Tutorial: Assembling Dragon Photoetched Metal Tool Clamps
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
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I've been building these 1/35 scale military models since the early 1970's and lately with all of this new model technology that has hit the market say just in the past decade, I'm beginning to feel like a dinosaur in the hobby because my eyesight just won't allow me the luxury of using all of those tiny intricate parts that makes today's models look so realistic.
Oh don't get me wrong, as I still make some fine museum quality pieces according to my endless customers over the decades however, I can just imagine what I could accomplish if I were able to use those tiny intricate parts in photo-etching today. For me to attempt to build what you just built in this video I think would drive me absolutely batty, lol. Great vid.
Thank you for the comment, Bo. I'm only 19 so my eyesight is still pretty fine, but I see many guys using optivisors or other magnifiers to help them work or PE or other small details. But these little guys can even drive me crazy sometimes since they're just so fiddly haha!
I had to get a helping hands thing with a magnifying glass, just getting back into plastic models with 1/72 scale armor. Teeny, tiny stuff.
In the old days we had to make stuff like this with foil, styrene and wire, etc. Kids these days, spoiled I tell ya.
I feel you....try an optivisor, i have 2 of them. I just love them for this work!!!
Anytime I want to be humbled I watch this video.
The carpet monster is waiting.... 😉😄
Great tutorial buddy! 👌👍👏
Luckily I didn't lose any of these parts to the carpet monster....but I sure have before!
Damn you, carpets! :O
I'm 5 years late to this video, but very good work my Canadian cousin!
Thanks for the tutorial on the Dragon PE tool clamp & how to assemble them,PM36.
Thank god I bought a set of fine tweezers. Thanks, loved the video... very helpful!!!
Thank you :)
I think I would be able to see the nucleus of an atom easier than those PE clamps. But it was a helpful tut, thanks!
Yep! EXTREMELY useful.… thanks for shooting and posting. 👍👍
Thank you Mark!
Great video, buddy, and you are correct, what a difference those little pieces of added detail will make...Lots of tedious and time consuming work, but definitely appears worth it...a true test of patience and dexterity, of which you have lots of both...thanks for sharing...
Thank you very much Col. Reb! :)
Super fine detail, the lengths you go to, to make your models look master class is amazing!
Keep up the good work!
Thanks
Thank you!
Those miniscule photo etch clamps bedevil me...i have huge fingers and lack the dexterity to handle them without crushing them or launching them across the room into the deep pile beige carpeting trying to manipulate the tiny component parts. My myopic eyes can barely see them as is, and once they nestle into the carpet fibers, i am resigned to them being forever lost. You make it look so deceptively easy....i also wish i had Your patience and tenacity. The longer i try to fiddly-f*** with them the more exasperated i become. Thanks for making this video, Your method is much better than how i approached assembling them. Perhaps i will have better results Your way.
I've been planning a very extensive PE clamp video, and honestly have yet to even try to build one. This was awesome.
Thank you Adam :) Well one all about tiger tool clamps would be very helpful...
All this talk about eyesight. I'm 62 yrs. Was getting frustrated with unseeable PE parts when I was 58. Then I discovered a headband magnifier at Harbor Freight - very reasonable price (about US $7.00). I cannot even begin to say how much it helped!
Been using it ever since...... Recommend everyone buy one....
Well I was only 18 when I made this video so my eyesight is still very good. Some day though I will certainly need one of those optivisors!
Well done mate, very informative and would have been really difficult to film doing such fiddly work, thank you for sharing 👍🏻
Thank you! And yes it was very difficult...I had to film myself building three of them and then had enough footage in the end to clearly show the complete assembly of just one.
Very fiddly stuff mate but excellent job making them workable. I did try making the Dragon PE clamps on my Panzer II a few years back however I spent 2 hours just getting one clamp made with my fumbly fingers and wombat eyes. Now I have better lights and stronger reading glasses I might try this on my Dragon Panther, if the Eduard PE also lends itself to your method.
Thank you Harry! These little guys are murder on the eyes...and it must be so much easier at my age to do them. Proper tools will definitely help, even a PE bender; I'm looking at getting one for myself soon.
I would need a scanning electron microscope to see pieces that small. Then assemble it? Great job.
They sure are small! Luckily I'm still young and have good eyes :) One day though, that won't be the case!
Very informative. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. -Chris-
Thank you Chris :)
I always look forward to the little 1 next to your account name. I've gotten out of making my own lately because of other commitments but your videos are great. I like the new intro too.
