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My gubment monies came in.
So did my paycheck and
my big box o' magic.
(one hour later)
Man these new tools Ro~ck.
The diamond treated files were worth the extra ... $3.
Seriously.
So precise, so sturdy! And pretty fine too considering I'm using surfaced metal with a treatment to file plastic.
I may have wasted my money on a couple things though.
The pin vise I have comes with six (unlabeled) drills. The largest one in the set is TINY. And its slightly bigger than the set of drills I have.
I have 30 drills each one incrementally smaller than the last. The smallest is about twice the width of a strand of hair.
Seriously.
So the 30 drill bits I ordered might be overkill, but I'd rather have over than under.
If I could thread some metal or fiber glass filiments through the holes...
MADNESS!
Anyway, if I run into a situation where I need a BIGGER bit I'll have to special order em. I think I did the conversion on these things though I have up to five milimeters I think.
On a medium sized custom gun barrel I can make pretty nice muzzle holes.
Large gun barrel (IE Cannon barrel) I'll have to find a different resource.
Hardest part is starting the hole, which... I think that's why a lot of these guys use carpenter nails and prod-tools.
What else I got
glues glorious glues and a kicker
enamel cleaner (... which I'm really hoping works to clean lacquer :b)
a small bit of clear finish (which from now on I'm ordering BULK)
my one ounce canister of aluminum finish (which should really be overkill if I'm just gonna use it on jets).
Oh yeah... so the gunbelt
... worthless.
Its basically a metal etch runner of tiny bullets about the size of...
toothpick heads?
Smaller.
Does NOT work with this scale :/
But
the 1/35'th ammo boxes and shell canisters would make BAD ass heavy rifle ammo. Too bad they're not big enough for cannon shells.
I've got several runners with these bullets on em. I think I'll save at least one for recasts.
The rivets I bought are basically micro surface decals.
Stickers with bumps on em.
Don't think I really want em, and they are ITTY bitty
I'm better off doing a weathering effect for extra surface.
So...
a couple busts.
But over all required material and a couple added bonuses.
I'm pretty happy with that.
These files are going to make beveling a breeze.
And I unlocked all kinds of doors with the pin vise and glues.
Next order's probably going through mechaskunk.
I need metal option parts and rivet beads.
Unless... I can find someone just selling a billion ball bearings in just the right size.
