Gary K questions

[coopdad]

Gary,
Ever since I found this site I have been watching your builds and admiring you skills. I have lurked too long... I have a few questions about what I have seen you do.

1. I have learned that you tend to build your model as far as possible before painting. What kind of glue do you use to temporarily attach parts so that still get them apart without damage?

2. Photoetch: generally, what does it cost to have a sheet of photoetch produced? Do you get a special "Gary" rate? I have vector files (that is what I do for a living) but don't want to consider it if the cost is too high.

If you have answered these questions over and over just respond with a "duhh, search dummy"
Thanks,
John

[Gary Kulchock]

Sept 23, 2008 8:24:08 GMT -5 coopdad said:

Gary,
Ever since I found this site I have been watching your builds and admiring you skills. I have lurked too long... I have a few questions about what I have seen you do.

1. I have learned that you tend to build your model as far as possible before painting. What kind of glue do you use to temporarily attach parts so that still get them apart without damage?

2. Photo-etch: generally, what does it cost to have a sheet of photo-etch produced? Do you get a special "Gary" rate? I have vector files (that is what I do for a living) but don't want to consider it if the cost is too high.

If you have answered these questions over and over just respond with a "duhh, search dummy"
Thanks,
John

John:

Your right, I build and fit as much as I can prior to laying down any paint. Also add pins and blocks to positively locate parts just as the kit mfg. does. White glue is best to hold everything together when test fitting although I have used a spec of super glue in the past that can be easily broken loose.

Photo-etch. First off, I would never ever respond with a "duhh, search dummy". Every question deserves an answer.

Photo-etch is not cheap to produce. Besides the basic artwork there are photo negatives required as well as the etching process itself. Depending on the size of the sheet and the material being etched, you could be talking about $300 to $450 for a single sheet of parts and that's after you have acceptable art files, both top and bottom.

I've seen Micro Mark has a do it yourself PE kit for $120. Never tried this unit and can't say how good or bad the quality might be, but it might be something you may want to try. If you do, let us all know of the results.

I am so busy with my own builds, family, work, Detail Master and Scale Motorsports, as well as a couple other smaller jobs, that I'm not taking on any new work, sorry.