best top for pinning down too
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best top for pinning down too
i have a very flat table no warps but formica top whats the best stuff to pin to i have a 4x8 surface i am building a pica waco upf-7 have been out of the game for awhile. i used to use homosote but cant find now
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John
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John
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I also prefer to use ceiling tiles for that. That has worked very well for 40+ years.
On my last kit, I tried the method suggested by OSMW, of tacking parts down (with CA) to wax paper directly on top of hard building surface (bench, with no ceiling tile), and that didn't work out too well. Far too difficult and damaging to model to remove the stuck-on wax paper. I will not use that method again and next time, will go back to using ceiling tiles and pins.
"Back in the day", we also used building sheathing called Celotex (sp?), which came in 4'x8' sheets, and could accept pins kind of like ceiling tiles do. I doubt that Celotex is still available.
On my last kit, I tried the method suggested by OSMW, of tacking parts down (with CA) to wax paper directly on top of hard building surface (bench, with no ceiling tile), and that didn't work out too well. Far too difficult and damaging to model to remove the stuck-on wax paper. I will not use that method again and next time, will go back to using ceiling tiles and pins.
"Back in the day", we also used building sheathing called Celotex (sp?), which came in 4'x8' sheets, and could accept pins kind of like ceiling tiles do. I doubt that Celotex is still available.
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