Question about * on a part

[spencermitchellmusic]

Hey everyone, sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. I haven't been on here in a couple of years and haven't been building for about as long. I recently bought a model from Wish and received it the other day (in really bad shape btw). I started working on it this evening and several of the parts have a * next to them and some of them even have ** next to them. The instructions are very vague and there is nothing indicating what the * means.

I'm guessing it means to laminate the part to cardboard? If so does one * mean one peice of cardboard and ** mean two peices of cardboard? If so, how thick is the cardboard? I'll post a picture of the cover page and the parts in question in case anyone else has ever built this kit.

Thanks

[rickstef]

I hope the cost for the kit wasn't a lot
None of the Halinski kits i have are loose leaf, always in booklet format.

From what I have seen in my kits, there are usually 3 cardboard thicknesses called for
Bristol(a couple of sheets of your favorite stock laminated together)
* usual means 1mm thick cardboard
** probably 1.5 to 2 mm thick cardboard

[spencermitchellmusic]

Thanks, I definitely feel like I paid too much. It seems clear that this is a pirated copy of the original model. It came from China in a flimsy cardboard envelope that was completely ripped to shreds by the time it got to my mailbox where it was carelessly shoved in with the rest of the mail. The paper is all warped and messed up.

[modelperry]

* could also mean 0.5 mm and ** 1.0 mm.

Greg

[YankeeBoy]

Halinski kit laminations are generally coded as follows:

b Bristol. i.e. laminate with card stock
* 0.5 mm
** 1.0 mm
*** 2.0 mm (found on older kits - 2000 and earlier)

[SJPONeill]

The piracy thing aside, some of these models, you have to translate the written instructions to get the nitty-gritty on lamination thicknesses. To do this you can either scan the text pages into a PDF, OCR the text and then copy and paste into Google Translate of similar.

Alternatively, as in my case, you can buy the lovely Polish food and bev manager at a local hotel a few wines and she will read the translations into a recorder...

[Lex]

Originally Posted by SJPONeill

The piracy thing aside, some of these models, you have to translate the written instructions to get the nitty-gritty on lamination thicknesses. To do this you can either scan the text pages into a PDF, OCR the text and then copy and paste into Google Translate of similar.

Alternatively, as in my case, you can buy the lovely Polish food and bev manager at a local hotel a few wines and she will read the translations into a recorder...

That, is the best piece of advice I heard today...

[rickstef]

I would suggest, using the kit as a learning tool, get some of the discussed card board thicknesses and build those parts which call for those thicknesses, this way you can learn how to build a kit of this complexity, and not feel that you wasted the money by recycling the kit, and this will help you build skill as you said you only have done a couple of models prior to this one.

And if you feel that you can successfully build the proper kit, then I would suggest getting the kit from a proper online shop, and then build it using the knowledge gained from those test builds

Rick

[Olo]

If anyone needs translation from Polish language let me know I can help.
* use .5 mm cardboard
** use 1 mm cardboard
*** use 2 mm cardboard
+ use 0.2 mm paper

++ use 0.4 mm paper


I hope that helps

[spencermitchellmusic]

Thank you all very much. So my next question would be what do you use for the two different cardboard thicknesses? Is the typical cereal box approximately 1mm?