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  1. I love the story, it was really fun to read, and a great way to tie all the models together. The weathering on the first truck is perfect, that surface rust is awesome.

    Then grafting the edge of the hood? That sounds like it was quite a challenge to get it that clean. 

     

     

  2. I think the largest box I have dealt with in terms of length and width combined is the Otaki 1978 Corvette. It is pretty hard to get it out of it's place so I do not have a picture or measurements.

    The longest, most awkward box I have is the Revell 1/400 Queen Mary 2, which is similarly buried deep in a closet, but I found an old picture of the kit, it is 4 model car boxes long:

     

     

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    But in terms of Box:Content ratio, that VW Van is probably the biggest box.

    The largest mass market kit box I have seen was a Hasegawa sailboat ... The box was sitting on the ground in the vendor section of a model show and I want to say the box was at least 3 or 4 feet tall. 

     

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  3. I seem to remember several videos on youtube popping up at about the same time a few years ago, and maybe even the technique being discussed here, where you pour a small testors bottle in a 3 ounce airbrush bottle, then filling it with hardware store lacquer thinner. The results looked impressive. I never tried it. I would be concerned, like Dave G. says, the lacquer thinner you see in the stores now is a different blend. I think it is much harsher, it does a great job cleaning but I would be concerned about it attacking styrene. 

    I recently used Mr. Rapid Thinner to spray some floquil silver enamel, which worked great. Were I to airbrush small bottle testors, or Model master, I would use one of the mild lacquer thinners, like the Mr Hobby thinners, or Tamiya Lacquer thinner. 

     

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  4. It sounds like a fun challenge to make a all in one video, or a series using better materials and techniques. I actually started working on this idea with the recently re-issued 79 Nova. I did not get to far before getting side tracked with different projects.  I would have to review the footage but I think I got the removal of parts from the tree using sprue cutters and then assembling the main parts of the engine with liquid cement. I think I got overwhelmed with the idea of editing it all.

     

     

     

     

  5. I guess to complete 2 models a week, you would have to cut every corner possible. There were a few models where with just a little more effort, the model would have been much nicer. The problem is that these videos influnce lots of people to use general purpose paint, and this leads to so many new modelers getting bad results and wondering why. 

     

    There are lots of channels where people share what they are working on, and say what they did, but not necessarily in a step by step manner like Night Shift. I thought about trying to do it, but it is hard for me to work on camera and keep in frame, and in focus, and then edit it into something anyone would want to watch.  

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  6. I can not recall all the details, but I do remember several posts and discussion in other places where Humbrol had to change the formula of the enamel paints. There was a chemical which was banned in europe which was an important part of the formula. This was two or three years ago. I do not think this would impact the color of the paint, maybe some other shortage or change in materials for the pigment  impacted the color. 

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  7. I built one of these  about 15 years ago.  I did not know about the problem with the engine. The headlights do look weird.  I think I did a build thread here at the time.  I built it because I had one I got for christmas in the late 80s which I brush painted and I wanted to finally do it "right" as an adult. I did learn a lot from the challenges I faced with this kit.  Good luck! I look forward to see what you can do with this one. 

  8. 5 hours ago, Can-Con said:

    You could just use the grille from the new '92 kit on the old 454SS kit, it fits.

    Yeah, I bought one just for the grille but I don't want to waste the rest of the kit, and I have 3 pickup kits of that generation so I feel like it is a huge waste to buy several kits just for the grille. Or maybe buy his work truck grilles for the donor kits. ?‍♂️ Either way more options is always better.

    All his stuff looks awesome. That Dodge Truck conversion set is interesting as well. 

     

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  9. I am working on the recently reissued MPC 1986 Shelby Charger. I can not find reference pictures of the underside of a K car .. or other FWD Chryslers of the 80s. So does anyone remember how they were painted underneath from the factory? 

    We had a Reliant Wagon and Plymouth Sundance back in the day, and while I did change the oil on the Sundance, I do not remember getting underneath it to see what color it was. Were they like 60s and 70s Chryslers with body color overspray over primer, or were they painted with a different process?

     

    Thanks!

     

  10. From Stef's post above,  I would love to see the  stock Ford EXP,  The Fiero,  and 1982 + El Camino Red Alert. Maybe the 1982 Corvettes as well, I already have the ghost Rider Corvette, but everyone else needs a chance at one too.  Hopefully the recently reissued charger does well enough to have Round2 consider more 1980s subjects.  

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  11. I end up painting the hood separately because I often want to get the body color in the engine compartment, depending on the kit, and if the real car was painted that way.  I might also paint it seperately if i want to get body color on the the underside of the hood. 

    Ace-Garageguy's point about metallics is a good one I have not thought of, and It will cause me to re-evaluate my process. I might end up painting the underside of the hood and the engine compartment a day or two before the final body paint job to ensure an even finish. 

     

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  12. The Sterling, VA Ollies has all the monogram kits of the recent batch, a few AMTs ... the GMC General, the Dodge ram D50, the 1972 Chevy Coke pickup and some others I forget in the front of the store. In the toy aisle  there were several gurney Eagles. I did not think to take a picture. I grabbed a Camaro since it is one of my all time favorites. 

  13. I do not see an enamel paint product listed :

     

    https://www.mr-hobby.com/ja/product1.html

     

    Maybe some of the weathering colors, or the markers are enamel based, but I do not recall ever hearing of a Mr. Hobby enamel line. I mean maybe in the past, but none at present. 

    Are you possibly thinking of Tamiya Enamels? Tamiya has a line of enamel paint which is available everywhere but the United States. 

     

  14. Revell did a C5 kit,  which was re-issued many times covering different model years and trim levels.  I also see a C5 snap tite on scalemates.  I do not know the C5 well enough to know if there were changes between the model years that are very noticable. I have the Revell 1997 kit and it is what you would expect from revell in the late 90s, It looks nicely detailed. 

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