For parts which are supposed to be joined together permanently I use 5-minute epoxy glue, which is mixed from two components. The working life is – guess what – 5 minutes after which the glued parts are nearly inseperable without destroying them in the process. Be cautious: Always wear protective gloves to ensure that your skin doesn’t come in contact with this chemical! [More...]
Welcome to the online assembly instructions for my ODN scanner hero kit. In this tutorial, you’ll see how to prepare the electronics for installation and how to insert them into the body. You’ll also learn how to prepare and assemble the hollow resin shells to build up a fully functional hero ODN scanner. First, here’s a pic of the entire kit: 2 resin body parts, electronics, acrylic rod, display graphics, styrene (1.0 mm and 1.5 mm), 2 screws, templates for the styrene details. That’s all you need, so let’s begin! [More...]
How do you build a PADD? Well, it’s easy, if you have the right kit. In this tutorial I want to show you how to build up one of Matt Munson’s small Voyager PADD kits. Although he claims to build these is under an hour, I would recommend to take a little more time… [More...]
