Tag Archives: Technique-and-Tips

Technique Demo: Scribing methods and tools (17 Oct 2025)
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Posted on October 19, 2025 by

Scribing Demo via Robert Beach (IPMS-USA #9460)  (Download copy – Here) NOTES: Video – Paul Budzik (https://www.paulbudzik.com) has a very good intro to scibing techniques, among many other topics. Why? Scratchbuilding, repairs, accurizing, using good kits that have raised panel … Full Article→

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FYA – For Your Awareness
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Posted on November 29, 2023 by

More Stuff to “stuff” your brain with! 11/29/2023: Speaking of painting, a line of enamel paints has recently come to my attention: Tru-Color Paint. Seen in the IPMS/USA Journal adverts and touted as the ‘Official Paint of NAVSEA’ – the … Full Article→

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Fixing Yellowed Decals
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Posted on November 28, 2021 by

For anyone who has been working with plastic model kits for any length of time, there is a good chance they’ve encountered an old set of decals that have ‘yellowed’ on the sheet. Whatever the cause, there is a ‘trick’ … Full Article→

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Something New from Something Else – a Kit Mash-Up Adventure
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Posted on February 12, 2018 by

I have to say I really have been enjoying our club’s annual Build Challenges as they indeed challenge me to get something “done” by giving me a deadline.  Admittedly, I have only been ready once out out of the past … Full Article→

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2017 Club Challenge: 3-kit ‘Mash-Up’ or Channeling Your Inner Frankenstein
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Posted on February 11, 2018 by

The club’s annual build Challenge theme for 2017 was to create a ‘mash-up’ using the parts from three different kits (and for extra spice, from different genres such as plane-ship-tank…)  The goal was to use only the parts provided by the … Full Article→

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Kit Smash! or “Making a mountain from a mole hill” – Pt. 2
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Posted on November 17, 2014 by

Tail Surfaces:  After cutting apart the P-38 kit’s tail booms, I was left with four vertical tail surface halves, each with good sized gaps to be filled, both from the opening for the horizontal tail and from the trimmed boom … Full Article→

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Kit Smash! or “Making a mountain from a mole hill” – Pt. 1
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Posted on October 24, 2014 by

Challenge: Turn a 1/48 scale P-38 Lightning into an experimental WWII Japanese fighter plane. For the November 2014 Club Theme Challenge, we decided to “compete” using any scale or make of P-38 kit, built to any result (in other words, … Full Article→

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Applying a Natural Metal Finish Using Aluminum Foil
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Posted on October 17, 2014 by

Skills Demo presented by Bob Bradford Bob Bradford presented a demonstration of the technique he uses to apply aluminum foil to his models to replicate the unpainted natural metal aircraft finishes used by many air forces over time. He had … Full Article→

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‘Build a P-38 Any Which Way But Loose’ – Club Theme Event
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Posted on October 16, 2014 by

At the November meeting, the club will host a themed display of models, all constructed from the same basic starting point: a kit of the P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft of World War II fame.  What the builder makes of their … Full Article→

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Vacuform Aircraft Modeling – Part 5
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Posted on July 24, 2014 by

Basic Techniques (Con’t) Creating Bulkheads: Being able to fabricate ‘bulkheads’ is a useful modeling skill and pretty much required when working with vac kits since they often need extra support and rigidity.  But, bulkheads are also needed when making up … Full Article→

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