Tiger 1 heng long v6

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Re: Tiger 1 heng long v6

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Any particular brand, or type, of hairspray you'd recommend? I don't know anyone, personally, who's used it creatively- as you have, and other modellers do apparently, nor as a means of stiffening up the old perm. (That is, with the possible exception of my late Mother-in-Law (nag-in-law), on the nights she went out (Yippee!) :D
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Re: Tiger 1 heng long v6

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Yep, excellent,excellent weathering done on your Tiger, anchoring down the fuel barrel and your near done,as you mentioned don’t overdo it. Looks great just the way it is! :thumbup:
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Not sure if brand of hairspray is important. I just used what ever I could find on the wife’s dresser.there are loads of videos on YouTube showing how to use this technique. I can certainly recomend it but beware. Practice first because the paint can come off in large chunks if you are not careful
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Herman used to wax lyrical about Hair Spray as a fixative in his weathering and detailing,
If you check out his builds I am sure you will become much the wiser. :thumbup:
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jarndice wrote:Very nice job Glyn, :thumbup:
Out of interest do you have a reference for the fuel barrel on the engine bay that includes the fixtures holding it in place ?
It's quite simple.
Just cut 4 wedges out of wood, glue them onto the deck and put the barrel in between.
That's how I did it on both my Ostfront Tigers.
Look at the pic below, if you look closely, you can see the wedges on both Tigers.

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That does look good rob.
Might give it a go

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Thank you Rob for the heads up,
Always nice to find another use for scrap poly.
Very helpful :thumbup:
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Bit of an update. Painted the tracks. Pleased with the way they turned outImageImage


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