Cap's Hobby Hints

  Cap's Hobby Hints from   (DC 1966) by Henry Boltinoff   Don't know how many models need screws, but here's a way to shim in a hole and make it bite!       

   Cap's Hobby Hints from   (DC 1966) by Henry Boltinoff   Here's another one that is sure to drive your older sister batty.  How many earrings do you bet he ruined gluing the two halves together by accident?  Still, it's a clever solution! 

Cap's Hobby Hints from DC Comics [DC 1966] by Henry Boltinoff    I'm not certain this is good for the razor, and most of these mechanical things are gone, but I found one in my late father's medicine cabinet and saved it for something just like this!     I suspect this would be the following panel if Denis the Menace had done this to Mr. Wilson's razor....

  From Cap's Hobby Hints (DC, 1966) by Henry Boltinoff. It's not common today for rocketeers or hobby kit builders to mix their own paints, but at one time, this seemed to be the technique for mixing Testor's Model Paints to achieve that unique color you were attempting.   

     From Cap's Hobby Hints (DC, 1966) by Henry Boltinoff. Here's an example of suggestive selling worked into a full page comic strip.  This may pre-date Cap's Hobby Hints, but not by much.   What a great way to promote your sponsor/advertiser's products than to plant the idea in young reader's heads to prime the parents to buy a hobby kit for them! 

    From Cap's Hobby Hints (DC, 1966) by Henry Boltinoff.     Not sure that this is how we match colors today, but for a way to transport paint samples back in the day, this was pretty inventive!  Good Show!