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    How do you "paint" the edges of your parts?

    I recently started using paint brushes for glue... I had heard someone mention the precision and control they had using white glue diluted with water, and a brush--- not just control over amount and application, but they referred to a kind of constant control over the amount of water in the...
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    How do you "paint" the edges of your parts?

    Ahh, I see... Thanks for getting back on that, Rhaven. Now that I've heard the explanation, I do seem to have a dim memory rattling around of this--- I'm sure I heard it described a long time ago. I have never tried it myself, though. I have been interested in getting starting doing some...
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    How do you "paint" the edges of your parts?

    I wonder if you'd tell me--- it's been years since I've touched a watercolor... When you talk about dry-brushing I'm not sure what exactly that is... I mean, is the watercolor also dry? Or is it that you mix the watercolors with water, but then allow very little to be on the brush when you...
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    Menchies give-a-way card model

    Very interesting! Although I'm aware that using paper models as a promotional-giveaway is not all that uncommon, I haven't run across one yet since I became active in the hobby... It is really nice that they bothered to add some extra detail--- that's a point that particularly appeals to me...
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    An early XX century workshop.

    It's probably in a museum.
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    An early XX century workshop.

    Oh, wonderful! Thank you for letting us know. I guess it's a reminder of some of the overall thing that scratchbuilding can often seem to point out--- sometimes the simple methods are all that's needed. One gets so used to thinking there's a method or clever trick for everything... great to...
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    An early XX century workshop.

    I do like it; very much! I really enjoy a scene so much more than a model by itself... That's what I found I need to create-- for me, models are parts that make up a scene. If I didn't know to put them together like that, I would drift away from the hobby, I think. I really love your...
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    30's Service Station & junk yard.

    Oh, I feel you on the money angle with Model Junkyard, Z... Speaking for myself, I'm happy for them they can make whatever money they do, more power to them and all that, and I'm happy to have a look, you know, take note of what they'll show me for free--- but I've not seen a single word from...
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    Canon Luck Cat (with stuffing ;-) )

    Yeah, I really like this one, too... I immediately told my significant other all about it. I had been floating an idea quite like this to her just a while back, in a spirit of general enthusiasm for card modeling. I like finding a way to use our hobby to make a clever gift that is kind of an...
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    30's Service Station & junk yard.

    You're welcome, Xavier... and thank you, in turn, for sharing your work with us. You might already be aware of them, but if not, I'd like to offer the suggestion that you check out the guys over at Model Junkyard--- they do beautiful work, all scratchbuilt, and have been working on some of the...
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    Hello, everyone...

    I'd really love to see your town... I can just imagine it. I appreciate the suggestions for image editing-- gimp in particular is one of those resources that can never be mentioned enough. I think there are always some people who don't yet know of it, and therefore think there's no free option...
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    30's Service Station & junk yard.

    I'm also very interested to see how you progress with this build... It looks wonderful, of course, and right now I'm working my way towards a late-40's/early 50's gas station and hot-rod shop... kind of a service station/garage run by gearheads, you know? I have more accessories and extras...
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    Hello, everyone...

    Thank you, Revell--- I appreciate your kind words. Those two pictures I posted actually looked a bit better as I took them, I think--- I had boosted the gamma because they looked dark on my screen. But the moment I posted them, I can see how washed-out they look! My monitor settings got me, I...
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    Morris Minor

    Oh, it's no problem... I will certainly keep an eye out. I've been finding some good stuff lately looking deep into foreign-language resources, and there is some hope there--- normally I don't think I would "ooh and ahh" over a Morris Minor, but knowing there's a desire for it, if I see one...
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    Morris Minor

    Yeah, that's the one I ran across, you bet. I recalled that I had grabbed something named "morris", and that was it--- but I hadn't actually seen it until I looked it over for you. I thought it has some good potential; doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it... but disappointingly, not the...
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