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You know, back in those days they didn't use paint with a clear coat! Just bustin' your cookies Mat - the Rolls looks great! The general appearance and the level of detail makes it look larger than 1:24 scale. More like a 1:18 or 1:16. So there are figures included? That explains the "rump depression" in the seat cushion I noticed earlier.

Not at all. That is not why I posted my reply. Your points are all valid, but I just wanted to show that if someone wants to do something really bad, it might just be possible. I spoke to that modeler briefly ( I wish I had more time to ask more questions), but I remember him telling me that it was a major pain in the arse to do the wrap. Many small pieces had to be carefully fitted over the body.

This 1:24 model was entered in my clubs 2018 contest. It has gold wrap on it, and the modeler did a great job applying it.

15 minutes?! Are you using water-based paints? If you are using standard (stinky) enamels or lacquers, a good cleaning should not last more than 1-2 minutes. Then the airbrush can be put away, or ready for next paint job. At least for me. I always wonder why people complain that cleaning the airbrush is such a chore. It's easy-peasy! Just slightly longer than clearing an aerosol can nozzle after spraying.

Not sure why the name is changing, but since 2018 Alumilite has been owned by Polytek. Polytek resins have been used for many years by resin casters out there. https://www.mcall.com/business/mc-biz-easton-plastics-company-polytek-acquisition-20180712-story.html

So did you kindly do the needful and hung up urgently?

I actually have couple of positive experiences. Couple of items I bought on eBay. Both shipped on Jan. 29th, standard First Class Mail. Both small (about 5 x 7) padded envelopes. One mailed from RI, the other from CA. I'm in MA. Bot arrived today (Feb 1st). Quite reasonable, especially for the one from CA.

Man, you are really hung up on ED. I haven''t seen this kind of ads for probably couple years. Honest.

Interesting . . . sounds like it was good for plastic models. I'm in the Lowell, MA area. I participate in model train show at the Big-E in W. Springfield. But not this year.

I never heard of Blue Magic paint remover. The name (like other car care products) sounds like a remover designed to work on metal (real cars). Was it plastic-compatible?

I wish it was that easy. If I started another project, I woudl not have any space on my workbench to actually do any work. Too many already (and not just model cars). I noticed that you live in England, in Billericay. I'm in the New England part of the USA, and the town next to mine is named Billerica.

You sure did David!

I have never built any of those 1:32 scale kits in my youth, but I do have a collection of the Gunze Sangyo 1:32 kits and I won't mind adding the Riviera and Eldorado to that collection. To me there is no such thing as "wrong scale". I'm not a "1:25 snob".

I love it, especially how you recreated the photo in 3D!

Very interesting. Never heard of it. To me it has the body lines of a Japanese car from the '70s.

I don't clear coat BMF. Never had a problem, and some of my models are over 30 years old. Even very narrow stripes stay put. The BMF trim on the top of "rubber" bumper pieces and side body moldings are probably less than 1/32" wide, and they stay put. That model was built over 10 years ago. But I also do not polish or even handle my models much.

I think the tank looks good now.

Yeah, the mesh pattern is way to coarse for the scale, and the pattern looks nothing like the real Kvlar mesh.

Not sure if it is a true story, but I heard that Mitsubishi Starion was supposed to be named Stallion.

I've seen her on episodes of Perry Mason, and either original Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock Presents (or both).

Linking to photos hosted on Google is an exercise in futility. The images still show up as a (gray) European stype "do not enter" traffic sign (typical when Google refuses to show the photo).

Similar problem as with Qattar exists with the pronunciation of Iran. There is certain group of American who pronounce it as "Ay-raq". The other names are even more butchered in other languages. I speak Polish, and Rome is "Rzym", Italia is "Włochy", Deutchland is "Niemcy" and Paris is "Paryż".

Yes, there are 3D river decals out there: Microscale and Archer both make them (Archer rivets are little more "3D"). Do a Google search for either type. Those are best applied before the final lcolors. That way the clear carrier will get hidden while the protruding rivets will still be visible.

I vocalize the "tee" sound (although it is very brief).

https://www.themightybrush.com/article/how-to-apply-decals-with-microset-and-microsol/ And rigth from the decal manufacturer: http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/graphics/Instructions/MSISysteminstr.pdf