Red316

Using Chitubox on a Mars 3 I started getting Unknown File Format messages. Anybody know if a firmware update is needed? I'm struggling to find a download on either the Chitu or Elegoo sites.

That's nicely weathered, not overdone at all. As for the tyres, he's probably just done the last few miles on tarmac and shaken all the mud off. I don't think there is a single Heller kit that doesn't have a few anomalies, some more than others though.

That's brought back some memories, I had one of those too. A Superfast issue with a bright cream interior.

Looks great, interested in your comments about ride height and fitment. I've got an AMT '69 Mach 1 on the go at the minute so will watch out for that.

Lovely little model - was this truck based on the Ford AA or is it a home grown Russian product?

Looks great, well worth seeing it through. As you say it's a 30 year old kit and I think we forget sometimes how different they are to today's offerings.

Love it, The Bacardi and Coke will certainly be shaken not stirred with those rims and tyres on an H.

Looks great. I'm never sure if I like the looks of the XJ200 but the colour and the wheels make that one pop!

That's a nice build, I remember seeing the real thing on the Kenmore Forrest stage back in the day. I think your comment about the lowering kit is spot on too, the Model looks to ride just a bit too high.

Don't look at - I did and to modern eyes it's pretty awful. Avoid it and keep the good memories.

Great job. I must add the Europa to my wants list, you've made that look superb.

Looks great and I have to agree on the de-chroming - what you use to repaint the parts? I also hate Revell's European packaging, the boxes seemed designed to fall apart. I wish they would use the US style boxes with proper lids.

Stunning build, lovely finish.

Lovely little model, I remember seeing some of these in the 80s. I've never heard of AKAN paint but that finish is great.

Lovely model - enamel paints I guess?

Looks great. Sounds like an enjoyable build, the size and number of pieces puts me off.

It's not one of my favourite subjects but that is a nice build. The unpainted shell looked like a bit of a "blob" in the WIP thread but you've got it looking much sharper now.

Thanks for this. I'll give it another try. I think the long cure times could be the secret, I need to be more patient.

That's a lovely finish. Can I ask how did you do the TS-13 clear? I've always struggled with it.

I haven't seen one of these in years. That's really well done, I like the finish, I can almost get that "museum smell" from it. I think it might actually be 1/32. although Airfix scaling of the time was maybe not as accurate as we expect today.

Hello again, I thought I would add a follow up to this thread. I have now hud the cutter - actually a Cameo - for a couple of months now and beginning to get to grips with it. The first completed items were the fascias for a set of pumps in 1/24 scale for a petrol station diorama. In addition to taking the repetition out of cutting the panels the accuracyis far better than I could achieve by hand and enabled the small vents to be cut individually. . The pic shows a cut fascia, what isn;t easy to see on the pic is the half etch type panel lines. The second pic shows a completed pump. A few more projects lined up but so far I'm impressed.

Well that's it - just purchased a Silhouette Cameo. Should arrive by the weekend - gives me a few days to read the various articles and tutorials.

Thanks for the speedy replies - collectively I think you've sold it to me. Mike - that terminal building looks really good and as one of my next projects is an Art Deco hotel (lots of straight lines and simple curves), followed by a race car transporter I can see some real time savings. John - thanks for the link - really useful - I'll be reading through that tonight. Greenshirt - do you have a favourite/recommended app? One final question - is a "half etch" possible or do you still scribe panel lines etc? Watch this space for some output in the coming weeks.

I'm currently working on a scratchbuilding project that requires a lot of intricate pattern cutting of styrene sheet. It's been suggested a silhouette cutter could help. There seems to be one option on the market - Cameo at £150 ish which is probably too costly for this project. Has anyone used/owned one of these - if so how good are they, what thickness styrene will they cut, how detailed can you go?

There's at least one on ebay now with a Buy it Now price of £20 Cheers Dave