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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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    Eisenbahnnostalgie.de downloads

    Scott, thanks. Previously I'd only come across scales for the "Adler" and "Prussia" locomotive engines. Your reply promted me to tickle their site again, this time leading me to their introduction page for the KVEP "T-3" and "T-12." Have found other intro pages. Looks like all 2 dozen or so kits...
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    Eisenbahnnostalgie.de downloads

    Hello. I have downloaded some pdf files from this German (I think) site. Does anyone know what scale these models are? Anyone built them? Cheers, Dean.
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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.