Recent content by generaldiaz

I have decided to keep an arms length distance for this idea, you don't need to convince me anymore. im sorry to hear that. I have known a few people who have had similar issues with working with "interesting" materials only to have them be harmful later in life. thanks for those other material...

oh wow, ill definitely have to look into that one. thank you!

Ill have to look into that one too. who knew these interesting things existed. thanks for the product ideas

that's what I heard that the fumes are bad. that plastimake stuff does sound pretty interesting. when I have some money, ill have to look into getting some.

hello all, long time no see. so I recently discovered this neat and weird thing where you mix acetone with Styrofoam, and you can mold it and when it dries it is a hard plastic. has anyone tried this? does anyone have any knowledge on this? I think this sounds and looks cool, and I want to know...

TP really? who knew that there was a craft use for the rest of the roll and not just the tube in the center. lol. I will have to do some shop tests on these ideas and see how things turn out.

hmm I will definitely have to look into those ideas. will using multi layers of paper help give a similar outcome similar to Paper Mache?

ahh. what I have done and what I plan to do is all "blank" models and then go back through and color and decal how I want. would there be a "strength" difference the polyurethane and the lacquer or would you estimate they are pretty comparable?

so I was wondering if anyone has ever used lacquer to try to strengthen/seal their models. I heard this idea and I was interested in the concept of it, but wanted to know if anyone has experience with this.

I have the issue though that my models always have red lines in pep and I always seem to get about a million tiny shapes when I unfold it manually even when it is closed in sketch up. any tips on that?

easier said then done. I have found several 3d ship models that were great, then found I had already had the model in sketchup. take a look there for star trek. they don't have 1701-f, but everyone before it and if you find the right individual (one person does make sto ships) he may be able to...

that works with me. I have heard that work around before. I will definitely use it. now back to my pepakura tutorials.

wow... just watched that video and I can see how much of a newbie I am to pepakura. I did learn a lot, which I always like. would people recommend getting the product key for that program or would the free version be fine? what other features are unlocked with the full version other then saving...

anyway back to the last topic. I can make the 3d model or download one and make it work in pepakura, but when I try to get it into 2d (unfolding), it looks nothing like the other unfolded models that are nice and orderly, it looks like cracked glass/ deformed snowflakes. what I would like to...

... okay then? :confused: lol