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Fishplate42

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    Our first interest is Meccano. We (my wife and I) have been interested in Meccano for over 30 years and I have been collecting the stuff for the best part of 50 years. <br /><br />We are also keen Railway enthusiasts and I am interested in plastic modelling as well.<br /><br />When we are not stuck indoors we will be found out and about taking photographs and studying the world around us.<br /><br />

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  1. Should I be using deionised, distilled, filtered or just tap for thinning acrylic paint? Or how about a mix with 99.7% IPA (not the stuff you drink ) and at what ratio? Sorry about dumb questions, just an old (ish) returnee attempting to catch up in a very different playground... ...Thanks ! Ralph
  2. As I understand it, we have Mr Tamiya to thank for the rather weird scale of 1/35th. The story goes that this scale was adopted so motors would fit in the early tanks kits, the first of which being the Tiger I. Personally I would of thought ther was plenty of room in there! But why 1/35? One would have though that 1/36 would have been the obvious choice. This would be 1/3 inch to the foot, fitting in nicely with existing scales (1/72nd being half that at 1/6 inch to the foot and 1/48 being 1/4 inch to the foot). There is no direct corolation between ratio and linier conversion, ending up with far from round numbers even if a metric equivilent is applied (8.7mm to the ft) The only equivilent I can find is in reference to figure size being generally accepted to be 50mm. Even if Mr T had not used 1/36 instead wy on earth did he not just go with 1/32nd and be done with it. ...and I thought model railway scales and gauges could be hard to understand... Ralph
  3. Thanks for the information! I will go and experiment. Ralph (Sorry, coulden't resist this silly emoticon).
  4. Hi folks, I am new to this forum and a returnee to the world of plastic kits. 30 years ago all I used was Humbrol enamel paint. Now I find that the world has moved on and there are now acrylic paints available. Having not used these before I have no experience with them. I know they will thin with water but I would rather use IPA (Isopropyl alcohol) as it has a lower surface tension than water. I also know there are plenty of “thinners” sold in small quantities at, shall we say, premium prices. My question is where can I buy IPA (Isopropyl alcohol) in reasonable quantities (1 or 2½ or 5 litre) for thinning and cleaning. Ralph
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