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Normal uploader works for me (as you can see above). My browser is:
User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 SeaMonkey/2.49.4
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No photos show up Bruce - just a URL link. But I'm pretty sure that in order for a photo to show up the link needs to point to a picture (like JPG or PNG, or GIF). Your link does not. end in any of those extensions.
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On 5/8/2019 at 2:32 PM, CabDriver said:
Ohh, I'd LOVE to see the photo etched bits! Very cool! I'd like to make some photoetch parts for one of these too - but if I do some searching I'm sure there's a set commercially available.
Here you go Jim:
This was the car my GF used to own (unfortunately, before I met her).
I will model it using the Tamiya kit with Aoshima BBS RG wheels. The are a bit large, but I think they will look ok.
These are the photoetched emblems I designed and etched. The 1:24 scale ones are on the right. I also etched some 1:18 and 1:10 scale emblems for a guy who helped me out finding the wheels. This was back in 1997 - like I said, this is one of my longest in-progress (if I can call it "in-progress") projects. My GF is still waiting for her model . . . Log time relationship.
Here are some emblems removed from the fret, polished and painted.
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Yes, those vinyl tires are not very flexible. On my model I put them in hot water to soften them, then I was able to install them on the wheels. Interesting how you handled the whitewall - most tires from that time period had wide whitewalls. On my model I also had to assemble the metal spokes and nipples. Yours has molded-plastic spokes. Makes the assembly a lot easier.
Here is a scan of a photo of my model (I built it over 30 years ago, before digital cameras existed). I hope you don't mind.
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8 hours ago, TonyK said:
On the subject of dogs.......I always believed that if I have dogs and you don't, there is no reason you should have to be bothered by them. I have 2 West Highland Terriers and they are very energetic but I've taught them to behave. They don't bark unless there's a reason to and that's rare.
The big problem I have is that so many people have dogs and it seems they have no reason owning them. They don't seem to have time for them, no walks, no play time, just leave them outside to be bored and lonely. Sad.
Unfortunately you are correct on all counts.
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14 hours ago, Mark said:
From what I am seeing, the actual eBay listing shows no "discount". When I want to go to eBay, I go straight there, never by clicking on a link in an e-mail...
It will not - it is a side-offer between you and the seller (but through eBay, and legit).
Like it was mentioned earlier, that special offer email is also in your eBay messages inbox (becuase it was sent by eBay) - if you don't wan to click on any links in your regular email, go to your messages Inbox on eBay, then open the special offer there, then click the link.
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2 hours ago, martinfan5 said:
Its a guess as to why the bottom section was cut off to help make them fit.
Since they have different copyright years, the latest one dated 2018 is more complete. Seems like they revised the original 2017 version and added more items to it.
the 2018 version shows that it was printed in Italy (likely by Cartograf). I wonder if the 2107 sheet was also printed by them?
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6 minutes ago, martinfan5 said:
But they are not the same size, here is a better photo of both sheets, and its very clear the EU sheet is bigger , I overlapped the US sheet over the EU
I see. And the EU version is too large to fit into US kit's box?
So, the whole "US version is out of register" thing does not apply here at all. Duh! And the Copyright on one is 2017, while the other is 2018. The newer decal has a lot more graphics on it.
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1 hour ago, martinfan5 said:
The one possible for the lack of decals on for the US boxed version is to make the sheet smaller for better fit in the US box( that is the only thing I can currently come up with)
That could be a reasonable explanation if the decal sheet is large, but in this specific example both decal sheets have same size and are depicting the same prototype car..
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I think the eBay response is wrong. It is probably a pre-canned automated reply.
If a copy of it is in your eBay Inbox then the odds that it is fake are quite low. I also got a special offer last week (addressed "from eBay") for an eBay listing on my watch list. I even responded and communicated with the seller about it and chose not to take them up on the offer (I let the offer expire). When the seller replied to my question, that reply also showed up in my eBay Inbox and the seller's name was correct.
It is good to be careful, but in this case I think it is a false alarm. Go to the copy of that message in your eBay Inbox, then open it and review the offer. That should be safe.
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1 hour ago, martinfan5 said:
Revell US/Germany were one company since 2012 when Hobbico purchased Revell AG.
The question remains the same: why separate (and different) decals for the same kit released by each branch of the company? The plastic is the same.
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13 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:
Ya know what? You're right all of us who have these kits and have compared the decals in real life are clearly morons who can't see straight.
It can't possibly be a printing error. Nooooooo, Revell is perfect within these digital wall.
I'm done arguing with people on here, go buy your cheap U.S. kits with it's cheap not printed by Cartograf decals and have hoot having it look like a dumpster fire in final result compared to an AG sourced kit.
I'm not sure what you are saying here. Sounds like you are not happy with my opinion about your comments. I responded specifically to your " I have yet to see a U.S. set of decals that fully in register and with the right colors. So it looks like the entire run of decals is bad. Probably the best example out how out of register the sheet is for those with U.S. kits is the fact that the arrows on the body work slam locks (that show the rescue crews how and where to detach body work in case of a fire) should be ON the slam lock decal, every set I've seen - dozens of them at this point - have the arrow printed beside the slam lock. " statement. Come on, I'm pretty sure that you realize that "out of register" colors on decals are off by very small (but visible) distance. The example you show is clearly not just out of register - it is printed from a different artwork.
