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Only KC Slammer members are welcome to list items they have to sell or trade on this page. They may also list items or kits they are searching for as well. They may do so by email or regular mail by contacting the webmaster. Please keep your listings relatively short so we will have room for others. When your item has sold or when you find the item your were searching for, please contact the webmaster to let him know to drop or change the listing. Listings will be posted for 4 months unless you wish to extend them.
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Apply an undercoat of a light color (white, sand, or ivory works nicely) acrylic paint. Let that dry and then use some artist’s tube oil paint (raw sienna or burnt sienna looks nice here) and apply it to the primed surface. Then wipe it off in the direction you want the wood grain to go. Use a fine-pored sponge (like the ladies use to put on make-up) or an old paint brush for the wiping. The idea is to wipe most of the oil paint off the primed surface. If done correctly, it will leave a nice, streaky finish that resembles wood grain to scale. Next, you have to let the oil paint dry out completely. This can be a few weeks sometimes! But it must be completely dry before you do the final step. The final step is to apply a nice, even coat of Tamiya Clear Amber or Clear Yellow over the top of the treated surface. The slight tint of the top coat makes the wood grain look like it’s been nicely varnished. Experiment with different shades of base coats to achieve lighter or darker wood tones! (source - posting from Coffin Corner 2 modeling forum) |
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Zimm has found a neat site for making custom license plates for models and has some hints. Although the site is basically for having a custom plate made for your 1:1 size car, the site will let you create a sample of what you might want. Once you've created the sample, all you have to do is " right click" your mouse and save the sample to a file in your computer. The file is saved as a " bit map" file, but once you take it into a photo program, you can than change the file type to a JPEG type file. By using a photo program, you can then do additional customizing of the plate and print it to any size you'd like. The site address is www.licenseplates.tv/ You can make custom plates from any state in the U.S. (any year) or country in the world. If you’re looking for that one special plate that was on that one special 1:1 car to put on your model, you can make it right here. Plus they have all kinds of designer plates, sports and hobbies, religious, and fun plates as well. All savable, scaleable, and printable! Look for their PLATEMAKER program (over on the left side of your screen) once you get to their website. |