allecb

a lot of classic cars on here...and a lot of mustangs/camaros/challengers. but i dont see too many tuner cars.

 

i posted my 350z. and i posted my audi r8. i just saw someone br-z down the list. i'd love to see people post their cars that arent the revell kits that we see time and time again!

my first aoshima kit. i LOVE the z cars, so i really wanted this car to be as perfect as i could personally make it. im not a pro, but im not a beginner. ive built about 15-20 models, and im 22. the paint on this car came out AMAZING at first..but with handling, i got a few smudges here and there that mysteriously wont go away..and i screwed up the tail end a lot, because the light covers on one side werent fitting right, and i had to keep pulling off already-glued parts, over and over to try ot get it..but i just had to stop and decided to just settle before i made it even worse. overall, this kit was great... ill be looking into tamiya and aoshima more often. VERY ANNOYED however. the kit came with a missing door handle. the tree part was there, but it looked as if it broke off during packaging. :[ one other problem is, when i put the body onto the chassis..it doesnt really want to stay together. if i were to grab the car, the body would come with it. i think i have something not matching up..you can tell in one of the side-view pics of the car, that the wheels are closer to the front wheel well more than they are the back. ?? but if i try to mess with it, i may push it to far to the back, and break off the rear bumper (the area with the glue-bomb-fitting issue mess)

 

Building a 350z with tamiya ts50 paint. Gorgeous color! Just want to have it shine more now. I have testors high gloss enamel overcoat. I also have testors clear gloss lacquer overcoat. Will either of these work for my tamiya lacquer paint? I've had them for awhile and almost never put clear over my models so I don't know much about them. Are those decent? Or do I need to get something else?

building an aoshima 350z fairlady 2007 kit, and im painting all the various parts before i build, and i approach this.

 

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"A" means mixed color.

 

what does that mean??!!? the two colors in question are flat white, and flat black. do they want me to put these two paints together, swirl them around and paint the whole piece with this? im having a hard time...

 

 

ALSO, theres literally two tiny pieces that require clear orange. i dont want to go out and spend 3-6 dollars on literally two brush-strokes worth of paint.. i do have orange. but not clear orange. any ideas? its for a taillight.

so i was browsing the forum because my last model i had issues with glue and i learned that elmers glue is great for putting windshields in, and not getting glue everywhere. also, the whole toothpick method is an amazing idea as well.

 

but what about headlights or tail lights? theres nothing worse than having a model look amazing, then you go to glue on the headlights, and now they are all fogged up and look fake and horrible. any tips for these? would elmers glue work the same? i was thinking about making using some of my testors gloss coat/clear gloss..would that work like a glue?