I am actually culling a bunch of this “extras” from my house. Ive gotten bonkers from it all. I honestly wonder if its a slight part of modelers burn out. With all the extra crap you cant look at a new kit anymore without spending time playing what if for hours with each build before even painting it.
I think I am going to sell all my planes. i think it was the campaigns that even got me into them at all.
Just thought of another …
shopping IKEA for #$%damn display cases for all my builds and finding floor space for that.
One can download a SpeedTest App to confirm the upload and download speeds you are getting from your internet provider.
Spectrum consistently (usually) gives me 96mbps download speeds and has for the 12+ years I have used them. Interestingly that is EXACTLY the download speed that I got 12 years ago and it has never changed. Also that is the download speed they were promising (100mbps) in their advertisements way back then. I don’t know where they get off saying they offer 300mbps speeds. That is so much BS.(Sounds like class action lawsuit time if you ask me!) Maybe if you are located right downtown and served by a T1 line then maybe, just maybe. The BEST I EVER got was 116mbps ONE TIME IN MY LIFE.
But still I use spectrum because I don’t wish to change my e-mail address, and their service is fast enough. However if they continue to raise their internet fees I WILL BE CHANGING.
Right now this minute, I am getting 85.1mbps Download and 10.1 Upload,
That is a bit slow even for Spectrum.
EEEEEE, dont kill the messenger. This is right now at 540pm before this storm. I have been with them for 21 years. But there was about 7 years of serious b.s. that I arguing with them. Long story short, they said my strength back then was at the very bottom of the splicing. I went out about 30 percent of them time and half the time was around 5MBs. So I wanted over half my money back because you gave me half the product.
10 years ago I was around 85MB.
Anyway this is me now at the very basic plan. Internet only.
Are you WiFiing the download or hardlined?
Hardline Coax to Modem then Ethernet to Computer.
Internet only no video
Aaargh! Somewhere in the Bitz collection I have a sprue of parts I found crushed in the mud underfoot in a disused quarry many years ago - I might find a use for them someday. Right now I’m getting more fun out of building sci-fi/fantasy stuff out of leftovers and junk than I do out of trying (and failing) to make a decent job out of an OOB build.
Cheers,
M
Well my remarks regarding the laser cut paper seem to have landed with a dull thud!
Guys this stuff is structural! It is epoxy impregnated and stiff. It is hard but still relatively thin paper. (.018) If scored it can be bent.
I see it as a totally viable replacement for PE.
It is way easier to glue than PE, (MUCH easier) also much quicker and much cheaper to make.
I hope that it is. I just haven’t seen it or used it yet.
Ken
I am on board, I have two Limes paper parts but that is it for my experience with the media and I haven’t tried them yet.
Yes, I too have some CCKW grills from the folks at Limes but even here they want you to build up the fine chris-cross grills that are directly in front of the headlights with fine wire. They give you a gluing jig but I don’t really know how they expect that to work without gluing the wire to the jig as well???
I say make the grill out of two layers of paper. One fine line and one heavier. Then laminate the two together with the heavier one in front. This will not only produce the desired thick and thin detail but also give the grill some realistic depth of detail.
Does it go fuzzy when the paint hits? Paper makes me think of fibers & fuzz.
With three cat’s 
in the house, I’ve got all the fuzz I need…wink.
Well look at the photos I posted. There is definitely some very minor (almost microscopic) fibre “fuzz” there along the burned lines but nothing objectionable.
Again this is epoxy impregnated paper, so high strength, low fibre, great shape retention with almost no affinity for moisture. However I suspect Elmer’s white glue might just be the best choice for gluing it to itself!
And again paint and primer should solve even these issues.
I used a Limes Models Early Willys Slat Grill laser-cut paper part a while ago for my Early Willys build. I had no issues with it. Very little fuzz or anything else. I did hit it with some super glue to make it stronger once in place. It ended up being as hard as the plastic parts.
Painted.
The little kink along the top left side is my fault. I glued my finger to it in the process. Oh well, the grill is a little bent.
That’s my read on this material as well. Structural, strong and very usable!
Sorry in agreeing with Gino I am now repeating myself.
Sounds like an interesting material, I would be willing to try it. Thank for the additional information.
Since Limes is no more or at least in the hobby business, is there any other manufacturers that are using material in the same way for model parts? I think there are some diorama bits but not grills and such.
Well my remarks regarding the laser cut paper seem to have landed with a dull thud!
Do you have a link to this stuff??? I didn’t find one in this wandering thread.
Commericalism of these products is just getting off the ground though they have been arround for awhile.
As I said somewhere above check with @Jimbo to learn more.
This guy does lots of laser cut paper items, including zimmerit. Really good stuff.
Ken
