MOONDOG wrote to GRYPHON <=-ãã > Ah yes, I love plastic models. I made so many of them that I even had aã > little carousel holder for testor's paint bottles and a whole slew ofã > model-making paraphenalia. I had liquid cement, files, sand paper, decalã > release, xacto knives of all kindes, cutter mat, and an airbrush withã > compressor.ããYep! Sounds similar to my old setup!ãã > Then I got in to making my own models from parts from many different kits.ã > took the engines from the enterprise and glued them on to a ford mustang,ã > added loads of body putty to make my own space ship model.ã ãAh - kitbashing. :-)ãã MO> I used to make airplane models. A few years back I found some kits inã MO> storage I had from the early 1990's and finally finished a 1:48 scaleã MO> B-17D. I painted it with rattle can Rustoleum (easier than setting upã MO> the airbrush fo r complete coverage, and cut out the bomb bay doors toã MO> put in a CR2023 battery cell hooked to bright red LED's in the cockpit,ã MO> radio room, and waist gunner's sections to simulate night lighting.ã MO> When the lights are out, it's cool to see the barely lit red glow fromã MO> the windows. I had to spray the interior with primer in order to blockã MO> the light from shining through the body pieces. I picked up anã MO> acrylics set to do the details, but I have a long way to go beforeã MO> doing any high detail or weathering.ããNow that sounds very very cool!!!ãããã... Deja Booboo: When you feel you've screwed this up before.ã--- MultiMail/Mac v0.52ã þ wcQWK 8.0 ÷ Omicron Theta * Horn Lake, MS * winserver.orgã
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