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TXCajun

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  1. For future reference: I did some experimenting styrene and found that it begins getting soft around 150-160 degrees and begins melting around 170. The inside of a car sitting in the summer sun can easily hit these temperatures. Having said that, there is no need to "speed dry" typical hobby glues. Liquid glues like Testors, Tamiya, Tenax, etc. should be applied with a fine brush or applicator. The chemically-melted styrene should be touchable in an about 30 minutes or less and fully set in a couple of hours. Hope this helps with future builds.
  2. Well, I'm forging ahead with the B-26. Finally got decals sorted out. Aeromaster had a sheet with "Flak Bait" and "The Milk Run Special" I've got an urge to do a natural metal bird, so doing "Flak Bait" will have to wait. Given that the B-26 model needs lots of nose weight, the hollow kit tires will be stuffed with lead wool for added weight and formed to be much less flatter than the True Details wheels. Cheers!
  3. Hey folks, It wasn't until I posted a couple of messages that I noticed that there were guidelines to the build. Unfortunately, I have chosen to go whole-hog with my construction of the B-26 kit and will be using resin/photo-etch on mine. Thus, I have disqualified myself. However, I do want to share a couple of things for those who might be building this kit in the future. On Sunday, I ordered the following from "SprueBrothersModels": - Eduard photo-etch set for the B-26 Interior - Quickboost P&W R-2800 resin engines - Quickboost machine gun barrels - True Details weighted resin whee
  4. I recently did a WWII biplane project, and part of the rigging work involved use of a rubber tubing normally used for fishing fly tying. It's actually hollow tubing and is very flexible. The guy who gave it to me says it can be found at places like Bass Pro Shops and Cabellas. I think this will work great for brake lines. I don't know if there are different diameters, but this stuff is about the diameter of a mechanical pencil lead, so it should work fine for 1/48. I plan to use it as soon as I can make a road trip to buy more.
  5. OK, I'm just a wee bit ticked here... Went to Aeromaster and ordered decals for "Big Hairy Bird", a rather colorful bare-metal B-26. Got a reply back that although the decals were on the web site (Eagle Strike Productions), they were no longer in prodcution. So, I search for #2 choice... Found it and it's $29.99 from MeteorProductions Pyn-Up decals. I just can't stomach thirty bucks for a sheet that only gives two marking options, regardless of the quality. I think that is excessive. So, it's on to search for option #3...
  6. Hey guys, I just stumbled upon this posting in an Internet search for B-26 info. Funny thing how this came about: My best friend and modeling buddy was on the end-run of building the Hobbycraft F7U Cutlass and was stressed out over the fit issues. I had just finished an Hanriot Hd.1 from Eduard and spent six hours rigging it. We were BOTH frazzled. So, I dropped him an e-mail suggesting (a) a "Buddy Build" in which we were each going to build the same kit and that (:) we build the Hasegawa F6F-3 Hellcat or some other kit that falls together as a break for both of us. Well...by the time we
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