Modeling Mediums 103

30 July 2003, 11:10 PM

What is anitimony?

Another scale heard from.....but at least it will match my cars.

31 July 2003, 03:36 AM

Antimony - a trivalent and pentavalent metalloid element that is commonly metallic silvery white, crystalline, and brittle and that is used especially as a constituent of alloys and semiconductors.

Atomic number 51 (symbol Sb, for stibnite) on the periodic table of elements between tin (Sn, for stannum) and tellurium (Te).

1 August 2003, 11:05 PM

Damn, and I was going to ask atomic no.

Is this a poison?

2 August 2003, 04:02 AM

In short-term studies, animals that breathed very high levels of antimony died.

Antimony can have beneficial effects when used for medical reasons. It has been used as a medicine to treat people infected with parasites.

I expect animals that breathe very high levels of water would die. Bottom line, don't eat the details. I presume it's safer than lead in our alloys.

RLWP · 2 August 2003, 08:56 AM

So, what about fish then, or Whales??

Richard

StephenLawson · 2 August 2003, 06:15 PM

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'...So, what about fish then, or Whales?? Richard'

Richard; What I'd like to know is how do the fish and whales use tweezer's when building models? *Next just to keep the mix going lets discuss adhesives. *After an adhesive cures it still does what? *It remains reactive, this means it reacts to hot or cold temps. *Changes may be subtle but the glues will release gasses into the room in minute amounts. *In most cases this is not a cause for concern. *Always avoid a model being exposed to prolonged sunlight. Even plastics or resins will react to constant heat or cold in the same manner. *Passing gasses that is. Priming is a way to seal the work before painting and it provides a good surface on which to paint. But then the finished paint work itself will also react to heat or sunlight. *Again normally this is not a cause for alarm. *But is some cases the fumes can become noxious. I refer here to the thread on The Laws of Modeling 101. Family members that are ill or dealing with prolonged illnesses can be affected. *This can be remedied by simply opening a window and having a small fan near your work area. *

Pop Quizes; 1. What is the best all round adhesive for modeling purposes?

2.Which ones tend to break down quicker?
3.When
4.Why?

NeilE · 3 August 2003, 12:54 AM

Dymphna passes lots of noxious gasses when she is modelling and it ain't the glues as what are responsible.

More like its her constant diet of tinned sardines, cheap beer, and baked beans that do it (plus her malodourous 'smalls')

The Good Herr Doktor used to keep well downwind of her at almost all occasions. In fact he usually kept a weathervane on his person in order to determine the wind direction at any time, anywhere.

Any modeller having any business with her at all would do well to heed The Dear Departed Good Herr Doktor's advice (this excludes her swarthy gigolos who don't seem to mind.....).

All the Best

Neil E 8)
Director,
M.O.D.E.L.

3 August 2003, 05:41 AM

"1. What is the best all round adhesive for modeling purposes?"

Epoxy. Multiple choices of curing time. Sticks most anything to most anything else. High strength with a bit of flexibility also.

StephenLawson · 3 August 2003, 09:19 AM

VonLemming wrote; Epoxy. Multiple choices of curing time. Sticks most anything to most anything else. High strength with a bit of flexibility also.

Bravo! Again high marks to The man from Tennessee!

RLWP · 3 August 2003, 01:30 PM

Are we talking about the same thing here?? Two tubes of noxious stuff you mix together in hopefully the right amounts, hopefully to the right consistency, has to be put on in sticky lumps that get everywhere around the joint you are trying to make and leaves great strings of glue, hard to shape, impossible to sand..

That epoxy? Or am I doing something wrong??

Richard