Outoppies Scale Modelling Dream Dioramas Blog: 2010

Aviation

1/35 Scale

- 3568 Horsa MK 1 Troop-carrying glider. Model figures of British paratroopers will be supplied with this set.

- 3583 Horsa MK 1 Troop-carrying glider. This model will be supplied with the figures of American paratroopers.

- 3584 Douglas C-47 Skytrain. This model will be supplied with the figures of US flight and maintenance personnel and US paratroopers.

- 3585 Douglas C-47. In British and Commonwealth service the C47 was called the Dakota. This model will be supplied with the figures of British flight and maintenance personnel and British paratroopers.

- 3587 German military cargo plane Junkers Ju-52. Affectionately called Tante Ju by the German troops. Also included in this set will be the figures of German flight and maintenance personnel and German paratroopers.

Fleet

1/35 Scale

- 3570. WWII era G-5 Soviet Motor Torpedo Boat.
This set gives the modeler the opportunity to assemble one of three variants: Motor Torpedo Boat, Mine Layer or Missile Boat. A fully detailed cockpit and a partially detailed engine room are just two of the many outstanding features. The model will be supplied with the crew figures.

- 3569. G-5 Troop Carrier Version.

A home-made filler and glue

On the right is a bottle of liquid polystyrene cement. On the left is a bottle of poly goop made by adding small chips of styrene (shown below the bottle) to the poly cement.

This article shows how to make a useful product that both glues and fills gaps at the same time.

Making Poly-Goop

Making poly-goop is very easy. Take a half-used bottle of liquid polystyrene cement and add to it small chips of styrene cut from waste sprue.

Here it is possible to see the 'gloopy' consistency of the poly goop.

Polystyrene cement works by dissolving the surface of the styrene. The styrene chips added to the liquid cement will gradually dissolve to make a thick goop. How long it will take to dissolve depends on the strength of the poly cement, but it may be a few days, or a couple of weeks. The thickness of the goop depends on how many chips have been added.

The goop can be made thicker by adding more styrene chips or thinned by adding more liquid poly cement. The eventual colour of the poly goop will depend on the colour of the styrene chips added.

Saw this on Scalemodeguide.com