Don't you just love it when a part wants to make a different video to you. Cheers for this some great tips

Thanks Nigel 👍

@NigelsModellingBench

Жыл бұрын

No worries

Blimey Nigel I got worried when I saw the thumbnail then the spitfire parts appeared wot a relief, anyways good tips for all out there modelling 👌😎 Fred

Gold.

My late father used to use surgical instruments to hold parts for painting. I still have his collection. He bought them at O Gauge model train shows. They are high quality and have a ratchet device to keep them gripping.

Paint 'em all on the sprue - only have to touch up a few spots instead of just snipping and throwing the sprues out. Also can use the old sprues for detailing & streching over a flame for wires, cables etc. Love your channel.

Hey Nigel, some interesting tips - thanks for sharing

@NigelsModellingBench

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great tips for beginners on holding your bits. I promise I won’t go where my train of thought was taking me when I saw the title of this video, lol, family channel and all. I love those alligator clamps, I also have some hemostats of various sizes, straight and curved I use also. Cheers and take care and oh not to mention old paint brush handles that have lost there usefulness as brushes.

Great video Nigel. I picked up quite a few tips here, nicely grouped together. Kentucky Fried Chicken corn sticks? All we get here is fluorescent green coleslaw.

@NigelsModellingBench

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

Hi Nigel, I started modelling back in the 60's & 70's in Australia and have come back to modelling in retirement last year. It has been a huge learning curve, in the old days painting was brush and Humbrol enamel, teaching myself air brushing with Vallejo Acrylic has proven a big hurdle, not mention expensive in initial outlay. I use the bamboo kebab sticks and the inside/outside clamps on sticks and find the styrene packing from appliance packaging fantastic for holding the sticks, I have lots of pieces in various shapes and sizes and the sticks easily push into the styrene. I am enjoying your posts, nothing beats experience. Trust me I've found some absolute drongos doing modelling channels, keep up the good work mate.

@NigelsModellingBench

Жыл бұрын

Airbrushing Vallejo is a learning curve!!

Excellent idea for a video, sensible tips indeed for all of us. Whilst we have probably evolved our preferred methods over the years, it never does any harm to consider other suggestions 👍

@NigelsModellingBench

Жыл бұрын

Very true Andy!

Great tips sirrrrrrr. Thank you so much. 👍❤️

@NigelsModellingBench

Жыл бұрын

So nice of you

Hi Nigel, Nice video, lots of useful tips in this one. Before I ever remove a part from the sprue, I am thinking about weather it's going to be part of a sub assembly that will be painted as a unit, or if I need to paint the parts individually and just how it needs to be held. Preplanning is the key for sure. Have a great day. Jeff

Just been on the Premium Hobbies site and Ed's started his Christmas break - not back until January, no hardship as I'm in no real rush for anything.

@NigelsModellingBench

Жыл бұрын

Eh??? That's a long break?? Thanks for the heads up Phillip.

Nice tips Nigel. I need to get some of that Mr tool cleaner . Merry Christmas to you and your family Nigel.🎄. Don’t forget the 🍪🍪🥧

Thank you for the lesson

Nice one Nigel! What about a video on ideas for clamping stuff down when bonding items with difficult shapes! I am really getting problems with the Trumpeter Titanic stern curves!!!!

Though some of the clips and pointy rods are a little pricey but often help when the free options just don't work. The balsa and pin tip though is great, can see that being occasionally useful when blutack isn't appropriate.

@johnhughes2653

Жыл бұрын

Or if you can't get the balsa, try a bit of expanded polystyrene packaging.

Found your channel last night, I'm really enjoying it and learning a lot. I know you covered creating wood effects in one of your WW1 ambulance videos but I wonder could you make a specific tutorial video for how to do the different types of wood effects because I found that really helpful and probably the best version of wood effect I've seen and it'd be nice if it was it's own video so that I could save it then find it easily and follow it whenever I need to create some wood effects (most of my models are ww1 so a lot of wood to be done).

@NigelsModellingBench

Жыл бұрын

Hi. I have made many videos with the wood effect. The latest is the K2 Ambulance, The Yamato and Bismarck Turrets, the Lancaster bomber tables and also a video on painting ship decks.

Nice tips there Nigel, I would like to know how you hold completed models while applying clear coat? You aircraft for example, do you do the top and hold underneath then a few days later clear coat underneath? Sorry for the newbie question :)

@NigelsModellingBench

Жыл бұрын

As you say Peter, what ever it is, I coat one side and then the other, but normally in a few hours rather than a few days.

Evening Nigel