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Better late than never! It looks great and so do the photos! Nice finish and detailing. - MT

That looks great! - MT

That looks cool Derex! My son may change his mind about his Christmas gifts

That's AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing that. He did a nice job showing how he did the fiber optics. - MT

I gotta dig the missile parts too! Nice engineering. - MT

Using it on paper, it gets all over you too ! We had to use charcoal and that was even worse! I learned to start high up on the paper (or your model) and work my way down so as to not rub it off or smear it more. - MT

Personally, I always got frustrated with my Badger dual action. There always seemed to be something and I baby my airbrushes. The upside is that places like Michael's have a lot of parts for them in store. - MT

OK, put me down for them!!! They look AWESOME!!! - MT

This looks great, especially at an odd scale. The 1/350th models have my vote and I'll pass word on to others I know want them. Would you consider sizing all the fighters in 1/350th? - MT

It looks great! Nice and clear visuals, but my streaming was chopped up. - MT

Superglue is the best! I was gluing carbon fiber parts together with epoxy. Clean the joints, mix the epoxy, spread the epoxy and clamp the parts to sit overnight. Then I used superglue and it was STRONGER, faster and better (like the Six Million Dollar Man) - MT

This week is the last week of my formal drawing (sketching) class for college. I was thinking about doing the same thing with my graphites. Most of the panel lines in tiny 1/350th models are too shallow to accept a wash, like the X-47B I've gotta finish. If they won't "catch" the powder, then maybe the pencil will work. - MT

As I was going through your build Nyankodevice I kept thinking, "that would make a GREAT resin kit!" You SHOULD do it! Not just because of people's issues with Hasegawa's kit, but the size and detail are in a completely better class. This way your work goes double - for yourself AND fellow fans. - MT

That build is coming along AWESOME! - MT

That video was groovy baby (background blues music :^) Yeah, like that machine. That's cool Model Junkie! I like what they said, "would probably not be sold today due to safety regulations." I would have LOVED that as a toy! It's going down a rabbit trail, but I had a similar one that heated up to make rubber monsters and then re-cube them up again http://www.snowcrest.net/fox/str.html - MT

I was thinking of checking out the Adafruit stuff. I'm working on some museum ideas. This might be the way to go. - MT

I was thinking of getting one of those some day sbantonelli, it would be more convenient and reliable! Next time you guys go get fast food with a soda, look at the plastic lid - they're vacu-formed. Those tiny coffee creamer portions are too. There are little "pimples" formed in the molded piece from where holes are drilled in the master buck. It allows air to be pulled into recesses and helps pull the shape into tight spots. The holes in the master equate to the pimples in the molded piece. It helps with some shapes, but not all, especially with under-cut edges. Thin plastic can translate more details like all the punch down symbols in the lid of your soda. Thicker plastic doesn't translate details well because they get lost. I've been studying up for my first real machine build. Some interesting stuff! - MT

When you do the comparison, please take photos and notes. It would make for a good educational thread. We see these kinds of questions all the time. I used the Testor's glue GENEROUSLY on the Legos, like with a medicine dropper and outside. I actually got goo filling several joints like the assembled models in toy stores. - MT

I hope you're right Vifam! Aoshima has also done re-releases like the Gunze-Sangyo Dorvak kits. GREAT news all the way around! - MT

Viscosity seems to be equal to all of the other liquid cements. The only downfall is that it has no applicator, but I just use an old paintbrush. Other glues (like Testor's liquid) DO use MEK (and acetates), but with other stuff like acrylic fillers. I've actually used Testor's to glue up my son's Lego builds where he wants them to be permanent. MEK is NASTY stuff though to be breathing in. That's why I switched over to the Micro Weld. Plus it doesn't travel into the next room where my family starts complaining! - MT

GREAT idea and design! Keep us posted! - MT

Vacuum forming looks daunting, but it's not really bad. Do some searches, watch some videos and become the master All you need is a household vacuum cleaner for suction - ignore other crazy things you may see - especially for a tiny canopy. I have a canopy sized box and a bigger 7" x 10" box for parts. Next I'm building a vacuum forming machine for BIG stuff. - MT

This sounds like the news from the podcast on our home page: SpeakerPODcast EP.28 – RELEASE THE DRAKEN!They mentioned all the companies got up on stage and would be working together. I think it may be just for Macross Delta though, I hope not! - MT

Thanks for the video Antibiotictab! The intro is clever! - MT

AWESOME Jefuemon! Looks like wait was worth it! - MT