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GROUP BUILDS => 2016 Group Builds => The Knackers Yard => The Old Kit GB => Topic started by: Dork the kit slayer on September 22, 2016, 05:11:19 AM

Title: Just to be clear
Post by: Dork the kit slayer on September 22, 2016, 05:11:19 AM
Chris can you elucidate rule #6. Can I use houeshold destemper? :banghead: :wacko:
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: NARSES2 on September 22, 2016, 06:42:43 AM
You can even use distemper if you want
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Dork the kit slayer on September 23, 2016, 01:23:47 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 22, 2016, 06:42:43 AM
You can even use distemper if you want


Thanks mate,by the way,what IS distemper?
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Weaver on September 23, 2016, 05:27:45 AM
I always thought it was a digestive complaint that affected dogs...
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: NARSES2 on September 23, 2016, 07:33:12 AM
Quote from: Weaver on September 23, 2016, 05:27:45 AM
I always thought it was a digestive complaint that affected dogs...

It is a viral disease that effects cats and dogs and is very nasty.

Also has an archaic use which Dork probably remembers to describe forms of political disorder. "an attempt to illuminate the moral roots of the modern world's distemper"
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Old Wombat on September 23, 2016, 08:10:43 AM
Beyond animal diseases;


Distemper generally means a "weakening" or "illness" &, in English, should be used to signify something more serious than a "malaise".

The word, literally, means "poorly/badly tempered" (as in the forging of steel).
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: NARSES2 on September 23, 2016, 08:12:29 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on September 23, 2016, 08:10:43 AM

The word, literally, means "poorly/badly tempered" (as in the forging of steel).

Didn't know that and after 30 odd years in the steel industry maybe I should have ! Anyhow looking at it there it's obvious  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: dadlamassu on September 23, 2016, 09:55:13 AM
Quote from: Dork the kit slayer on September 23, 2016, 01:23:47 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 22, 2016, 06:42:43 AM
You can even use distemper if you want


Thanks mate,by the way,what IS distemper?

It is also a kind of paint:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distemper_(paint) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distemper_(paint))
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Dork the kit slayer on September 23, 2016, 12:21:00 PM
At last someone that knows what I thought I knew what I was talking about.

Not necessarily a good thing.........seek help
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Weaver on September 23, 2016, 12:58:16 PM
So if I paint something with a distemper, can I put a wash on it with a malaise?
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: jcf on September 23, 2016, 03:04:53 PM
Quote from: Weaver on September 23, 2016, 12:58:16 PM
So if I paint something with a distemper, can I put a wash on it with a malaise?

... and add dry-brushed highlights with elation?  ;D
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Weaver on September 23, 2016, 03:46:43 PM
Anyway Dork, I thought you wanted to be clear: do they even make clear distemper?
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Dork the kit slayer on September 24, 2016, 01:42:07 AM
Your all being very silly.......I shall flaunt off stage right and think about modelling albeit in a darkened room. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Weaver on September 24, 2016, 05:16:29 AM
We always suspected you did your modelling in a darkened room. Has the mains grid got anywhere near Liverpool yet, or do those nice copper cables keep 'disappearing'?  ;)
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Dork the kit slayer on September 24, 2016, 03:56:03 PM
I really do need the family sized aloa vera :-\ :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Joe C-P on September 29, 2016, 10:34:41 AM
I would hope one can use distemper, dattemper, or deoddertemper.

:o
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Weaver on September 29, 2016, 10:36:03 AM
Quote from: Dork the kit slayer on September 24, 2016, 03:56:03 PM
I really do need the family sized aloa vera :-\ :-\ :-\

Are those the Hawaiian version? ;)
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Joe C-P on September 29, 2016, 11:34:15 AM
Quote from: Weaver on September 29, 2016, 10:36:03 AM
Quote from: Dork the kit slayer on September 24, 2016, 03:56:03 PM
I really do need the family sized aloa vera :-\ :-\ :-\

Are those the Hawaiian version? ;)

I thought that was how one greets Ms. Farminga:

(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthyceleb.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F03%2FActress-Vera-Farmiga.jpg&hash=eedd247f50dc7ceaf7a058e9c912aa47a2647590)
Title: Re: Just to be clear
Post by: Dork the kit slayer on October 02, 2016, 06:13:24 AM
Quote from: Weaver on September 29, 2016, 10:36:03 AM
Quote from: Dork the kit slayer on September 24, 2016, 03:56:03 PM
I really do need the family sized aloa vera :-\ :-\ :-\

Are those the Hawaiian version? ;)



Must be,we use ello Vera oop North