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by pyroguyboomboomjr
Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:12 pm
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: Question About Decals
Replies: 19
Views: 4944

lairs decals are the greatest in the entire universe! dave
by pyroguyboomboomjr
Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:18 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: HELP! Creating Water for an XD diorama?
Replies: 28
Views: 9597

go here and look at this photo

www.gremlins.com/kitbuilders/daves_world.html

a good shot of a water gag using both resin and gel medium or gloss medium
by pyroguyboomboomjr
Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:28 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: HELP! Creating Water for an XD diorama?
Replies: 28
Views: 9597

water effects anything wet, spurting blood etc.

the board member that suggested gloss medium is a great idea. but you cant tell what you got until its done. its good to mix with paint and create waves or froth of a sinking ship of plane. acrylic resin is the best to use. you should practice first before you ruin you model. you can make drips and ...
by pyroguyboomboomjr
Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:25 pm
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: AVENGER DILEMMA: what would you do?
Replies: 4
Views: 2435

broken horizontal stabilizer

i would get some primacord and blow it up. seriously just get some brass tube or plastic rod and glue it in place with super glue, then drill corresponding holes in the plane and attach it. dont make them so long as they bump into the other side of the fuselage. ie measure twice cut once. if you are...
by pyroguyboomboomjr
Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:38 pm
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: A little recon at AWOH 2007
Replies: 22
Views: 6978

this show really sucked, compared to previous ones. they moved it from ontario and the airsoft is taking over. the bbi guy said that the f 18 with the special paint would be too difficult to replicate in china. but the hellcat was an actual plane not a prototype. it looked really good. so did the 1/...
by pyroguyboomboomjr
Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:21 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Any tips on weathering?
Replies: 3
Views: 1725

you should use a silver pencil or aluminum paint to put paint chips on the leading edges of the wings and props. all along the engine panels where the crew would remove them, and along the wing root on the left side where they board the plane. another method is to paint the plane silver then paint t...
by pyroguyboomboomjr
Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:53 am
Forum: 1:18 Scale Forum
Topic: A collectors Nightmare
Replies: 24
Views: 6930

fourth of july is just around the corner, you could buy some m 80s and take your other 3 boys to work and let them blow up the planes in the parking lot.......explain to the wife you were just saving them to the fourth as a suprise for the kids :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twis...
by pyroguyboomboomjr
Tue May 29, 2007 5:15 pm
Forum: Customs & Mods
Topic: Custom 1/18th Brit Tarpon/Avenger- Final Pictures !!
Replies: 14
Views: 5507

avenger pictures

been away awhile working and my account became in active and all my posts are gone. thanks for the complements on this current paint job. this plane had quite a few problems to solve with all the masking on the windows. It really is the best to totally disassemble these giant planes and paint them i...