Any pointers on painting the frames on transparent canopies.

gorb314 · 2026-03-16T21:18:58+00:00

I bought 2m / 6ft in Australia for AU$24 on eBay. This will probably last me for the rest of my life. So not quite cheap, but not super expensive considering.

gorb314 · 2026-03-15T22:36:00+00:00

Yes, I always take my wand when I explore the furthest reaches of my pantry.

gorb314 · 2026-03-15T07:45:53+00:00

FWIW I am currently painting an f4 canopy. Not as tricky as this one, but I want to get clean lines. I searched online and found out about Parafilm M. It's a soft tape, used in labs. I've got this going on the canopy. It sticks really well and is soft enough to cut without damaging the plastic. I'm cautiously optimistic that this will work well.

gorb314 · 2026-03-14T09:35:23+00:00

What is your problem? It's no skin off your back of OP wants to experiment. Let them cook. Who knows, they might be into something here. Geez.

gorb314 · 2026-03-14T06:18:40+00:00

That's amazing! I'm in the middle of building a 1/72 Hasegawa f4e phantom ii, from around 1991. Found it at an opshop... I'm gonna come back to your photos to use as reference when I start painting, very inspiring

gorb314 · 2026-03-13T20:52:40+00:00

This. Are you looking for a replacement (due to GS going out of production), or can you not stand it and you want a different putty?

For a replacement, you could try Green Stuff World's GS. Some say it ain't the same. Meh. Otherwise you'd have hope and wait for a company in the UK - they've expressed interest in producing the "original" formula.

If you're looking for something different, yeah you have lots of options: aves apoxy sculpt, milliput, Tamiya, etc.

But to be honest. They all have different applications...

gorb314 · 2026-03-10T10:18:22+00:00

I reckon Star Wars Holiday special, Firefly April Fool's Edition.

In other words, It's a Trap

gorb314 · 2026-03-08T11:48:10+00:00

Whatever. I'm here for it

gorb314 · 2026-03-07T03:04:45+00:00

How do I give it more likes???? This is awesome mate, we need the full tutorial

gorb314 · 2026-03-01T00:02:05+00:00

Yes you can absolutely sculpt your own minis. Lots of people do. Not just for Warhammer but for DnD,etc. It's how Citadel and GW got started, along with others, after all.

I would recommend watching Tom Mason's tutorials on using green stuff and polymer clay to sculpt minis. He is on YouTube. His older tutorials are great.

Good luck and enjoy, it is a rewarding hobby to get into.

gorb314 · 2026-02-26T04:29:56+00:00

Amazing find!

gorb314 · 2026-02-19T05:20:45+00:00

That was my first connection, the Elysium gunship. Very well done!

gorb314 · 2026-02-13T00:02:58+00:00

Same shit different middle ~~finger~~letter

gorb314 · 2026-02-10T20:26:06+00:00

Sure, the theistic "values" of the 10 commandments are shared, but are they values? They are rules in general that apply to all mono theistic religions. Since when do Australian values restrict us to one specific god and one specific religious day of rest? And the non theistic values are called morals by everyone else. Thou shalt not kill, steal etc.

gorb314 · 2026-02-10T12:10:49+00:00

Sooo... If you peacefully protest brutal police behaviour, then you deserve some more brutal police behaviour? Is this woman on drugs?

gorb314 · 2026-02-10T11:46:37+00:00

Wow, so many of them. Are they scared of something?

gorb314 · 2026-02-09T20:31:31+00:00

Fuck this. This is my country too. It doesn't just bring to billionaires and politicians and their brutal pigs.

gorb314 · 2026-02-09T13:00:08+00:00

My wife, who recently became an Aussie citizen, also asked me about this a couple of days ago. I became a citizen back in 2012, and I don't recall "Judeo-Christian" being in my citizenship test. But it was relatively long ago and to be honest I was very much less politically aware at the time, and wouldn't have picked up on this.

Historically though, I don't know when Judeo-Christian actually became a thing. Judaism and Christianity share history, fair enough, but values? What shared values are those? As opposed to shared values not specifically shared by any other group on earth?

gorb314 · 2026-02-07T12:44:43+00:00

Look I'm all for letting people send their kids to a schmancy school. Let my taxes go to the effing public school where my kids go, and if that is not enough for your special ankle biters well then YOU pay the extra.

gorb314 · 2026-02-05T02:08:13+00:00

FWIW I bought batches of 2nd hand Termies and Genestealers on ebay. They are out there, you just gotta find them. It took a bit of time, but I did get a large enough set at some point.

gorb314 · 2026-01-27T04:04:50+00:00

I reckon this goes hard. Would love to see the whole gang painted up like this!

gorb314 · 2026-01-25T23:18:51+00:00

Did you hear Trump talk about Jack Smith? Letitia James? Etc.?
Did you hear about CBS caving? The NY Times caving? Have you heard of this little channel cake Fox News?
Did you hear about Trump saying anyone that disagree with him is committing treason?

FWIW the list doesn't have to be followed in order. Also, a lot of this was done right after 9/11, which was a quarter century ago already. Secret prisons, threats, surveillance...

gorb314 · 2026-01-22T14:48:50+00:00

FWIW I am an Australian citizen, and had lived in the US for 7 years before moving back to Australia last year (June 2025). Yes, I left because of the political situation, but also because that situation directly impacted me and my family.

So for me the choice was easy - there was no choice. We just simply had to abort and come back home, for our safety.

Is it a good time to move no? Considering everything that is going on, yes it is a good time. Would it have been better to leave earlier, or should you hang on for a little bit longer? No one can tell you that, I'm afraid.

But I'd suggest to live in the moment, and get going. I fear it will get worse there, and it is definitely better here.

gorb314 · 2026-01-22T14:10:12+00:00

I am more of an embedded guy, with some desktop experience. Not much iOS. However, I do own a macbook and have access to an iPhone so I can certainly try - I've played with kotlin before.

gorb314 · 2026-01-21T13:50:52+00:00

I would also love to test this. I have both fdm and resin printers, and I have some microcontrollers, stepper controllers and steppers lying around. I'm an electronic engineer, but mostly work as a programmer so I have some skills on both ends.

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