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    Resizing/rescaling jpeg models

    Thank you! Will download Xnview. Amazing how much free stuff there is out there I didn't (will never) know about.
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    Resizing/rescaling jpeg models

    Hello, Wojtee. Your computer knowledge much superior to mine, so I don't fully understand what you're saying. But do now recognize I failed to state my question clearly. A PDF model designed to print out at, say, 1:250 scale I can resize/rescale to print out on paper at, say, 1:144 scale...
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    Time Machine scale?

    Looking at uhu02's H.G. Well's Time Machine kit. Is it meant to be 1:10 or 1:12 scale?
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    Stick glue bond

    Yes, a visit to their site is in order. Thanks.
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    Stick glue bond

    Hello. How durable are UHU glue stick bonds? Ten, 20 years? Of course, at 60 years of age, 5 years might do me. Thanks. Morris.
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    Models of U.S. lighthouses

    Hello. The only card models of U.S. lighthouses I've found are from Fiddler's Green. Does anyone know of other kits? Thanks. Morris.
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    An easy papercraft to begin with?

    This site has many for-free real space and science fiction models. Some quite simple. Difficulty rating right hand column. http://jleslie48.com/gallery_models.html Cheers, Morris.
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    Couple of problem solvers for beginners

    For my 1st paper rocket model I selected the Viking 10 from Niels Paper Models site. Small in 1:96 scale, I resized it to 1:144 (the scale of my 4 lighthouse models). Problem 1. I couldn't roll a decent tube. So I took a wood dowel and wrapped it in 20# paper to the required diameter. Then...
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    Resizing/rescaling jpeg models

    Hello. Using WinZip I have no problem resizing pdf models. What techniques do forum members use to rescale jpeg kits? Thank you, Morris.
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    Why do you build card models

    Less guilt For me modeling in plastic or wood is more of a shopping activity than model building--shopping for kits, paints, painting gear, after market decals, fillers, surfacers, infinate selection of tools. The stuff collects, fills closets, attics. Some of the money might be recouped, but...
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    Save the olympia!!!!!

    Hello. Is USS Olympia the sole remaining example of her era? I can think of the HMS Warrior (1861), and then there are a number of post-Dreadnaught battleships. Anything ship in the world remaining afloat from last decades of Queen Victoria's reign? Morris.
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