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   |  Trick's of the Trade Just a Idea i had thought might help Newcomers and Vet's alike. We all know that this Hobby is very costly and thats just the model's. Theres no real way around paying HIGH prices on figs{ unless you buy from IKARUS  },But there are options on Brushes,Files,Spray's and Etc.So if you have any tip's or trick's you might have or heard of or know of,Help all your Brother and Sister Terran's out and let us know.
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Blog Entries: 1 | DON"T BUY GAMES WORKSHOP PVA GLUE!!!  It's a tiny bottle of waayy over priced white glue. Just use Elmers white glue, or wood glue.
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Blog Entries: 5 | Do buy Apple Barrel paints... For line and file guys, it works great. I stick w/ GW paints on the big guys, but Apple BArrel is just gret!
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 | Well we have done the whole cheaper side of painting...but here's a bit of a kicker for ya...Walmart sells a cheap...($.98) alternative to the expensive primers from GW and other hobby suppliers...they have it in black, white, grey, and rust They cover very well, and are sandable too...make sure if you use them to shake the crap outa them but once they mix...man it's so much nicer then forkin out $5+ for a can of something that's gonna be covered anyways...LOL
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| Destruction Manifest   Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Loyall, Kentucky
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Blog Entries: 1 | Well, I just gotta set of Diamond Micro Files from the Warstore, they were 12 bucks, but they work wonders on metal models, especially useful for those hard to reach places.
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12-28-2007
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| Always go to your local arts and craft store there is a huge selection of brushes there at decent prices.As for glue i have used Zap Gap since i started its great i use it on everything. My big thing thats hard to find is primers wolfpack had a good sug,does anyone have any idea's
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Blog Entries: 5 | actually wolfpack beat me to it. Wally world's flat primers ($.98 each) are powder based not latex, sot dont munch the details, but he is correct, shake the crap right out of em. oh, and use locktite on plastic minis. not to expensive and you will need to cut off an arm to get it apart
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Blog Entries: 1 | I've heard that GW just buys flock from other companies, repackages it and sells it at a higher price. Any ideals on where to get cheap flock?
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Blog Entries: 7 | i use flock that usually is in the model train section at hobby town for like $8.00. you get alot in the container.
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Blog Entries: 1 | Try looking in a model train store. I have six containers, each about a quart, of flock, and each a different color. It wasn't too expensive.
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Blog Entries: 1 | Thanks for the info guys. I have another question. What is a good way to get rid of shaved plastic that get in nooks and crannies? I was thinking maybe some canned air.
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Blog Entries: 5 | want the cheapest flock out there???? MAKE IT YOURSELF: 1 Get a big heavy duty Trash Bag 2 Go to home depot/lowes/lumberyard 3 ask them to fill it with sawdust 4 go home. 5 get an old coffee grinder 6 fill with saw dust 7 add a squirt of cheap a** green acrylic paint, 8 mix thouroughly 9 let dry 10 use however you want! it works great and is cheap as S***! enjoy.
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Blog Entries: 1 | I'll say it again, 2000 grit automotive sandpaper works wonders for smoothing out mold lines on plastics, especially the new plastic.
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or runing an old toothbrush over it a couple of times might work.
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| What about air brush comp,does anyone have a sug on what model?
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