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PetarB

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  1. Very nice. The undercarriage looks particularly great.
  2. Really nice, came out well. I think the burner can could use a little touch-up though. The bubble canopy looks fantastic.
  3. Very interesting. I can't wait to see the 'family' shot, should be quite intriguing.
  4. Scale is the main issue here. There are some new products on the market which are decals with raised button head rivets. I've yet to try them but if you have the application, I'm guessing they would save you an enormous amount of time. I think someone built a Disney Nautilus which is covered with button head style rivets, and they used this product to great effect. I couldn't imagine doing this job without a product like that.
  5. Cicero is in no way obscure. A very interesting and important person, but he did pick the wrong side in the end...
  6. Really nice work, and some great photographs!
  7. A flame is okay... but you have to be very gentle. Here's a documentation of some of my canopy molding work with a candle. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=28650&st=0 I've done this a lot of times since these pics were taken, but these days I don't bother photographing the process, I have a nice dental vacformer which takes place of the candle and my toasted fingers!
  8. That looks good, thanks for the pics! Always worth a thousand words...
  9. The issue with the bubbles for the thicker one, I'm not sure what's going on there. I think perhaps you might want to slow down the heating. I have not experienced the issue as I only use the thinner sheets for canopies. As for the bumpy texture it's possible that this is from the buck. It's not clear whether you're using an existing plastic canopy, filled with plaster? I'm guessing the plastic on plastic contact between the PETG heated sheet and the plastic of the canopy is causing the issue. Have you tried another object, like the plaster, or some other inert non-plastic substance? I've had
  10. Awesome work. One suggestion for the cockpit - if you can vacforum. Use the uncut cockpit shape you have to vacform clear plastic. ON TOP of this, vacform another sheet of opaque plastic. Out of that top vacform you can cut out the windows, and ta-da you have a perfect in-place shaped windows from the clear plastic one you've vacformed underneath it. I've used this method successfully, although it may be a bit more of a challenge at the size you have here, or not possible. Just a thought, I'm sure you have plenty of other ideas. I know that planking method probably drove you nuts though...
  11. Future is actually a great way to eliminate any silvering of the decals (trapped air bubbles). Blotting the excess off is easy, and at this stage you can use water to clean up any excess. A light touch is always best though.
  12. Pastels can work well, except for when you try and give them a protective coat. Airbrushing is the best technique, but there's a LOT of practice involved in my opinion. The other issue is that you need to go so lightly that at first it's not apparent that you've put anything on until it dries properly, so you REALLY need excellent lighting in your airbrush area.
  13. I just read this story before coming here. As one of the comments in the article said: "It's almost as if corporations are more interested in revenue than military objectives." Good luck to him.
  14. Most Aussies (like me) just won't ever get to see the 'Morning Glory' - the place where it occurs is not exactly the most 'densely populated' area of Australia. There's also not much of a reason to visit the areas it appears over either, unless you're a keen fisherman or miner (I'm about to get trounced on here! ;) ). It does however make for some fascinating photography though - it's an amazing natural phenomenon.
  15. This is amazing - not only do I have the same kit, up to the same steps as you are, but also lighting in an extremely similar fashion! However, I'm clear casting the engine inserts so the light can diffuse from them, but I don't think I will bother with the grille either, it looks horrible. I'm also using 'Madman Lighting Tramp Freighter kit'. I'm hoping to finish mine up in the Xmas Holidays. How do you plan to mount/display the beast?
  16. The lathes do exist. They just cost lots of money. Micromark used to sell a tiny wood lathe with the kind of motor power you're talking about, which looked interesting to me. It was marketed as more for children learning, but I think it could have been repurposed quite nicely for a micro hobbyists lathe. I eventually bought a CO 'Baby' Lathe, which isn't quite the size of a red brick (maybe more like 4 together!). As far as I can see your real issues would be making a smooth bed, compound and crosslide. If you can get those 'right'... I think you're well on your way.
  17. The Chinese spacecraft bear more than a passing resemblance to the Russian's....
  18. Thanks for all your kind words. Hard to do a 'drab' scheme after this one, but I am in a military mood again...
  19. Posted only last week http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=239833
  20. Inspiring, wonderful work. Really quite amazing...
  21. Once again, they went way too heavy on the panel lines. That thing would never win an IPMS competition. ;) Seriously. Wonderful pics, thank you. Love the Hind!
  22. Dobar dan, brat! (Aussie croatian here). I love your work on this, simply amazing work.
  23. That's a surprising decision. The Harriers are beautiful aircraft though...
  24. Simply beautiful work. Well done, I look forward to more.
  25. Actually I think the reverse may be true, depending on the size. With a tube, you only have one dimension to work with - the diameter. With a the square tube, there are four faces, then you've got the small radius on each corner. I've applied artwork either by printer carbon heating through a laminator, or special blue photoresist paper. I haven't tried the UV exposure method, but none of these are really compatible with a process that relies on timed treatment of one surface. To me, this is the big challenge and I am interested in hearing how this would be surmounted.
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