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[draknoir2]

It's a POS. It was a gift from mein Vater-in-Law, who got it as a free promotional gift. It's never worked very well. I usually use either my daughter's Kodak or the one at work.

[Bronze21]

They're on the pc at home. I'll have to bring them in on Monday for you.

[Bronze21]

DRAKNOIR, I sent you a file with blower pics this morning. Lemme know if you got it.

[draknoir2]

I got them! Excellent! How did you get them? I have nothing showing such detail.

Now I can make the injector and complete the blower assy..

[Bronze21]

Well, you know DRAK...a p-pic from here, a p-pic from there...yeah.

Doug, the net and personal pics.

[TheDarkOne#1]

A question to the modellers here.

I want to begin modelling but i don't know which scale I should use?
Should i use 1:18 or 1:25 ?

I saw a lot of great models at humvee driver's website and that's what got me interested in modelbuilding.

[Big Bopper Bart]

1/24 scale is the easiest.1/18 scale is mosly die cast metal and much harder to find scale parts for modifying them.

[TheDarkOne#1]

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[Bronze21]

Here's maybe a good word of advice...practice on some $15.ooUS model kit FIRST, before diving into the (getting) rare and increasingly expensive BoB kit. An airbrush is always good, but rattlecans will work if using the proper modeling type with a fine-spray tip...Testors or even Tamiya through an airbrush work the best for me. Take your time. Repeat...take your time. Don't break the parts off of the trees/sprues. Cut them off and sand the flashing. Build sub-assemblies and paint them as a whole. After painting the body, put it all together and then use pastels/chalk for the weathering, or a kit called Rust-All works well for the Outback look. Sand the treads of the tires to give it a worn look. When weathering, look at picture to see how the mud would have been flung by the tires, leaving clean spots behind the flares where the mud would be blocked. The dust settles mostly on the top of the vehicle and dirt sticks to the lower rocker areas. You can go back with a detail paintbrush with a little thinner to make the proper fingerprint marks and places where Max rubbed/repaired the car. Watch the movie on dvd and go in sloooo-mooo and pause the scenes that show off details of the cars. The hobby shops and Modelers Pub.com have a lot of aftermarket parts that can be used for details. Also some dollhouse parts will work for boxes and such. I've even used 1:35 scale military accessories to compliment the 1:24 scale models (See E. Jay Thunderdome truck).

We're all here to help out, so just ask away...afterall, the only stupid question, is the question that is un-asked.

[TheDarkOne#1]

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