That'll be why you fit in so well at the BBP...I was asked to leave-they thought I was 'a bit odd'.
Bluebird & Other Scale Models
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Renegadenemo
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Re: Bluebird Models
I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
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"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
Re: Bluebird Models
I take it the wheels on that are "part wheels" fixed to the bottom, or does it actually have axles?? 
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Re: Bluebird Models
I always told Fred Harris he should never give up with Replicast, what he produced with the equipment he had was boardering on genius!
Steve Holter, UK and France, and sometimes reality....................
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Renegadenemo
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I have a couple of little Replicast K7s on my desk here. They're very good. Only problem with them is they're in the bare resin and look exactly like white chocolate so I've had to stop my kids trying to eat them on occasions.I always told Fred Harris he should never give up with Replicast, what he produced with the equipment he had was boardering on genius!
I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
Re: Bluebird Models
Yep, the only problem with resin kits, and a bain to Fred, air bubbles! if you rubbed it down too much, more air bubbles, and if you primed it too much, you lost detail. Now if you look at Fred's 1/12 th scale Miss EnglandII, absolute masterpiece!
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Renegadenemo
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We looked at casting clear resin to encapsulate rivets and the like and obviously you can't have bubbles in there so the answer is a vacuum chamber. You mix your resin, place the pot in the chamber then evacuate it until the bubbles expand to a size where they rise through the resin and pop at the surface. Give it a few minutes, equalise the chamber again and your resin is ready to pour.
That was a useless information broadcast on behalf of the Bluebird Project.
That was a useless information broadcast on behalf of the Bluebird Project.
I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
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Renegadenemo
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That was actually a long week of patches!it happens whenever I've given him a long day of patches to put in
I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
Re: Bluebird Models
I prescribe beer, several pints at least twice a day 
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Renegadenemo
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Thanks, Steve. You're a mate. Did you hear that lads?I prescribe beer, several pints at least twice a day
I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
Re: Bluebird Models
Reminds me of a prescription I once heard of for a cold:
"Hot water, honey, single malt whisky - repeat dose until patient laughs and sings"
Doesn't cure the cold but stops you thinking about it
"Hot water, honey, single malt whisky - repeat dose until patient laughs and sings"
Doesn't cure the cold but stops you thinking about it
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