Thank you Allan! I'm glad you look forward to my videos; that's awesome and means a lot to me!
Smart workaround 😁
Very Very Very cool explanation ...thanks so much for sharing
Thank you Ivan!
Great little tutorial. You should consider some xuron photo etch shears. You will never file off another nub again.
Thanks for the tip, Will! I'll look into that cause sanding PE is murder.
Excellent thoroughly enjoyed watching you put them together. I think you should start training as a surgeon, I'm afraid to say small PE parts like that and now a little bit beyond me keep doing what you're doing Sim
Very good tutorial, Evan. I still wouldn't try assembling them. Maybe 20 yrs ago, but now I simply can't do that anymore and that's the main reason why I hate PE. :)
When I'm your age I'll certainly hate these little buggers even more than I do now. Maybe I should build a ton right now so I'll save them in the future, haha :)
Panzermeister36 That sounds like a real good plan to me, Evan! :)
very cool! I like photo etch, I use needle nose, and bender. the detail is amazing on kits. great job Panzerman36
Thanks Clayton. I think I'll pick up a bender soon; it's probably a lot easier to use and more precise.What bender do you recommend?
Hey I just seen this sorry. I use the hold & fold 5 speed, very nice. Had mine for three years now, beat to heck,;). still works great, one thing though, the sixth bending tooth on it is very soft, don't try to bend any thick photo etch with it. It will tweak up some just enough that it won't hold small parts unless you remove the top and bend it back into shape. I also love it because you can turn the top ether way so you can bend long parts too. Anyway love your videos, and hope I helped you some.
Awesome! Thank you very much for the recommendation. It sounds great.
Cool, they are very small pieces! Nice job Evan :)
Thank you Nuno!
great vid Ev and really great new intro , you have done well
Thank you Steve! I'm having tons of fun on this kit for your GB :)
Good for you man...honestly...it looks really cool. I'd sooner go for a swim in a salty ocean after a claw fight with a bear....that's just awful how much time and patience that takes. PE is not enjoyable to me, so I avoid it to keep the pleasure in my models. Good on you for that man...looks cool but I'd never even want to do that let alone be able to do that!
Wow, sooo tiny! I guess i wouldn´t actually buy those separately but i guess if they are included with the kit i would certainly give them a try. Sooo tiny thoug ;-)
They are tiny but very cool. Plenty of nice Dragon kits have them, and I think they're awesome :)
Very interest video
excellent tutorial...
Thank you Mark!
There is no way my fat sausage fingers could do that. Time to diet I think or buy some smaller pliers????? Sod it, smaller pliers it is then! Now where is my chocolate?
Many thanks for this fascinating video, you have great skills my friend, great skills indeed.
Joe
Thanks Joe! The tools definitely help a lot. A PE bender should help even more, but I'm no expert on that because I don't have one, though I might get one soon to see how it works out.
very nice video :)
Thank you!
Good video thans. My instruction shows part with 2 holes like your part but in The box part haw only one. This is from flakpanzer I
Nice assembly technique on such intricate details and I know Dragon's instructions can through you off on some of their sub-assemblies, I have a question...I'm stuck on the Mid-Version Tiger commander cupola where the cover slides to the rear of the tank, does the part get inserted from under or over the top of the turret roof? that holds the cover in place to make it movable.
I prefer using Manwa diamond files on PE items. Available in different widths and grades.
Yes I have a diamond file from Tamiya that I use now for PE cleanup.
Very helpful!!!!
Interesting......i now want to stay up to all hours working, kearning soldering......and using these skills.
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Photo etch makes you want to build a hone made hydrogen Device .........on your hobby table....
Or .....just calm down.....
Lol
Great video though
Cheers!!!!
Why the hell dont they atleast double up on the tiny pieces???im trying this miniart T60 and i cant even see some of the pe once its of the sprue! Add superglue to that and i just end up with etch on the end of my scalpel!or just disapear never to be seen again!!!
I've went back to PE clamps from 3D PRINTED there was just nothing special to them when painted don't look near as good the old brass!
I sub you ;) See you on G+
THank you :)
Thats a very informative and skilled video but please stop repeating yourself. It could be cut down to 5 mins and still get the same amount of info on it. Please dont take this as negative and keep making the vids mate.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll try to keep them shorter in the future.
Have you tried writing a script? and you can time it that way too.
I would but that takes time to plan and I'm in university and don't really have any time lol
Yeah, been there myself but dont forget the 7 P`s
Instead of holding in your hands use double tape on your workbench.lay them on a side. And fit them. It's much easier