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John, I hope Texas_3D_Customs doesn't see you using the term "striations" for describing those 3D printing artifacts. I did that once and he reamed me a new you-know-what for that. I still have that exchange of PMs between us.

I'm a self-admitted CA glue addict! I like the instant glue action. I rarely use typical styrene cement or glue in my builds. I use BSI brand CAs and accelerator. I also use epoxies for some joints and I do occasionally (when a specific task calls) use thin solvent cements (like Testors or Tamiya). I haven't used the old standby Testors cement in orange tube for decades. For nostalgic reasons I still have a tube of it, but it is hardened.

When I have to paint parts before assembly I mask the gluing surfaces before I paint them. I use all sorts of methods for masking. Most commonly masking tape, vinyl tubing (heat shrink or just insulation stripped from wires), liquid masking agent. If not, I will remove (scrape off) paint to expose bare plastic or metal (if those are metal parts). CA glue will often attach paint (epoxy is inert and does not seem to attack paint). But remember that since the layer of paint is between glue and the part itself, the glue joint will only be as strong as the adhesion of the paint to the plastic item (which is usually much weaker than the glue joint itself).

Another fine example of incompetence seen everywhere these days. Lack of troubleshooting skills, and lack of pride and responsibility in performing tasks which are part of their job. When a tech comes out to fix a problem, they should own it from the start to successful completion of the job. If their shift ends, they should get another tech engaged. Especially if the customer is a business which depends on the service. But in today's world nobody seems to give the rat's you-know-what. And in the end, after all those "professional techs" didn't find the problem, the customer (you) actually figured it out.

And then you'll find out how much the built models take up on your display shelves! I had plenty of models in large boxes. Of course the 1:8 scale Pocher models. Then there are 1:8 Monogram Trans AM, OTAKI 1:12 Lamborghini and Corvette, Tamiya 1:6 bikes, Revell sailing ship models like 1:96 USS Constitution, Can-Do Wrecker, AMT Christie Fire Engine, Airfix 1:72 Boeing 707, and several other ones in my collection which escape me at this point. While all the above-mentioned boxes have larger footprint than the Revell Advent box we are discussing here, this box appears to easily beat them all in its height.

Marketing at its best!

Or just use thin aluminum sheet cut into strips for the leaves. That way you you can form it and it'll retain its shape. Use CA glue to hold it together.

Unsubscribe link is there to let the SPAMMER know that you your email is actually active and there is a human responding to the email, so more emails/phone-calls/texts will be coming your way. Never unsubscribe from any unsolicited emails! You learned that lesson the hard way. Any unsolicited emails should immediately be deleted, phone calls not answered (let them go to VM - they will not leave message), and block texts.

Couple of things. First, did AMT ever make model of that car, and the second one is that the box-art model is different than the model he is holding.

Most organic solvent based clears (and that's one of those) will dull the finish of "chrome" paints turning it into just duller silver color.

WOW! Crazy stuff. HEIC format is not all that much more efficient than JPEG space-wise, but the real problem is that there are still some browsers out there (and operating systems) which cannot display the HEIC image format. Once a photo is uploaded to a post it does not reside in that thread. It resides in your attachment section of the forum. Only a link to that image resides in the post. If you reuse that image in another post, another link to your attached image will be created. To see what files you uploaded (attached) go to https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/attachments/ As an example here is a snippet from mine. As you can see, I have used the Badger200 image in 3 separate posts and the CanDo image in 4 posts (but only one copy of the image exists on the forum server). All of this is a 1st world problem.

Monty, if I was asking for this favor I would include more than just "need a favor (decal stuff) in the thread's subject line. "Need a favor - seeking image of the original MACH WON Mustang Funny car". That way any possible owners of the decal will instantly know what you're looking for without even having to open the thread. As-is this thread has a "click-bait" flavor to the subject line and it is possibel that some owner of those decals will not even bother to vie the thread. I did because I'm nosy, and they might not be. Just sayin'

Plaza Japan has been around for probably over 20 years and I found their shipping costs and delivery speed satisfactory. Of course for faster delivery (and tracking) you would have to pay more than for the slower shipping. I suspect that not very many U.S. members here buy kits directly from Japan. But if the same kit you want is available both within U.S. and from dealers in Japan, make sure to compare prices (including the shipping costs). In some instances (especially if buying just one or two kits) the prices are quite similar.

Funny to see a thread from 11 years ago brought back to life. I have ordered from them for quite some time, originally just through their eBay listings, but more recently I have also used their website directly. No problems.

