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I have used that brand but not a metalizer. The paint goes on good, but i had a weird issue once where random spots of paint didn't stay on, so it looked odd. However I was brush painting a large area and otherwise it was great. I needed to just do a small touching up on the spots and it was good.

my goodness, i tried to list a model on ebay to sell. i got all the way through the listing until the end and its asking for my social security number. im not giving ebay my social. please. im not a business and and me listing one lousy kit, that i might break even on. i would rather keep it

i know this is a longshot, but i havent been able to find a 78/79 f100 short wheel base in 1/18 or 1/24 orr 1/25 is one made

i posted an underglass post

It was a bumpy road (including a dropped model with broken pieces, repainted truck, destroying a table because of a leaky resin pond, and i had a different idea, but it didnt work out. This was supposed to be much bigger with a little pond and a buggy. This was my very first diorama, and overall im happy with how it came out The Bronco is from the ATM Model King 1978 Ford Bronco. The figures are from the Tamiya Campus Friends 2 set. The dog is from a masterbox set and the leash is just a red wire. The tent is handmade from a tissue. The grass is a grass mat and the flowers and bushes are random stuff i found on amazon. The firepit is an extra rim with everything cut out, and i rusted it. the logs are a burnt tooth pick, and the smoke is cotton that is discolored. WIP ThreadL

Thank you very much for the nice words. I really appreciate it. One quick update. The other day i dropped the bronco and i just noticed the grill was broken. i still had the grill from the first body thankfully, so i quick popped it in. Im really relieved i had it.

I am now finished with this. I tried to find some pebbles but couldn't find any small enough. The smallest i found were giant Anyway, it didn't turn out as i hoped but im not hugely disappointed since its my first completed dio. I was thinking of adding some camping stuff for the outside but really its tight as it is now, so this is it. I have an idea for my next one, which will use the 4wheeler alone. Much smaller though

Matlock is my favorite

this is really nice. i have never built a ship, but man, this is very amazing.

the campus friends kit came in. there is one male figure and 4 female figures. 1 of the females is wearing a dress, so she is out for camping. the other is wearing high heals and is holding a camera phone to take a picture of her self, so she is out. this leaves my lady with the bike or the lady with the backpack. the lady with the bike has a notch cutout in the back to make it so she can lean against the bike. i dont want to put this bike into the dio, so that means she is out. the girl with the backpack however, is near as perfect as it can get for a camping scene. the backpack is a little big, but could be fine for a camping/hiking adventure. now onto the fellow. he has what looks like a suit jacket on. i think if i paint it back or dark brown, i can get it to look like a leather jacket. or i can do a green jacket, like an army color, and have it look similar to an army light weight coat. lastly, i could do a jean jacket type thing. however, that is probably the only color i dont have in my pile of paints. the man is in a walking pose, so naturally, i am going to put the dog on a leash and into his hand. anyway, i think this set has exactly what i need. the lady with the scooter is going onto its own tiny one, that scooter is something else. i really like it

nj turnpike is filled with people clogging the middle lane going 5 below the speed limit or exactly the speed limit.

scary moment for me this morning. i found one of the bushes were really bad, so i grabbed the bag that the bushes were in, and bumped the case that had the bronco in it. the case tipped over and fell on the floor. the bronco fell out of the case. both mirrors fell off and the front grill popped out on one side. i was able to re-glue everything just ok. in addition, the buggy fell on the floor and the front clip broke off and the steering wheel fell off. i was able to reglue that as well. on the buggy, there was a couple of chips in the paint. i am going to just put some silver on the chips to make it look like weathering. there is no chance i will be able to match the paint exactly again. i didnt see any chips in the bronco, which is obviously the bigger concern. i also dont ever want to try to build that kit again, it was rough going kit with lots of problems with the body pieces. i am still looking to replace the tires on the bronco. they are flimsy garbage that are too skinny for the rims. the box was sealed, so i know they are the right tires. i have an MPC 82 bronco kit that i will see if they will fit, but then that would just mean i need to replace those tires too, which is also a pretty expensive kit and spare parts are not easy to come by. i decided to hot glue in the tent and the bushes and flowers. they are now in there for good. for the fire pit, i put a bottom on the rim by trimming styrene the correct size. i was able to glue the wood inside, so its not flopping around.

i am going to get that thunderbird. i wont paint it pink for sure, but i like it

thanks for the video. i am working on the bronco now. it is great so far. i have the engine built and primer and it has been a dream so far. it doesnt feel like a revell kit, its going together so smooth. i also think i finally got the right orange to be close to the box colors. i will probably test it today. im not used to working on 5 different kits at once, but it keeps me busy everyday this way...although i had the idea of doing the truck yellow

Thank you very much. Once i get the figured and get their positions sorted i am going glue stuff down. I still haven't gone outside for rocks yet. Maybe tomorrow. i had a bad headache today and by the time it felt better is was 452 degrees outside

A couple of things came in. the bushes and the flowers. Nothing is glued down yet. Im still trying to figure out the layout and i have 2 figures to add as well

i will never pour resin again without verifying it is water tight first. ruined a perfectly good folding table

this may seem like an odd thing, but is there a list of the different decals that comes with each kit.

i woke up with the worst headache of my life. i am really hopeful that the advil helps.

i regretted cancelling doordash this morning. i woke up hungry and wanted breakfast delivered, but since i cancelled it, breakfast would have been like 25 dollars...eh, saved me money

thank you. its slightly off. i am going to sand it straight. i just need to find where i put my level. i really need to get organized. i also didnt think about the wrap around on the front. i need to make it out of sheet styrene. I have some really thin styrene so it will be good i think.

I made the cut. I used tape to keep it steady and left room to sand. Great tips for sure. Thank you for the help on this Here is the cut. Its pretty square too. A little sanding and it should be good. I used the morbius swb kit to figure where to cut to make it swb. It might not be exactly correct but eyeball version looks good to me

I have a clear display case from round2, i think, that is 12x10. I will put it in that.

The water concept was a complete failure. the resin leaked out and went under the base and dried overnight. When I tried to lift the base up, it was glued to the table. i tried for 1 hour to slowly cut it out and lift it, but the base is made of foam and ultimately broke off at the water. I was able to get what was left of the water off mostly, but it looked terrible. my idea of painting the ground green to make the water look green didnt work. The water looked completely clear and the green looked black. so i cut out the base where the water was and the dio is now 30% smaller. I can no longer fit the buggy and the camping equipment, so im keeping the camping equipment. tent, table fire ring. now the positive. since the is so much smaller i can fit it in a display box i have to keep dust off of it. I will try water again but i will definitely do things differently. Like put it over a plastic bag so if it does leak, it doesn't ruin the dio and the table. this is where it is now. Most of the unglued top dirt fell off, so i will need to put more. The dio looks more focused now, but i really liked what i had. Its ok though. This my first attempt and i didn't think everything would go perfectly. Besides, i like being able to put a lid on it to keep the dust out.

thank you for the tips. i got the razor saw in today. i was working on my diorama water tonight, so tomorrow i will do the cutting. i will post a picture after im done...whether it is good or not.