peteski

Thanks for the additional info and photo. Yes, it is now clear. The way I interpreted your original sentence (which I quoted) was that you were firmly pushing the inner part of the fixture into the cylinder. But now that I know that it is the tire being firmly pushed onto the tapered end of the fixture, it makes perfect sense. Now I see how the inner surface of the cylinder guides the pen's tip around the tire. That results in the stripe being close to the outer diameter of the tires. Most narrow white walls I have encountered have the white stripe about half way on the sidewall. There is probably an easy way to change the pen's offset from the cylinders inner wall, to paint the stripe closer to the center of the tire. I'm also curious about the marks scratched onto the top surfaces of the fixture.

Seems like a very useful fixture, but I can't quite visualize how to use it. Seems that the fixture does not get chucked in a lathe for painting the line. It is stationary, and you simply move the pen by hand around the inside of the cylinder? I also don't quite understand the ". . . you push the center piece up with a fair amount of pressure until it is about as far as it will go." Pressure? Is the center piece made to fit tightly inside the cylinder? How far does it have to be pushed up in the cylinder? Any chance you could post a photo of the fixture as it needs to be for painting the line? Maybe another photo showing where the pen is while painting the line? That should make it painfully clear (to me). The other question is about the Gelly Roll pen. Does the white ink dry hard, or is it easy to rub off? I have tried those pens (still have them) and the ink takes long to dry, and rubs off really easy.

Again, for the millionth time (yes I'm exaggerating), we have too many obit-type subject lines in this OFF-TOPIC forum. I cannot not-read those. Sorry buddy. Read my other post Lee.

When it comes to first-time accuracy here on the quiz threads, Michael is pretty forgiving. I have in the past PM'd my guess, and if didn't get it quite right, Michael would let me know, allowing me to sent in another, corrected guess.

Like the often repeated recommendations, I usually do not open all those obit. threads, but just seeing the subject lines is annoying. And no, I can't not un-see those when I visit this section of the forum. I like lively off-topic discussion, but IMO there seems to be too many obituary type of subject lines. NYLIBUD, this is not specifically about you or Ivana. It is about too many "famous people" death notices here in general, but you seem to be one of the frequent obit posters. I just finally got annoyed enough to say something about it.

I also don't get this fascination with deaths here. I understand that it is the off-topic section, but still, why we have to be informed about all those famous and not-so-famous people expiring? We already get bombarded with this type of useless info from news feeds.

Why not PM Michael instead of posting here that you know what it is? PM is just an easy as replying in a thread. All you have to do is hover over Michael's avatar (in the initial post), then when the popup shows up click on "message"button. I'm sure you already know that.

According to he color chip from Autocolorlibrary.com. it looks a bit pinkish.

Yes, I have also been noticing the recent metallic red color on Mazda cars. It looks really rich, especially in sunlight. Very nice color.

So you are implying that the speed shapes are made from the same polystyrene plastic as model kits? I have feeling that those speed shapes are not polystyrene, but I'll be happy if I'm wrong. As for plastic spoons, you have to select the correct ones. You need to find the ones made from polystyrene. The recycling symbol is "6". Majority of the inexpensive plastic spoons are polystyrene. They are also fairly brittle. But you can also find spoons that are much more flexible, made from Polypropylene. recycling symbol "5". Those are not affected by most paint solvents. To make things even more muddy, there are multiple formulas of polystyrene out there (just like for model car kits). Some are more resistant to hot solvents than others.

Oh, ok. The other angles do show the surfaces better. As long as the surfaces are there, those should print correctly. You probably assigned high reflectivity to surfaces of those reflectors, so when they are rendered on the computer screen they looks strange.

The headlight reflectors looks strange. Like they are "pixelated"? How will that print out?

I believe that is the color used on the '90s Impals SS (and possibly other vehicles). Friend of mine owned that car. Any of the model paint companies (Gravity is one of them) that can mix paint using 1:1 automotive paint formulas should be able to mix it for you.

They do seem to have much better proportions after you cut them down. But are they now the correct scale height? Also, it would make sense to me to use the modified barrel as a master pattern, then cast copies from resin. Only a simple 1-part open mold would be needed.

Wow! That's cool!

Yeah, after all this suspense I would also like to find out what that expensive mystery item is.

Prefect and perfect? I frequently transpose 2 letters when typing, and since either version is a valid English word, I often miss the error. I would not worry about it.

Good advice. I never only upload photos to some Internet repository. I always keep a copy on local hard drive, and also a backup of the hard drive on a different device.

Now we're getting somewhere. Thanks!

Sure (that was my thought all along - for the reasons I explained earlier), but here the "enamel"seems to be the buzzword of the day.

Ok, so no specific example, brand or type. I don't recall anybody on the forum ever mentioning or worrying whether the primer was enamel or lacquer. And like Ace mentioned, I doubt the label will state which primer is inside.

Well then, we'll just have to trust our noses. Funny that in all those years with plenty of often started threads about which primer is the best, nobody seems to have mentioned enamel vs. lacquer primers.

In those instances it would still be nice of those individuals who post separate thread to post a link to their thread in the pinned Obit thread. That way it will be easy to find at a later time.

Good to know, but is that something that nowadays is also sold in spray cans? That can looks to be 70 years old! I don't recall anybody mentioning (in our model car circles) stating that they specifically were using enamel primer. Usually just generic stuff from car parts stores, Walmart, or other similar source, or some hobby primer made by one of the hobby companies. None (as I recall) seem to mention what type of primer they are.

How exactly do you know that? Is that written somewhere on the can?