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Model Factory Hiro is doing a 1/12 scale 427 Cobra at a "trouser troubling" price I am sure. Here is the link http://www.modelfactoryhiro.com/new/en/archives/18022

The seal is made from Teflon. They only need replaced if you are having paint pickup problems. They can be tightened or loosed by adjusting the packing nut behind it. Take the needle and the tip out of the airbrush. You feel the seal grab needle when you screw them together. The trick is to adjust so it just grabs(seals) but not to tight where it is not too hard to turn when adjusting spray pattern.

My spray booth and workbench.

Thanks to all for the compliments.

This is the RoG Salzgitter Mercedes DTM I am working on. I tried something to simulate the Carbn Fiber colors to save some money for the decals. The main interior pieces was painted a steel color the coats of Tamiya smoke was airbrushed over then a final coat of semi-gloss clear, the dash air ducts were done the same way with a gold base. The placard for the car number and Bosch etc had to be made because it isn't in the kit. The rollcage is AS-12 Bare Metal. The holes in the seat were drilled out. These do look much like Lemans type car underneath.

I have both Iwatas mentioned and the Talon. If you get the Talon pay the extra money and get the set with all three heads .25mm,.38mm and .66mm. This will cover about everything you need an airbrush for. Amazon and Chicago airbrush both sell them for around $100 with free shipping. I have the H also but the Talon is a far better airbrush.

For silver cars try Tamiya TS-17 Gloss Aluminum. It has very good in scale pigment and goes on great without needing a gloss coat

Take a look at the Testor's Aztec line sold at Michaels. Great colors and great paint.

You will love it. sometimes you may want to use heavier viscosity paints and do bigger parts(body,chassis) you might want to look into the parts to convert into the .5mm setup. You can get the conversion parts as a set from Chicagoairbrushsupply.com for 29.92. They are the same parts that come in the Siphon feed Eclipse BCS. HobbyLobby has the individual parts(needle,fluid tip and air cap)

I truly belive he won for one reason only, Mercedes has provided a far superior car than anybody else has. If given equal cars Vettel would beat him every time.

Nick, I see you have great number of posts with some good tips and suggestions but I cannot find any posts with finished models by you. Could we see some?

The lids on their cans give an accurate vision of what the paints look like. Primers or undercoats will affect the color. Reds,whites, yellows and orange should have a white base.

You can get one here from a great US vendor at good prices http://www.mshobbies.com/1-24-belkits-vw-polo-wrc/

That is a great looking model. I really like the color combination on this version.

Scrape chrome from mating(gluing)surfaces. Carefully glue halves together while being held together tightly so there is no gap. maybe a close pin. After drying scrape top of joint with an X-acto knife so joint between halves is flush and even. Cover joint with a thin strip of Bare-Metal foil rubbed down good with a Q-Tip.

I like it. http://www.motorsport.com/automotive/photos/main-gallery/?r=81707

The Passche Talon with three size tip set .25mm,.38mm and .66mm is about the best buy in name brand airbrushes. It will do very fine detail and car bodies. Below is a link, note you can get 15%(code 15halloween) off until the 11th. Free shipping. About $92.77 dollars. http://www.chicagoairbrushsupply.com/patatgsetwia.html

Does anybody have been pictures of whats in the box?

Has anybody done business with or e-mailed mshobbies.com recently? Mark has been awesome to deal with and has answered my e-mails sometimes as fast as 10 minutes later. His website has not been updated for a very long time compared to usual and he hasn’t answered two e-mails I sent a couple weeks ago. I hope he is OK.

Awesome work so far.

Here is a modern take on the Daytona Coupe that ran at the 12 hrs of Bathurst race this year. It might give you some inspiration on where to go with this.

I used my Iwata Revolution CR that has a .5 mm tip at about 35psi.

I bought some of the metallic red for brush painting A/N braided line fittings. I tried it through the airbrush and found out it's some of the nicest acrylic I ever sprayed. It goes on very nice. The pigment is in scale, Good stuff.

Definitely the Crome Yellow. there is to much of a brownish tint with the Camel yellow.

Got organized and ready for building this fall and winter. I had to move my spray booth and cleanup to fit in my new paint rack. BTW that is the nutty but entertaining Ancient Aliens on TV.