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  1. Campaman
    There used to be a program called posterizer or something like that, that could take your files and make them into a poster. A google or bing search may find it.
  2. Campaman
    I use a old writing bureau that I got from a second hand furniture shop. The front fold up so protects what I am working in when not in use and plenty of drawers and cubby holes for modelling equipment.
  3. Campaman
    I do a lot of military modelling as well as my trains and I make my own washes using oil paints and white spirit, also have some acrylic thinned with water washes. The main thing is that you need a gloss surface for the wash and then clear matt/satin afterwards.
  4. Campaman
    Do a google search (other search engines are available) for L-Girder baseboard construction, lets you build bot h below and above the track level and can use far less timber than other methods. One example is here: www.rail.felgall.com/lg.htm
  5. Campaman
    I would have thought even though you have used Rocket glue that you could cut the join with a new scalpel blade.
  6. Campaman
    Yes, no guarantees but it usually works. Will depend on how much glue you originally applied.
  7. Campaman
    If you used the thin Revell Contacta glue, you should find that if you re-apply some it will soften the join enough for it to be dismantled. I build a lot of plastic kits and do this all the time, sometimes by accident :-)
  8. Campaman
    I have done it by soaking the sponge in green (or other colour required) paint first, let that dry then use a cheese grater, the paint makes the sponge stiff enough to grate, but it is then soft again after grating.
  9. Campaman
    I have also use Feathers (we have a 4 parrots) to good effect, I used string wound round thick wire (earth wire from twin and earth cable) for the trunk texture then painted it, it also allows you to bend the trunk.
  10. Campaman
    I have a piece of rail inserted into a small piece of wood that I slide the rail joiner onto first to open both ends out ready for the actual track. Think of it like a piece of rail fixed in a file handle.
  11. Campaman
    If you have a local The Range shop, they sell Windsor and Newton acrylic matt varnish in 500ml pots that works out much cheaper than the modelling equivalents, its for artists but it works great on card/paper and I also use it on my plastic models. HobbyCraft also sell micro glue applicators in a pack of 3 which are good for PVA glues, they come with a pin to seal the thin nozzle.
  12. Campaman
    Its just a general rule of thumb, I have had enamel lift acrylic. I guess it all depends on the brand and type of acrylic and the type of solvent in the enamel as if it lifts it or not.
  13. Campaman
    I have found that most spray varnishes are fine is you apply multiple very light coats so as not to saturate the paper/card. I currently use Windsor & Newton Acrylic matt varnish sprayed on using my airbrush, slightly thinned using IPA.
  14. Campaman
    Not sure how to remove it but below is some information regarding Enamels and Acrylics and over painting. I think you will have problems if you just try enamel varnish over the acrylic Can You overpaint acrylic paint? If you try to overpaint an acrylic paint with an enamel paint, then the solvent in the enamel will lift the underlying acrylic paint. You can usually overpaint an enamel paint with an acrylic paint provided the enamel paint has fully cured and there is no solvent left in the enamel.
  15. Campaman
    I butchered and old Superquick Barn I had, looks better in real life than the photos.
  16. Campaman
    The Airfix one is similar to the one at Minehead on the West Somerset Railway.
  17. Campaman
    Same here, a quick dab of oil for lubricating the drill bit also helps.
  18. Campaman
    Strange that it only shows 2 coaches, I got this set three years ago in an Argos sale and at that point it came with 3 but not the red re-railer thingy. Its probably a way of keeping the same price by having less in the box. It would be interesting to see if the polystyrene insert in the box has space for the 3rd coach.
  19. Campaman
    Personally having tried the loft, if you don't fully convert with windows (Velux) and full insulation / access its not ideal, the hatch being the first problem.
  20. Campaman
    Right or wrong I have droppers every 4-5 pieces of track but join the track with a soldered wire link between them below as well as the rail joiners.
  21. Campaman
    I have double sided strip, came from C & L
  22. Campaman
    The method i use is first coat, grey primer, then spray from a distance so the droplets are big, white, red and yellow. give it a try on scrap.
  23. Campaman
    Personally I would do what is right, but as you say rule 1 applies. There are plenty of brick sheets available, or you can be sad like me and scribe your own...
  24. Campaman
    Just recently upgraded to one from DCC Supplies although I think I may have had the last one in stock.
  25. Campaman
    Cartridge paper also has a texture so you could also use that.
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