LOL, not quite that long. This phenomenon is often discussed in threads in online forums about decanting paint. I don't really watch YouTube videos and I'm not sure why they fail to mention that the paint will be degassing for quite some time. I don't think it is malicious. I leave the decanted bottle's lid slightly loose for couple days, gentling swirling the bottle from time to time. If you were to search this forum for decanting info, you would find multiple threads about the subject.

Over (water-based?) acrylic color coat? Safe to do?

Since the YT video is embedded in the post, what you see all comes from YT (the large image) and it is rendered by your browser. The only space taken up on the MCM forum is the embed code (text). Here is an example showing the YT embed code in a page source listing of one of your posts. <iframe width="1080" height="633" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qxxp0ZA0t0o" title="Bypassing a Non-Serviceable Fuel Pump Relay on a 2017 Ford F350" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> The "src=" is a URL pointing to YT and used by the forum to display the large YT image on your browser. Similar to what is used when a forum user uses Fotki to store their images. The images will display on the forum's page you're viewing, while the actual image sits on Fotki servers. Your browser fetches the Fotki image and displays it in the MCM post.

Embedded YT videos are just links to the actual YT video - they do not reside (or take space on the forum). As for photos quoted in replies to posts, those are also links to the original photos - not actual copies of the images themselves - no extra space is wasted in the forum's storage space. I often use the same attachment (photo) in multiple posts. Again, the same image gets used in all of those posts. If you go to your attachments you will see a lost of posts each attachment was used in. It is too bad that more and more people have no knowledge how to edit their photos down to size before uploading them to the forum. As I mentioned on one of the initial posts of this thread, I resample my photos to about 1200 pixels wide, which with the JPG compression I use it results in images less than 500kB (half a Megabyte). Many are even smaller (200-300kB or less). It would be very handy if the forum had a way to auto resampling photos members upload, I'm surprised it is not a feature of the forum's software. For example here is one of my earlier uploaded photos. It is 800X600 pixels (which works out to about 0.5 Megapixels). The JPG file size is only 90kB (or 0.09MB). Perfectly acceptable photo for a forum post. Another one: This one is 1200X615 (0.8 Megapixel). JPG file size is 100kB (0.1MB) So as you can see perfectly reasonable quality photos can be uploaded without taking up Megabytes of forum's storage space. Yes, it takes time to edit photos, but it is possible (and I've been doing this all along).

I always resized my photos to no more than 1200 pixels across (way under 1MB, usually less than 500kB in size) and I suspected that we would take up too much space, so and advocated for others to do the same (or have the forum automatically resize the photos). I recall that admins (Dave) reason for allowing large size images was because they might want to use them in the printed magazine articles I always thought that was lame excuse (because even if the photo was resized for the forum, the original author likely still has the high res version which if needed could easily be provided to the magazine's staff). I also didn't realize that the forum allow for video uploads. That is a real space hog. I don't think I ever seen anybody include locally uploaded video in their post. And like others, I no longer have the ability to add images to my posts.

This scam has been around for some time now. Just like any other scam or SPAM emails or texts, they dont' actually target people who live in toll road areas. They just send their emails/texts to whoever is in the contacts list they purchased from the Derk Web, or maybe even just test a bunch of consecutive phone numbers. Don't try to make sense of any scams - there likely isn't any. Actually I just got one of those today on my cell phone. Just report it as scam, block the number (which does no good anyway because they use disposable or fake numbers) and move on with your life. We really live in sucky times constantly being accosted by all sorts of bad actors.

I think that Revell (or any for-profit company) doesn't make products to minimize cost. They make them to maximize profits. So selling expensive spray cans is what they want to do.

While everybody touts using lacquer thinner, I think using the dedicated Testors thinner works even better because it evaporates much slower than lacquer thinner, allowing the wet paint to level out to a smooth glossy surface. Modelers also mention that using lacquer thinner allows the paint to dry into a harder coating but is that proven scientifically? I again suspect that, because lacquer thinner fully evaporates fast the paint hardens quicker, while Testors thinner needs more time to fully evaporate. But in the end after long drying time, both methods result in the same fully cured paint hardness.

Is it the added water or the heat from your fingers making it softer? Hey, but the important thing is that it works for you.

Yes, I use BMF clear decal paper in my Alps printer, but they also sell white film. Unfortunately they seam to also be out of stock at this time. https://www.bare-metal.com/experts-choice-decal-film.html Make sure to select the paper for laser printers. You might try Sunyscopa paper. https://www.sunnyscopa.com/products/laser-waterslide-decal-paper?srsltid=AfmBOopL_iZFxwrUZQrYZ_fpvThBLvhiC8wSBJEpg0am8Cr7l3N1pVlu&variant=44756694925478 They seem to be in stock. Warning: their thin film is *VERY* think. I found it difficult to deal with. I would go with standard thickness.

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