BEST Method for making clear lenses for scale models - (2020)
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- Опубликовано: 26 дек 2019
- Hey, everyone in this video I'll share the BEST method for making •CLEAR LENSES• for scale models... that I know of anyway. You can use this technique for any type of model that needs clear lenses added to it. Sit back and grab a glass of your favourite “clear” beverage and enjoy. Cheers!
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Hey, guys, let me know what you think of these 10-minute tutorials and if you'd like to see more like these. Cheers, Scott
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BUBBLES!!! You won me over immediately!
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Great vid and a new technique to try. Thanks for sharing this - much appreciated.
Thank you sir! Good luck I’m sure you’ll use it again and again.👊🏻👊🏻😁
I am thoroughly enjoying the added lightsaber sounds with the Bondic pen too!
Thanks I thought it was a fitting sound effect.😁
Great technique!!! Those searchlights really came out well. And what's nice is this isn't limited to small scales or circles. Assuming one can cut shapes to fit or have clear kit parts, this is still a great way of attaching clear parts in general. Something that has always given me nightmares on aircraft kits 😮😮
Yes I find this is probably the best way to recreate clear lenses and it can be used with convex shapes as well. You can go one step further and add the bulb from small glass beads for things that have bulbs. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Wow ! awesome method ! thank you so much for sharing that one !
Thanks sir!👊🏻👊🏻😁
Thanks Scott again for sharing with us your great technique! I have watched other videos on making clear lens but yours is without doubt the best. I will be looking out for more of your 10 min tips.👍👋😊
Thanks you for your support… it means a lot! 🙂🍻🙌🏻
Love the 10 minute videos. Fantastic.
Scott Lofye Thanks! There will be more.
Like always Scott great video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers.
Excellent video/tutorial - you ARE the smartest man alive - thanks! Loved the light saber sounds and, hey, at least Bubbles doesn't need an Opti-Visor 😉😂
Thanks Jerry! Yes I’m sure if we used his glasses we’d be able to see the hairs on a flee. 😁
Wow some great tools there. 👍
Thanks 👍
Merry Christmas mate... hope you had a good one ... and a happy new year.
Same to you.👊🏻👊🏻😁
Great tip...I will be using this technique.
Thanks! Yes give it a try you'll be very pleased with the results. Cheers!
A good tutorial, enjoyed and pick up the candle wax container for CA glue idea. Thanks
totalhobby1 Thanks! Yes the candle trick really saves a lot of CA glue. Cheers!
Very nice tutorial Scott 👍
Thanks 👍
Awesome, Thanks.
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Awesome!
Thank you!
Yay small soldier is back!! Really slick tips and tools my friend! Thanks Scott
Your very welcome Jon. It seems to be a topic lacking here on the Tube.
@@SmallSoldier Agreed. More in depth tutorial videos. Such as yours are hard to come by on here. I always learn something new and enjoy the vids. Thank you as always
Awesome Jon, this is what I love to hear! I like to share what I know and am glad that you enjoy what I'm doing. Cheers, all the best in the New Year... "2020." Weren't we supposed to be driving flying cars by now?
@@SmallSoldier We were! However thank god we're not! Most people can't drive on road lol
Very useful video. Thanks for sharing
You bet, my pleasure. Cheers!
Great result
Scott
Thanks my friend!😁👊🏻👊🏻
Thanks for the advice and I have subscribed.🐱
Many thanks!🤝
Well done Sir!
Arno Land 😁👊🏻👊🏻
Good tip!!happy new year~
Thanks! Right back at cha!
Great video thank you for sharing
Thanks your welcome.🙂
Very fiddly to do but the effect is excellent! Thank you for showing this :)
Thanks Michael. Yes this Hood May be the death of me.🤣🤣
Brilliant. I have been trying to produce convincing landing lights to no effect. I need a moloto and circle cutter. Thanks chap👍
Thanks m8! I’m glad you liked it and glad I could help! Good luck to you.🙂🍻
I love learning new stuff. But the thing I learned was about the candle and super glue. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for tuning in and your welcome. Yeah, that CA/candle trick is killer!
