Courageous Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 50 minutes ago, CedB said: I'd recommend RB Productions nano-saw set and, for tougher jobs, their stiffer Contour saw set. You'll need some spare handles but they're great tools. Tool tart! Stuart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Thanks Ced, I never thought you would be cautioning me against spending too much on tools! I have some which fit a scalpel handle, but find they are too prone to kinks. Anil's looks more robust, hence my interest. (Cost may be prohibitive, but worth knowing what is available). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 57 minutes ago, CedB said: Nice work Anil Jon - Anil's saw is beautiful but a bit dear. I'd recommend RB Productions nano-saw set and, for tougher jobs, their stiffer Contour saw set. You'll need some spare handles but they're great tools. Hey Jon Here are the links earlier from in this thread: Re the RB tools, I have all of them including the pico and micro as well as the contour & nano ones (as well as the Airwaves and few others!): They don't come close to Platz, it simply eats through the toughest or most delicate plastic in a few easy to judge strokes., the handle is near perfect for grip and balance (its unfinished wood which is matt and doesn't slip), the RB saw need the X-Acto type handle and you just cant get the control when sawing delicate parts. The most useful is the Nano cantilever blade show in the first pic, however its shape means its only a matter of time before it bends and is unusable, note the three pack I've already bought (bottom pic)- that adds up pretty quickly to the price of the Platz. If there's a single modelling tool I couldn't live without and recommend as essential to any modeller , its the Platz- proof is how hard they are to get, I waited three months on back order to score mine,It is the only tool I use for removing parts of any size from these stupidly thick gates on the fuselage to soft micro Airfix joysticks, no fuss, no breakages or accidental gouges - and I have two sizes of Xuron snips and the super expensive Dsipae single edge snip which haven't seen the light of day in nine months. Its like cheap airbrushes, you'll go through a box of Chinese crap until you bite the bullet and get an H&S, Iwata or Badger and you are stunned at how easy airbrushing can be . Buy a Platz saw ASAP, you wont regret it! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Sadly appears to be out of stock/production, however has given me an idea of similar items to look for, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 On 1/11/2019 at 11:21 AM, 06/24 said: Sadly appears to be out of stock/production, however has given me an idea of similar items to look for, thank you. Direct from Platz: http://www.platz-hobby.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&manufacturers_id=53&products_id=5036 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 6 hours ago, azureglo said: Direct from Platz Er, where do you click and who's going to translate the form!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 The webpage has an English language option top right. Unfortunately they are out of stock too as far as I can work out, rather than "buy it now" the big red button translates as "contact us" and takes you to their contact page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Thanks Jon (you're up late!). Couldn't find the right button, but then I'm happy with the contour and nano-saws Reminds me of the first demo I saw of a multi-language system that had a pick list for the desired language. Great feature, except of course that once you selected another language you had to know what 'English' was in that language 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 On 1/11/2019 at 10:42 AM, azureglo said: Its like cheap airbrushes, you'll go through a box of Chinese crap until you bite the bullet and get an H&S, Iwata or Badger and you are stunned at how easy airbrushing can be . Buy a Platz saw ASAP, you wont regret it! Too right. Always worth paying that bit extra for quality, then you on;y have to buy it once. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 7 hours ago, 06/24 said: The webpage has an English language option top right. Unfortunately they are out of stock too as far as I can work out, rather than "buy it now" the big red button translates as "contact us" and takes you to their contact page. yup, it takes a few weeks but they'll mail you when a new batch is made, oddly enough hobbysearch mailed at the same time that they'd arrived and as i was buying other stuff, went with them. I'd be patient to wait, there isnt anything that comes close to this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Yep, left a message. How’s the scooter progressing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 5 hours ago, 06/24 said: Yep, left a message. How’s the scooter progressing? awaiting my return from bingeing on art at Tate Liverpool, just need fit last of the fuselage & wing fairings slap on some masks and into the paintshop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 Back to the grindstone: The intakes are an interesting challenge, they have a locating lip that supposedly fits into a receiving recess that you would have created very carefully when inserting the main intake. Except for the fact the lip is 1.5x the thickness of the recess..I remember a post on the Airfix forum from the much missed Drewe Manton* where having presented his credentials as microscopic tolerance aerospace engineer and how he worked with Airfix who were well versed in tolerance etc. that I'd beg to differ from: there's a big difference between a lip of 1.5mm width and a recess of 1 mm. That said, easy fix, saw off intake locating lip and flow Mr Cement into the butt joint. Fair sized gap addressed with Mr Surfacer 500 and wiped off, Luckily trench panel lines means everything thing looks the same: Note black superglue on spine, this is a filler queen but relatively easy to deal with. Now does this scooter need a gun sight? Cheers Anil * I loved his expletive filled diatribes at anyone and every on Zone Five, Anyone know where he is these days? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, azureglo said: Now does this scooter need a gun sight ? Yes - I think anyway. See here: http://a4skyhawk.info/article/skyhawk-ordnance I think you'd get away with a WW2 reflector sight in 1/72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 1/15/2019 at 10:30 PM, 06/24 said: Yes - I think anyway. See here: http://a4skyhawk.info/article/skyhawk-ordnance I think you'd get away with a WW2 reflector sight in 1/72. And that's exactly what it got a, slightly modded Spit sight: It turns out the real thing had a "Librascope reflector gun sight"- an item so obscure there are no pictures of it (apparently). While I was there added a close enough firing handle for the seat. After an eternity of intake masking, filling, sanding and more sanding, she's ready for primer...Oy, this new Airfix schmutter could fit better or even at all would be nice. Tomorrow is another day and frankly my dear.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, azureglo said: After an eternity of intake masking I hate intake masking too. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Looking good Anil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Paintshop was busy, this and my FW190D in today: Tried a pre-shade but decided that it doesn't really suit the little scooter. Most of them look factory fresh and tomorrow sees another coat of the surfacer 1500 to hide the pre-shade. . Mixed up some Mr Color Gull gray for the Sunday top coat and must remember to paint the bombs, Anil is going armed for a change. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Man I made a meal of this one: endless half hearted attempts to conceal seam lines meant every coat of white primer showed even more nasties. Took all of yesterday, superglued, sanded, rescribed & polished every greeble. Reprimered and then top coated with Mr Color Gull Grey: The lesson is haste makes waste, get those seams done right first time or watch precious modelling hours drift by as your OCD runs rampant...gloss coat and decals await, maybe I might even do the airbrakes open? Cheers Anil 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 And a happy first day of decalling: The Xtradecals (made by Microscale) need a bit of adjusting and trimming but look superb. I used the boiling water/paper towel method to get decals to conform, eschewing decal setting fluids for an experiment. Worked really well over the refuelling probe (pics later) and rudder which has diamond shapes nestling in each rudder depression. Finishing off decals tomorrow and then into matt coating and finally assembly, with this and my FW190D nearing completion, looks like I@m heading for the 2nd & 3rd finishes of 2019 by January! Cheery bye Anil 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Just broken my first Tamiya Craft saw so I've ordered a HyperGate - you knew I would, didn't you 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 She's looking lovely Anil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 15 minutes ago, CedB said: Just broken my first Tamiya Craft saw so I've ordered a HyperGate - you knew I would, didn't you And the Dspiae single cut nipper next, keep up...time to spend their inheritance. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Looking nice with the stickers going on. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 4 hours ago, azureglo said: And the Dspiae single cut nipper next, keep up Stop it! I already have at least three nippers and the latest Xuron's are doing well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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