[modeleng] Re: Pins-striping tool

Jesse,

Good to see your name back in the "From" rather than the "Subject" column. I 
was getting a bit worried about you until I read that you had landed on your 
head!

All the best for a full recovery,

Barrie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 1:43 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Pins-striping tool


> Clif et al,
>
> The draughting pin I use is a Koh-n-or (badly mis-spelled) and it of 
> course
> has the hollow steel tube like a hypodermic needle, but inside it is a 
> fine
> steel wire.  The wire protrudes from the tube by about .020" and has a
> weight in the ink reservoir. I don't know if the wire is absolutely
> essential or not as I have never tried the pen without it.  If the pen
> "loses its prime", it is only necessary to shake it so the weight and wire
> move back and forth to get the ink flowing again.
>
> Jesse, in less icy (slippery) West Tennessee USA.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 4:26 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Pins-striping tool
>
>
>> Hi All,
>> It always annoys me when I see the Bob Moore lining pen as it is only a
>> type of drawing pen for indian ink that I used when I was a draughtsman.
>> I just wish that I had thought of it first.
>> Originaly spring bows were used, then came the Uno pen in the late 
>> sixties
>> (which is now the Bob Moore) then the modern drawing pen. The interesting
>> thing is where does he get them made now ?
>> As the only essential bit is a very fine steel tube, is there any
>> possibility of using hyperdermic needles suitably cut down with a cup on
>> the top and given a polished end.
>>
>> Regards
>> Clif
>> Feeling very unhappy at the moment as I have just had a Hip replacement
>> operation.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Everett <deverett2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 7:33
>> Subject: [modeleng] Pins-striping tool
>>
>>
>>
>> What does the team use for pinstriping/lining out models?
>>
>> In the UK there is the Bob Moore Lining Pen at an exorbitant cost.
>> In the US there is the Beugler Pin Striper at an exorbitant cost.
>>
>> Does anyone use the Master Striper and if Yes, what is the verdict?  It
>> would
>> appear to work on
>> the same principle as the Beugler but looks much more affordable.
>>
>> http://www.misterart.com/store/view/001/group_id/2841/Master-Single-Line-Striper-Set.htm
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Dave
>> The Emerald Isle
>>
>>
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