Building My Spraybooth

Updated 5.23.2005 I added another fan and a “Y” connector to my spraybooth to improve it’s removal of the overspray. This fan I added right where my spray goes so that hopefully more of it will be removed as I spray. Previous » Today I finished most of my spraybooth….

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Taking Pictures With a Mini-Tripod

I finally picked up a mini-tripod for my digital camera. Why is this important? Well, if you look at the images I’ve taken at past model shows, you’ll see that most of the images are blurry. I also take 3 or 4 times the number of images you actually see…

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Custom Clear Colors

I’ve been wondering for quite some time as to how to make a decent custom clear color for candy coats. My goal was to replace my Tamiya Clear colors with something that goes on as nice as Future Floor Acrlyic. I experimented with Future + Colored Higgins Inks, but they…

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LED Links and Info

A few people at the Three Rivers IPMS asked me to do a tutorial on simple LED wiring. First off, I am not an electrician. I have next to no electrical experience whatsoever. Basically, this means that if you have questions about lighting LEDS, I’m probably not the person to…

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Making and Painting Lenses and Eyes

How do I paint the lenses and eyes on my kits? This topic has been brought up at message boards and I’ve gotten quite a few e-mails about it. So since I was taking pics for my MG Wing Gundam Ver. Ka., I thought I’d kill two birds and make…

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Clear Coats with Future Floor Acrylic

Here’s another question I get asked a lot in e-mails. How do you flatten Future and what is it? Future Floor acrylic is basically just a clear acrylic that you mop onto your floor to protect it from scratches and scuffs. Somewhere along the line someone figured out you can…

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