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| April 17, 2008 Thank you again for visiting our website! Things have been moving fast & furious around here since our April 1st BLOG. Not only did I find time to post the new events to this BLOG but, we also have several new items. So please be aware that for the week of April 21st communication will be pretty much non-existent. My left knee replacement is scheduled for the 21st and I'll spend a couple of days in the hospital and depending upon how things go with this replacement will determine whether I come home and have physical therapy here or I go back into rehab for a week or so. The first of the new items are the two new Weathering Pigment Sets. The first of the two eight color sets is the "Armour Weathering Pack" #1140 (at right). We had  some help from one of our customers in Australia select the colors that would be appropriate to weathering military models. The second new set is the "Railroad Weathering Pack" #1141 (at left). The Railroad set is special in that it has an all new color (#1105 Light Grey) which is not in the large 27 Color Set (below right). Both of these two new sets are the same large, re-sealable 2 ounce containers that we offer as individual Industrial Weathering Pigments and in the *very* successful 27 Color Set. So if you have been waiting for a special offer to try these great weathering products, here is your chance. CLICK on any of the thumbnail images to see larger images of these great weathering products! I know that I got your hopes up about the new Weathering Stains that are coming. The good news is that we do have the "Antique White" #1094 available, but no pictures at this time. Sorry, this is the best that I can do before my surgery. And yes, this means that Stain Set #2 is running behind as well. Thank you in advance for being patient. Debbie & really appreciate all the positive comments that we have been receiving as to how well folks are enjoying these great Doctor Ben's products. Just in case you haven't noticed it yet, we have a brand new category on the website, "How-To DVDs". Our friend and fellow modeler has begun to put a set of How-To videos together. While Darryl & I don't do things the exact same way, his videos are a very worthwhile value and I highly recommend them. I had already watched all of them—several times each—before we decided to add them to our product line. Each one is only $19.95 and a very wise investment in your modeling education.
Just a reminder that the brand new 'Ready-To-Use Weathering Solutions' on the www.DrBens.com website are similar in use to the Realistic Rust, Instant Age & Weathered Rust, the new finishes are: Granite Ballast Grey; Huck's White Wash, Grimy Dusty Buff; and Pond Scum (a must for every waterfront scene). Each of the four new solutions lists for $6.49 in a 4 ounce container or the set of all four for $23.95. Below you will see the Featured Link for the Doctor Ben's Weathering Solutions. There's a wealth of information already there and more on the way. If there is something that I have left out or that you think we should mention here, please drop me a line or spend a nickel on a phone call, we would be happy to oblige. Happy Modeling! | 
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Doctor Ben's "How-To #1: The Art of Turning Toys into Models" booklet
Whether you are a novice or a professional, this booklet is for you. Each year we attend numerous hobby shows and we have some basic techniques that we share with our visitors where folks can take our products home and begin using them just like at the show-no experience necessary! If you want your models to look as bad as ours do, you need to use what we use. |
Doctor Ben's Aged Driftwood Weathering Stain
It was just a few years ago that Testor's® purchased the Floquil® line of petroleum & water based paints & stains. And although no one knows the actual truth as to why Testor's® stopped producing the widely popular line of Floquil® Flo-Stains, I wasn't bothered that much. Due to the amount of model building I do for some very special customers I had already evolved my use of paints and stains to the same permanent, but non-petroleum based products with the exact same results—some twelve years ago. Maybe it was the price, maybe it was the smell, either way, using my created weathering stains only improved the quality of my modeling and when Floquil stopped making the Flo-Stains, I didn't panic. The Doctor Ben's Aged Driftwood that I use and now sell to you is a scientifically matched product to our 1983 Floquil® Flo-Stain bottle of product and no one is the wiser! |
All Eight Doctor Ben's Wood Stains Set #1
Tired of the costly, smelly petroleum based stains that seemingly evaporated overnight by that once famous—now defunct—Floquil® Flo-Stain product line Richard E. Bendever developed a group of enviro-friendly stains. For years Richard (aka Doctor Ben) has kept these Weathering Stains to himself and when the Floquil® stains started going for more than a $100 a bottle on eBay the decision was made to test the market with first the Floquil® Driftwood and if that was acceptable then more stains would begin to be offered. The long story short is that after many thousands of bottles of the Doctor Ben’s Aged Driftwood had been sold to the masses with huge acclamations Doctor Ben’s has begun to offer more of the no-longer–available stains, but with a twist. Although the Aged Driftwood is an exact match to a 1983 bottle of Floquil® Driftwood, the rest of the stain colors would vary slightly from the original stain colors. And now you can have them too! |
Erie B-2 Steam Crane Kit-Newly Released!
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*NEW* Doctor Ben's 4-Piece Special Weathering Solution Set-4-4 oz Bottles!
It has been more than four years since we introduced a *new* Weathering Solution. Not to be confused with the Weathering Stains, using Doctor Ben's Weathering Solutions will have your fellow modelers scratching their heads pondering just how you created that affect! (Descriptions below) All 4 New Weathering Solutions: #1056; #1057; #1058; & #1059 Special Set-Limited Time Offer!!! |
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