Subj : Re: Plastic Models
To   : MOONDOG
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Mon Sep 20 2021 10:48 pm

-=> MOONDOG wrote to GRYPHON <=-

 > Ah yes, I love plastic models.  I made so many of them that I even had a
 > little carousel holder for testor's paint bottles and a whole slew of
 > model-making paraphenalia.  I had liquid cement, files, sand paper, decal
 > release, xacto knives of all kindes, cutter mat, and an airbrush with
 > compressor.

Yep! Sounds similar to my old setup!

 > Then I got in to making my own models from parts from many different kits.
 > took the engines from the enterprise and glued them on to a ford mustang,
 > added loads of body putty to make my own space ship model.
 
Ah - kitbashing. :-)

 MO> I used to make airplane models.  A few years back I found some kits in
 MO> storage I had from the early 1990's and finally finished a 1:48 scale
 MO> B-17D. I painted it with rattle can Rustoleum (easier than setting up
 MO> the airbrush fo r complete coverage, and cut out the bomb bay doors to
 MO> put in a CR2023 battery cell hooked to bright red LED's in the cockpit,
 MO> radio room, and waist gunner's sections to simulate night lighting.
 MO> When the lights are out, it's cool to see the barely lit red glow from
 MO> the windows.  I had to spray the interior with primer in order to block
 MO> the light from shining through the body pieces.  I picked up an
 MO> acrylics set to do the details, but I have a long way to go before
 MO> doing any high detail or weathering.

Now that sounds very very cool!!!



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