why didn't they go all the way and added metal barrel instead what's in the box-barrel made of plastic.
I'm thinking of ordering this
https://anticsonline.uk/Product/Trum...200_N107971969

Your metode of washing the parts in light soaped water sound interesting.

Markus

[Texas Red]

Originally Posted by mapuc

yea tell me about it. Water based colour is a bad choice when painting on plastic models.

I always go through each tree to see if all parts is there AND if some of them has got any damage.

Only one time in my model building life, did I find a part who was damage. It was the hull on the HMS Queen Mary II 1:400 Scale. I send the producer a mail...10 days later I got a new fresh hull.

This HMS Hood model has photo etch parts which mean I need to get my hands on these tools.

When this model was released in 2016 it was without these photo etch sheet.
This mean somewhere between 2016 and 2020 they have decided to upgrade it to some kind of celebration(not the correct word I know) model
Now why didn't they go all the way and added metal barrel instead what's in the box-barrel made of plastic.
I'm thinking of ordering this
https://anticsonline.uk/Product/Trum...200_N107971969

Your metode of washing the parts in light soaped water sound interesting.

Markus

Thats cool!
Some of the models I have built have really thin parts that break easily if you try to cut them out with an exacto knife or whatever, sometimes they are super small and you drop them and cannot find them.
Yes, photo etch requires new tools that you would not use on plastic models.

When you wash the parts, you have to be EXTRA carefull not to knock out the smaller pieces, because some may be extremely important and they could go right down the drain.
You could put some kind of mesh on the drain or whatever to catch the smaller pieces.

I did yard work with my dad and my mom helping them build their garden and most of our yard is clay, and lifting a lot of it hurt a ton.

My neck was super sore on Monday and some of today.

[mapuc]

I think I will do it a bit different when it comes to washing the parts with water and soap.

First I will see in the manual which part is needed to make this section of the model-These will be cut off from the tree.

Then I'll take a cup add some almost slightly warm water and a few drops of dishwashing liquid. In there I will put these parts and let it be for an hour.

Thereby there's no chance for smaller parts to disappear-down the drain.

The bigger parts will be placed on a smaller towel or tea towel and using this towel to gently remove/dry the parts

The smaller parts will be dried by using a clean dry paint brush
(Brushing the small waterboble of the small part)

This is what I have been thinking on how I will proceed with this interesting thing in washing the parts with water and soap/dishwashing liquid.

Edit
Bigger parts will be put in a little bowl I have.
End edit

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Given the choice of the two I would have picked similarly Markus

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Given the choice of the two I would have picked similarly Markus

I haven't regret my choice.

I need to find a British hobbystore(online of course) where I can buy the photo etch tools I need. So far I have only found stores where they had 1-2 item and I need following.

Photo Etch Placer pen
Diamond fil/file
scissor or Photo Etch cutter
Photo Etch Parts Bender (Small)and (medium)
Bending Plier for Photo Etch (this is for the parts that doesn't really fit the parts bender)

When I work with modelbuilding, laying puzzle, sowing I listen to audiobooks.

I have bought the first two of Douglas Adams hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series. Only two left.

Going sit and build while listerning to his books.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I haven't regret my choice.

I need to find a British hobbystore(online of course) where I can buy the photo etch tools I need. So far I have only found stores where they had 1-2 item and I need following.

Photo Etch Placer pen
Diamond fil/file
scissor or Photo Etch cutter
Photo Etch Parts Bender (Small)and (medium)
Bending Plier for Photo Etch (this is for the parts that doesn't really fit the parts bender)

When I work with modelbuilding, laying puzzle, sowing I listen to audiobooks.

I have bought the first two of Douglas Adams hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series. Only two left.

Going sit and build while listerning to his books.

Markus

https://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/products/accessories

https://www.emodels.co.uk/accessorie...ng-craft-tools