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What kind of oil would you use for this?

I've been experimenting re-skinning with PDFs. It's possible to open up a PDF in Gimp (I don't know about Photoshop) which would allow you to manipulate the image.

Thanks for the replies. A couple of follow up questions -- What's a cameo? Is it like the cricut? What's the advantage of tempering a blade? What kind of heat source do you use? Is a blade a blade? I found a good deal at Amazon for a generic Xacto #11 style blade. Are generics ok, or would I...

Also...is there a way to sharpen xacto blades, or is it better to just buy a new blade?

So I keep reading that when it comes to building paper models, you should change your blades often. Is there general rule of thumb about how often I should change them? How can I tell that the blade has gotten too dull? Do I need to invest in bulk packs of blades? Thanks!

I'm not looking at a particular house at the moment -- I'm hunting these for the nostalgia factor. I've been to papermau before -- what a gluttony of riches! :) Thanks for the tip, I didn't realize he took requests.

As I get into card modeling, I'd like to build a few examples of card models that I played with as a child, but unfortunately were gotten rid of a long time ago (I didn't appreciate what I had back then. :() I spent part of my childhood in West Berlin and I remember a series of card models in...

Hi! So I just ordered my first paper model. It's been something that I've been interested in trying for a while. I played with card models as a child (unfortunately I don't have any of them anymore) and I'm now trying card modeling for a few reasons -- Economics -- I have a young family and...