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Roadrunner

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  1. :lol:

    Me too

    A firm believer in MAP

    The real irony is that I printed a Google map, then unthinkingly, loaded it into my trunk with some kits I was taking to trade. :( This, combined with the fact that I ended up on the wrong road, but with a very similar name, just added to the frustration and confusion. By the time I figured out what was what, it was time to just give up and drive back home.

  2. Be prepared to spend some time. I noticed quite a few duplicates. That can't help on the voting. I did vote for quite a bit but I limited it to things that I would buy for myself, spending my money. Possibly lots of good stuff and if they would re-issue a few older kits listed that would be nice too.

    One would presume that Revell can compile complete lists from the database, combining all the duplicates and votes. I added several aircraft models I'd like to see released, in scales never offered before.

  3. I remember being 10 years old, having lost my only brush to stiffening since I had no turps, and resorting to painting a model with Q-Tips. I had to laugh recently when I came across an old built up that had been painted that way... those tell tale signs like cotton fibers in the paint! :D

    Once, while adding polyurethane to a base, I ended up with a gnat stuck in the urethane. I left him there, sort of a memorial to his misfortune.

  4. Not today, but last night was our clubs annual swap meet, and I completely bungled it, leaving the house too late, taking a wrong exit off the highway, and driving around lost for the better part of a half hour in an area that I have no familiarity with at all. Left my cell phone at home, so naturally I couldn't call anyone for directions. Irked? Oh yes.

  5. It does seem to happen with me from time to time too. In the past year, I've had about a dozen kits given to me, including some fairly expensive ones, like this Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair, as well as a few others. All of these gifts seemed to follow on the heels of some altruistic generosity or another on my part, given that I had no expectation of return from my act(s).

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  6. It wasn't today but it's been in the recent past. I've had the 1/48 HiPM version of this kit for about 17 years but when the new 1/48 Hobbyboss version came out a couple of months ago I just had to get it. It is 200% better quality over the HiPM version(and about 3 lbs lighter due to all the absence of flash! lol ).

    The new 1/48 Hobby Boss BV 141B

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    For what it may be worth to you, Valiant Wings has just recently released this book on the BV 141.

  7. No idea, never used it. I use the Testor stuff (world's most expensive white vinegar) as a "wetting agent," which is all about 90% of modern decals need. If a decals doesn't snuggle down after that dries, I hit it with Walther Solvaset (which might be the world's most expensive diluted rubbing alcohol).

    I've got a bottle of Champ solution (the hobby equivalent of battery acid) for the really difficult decals.

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