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Welcome to the forum Rodolfo!

I like that blue.... nice build Michelle ?

Glad to have you in the group!

Welcome Derek!

Thanks as usual Mark ?

Couple of orphan bumpers.... any help? Thanks

Beautiful Poncho!

Nice clean Merc Jim... congrats!

Great job so far David!

Nice build!

I've been to those types of shows where it's worse than Black Friday when the doors open ? I'll keep your offer in mind Casey... free is always good.

Welcome!

Welcome Andy!

Welcome Ryan!

Welcome!

Welcome Ira!

Welcome Riley! You'll find a ton of great info on this site... I'd be lost without it. Be sure to share your builds!

I try and stop at Model Empire when we visit our daughters in Menomonee Falls, but I've yet to go to their open house. What's it like? Are there other vendors like a swap meet? I've also started stopping at Hiawatha Hobbies in Waukesha... mostly train stuff but they have a super selection of tools/paints/supplies.

What I do is to make sure I do all my pre-fitting of bumpers after body painting and before the Molotow gets laid. That can eliminate alot of handling and the risk of dulling. It definitely pays to leave the pieces air dry as long as your patience allows. I have a pile of tight, soft cotton gloves that help too. Molotow might not fit everyone's needs and that's fine. I know from experience that a refill bottle lasts a long time and that's good for my retired income ?

I go to this site occasionally as it has the Waukesha link to the Milwaukee Miniature show that I try and make twice a year. Closest show to me even though it's a 4 hour drive. Really miss shows ? Thanks Casey

Thanks

Looking for a show/swap meet to go to this fall in the states listed. Anything? I'm aware of the annual (except for covid) Miniature Motors show in Waukesha this December as I always try and make that one. Anything else coming up?

Nice build of a cool Corvair ?. Love the color!

First pic is the two spoons after air drying for maybe a week, with no clear. Second is one spoon before brushing on Gauzy. Third is after the Gauzy had dried. Fourth is the second spoon before brushing on S-02 and the last pic is after the S-02. Sorry for the confusing post.

I did a test a while back with airbrushing Molotow, letting dry extensively, then using brushed on Gauzy Intermediate and both airbrushed and brushed on S-02. My experience showed that the Gauzy went on extremely smooth and leveled nicely but dulled the nice Molotow shine. I tried airbrushing the S-02 on a number of test spoons but just couldn't get it to lay nicely even after varying psi and light/med/heavy coats. Finally I brushed on the S-02 and it came out acceptable in my opinion but still lost shine. So... seems the S-02 will retain more shine than the Gauzy if you can get it to lay smoothly. I'm still going to try another airbrush test with the S-02 however. As you can see by the before pics of the Molotow spoons (taken maybe a week after spraying) outside there's no denying that it can give a pretty nice shine. I've also added before and after pics of the Gauzy and S-02 test spoons.