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Post by hardlec on Oct 23, 2016 22:59:21 GMT
Remember: Scott's buildings come with an inner shell of the destroyed building. They are great looking and extremely robust.
It is a good idea to use a sharpie or similar colored marker to blend/color the cut edge of the paper.
I use Beacon "ZIP DRY(r)" glue, although you may find a good glue for paper or mat board at your local craft store. Check the scrapbook section. Superglue gets brittle and is not the best for paper models.
A PVA glue, such as Elmer's(r) works very well, but you need to use paper clips, binder clips or hot glue as clamps to hold pieces together.
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Post by madmorgan on Oct 24, 2016 19:30:34 GMT
Another handy modeler item is rubber cement. Cheap and effective for holding paper products to a styrofoam or other board and then removing them later. You can lay a battlefield out and pick it all up again, reusing the foam board numerous times - very cost effective.
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Post by loyalist on Oct 26, 2016 0:28:26 GMT
Rubber cement's what I use to attach paper to styrene. Works great.
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Post by morbius on Oct 28, 2016 3:56:07 GMT
Here's some of the other building I am working on, along Scott's farm house, for comparison. Batman is not to scale. Craig
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Post by boxholder on Oct 28, 2016 12:40:55 GMT
And obviously, a sorcerer's apprentice at work in the background. (or else morbius is REALLY young)
Get them started early in the hobby and you will never have to worry about drugs. They wlll never have enough money for dope!
Nice work on the buildings, too.
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Post by morbius on Nov 22, 2016 6:00:45 GMT
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Post by hardlec on Nov 25, 2016 23:30:02 GMT
A couple of notes: Rubber cement works much better than superglue. I also like ZipDry by Beacon. This drys fast but allows repositioning.
Paper clips and binder clips make good clamps. Hot melt glue also makes a decent clamp, but it is unreliable as glue.
I have found the heavy card stock Scott uses is quite durable, I've never had to fortify with styrene.
Use a colored maker, such as a sharpie, to color joints.
Superglue is terrible for paper. Paper flexes, superglue joints do not. Paper also absorbs superglue, making for an area of brittle paper and a weak joint. Check the scrapbooking area of your craft store for good paper to paper glue, and use some before trying to do more elaborate things for chimneys.
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Post by morbius on Jul 14, 2017 23:55:23 GMT
It's been a while since I last posted here. I've been busy with some health issues and my new job. Getting back into the swing of things now Craig
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Post by Quendil on Jul 15, 2017 7:44:34 GMT
Looks great
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Post by madmorgan on Jul 15, 2017 17:33:12 GMT
Nice and welcome back.
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Post by gdieckhaus on Jul 17, 2017 18:11:32 GMT
One of the first videos I did, I looked at some HO terrain buildings by IMEX, and show them in scale to tripods and tanks. youtu.be/0RmoHmo88To
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