James C Lyman

How I Do It James C Lyman

This book is a collection of articles detailing some of the techniques and methods used in building plastic model airplanes, including several that describe using your personal computer in model making. Heavily illustrated with color photographs, these techniques are described in detail so an amateur model maker can uses them in his hobby with little difficulty. From using your computer to create color chips for mixing paint, to using a glue for repairing engine blocks to cast small parts and cockpits, this work presents a wide range of topics which the modeler will find interesting and useful. The following is a list of the topics/subjects covered: A Life of Building Models Using Your Computer to Make Color Chips Some fixes to Monograms 1/48 P47-D Bubble Top DVD cases for work stands Using Your Computer to Make Paint Masks Using Glue for Repairing Engine Blocks in Building your Models Adding brake lines to your landing gear Making ID Placard Labels for your Model Collection using your Computer A Method of Resurrecting Your Dead Paint Ignition harness for model engines How I Use Microscale's Micro Mask to Finish Models Some Methods and Techniques for using Masking Tape when Finishing your Models Keeping small parts together with candy cans Doing scale wire antennas How to Find That Book You Need for that Model You're Building Using Quill and Artist Inks to Detail Models Making color lens for lights Backing Up Those Delicate Decals for Safety ... Incase ... Making Navigation Lights Inside Clear Wing Tip Cases Using model head lights Repairing the Vacuum in your Mattel Vacuform A Fixture for Marking Propeller Tips for Painting Painting realistic un-primed zinc chromate primer