scratch it with u hobby knife dun sand it first!

oh noes...u all probably heard of this question before...but how to use pla plate properly? ohmigosh T.T

dunno how to answer you le, it's like "how to use masking tape properly?"

At least tell us what u want to use it for. Or is this your question? If it was, then pla plate can be use , when cut to desire shapes, to add details to your kits, scratch build something totally new or cant found in your box of model, adding extra shapes to your models, giving supports to extra parts of your model etc etc.

It's just like a piece of plywood to a carpenter. U can imagine what he can use the pla plate for.

nope,pla plate 1st then epoxy...pla-plate use to get the 'base' n shape later sapu the eposy on it,then sand it.....

use pla-plate?hehe....somtime it is hard to cut it straight,i usually cut it a lil bit bigger than the shape that i want, glue n paste it on the surface,after the glue was nearly dry,then cut the plate carefully to ur desired shape...hehe,1st time use it.......

lawl, i noe what it is used for, its just that i dunno how to make the shapes that i want xDD

lets say i wanna make a custom vernier/thruster...the shape is cylindrical rite? how do i use pla plate to get that shape?
or even simpler, lets say i wanna make a custom rifle...how do i get the pla plate to that shape?

as in, what tools to use for cutting the pla plate, and how to get the exact shape?

xD sry sry im a noob, want to learn xDD

those thrusters kenot be made by pla plates la..
btw, pla plates not only sold in paper form but also cylinder type(very exp).
if u wan to make a custom shape or somthing, u nid to really plan...
creating smthing nids to plan 1st then everything can go smoothly...

lawl! that was just an example lar...kekeke

what im trying to ask is, what are the basic steps and instructions for a beginner to learn how to make shapes out of pla plate for gunpla use xDD

>> pcomet : don kno lor, the dealer not yet reply my mail yet... so far he told me only strike rouge is left at litt tak currently so i have asked for the price but still not yet reply...

>>myky44 : oh... what about the gold below here? what number is this? or maybe it needs some colour mix to produce such a shiny yellow gold?




This post has been edited by edwardgsk: May 7 2008, 09:53 PM

walao who want to built thruster with pla plate? Tat is madness!
Better go buy one then trying to make thruster! Waste of time onli

lol! wad te hell, was justusing the thrusters as an example lar...lawl

tat's a bad example...
well, it's hard to teach coz everyone try out themselves... let's say wan to create a logo, draw the logo on the pla plate and use design knife n cut lor... tat's it... see ur cutting skills

if wan make a BIG cylinder shape with pla plate boleh?

alr got rdy made cylinder shape ma.. but until how big i duno la...
if use those paper form type, it's VERY HARD to do it

rdy made those bigget hw big and wad price?

like i said, i duno until how big.
coz nvr buy b4... price will exp lo.. u ask 0003..... he bought b4

so what ur actually saying is we draw and cut...lawl....k...i'll try

becoz i duno wat kind of shape u wan, u didnt mention so i just give an example of saying logo since it's the simplest... draw and cut slowly, just like a carpenter..

for learning how to scratch build u need to know few thing 1st :

- how u want the shape to be like by draw it out on a paper in diff angle

- dissemble or flatten the design u drawn out ( flatten here mean like flatten a paper box )

- only then u can start cutting out the pla plate by follow the shape or drawing u have flatten and sticking it together

if u scare ur wasting pla plate then u can start of using paper of card board ...

i will wor ... if the after market parts is not the 1 in my mind i wan
and it is not a waste of time at all ... cause in the end it is still ur own scratch building

there goes... 2 zero answer...

my version of answer...

- you need to trial and error for the effectiveness... we learn from mistake...

paiseh my noob question make u all argue T.T

but all the answers make sense also, i'll try to play around with it lor...see what i come up with