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EMA model supplies

suppliers to the industrial model making industry- high quality trees, brass etching, model goods, plastic extrusions, perspex sections, domes and cones, figures at all scales, resins glues and all sorts of useful bits.....

EMA model supplies have a full colour catalogue which is about £5..... minimum order is about £12 but its not hard to spend that !!!

E.M.A Model Supplies Ltd
Unit 2, Shepperton Business Park, Govett Avenue, Shepperton, Middlesex TW17 8BA
Tel: 01932 228228

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bogstandard

If you use Plastiweld or Mekpak for sticking your models together, next time you need some just go to your local trade supplier for plumbing and guttering (not the B&Q type of store) and ask for POLYPIPE pipe cleaning liquid (you must be over 18). It will cost you about £5, for a 250ml container, this works out to less than half price, just refill your original bottles.
It is in fact just raw Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK), and use the same safety precautions as you should use with the proprietory brands

rjwood_uk

for clear cast resin:

http://www.candlemakers.co.uk/misc/r...ondaglass-voss

Candle Makers Supplies
28 Blythe Road
London W14 0HA UK

Tel: 020 7602 4031/2
Fax: 020 7602 2796
Mailto: mail@candlemakers.co.uk

wonwinglo

Thanks for this addition RJ,this is a company that I had not heard of before ? dont forget that excellent replacement canopies can be made from this material,you just create a simple mould in modelling clay or oasis and pour in the liquid,once cured the canopy is cleaned up with wet and dry paper,then polished with Duraglit,Jewellers rouge or toothpaste.
Excellent deep landing lights,astrodomes etc can also be made from this material and also you need not restrict yourself to clear parts either,there are also colouring agents that can be added to the resin,Alex Tiranti is probably the best person to consult on this addition.

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rjwood_uk

i just googled "clear cast resin" and that is the first site i came across. ah...yes barry it has all those uses but...

now this is where i heard about it and why i did a search in the first place! :

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.co...ths/tnt067.htm

and according to this person it can be coloured with acrylics (which will obviously save money on pigments for it)

wonwinglo

http://www.candlemakers.co.uk/misc/resin.html

Submitted by RJW.

Nigel.D

I have lots of spare decals so if anyone is interested we can post then on here to help out our fellow forumites ! so come on folks put up what you have got to help a fellow modeller out what do you think?

wonwinglo

This one is thanks to Greyhead-

For very small nuts / bolts (down to 16BA) and other things try:


“ITEMS” MAIL ORDER LTD.
46 St Martins Road
North Leverton
Retford
Nottinghamshire
DN22 0AU

Tel. / Fax. 01427 884319

Unfortunately they don’t have a web site but the service is excellent, they accept credit card and it’s usually next day delivery.

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www.wonwinglo.scale-models.net/

wonwinglo

Alan2525 suggested for small BA screws etc-

Try http://www.kentscale.co.uk/ they sell BA screws in most sizes down to 14 and the prices seem reasonable too.

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'And there I was oil on my goggles from a broken pipe,then I looked at the altimeter,all I could see was the makers name !'
www.wonwinglo.scale-models.net/

wonwinglo

http://www.cybermodeler.com/color/fs595b.shtml

Not so much about materials this time,but a jolly useful chart that gives the full range of Federal Standards colours to spec FS595.

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'And there I was oil on my goggles from a broken pipe,then I looked at the altimeter,all I could see was the makers name !'
www.wonwinglo.scale-models.net/