ZTony8

Another source would be your local GM dealer.Ask them if they are willing to give you any lock cylinder tumbler springs.They should be no charge as dealers get them with every cylinder kit and never use them all.There a couple different lengths and there are also some other springs used for the lock shutters and wedges.Those could be possibly be used for coil-over springs or have other uses on different scale builds.

Nacho Z-I found the kits at the swap meet area of a car show.I did goof,though.I posted from memory at work and rather than nine F1 kits it was really eight plus a New Man Porsche 956.Anyway-one guy had 5 of the kits for $50 and another guy had 5 for $60.I didn't exactly steal them but I didn't get taken either.I'd call it low market pricing.Usually the kits sell around here in metro Detroit( a rather low demand area for F1 and Sports/GT kits) in the $15 range.

Ok,it was yesterday but I bought 10 Formula 1 kits (9 Tamiyas,one of which was the hard to find Lotus 102D Mika Haakinen version with the pre painted driver and lettered tires, and 1 Revell Jacque Villenueve Williams),a Tamiya Jaguar sedan,and a Monogram Frank Iaconio Pro Stock T-Bird.

You can't use Tamiya clear over enamel.It's a lacquer.You can use a Testor clear enamel or their old type lacquer clear.

The new Testor Fine lacquer primer is just as smooth as the Tamiya version and may be more widely available.I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it.It dried very smooth and needed very little sanding.Looks like Testor got this one right.