The Modelers Thread

[healey36]

What's the footprint of this structure? Looks like 18 inches or more. Nice piece for a long, narrow bit of right-of-way.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What's the footprint of this structure? Looks like 18 inches or more. Nice piece for a long, narrow bit of right-of-way.

Roughly 18" x 6"....

[healey36]

Had a first ever this AM; a can of LocTite spray adhesive burst in my hand, a 1/2-inch slit opening up in the sheet-metal near the base of the container. In 65 years, never saw this happen before. The can was relatively new, had no apparent external damage.

Be careful out there.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

........a can of LocTite spray adhesive burst in my hand.........

Nasty! Hope you did not sustain any injury; eyes and face good and clear - does make one want to reach for the safety glasses

[robert.]

where did the adhesive end up? Everywhere or staid in the can?

[healey36]

A small cut on the heel of my right hand, possibly from running my hand over the side of the can in surprise. A stream of glue blew out all over my tee and the front of my pants.

I flipped a note to LocTite’s consumer relations dept., along with the lot number, just in case there were other problems reported.

[RBH29]

Wow! I hope you didn't inhale any of the adhesive.

[healey36]

I will freely admit to not being the most conscientious/cautious about using these types of things in well-ventilated areas. If I ever get serious about dragging the airbrush back out, it would be prudent to invest in some sort of a booth with proper venting, or at least move outdoors or into the garage where dispersion is better accommodated. I've been very stupid about that.

[healey36]

I've had Clever Models' crossing tower kit in my project folder forever, so I'm thinking I might finally take a crack at it. The beauty of this is if you muck it up, you can just reprint and start over:



Building a staircase out of cardstock seems likely to be off the fiddly scale; I have a Grandt Line staircase in the bit box as an alternative.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Building a staircase out of cardstock seems likely to be off the fiddly scale...

Maybe you could double print that and laminate it up to get a better thickness to work with for a staircase.

Yes, Grandt Line....and those are a fiddly as well. Somewhere I have some wood ones - Kaw Valley, I think

[healey36]

The more I look at this thing, the staircase bit, as printed, makes no sense to me in terms of its layout. I have a set of printed instructions for this thing; perhaps taking a look at those would be a good first step

Laminated cardstock is a good idea, but I might also just cement it on matt board similar to what I've done in the past, cutting out windows/doors as I go (dumb it down a bit). I'm not sure I need, for my purposes, to go to the length of building up the window/door frames and other trim details.

[sarge]

If I'm honest, I'd use that second sheet as a template to replicate the stairway bits in wood, then glue them up.

Card is a common medium in UK 7mm, much more-so than in American O. Mingling wood for the fiddly bits that really need more stiffness than card can provide (unless the printer of the kit chooses a cardstock with directional grain and takes advantage of the grain-stiffness) is pretty mainstream in that world, and would do well here.

Go with sticks using the print as a template.

[healey36]

Yup, I've been thinking that's the ultimate solution for the staircase bit, styrene another possibility. Plenty of balsa and basswood lying around here though. I got a couple of other things to finish off before I start this. I've also noticed that the old WYSIWYG aspect of my printer ain't quite working; everything seems to print a shade or two darker than I see it on the screen. I just printed a schematic of HMS Prince of Wales' camo at the time of her sinking, and the colors look way darker on paper than on the screen. Misery...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Getting the roof closed in....

[J. S. Bach]

looking good.