How I Do It Some Modeling Methods and Techniques from an Engineer Modeler

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 ModelsUsing Your Computer to Make Color ChipsSome fixes to Monograms 1/48 P47-D Bubble TopDVD cases for work standsUsing Your Computer to Make Paint MasksUsing Glue for Repairing Engine Blocks in Building your ModelsAdding brake lines to your landing gearMaking ID Placard Labels for your Model Collection using your ComputerA Method of Resurrecting Your Dead Paint Ignition harness for model enginesHow I Use Microscale's Micro Mask to Finish ModelsSome Methods and Techniques for using Masking Tape when Finishing your ModelsKeeping small parts together with candy cansDoing scale wire antennasHow to Find That Book You Need for that Model You're BuildingUsing Quill and Artist Inks to Detail ModelsMaking color lens for lightsBacking Up Those Delicate Decals for Safety … Incase …Making Navigation Lights Inside Clear Wing Tip CasesUsing model head lightsRepairing the Vacuum in your Mattel VacuformA Fixture for Marking Propeller Tips for PaintingPainting realistic un-primed zinc chromate primer