 water to shrink tissue - it is a very fine mist so holding the part a suitable distance away you can regulate the amount of water very well - barely damp to sodden!
But for the moment I will stay with dope...
If you've got using dope taped then that makes good sense, but I was away from aeromodelling for so long EzeDope (and I still think it's a damn silly name) felt like a reasonable thing to try. I don't think it gives as robust a finish as I remember getting with dope, but it's good enough and it allows me to work indoors in the winter without having to deal with noxious fumes.
...holding the part a suitable distance away you can regulate the amount of water very well - barely damp to sodden!
Yeah. This was the first time I'd used the new atomisers and I hadn't calibrated the distance and dosage correctly. I used them as I would have done the atomisers I've been using up until now so thought it was worth highlighting that the Boots atomisers are ummm, effective.
Yet more EzeDope experimentation from The Lurker Industries' R&D Dept.
Applying tissue decoration to EzeDoped tissue. Just stick the tissue down with 30% solution. I was expecting to have to fiddle with thinned PVA, but amazingly Deluxe (a world first for Deluxe?) actually say this on the tub so I gave it a bash. The shapes are a bit ropey cos I was hacking them out free-hand but they went on pretty easily. See attachment.
Lurker Industries Aviation Company.
If using domestic tissue for decoration, especially thin cheat lines, don't use the 30% solution to try and stick it down. You won't be able to maintain any sort of tension on the line without it disintegrating.
What does work is; stick the end down with the tiniest smear of glue from a glue stick on the mounting surface. Let it dry thoroughly before using thinned PVA (I generally use about 50:50) to stick the decorative element down. A tiny, tiny bit a blu-tack on the end of the free end of line helps maintain tension without ripping it apart.
You might also find the following useful if using domestic tissue for lettering.
Draw the lightest of HB lines for the top line of each character & very light HB dots for spacing.
For each character use a flattened toothpick to smear the _tiniest_ amount of glue stick at "corners".
Manoeuvre into place with a dry 00 paintbrush and a bit of sotto voce swearing.
Press the sticky "corners" down very, very gently with a flattened toothpick or the end of the brush handle.
Wander off for ten minutes or so to let the glue dry thoroughly.
Slather thinned PVA overall.
Some hours later use a small piece of freshly cut india rubber to remove the guide lines. Gently! The guidelines really do have to be as light as possible consistent with you being able to see them. And don't get PVA over them or you won't be able to rub them off.
Using the glue stick allows a small amount of wriggle room for lifting and repositioning the letter/number that using 30% EzeDope or thinned PVA doesn't. Makes the whole process a good deal less fraught.
Attachments show the results of my attempts; which are not great make but me think that it should be possible to achieve very good results with a bit more practice.
Some tragic events can make you grow up quicker than you would like.
For attorney Steven Fishman, his painful fast-forward into maturity came while he was a sophomore basketball player at Michigan in 1967. In the middle of one practice, he was told that his father had passed away.
Fishman’s grave personal loss changed his life, but also helped him bond with his client – Michigan redshirt junior defensive end Shantee Orr – who also lost his father early in his college years.
“When something like that occurs, it forces manhood on you at an earlier time than you could ever imagine,” Fishman said.
Orr definitely understands how quickly something important can be taken away in an instant. And he apparently doesn’t want to take anything else for granted.
Orr’s decision this week to leave the Wolverines and make himself eligible for the 2003 NFL Draft may have surprised many people.
But it shouldn’t bother anyone.
Orr is expecting to graduate in April with a degree in movement science. He’s not abandoning the Wolverines to play in the minor leagues, nor is he leaving the school empty-handed.
He’s actually leaving Michigan in plenty of good hands.
Orr may have been Michigan’s sack leader this year, but the Wolverines still have the “Sack Master” in junior Alain Kashama. Kashama showed flashes of his potential in a couple of game-changing plays at the Outback Bowl. Along with Larry Stevens, Pierre Woods and a very deep defensive line, Kashama should help wreak havoc on opposing quarterbacks – much like Orr did during his better moments.
At his best, Orr showed brilliance – his four sacks against Michigan State two years ago and his constant pressure on Rex Grossman in this year’s Outback Bowl. But other times, Orr would disappear, leaving fans wondering which Shantee will show up – man or myth?
But he did spend four years at the University, establishing himself as a solid defensive lineman – he was named to the All-Big Ten Honorable Mention team this year – and will now leave to potentially fulfill his lifelong dream of playing in the NFL. Not to mention he’ll have a chance to help his loved ones out financially.
“I think Shantee Orr, like most young athletes, is concerned about the economic future of his family,” Fishman said.
Orr won’t be a first-round pick – he may not even be selected until the fifth round or later. At 6-foot-1, 255 pounds, Orr will likely be an undersized defensive lineman if he’s not moved to linebacker. But some team will pick up Orr – a talented, relentless player with a 4.6 40-yard dash – on his pure athleticism and potential.
At least Orr, who missed two games this season with a knee injury, can now go into the combine healthy next month and take his chances. Even if he came back to Michigan next fall, trying to slightly improve his draft stock, it could be even more of a risk.
That is, the risk of getting hurt. Miami’s Willis MaGahee’s horrific knee injury in the Fiesta Bowl – which probably cost him $10 million and nearly cut his career short – was just one of a string of unfortunate reinforcements this season for Orr that he’s playing Russian roulette every time he takes the field.
He watched teammate and friend Zia Combs’ career end in an accidental collision with Ernest Shazor. He held his breath as Cato June lied motionless for several minutes just two weeks later.
“You’re just a play away from disaster,” Fishman said.
Orr is just a few months away from completing his degree and achieving his dream of being handed a NFL jersey on draft day.
And for Orr, that’s one event that probably can’t happen quickly enough.
It was with disbelief that I read school board member Andrew Cruz's statements at the Jan 21st board meeting. Mr. Cruz and the groups that support his unfounded and disproven statements do our school system and our entire community a grave disservice.
As of Feb. 2, 2021 there have been over 26 million cases of coronavirus and at least 450,000 deaths in the United States alone and 103 million cases and 2.25 million deaths worldwide according to Johns Hopkins University. As of the same date there have been over 25 million doses of vaccine administered in the US and over 100 million worldwide with no confirmed deaths caused by the vaccine. Some of the usual rumors and falsehood do appear on social media and the less than reliable internet sites, but a little checking quickly disproves the ones I have encountered.
The obvious conclusion, the virus kills, the vaccine does not. We all want our schools to open quickly and safely. The answer is to get vaccinated as soon as possible. We all want our stores, our places of worship, our entire communities to reopen. The solution is the same.
Mr. Cruz can believe whatever he likes but to discourage others based on unscientific rumors and falsehoods is cruel. I am pretty certain the families of the 450,000 dead Americans would have liked to have had the opportunity for their loved ones to have taken the vaccine.The national assembly is seeking to extend the 2017 budget to May 31, Mustapha Dawaki, chairman of the house of representatives committee on appropriation, has said. Speaking at a two-day The post N’assembly seeks extension of Budget 2017 till May 31 appeared first on TheCable.Owner operator GDF SUEZ has begun rehabilitation work on the northern batters of its Hazelwood coal mine.
The worked-out section of the mine closest to the Princes Freeway and residential homes was where the Hazelwood mine fire took root, exposing the town to smoke and ash for 45 days in February and March last year.
GDF SUEZ reported 40 per cent of the northern batters have now been rehabilitated with work slowly moving towards the west of the mine.
In a statement, the company said about 10 hect