To aid assembling parts with CA as well as to avoid unintentionally bonding a model to something, I assemble the parts on the surface of an old stainless steel ruler. The CA bonds to the stainless just enough to help hold parts in alignment while they set, but it's easy enough to gently pop them off the ruler with the tip of a sharp knife.

Hopper Weathering Clinic III
By Bill Mock
January 2010

OK, I gave the inside of these hoppers a wash of Engine Black below the coal line. They [ ... ]

RSLaserkits Cheltenham Station Build by Modelersguild.com

If someone had told me two months ago, that there is such a thing as a Z scale Craftsman kit, [ ... ]

    This is a rant, and you may agree or disagree, but you are welcome to comment.  

     The other night [ ... ]