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Chillyb1

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  1. All right, Chris, I think you've got a problem. If left unaddressed it could lead to even more guitars in your garden.
  2. They are both the Hasegawa kit. I've posted these pictures only to illustrate how good the kit engine can look in these things. Sean can decide to build the thing curbside and it will look great on a shelf. Or he can try to find an engine for the beast.
  3. You don't need to clear over the pigments because they don't really go on like other powders.
  4. Here are a couple of 250TRs with engines:
  5. As you can see, this 2CV has been driven a lot but pretty well maintained: And the best I can do for now: I lived in Paris for two years and would be there still if I could have found a way to pay for it. When did your wife's family own these cars? I'm especially curious about the Mercury because a Simca Vedette would have looked much like a Mercury of that vintage.
  6. This is Tamiya's Citroen 2CV, which is an excellent kit all ways 'round. Paints are Tamiya without any clear coat.
  7. Welcome to the forum. You'll find lots of us have a shared interest in F1 and Le Mans racers. I look forward to seeing pictures of your work.
  8. Now I feel like an idiot. I'd forgotten that I'd seen this advice from you before and even took a bunch of used dryer sheets upstairs to the model zone to use in this capacity. Then I found myself asking, "Why did I bring up all these used dryer sheets?" Mystery solved!
  9. It would be nice to know how to do this. Discharge the static from a body, that is. Is there any easy or certain solution to the problem?
  10. That looks like a really fun kit to weather. I may have to try my hand at this on one of these Star Wars models.
  11. Okay, that might not work. Anyway, I certainly share your love of guitar. I've had many over the years, some good, some great, some pretty crappy, but am now down to the two that can be seen in this photo: The acoustic in the background is a 1968 Gibson J-50 and the one I'm holding is a DeArmond X-145. In recent years I sold off all my electrics: two Fenders (Strat and Tele), another DeArmond (Starfire IV), and a Les Paul Standard, as well as my 1960 Fender Tremolux amp.
  12. Jeremy, I've got some real bad news for you: That guitar has been recalled and it could be dangerous, lethal even, if you so much as strum it. So you should pack it up and ship it to my address. That may sound unusual, but I'm handling the recall for Fender in this case. I'm glad we caught this one before disaster had a chance to strike!
  13. I'm going to disagree with Foxer. Wal-Mart sells (or maybe sold) paints under the name "ColorPlace" that were about 96 cents a can and the color range was limited it included a very nice gray primer that goes on in very light smooth coats. I use it for everything except bodies because I like Tamiya's primer better for that purpose. Those cans have a label that is mostly blue with five little overlapping circles of different colors, presumably showing the various possible applications of the paint, in a design that can only be called retro. There seems to have been a change to a new line of paints called "HomeShades" with an updated label design that is mostly white. These paints are a little more expensive, at least locally, but seem to be the same paints in the same color range. This new type also has a gray primer, a can of which I'm looking at as I type this. I can't discern any difference between the two gray primers and I'm assuming it is just a matter of repackaging an old product line.
  14. And when "just fine" isn't good enough, use the Xuron 9180ET.
  15. What detail set did you get and what do you think of it? I'm looking around to see what's available because HLJ recently shipped my order of a couple of those kits.
  16. I'm super excited about the Renault R5. Good luck with the build and don't forget to watch some of the race!
  17. Welcome to the forum and back to the hobby. You are right to think that your build quality will improve quickly by visiting this place if you keep building while you are at it.
  18. Congratulations. Those two are great kits of really cool subjects. I'm currently finishing up a Stratos and have a couple of backups in the stash. And I went through a period of acquiring as many of the HiAce Quick Delivery kits as I could lay my hands on: I love that thing for some inexplicable reason.
  19. If this of any interest, you should read this book: "Blood and Smoke: A True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and the Birth of the Indy 500," by Charles Leershen. http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781439149041
  20. Did you get the fine tip one? I tried using Tamiya thin liquid glue in one and had the same problem you mention. For slightly less viscous glue the thing works fine.
  21. That is really spectacular work. I love everything about it. What did you use for the diamond plate?
  22. I am going to disagree and state the contrary position. I always use regular lacquer thinner to thin Tamiya Liquid Surface Primer and have never had any sort of problem with it. I shoot it through my Paasche VL airbrush just like any other paint thinned with lacquer thinner. I get great results and highly recommend the use of regular lacquer thinner with this Tamiya product. One does need to thin it quite a lot, though; it is a very viscous primer.
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