Does anyone know where I can get a good pair of side cutters?
I live in Scotland, near Glasgow and there are few shops I can buy from. The best is probably Hobbycraft, which has a great range of paints, files and so on.
But when it comes to cutters they are either cheap and nasty or have a beveled cutting edge. I would order some from HLJ but i…[Read more]
I got side cutters from HLF and just throw them in with an order of some kits. They hardly add to the weight so when bought with a kit, the postage increase is negligible. I find these http://www.hlj.com/product/MNED-22 very good and nicely affordable.
I agree with GN wholeheartedly, and even on a better pair the extra cost is almost negligible. You’ll be hard pushed to get a good pair of side cutters from a high street store in the UK. However you could get an ok pair from your local Games Workshop (this appears to be my answer to everything, arrgh!)
Do some local research and find a good…[Read more]
Thanks for the advice. I tried some smaller shops but there isn’t much of a modeler scene in Scotland as far as I’ve seen and the shops are either trying to branch out and sell board games and comics as well or have just closed down, but I’ll keep looking.
Oh and try local wargaming clubs/societies, the people can be handy for tips and tricks for modelling. there may even be some with the same interests. Alot of my friends are wargamers.
It’s the one big problem with internet, killing local stores 🙁
So a bit of a show ‘n’ tell got myself a couple of pre-owned airbrushes,
an IWATA Hi Line HP-CH & a Revolution CR. Got the two for an incredible price of ‘wait for it’ £80….. BARGIN!
Cant wait to get cracking with these two.
I need find an IWATA airbrush, they’re good with for detailing, fine details, but the components have more parts than a single-action airbrush. Seen some demonstrations of dual action air brushes on youtube, and really impressed by the results.
Hi there, So if your already have a single-action airbrush your more than qualified to take your turn with a duel-action one. There is absolutely no reason to feel intimidated by the secondary action, if anything their easier in terms of operation.
By that I mean your not reaching to adjust the needle screw at the rear of the brush ALL the time.…[Read more]
depends on the model of AB you buy, as to how many parts you have to worry about on clean up day, my Evolution only has four parts taken out for cleaning, needle cap, nozzle cap, nozzle, and the needle (although the two caps can just come off as one). This is my first airbrush, and yeah it was daunting at first, but I was more worried about…[Read more]
My iwata neo is currently soaking in isoprpyl as it stopped spraying.it blows air but paint nor qater will spray.think it hot reaky bunged up or something at the yip and thing is the nozzle is built in like the cheapo chinese jobbies.
I managed yo just get my omni4000 going again after it had same prob but soakibg it got it going but its not a…[Read more]
So after 2 moths I have finally Completed my Red Horn, which should now be called the Green Horn is finally done, I painted some small details with Bronze (Tamyia) and silver (Humbrol) enamel paint. and then did some dry brushing on top to give it a worn look, perhaps I should have added some brown now that I think about it…… Still I am really…[Read more]
I got side cutters from HLF and just throw them in with an order of some kits. They hardly add to the weight so when bought with a kit, the postage increase is negligible. I find these http://www.hlj.com/product/MNED-22 very good and nicely affordable.
Looking back I should have done that but unfortunately my last order shipped last Friday and it’s my last until after Christmas.
I agree with GN wholeheartedly, and even on a better pair the extra cost is almost negligible. You’ll be hard pushed to get a good pair of side cutters from a high street store in the UK. However you could get an ok pair from your local Games Workshop (this appears to be my answer to everything, arrgh!)
Do some local research and find a good…[Read more]
Thanks for the advice. I tried some smaller shops but there isn’t much of a modeler scene in Scotland as far as I’ve seen and the shops are either trying to branch out and sell board games and comics as well or have just closed down, but I’ll keep looking.
There any in Edinburgh, maybe worth a shopping trip?
Oh and try local wargaming clubs/societies, the people can be handy for tips and tricks for modelling. there may even be some with the same interests. Alot of my friends are wargamers.
It’s the one big problem with internet, killing local stores 🙁
Edinburgh might be worth a try and one of my friends is a big war gamer, so i could see where he gets his stuff.