Decal #40 has the black areas flipped and the (different color) arrows placed outside of the black areas. Decal #40 uses the same color for arrows and lettering, while the other one has arrows in different color. Decal # 45 also has arrows of different color and different location. There are several other decals which clearly show a difference in artwork, rather than bad misalignment of the colors. The word "EDGE" in #14 is has solid fill on one decal and stripes on the other decal. This is different artwork - no question about.
One thing I don't understand is why there are 2 separate sets of decals when Revell US and Revell Germany are now one company.
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What brand/type of paint are you using?
Decal set/sol solutions can affect the paint, and they can also leave some residue, but that is usually easily removed with water. The weaker formulas (the ones which smell like vinegar) should not leave much residue (but might not do good enough job getting the decal to settle down). Have you tried removing the residue by gently rubbing it with a cotton swab dipped in the setting solution itself? If you do this quickly, it should not affect the decal.
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Funny that you want to add more green. The paint in those latest 3 photos look much greener than the previous photos. But the background looks different too (warm gray instead of cool white), so you probably used different source of light. To me the bluer version looked better.
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4 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:
I have yet to see a U.S. set of decals that fully in register and with the right colors. So it looks like the entire run of decals is bad. Probably the best example out how out of register the sheet is for those with U.S. kits is the fact that the arrows on the body work slam locks (that show the rescue crews how and where to detach body work in case of a fire) should be ON the slam lock decal, every set I've seen - dozens of them at this point - have the arrow printed beside the slam lock.
The blue backed decals are the U.S. ones. It's like the entire thing is missing a color coat or something, and some of what did print on the last print run before the top coat is off register. The Ford logos are almost black, the Castrol Edge decals are missing an entire white border, and those slam locks are not only out of register, they're the wrong color as well. Decal #55 doesn't even have arrows printed on the U.S. sheet. Not to go off on a tangent, but who approved these?
That's not out of register - these were deliberately (for some reason) designed to be different. Out of register color are off by small fractions of an inch. These decals are clearly different by-design.
As for the difference in color, was each sheet scanned separately? It to me looks like the difference in the background paper color messed around with the scanner's settings.
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3 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:
Okay, we are old and we spend too much time on the Internet!
Today's teens and even preteens have us beat in too much time spent on the Internet. But we are old, and getting grumpy!
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15 hours ago, BigTallDad said:
MS Paint will also do that
You can't send a MS Paint image file to a 3D printer.
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Here are couple of scans form the 1995 brochure. Hopefully they will help in detailing your model.
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Molotow pens and also Alclad II Chrome are nice but very fragile finishes. They will not withstand much handling. There is a current discussion (fairly lengthy) about Alsa Chrome system. It is pricey, but you can do it yourself and it is supposedly very durable. See:
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27 minutes ago, martinfan5 said:
some of the decals that are out there, need to be coated as they are not at all durable, like ALPS printed , Ive rubbed ALPS printed decals off from basic handling during the building, so yeah, protecting them is a thing.
That is a very good point - some decals are quite fragile.
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I never liked those rounded (aerodynamic) "soap bar" body styles from the '80s, and they haven't grown on me yet (and never will).
However I did like the more chiseled look of the GM cars like the Buick Grand National. I currently own a 1985 Caddy Eldorado Biarritz and I think it is a very good looking and elegant car.
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To address another part of the original question, I don't think decals will adhere very well to a waxed surface. Especially if the wax has silicone in it, but any wax puts a water repellent coat on the paint's surface.
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Nice find! These can fetch over $100 on eBay (especially in UK). But it is a wonderful model, worth building. I have few in my stash (I'll get to building them eventually).
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49 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:
I was doing something much like that when I got knocked off the forum for about an hour. After 3 consecutive 404 events, the page times out, and will not let me back in for about 60 minutes. It's happened before, and I just now got back on.
Same thing was happening to me (forum was inaccessible for about an hour) when I was experimenting with my problematic paragraph earlier. I was wondering if I was actually crashing the forum website, or was it only me. But I didn't see anybody complain about the outages, so I assume it was only me. I wonder if the forum simply blocks, for an hour, the IP address which is making it "sick".
I verified that your paragraph (properly assembled) causes a 404 error for me too. I also shortened the paragraph and got another error I was seeing in my own earlier test. The following text (shown in red), when I click "Submit Reply", will cause a popup window to show up stating that the post no longer can be edited and hangs:
I've never seen a bench seat in a 356 as in the interior shot of the blue roadster. I need to research that. It probably gets its "outlaw" moniker due to the mild visual departures from stock.
Make sure to preface it with: Beautiful selection of cars there.
There sure are some bugs in the forum's software!
Kinder Surprise Post Apo - 28 mm Scibor Miniatures
in WIP: All The Rest: Motorcycles, Aviation, Military, Sci-Fi, Figures
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Marcin,
While some of the laws in U.S. seem to be a bit strange, silly, or restrictive, it is not all that bad. There are no fines for possession of Kinder Eggs.
Because of the choking-hazard law, the European Kinder Eggs are not sold in grocery stores, but they do sell a similar egg (Kinder Joy) with the candy and toy, but packaged differently inside the wrapper. And of course if you go to one of the ethnic stores (that carry for example Polish products) you can legally buy the Kinder Eggs you are used to seeing. I bought one of each and took a photo to prove to you that USA is still a free country where you can enjoy chocolate candy with toys inside.
And as usual, you presented a very nice grotesque model!