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As per-usual another great video! But could you go into the Bondic tool in a future video? I've never heard of such a tool. Does it work with other glues(i.e. not the one it comes with)?? What is it doing to regular CA glue?
Thanks man! I’m not sure what the material is that comes with the pen but I’m sure it’s what dentists use when bonding crowns and that type of thing. The UV light is what cures the adhesive not ca though. It’s really a very useful tool. You can also use it to form shapes that get sanded away durning construction. I’ll have to see if that type of tutorial would be something everyone wants. Cheers!
Nice job
Thank you! Cheers!
Building the Trump 1/200 Hood as well ...great tips I will be using them!
I have a couple other videos on the Hoods progression and I post updates as well. Thanks for watching.👊🏻👊🏻
@@SmallSoldier Yep have been watching I am learning heaps thanks
Great to hear Neil, thanks for watching. Cheers!
Excellent video. Curious about the Bondic UV adhesive. Not something that is common here in the UK. Can it be used on Photo Etch and is it as strong as CA glue?
Thanks, Roger! You can also find these UV glues at fly fishing shops. I haven't had much luck using it on etch, small parts probably but I'd still reinforce it with thin CA. It works best for making clear lenses.
@@SmallSoldier Thank you for taking the time to reply.
When are you going to show some of the videos, painting figures?
Coming soon bud. The Rommel bust is up next.😁👊🏻👊🏻
Nice technique... a few extra steps than I normally use, so will give it a try on my next lens. Interesting idea about the candle wax and CA. It’s curing is usually due to evaporation, maybe you are getting a deeper pool in the wax depression than we get with a squirt on card or metal, so you don’t get to thin evaporated glue as fast. I will have to try that as well. But see no chemical reason why paraffin wax would react with Cyanoacrylate
Yes try it it works great. I don’t know the science behind it but candle wax stoops it from drying too quickly. A tip I learned from a friend years ago.
@@SmallSoldier I gave the wax receptacle a go with my CA glue and much to my surprise I did a whole hour session without the pool of CA drying out. Great tip.
Thanks! It really does work well.
Yea weird isn't it. One warning. Light the thing first or blow over it with a heat gun. The ones I have seem made out of granular wax and super thin CA initially just absorbed into it....bugger🙄. I make my own loops using thin guitar strings. Also great for antenna etc
did you think it possible for 1/700 ?, it just better to put a drop of gloss coat to simulated glass there ?
Sure any scale will work. You can get the Molotow pens in smaller sizes as well. Always put a chrome backer before the clear.
Thanks for the information. I'd really like to know if you have ever added a dome shape to a clear lense like an RC car. If you have can you please teach me? Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Edward in Osaka Japan
Hello from Canada! Glad to see I have some Japanese fans! Anyway to answer your question, I have done this for an armoured car. I use "googly eyes" the Kind you often find on toys or stuffed animals. I just remove the hard backer then presto... you have a clear domed lens. I've bought varied-sized bags of these eyes at my local dollar shop. Hope that helps you and good luck. Consider subscribing if you haven't already it really helps the channel to get noticed. Cheers! 🙌
Yeah Scott, I can find the googley eyes on eBay. Looking at them I have a question OK. Are they clear or foggy?
Thanks in advance.
Ed in Osaka Japan
They should be clear. I like to dip them in future or Tamiya X22 clear which gives them an even brighter shine.
Where did you get the bondic tool?
I bought mine at Home Depot but I found I had to source the refill tubes.
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Why use the Bondic at all?
Because it makes great-looking clear parts.
what diameter is the smallest radius.
Sorry please be more specific. Diameter of what exactly?
Small Soldier Oh sorry,I meant the diameter of the smallest circle.
Why pay all that money for a glue looper, simply cut the bristles off an old toothbrush, glue one to the end of a cocktail stick and you can deliver the tiniest amounts of superglue anywhere, and of course its flexible. One toothbrush will supply you for a lifetime.
Lol… I didn’t buy them a friend gave them to me. I use the needle out of a syringe most of the time. I like the toothbrush bristle idea I’m going to try that as well. Thanks