Timecode in Numbers '09

Hey Gang,
I'm creating a video/film take sheet in numbers. Being somewhat new to Numbers, I would like to be able to just punch in timecode numbers and have the colon automatically appear(12051509 would be 12:05:15:09). Could anyone help with this type of formatting or is it not possible. I have an old excel file that has that Macro built in, but I know Numbers 09 will not support the excel macro.
Thanks a bunch,
John

First off, Thanks. I tried what has been posted. There will be no calculations in this spreadsheet. I just want to list the in/out/duration of the video clips.Here is where I'm at...
I've selected all the cells that I want to format.
I click format>create custom cell format.
Name the format.
Delete what's showing by default.
Here is where I'm confused.
Do I type in ##:##:##:## or drag the decimal up to my text box?
If I drag the decimal up to the text box, The residing drop down does not give me the option to remove separator.
NEVER MIND!!! I got it. Thanks for all your help. I tried dragging the integers to the text box(4x). Setting the number of digits to 2, and adding a colon in between each integer that I dropped in. It works! Thanks again.

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