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I also have that orange Matchbox model (and have owned it since the '70s). It looks nothing like the real car. I always thought that the Matchbox model was cool looking but odd. Now that I saw a photo of the real car I can say that it is sleek and beautiful (but the engine is a bit of an overkill).

Um, are you sure you mixed (shook) the paint in the spray can really well before decanting? Sounds like you left the "thick stuff" (the pigment and resin) still in the spray can, so what you have is just the solvent tinted with the paint's color.

Nail polish remover is acetone with fragrance. Unless you are using a non-acetone remover. So nail polish remover or acetone do not attack (or dull) the base paint itself? Wow!

If these are printed on Alps printer, if you used metallic silver ink undercoat (instead of white) for the taillights and marker lights, that would give them a nice metallic color (imitating the real lenses). But some Alps printers have problem printing any color over metallic, so that might not work.

Yeah, I'm not sure how members suddenly discover old threads and reply to them. Nothing wrong with that - I'm just wondering . . . I usually don't look past the new messages (less than 1 week old).

That's a great news! The new etchings look a lot better than the original ones! Nice Job Tim!

I don't know what it is, but it sure is one gorgeous looking vehicle! Sexy!

Not only she doesn't look bad, the quality of the sculpting and even molding seems pretty nice to me. Especially considering it is a PYRO!

I'll try to contact Norm to see if he is interested (it has been a busy holiday season). I have no problem doing the photomask artwork in Corel Draw (vector-based).

Looks like you have duplicate posts on this. They used to be Tampo printed (the dull ink). I have not bought any new Hot wheels for several years. So the graphics are now shiny? I wonder if they have modernized from Tampo-printing to direct-to-substrate ink jet printing using UV-curable inks? That is what the model railroad industry is now embracing for decorating those models. If that is the case, those will be hard to dissolve.

They used to be Tampo printed (the dull ink). I have not bought any new Hot wheels for several years. So the graphics are now shiny? I wonder if they have modernized from Tampo-printing to direct-to-substrate ink jet printing using UV-curable inks? That is what the model railroad industry is now embracing for decorating those models. If that is the case, those will be hard to dissolve.

I have been using this trick for years (long before Micro Mark started selling their tool). I read about this tip I believe in the Finescale Modeler, in the '90s, in their reader's tips section. As far as the gunked up tips go, I just scrape the glue off using a hobby knife with a well-used #11 blade. It is quicker than using solvent.

UV light? Why? Are hobby or automotive paints UV-curable? I never heard of that. My dehydrator uses a 40W heating element. Wouldn't a plain 40W incandescent bulb generate same amount of heat (IR, not UV energy)?

I guess the joke is on me then. I like spelling Pollack using two els.

Thanks Brandon. You probably have no idea what happened to those (or if they simply got discarded)?

My (misteak) misspelling was purely intentional (followed by the smiley to further reinforce the intended humor). And I was bustin' Joe's nuts for correcting the first, but missing your second spelling mistake of a similar sounding word. If is has not been clear enough, I'm just having fun (no offense, critique, or trolling intended).

To give credit were it is due, I quoted Daniel's (review) post commenting on his use of English language. As far as the sink holes go I'm no mold engineer, but as I understand, sinkholes are caused by too-thick of a cross-section of the item being molded. That is a mold design issue. Or possibly by not injecting enough liquid styrene.

Being pedantic, Joe missed the other misteak. So here's another Pollack correcting an American. All in good fun (mostly to bust Joe's nuts) "This is the only one of these kits that's peeked piqued my interest, thanks for the peak peek inside."

Do you happen to know what happened with his molds and master patterns? And photo-etched spoke wheels? I would lover to get my hands on some of the master patterns for the tires he cast. His castings were full of huge air bubbles, but if we had the masters we could get one of our good casters to start producing those tires again. I've bough bunch of stuff from Guido years ago - he was always nice to me. When I was looking for some spoke wheels for my MG TC, he send me freebie prototype etchings for the wheels he was going to do for that model.

Thanks for the info Daniel - your English is fine.

You could try casting it out of translucent milky resin. Or just paint it flat white, mask the top to the level of the fluid and spray it with more white with just a bit of the color of the fluid (blue, green, yellow, red, or whatever) mixed in. That will simulate the fluid visible through the tank walls. I used the paint trick on coolant and washer fluid reservoirs of a 1:25 scale Chevy S-10 truck. It looks pretty realistic to me. This photo only shows the coolant tank. I suppose I could have made it even more realistic by adding tiny bit of black to the stark white paint. That would look even more like the plastic used for those tanks.

Interesting - thanks!

I'm wits Steve: I often use a strip of masking tape applied to a model as an edge for the knife to follow when I cut the foil. This works even when there is no edge on the model to follow (since the tape acts as a nice sharp edge). This technique works very well. For example, on these 1:32 scale models that is how I trimmed the top edge of the fin on the blue Caddy And again, the chrome on the edge of the fin.

You're welcome! But this functionality existed even before the update. I have been a member here for several years and this is how I always read the forum: I pick only new messages I'm interested in and only in the specific sections I frequent. I do the same on couple of other forum I participate in.

Anatomically correct teddy-bear? LOL All those are pretty creative - I didn't know there were so many out there. The old MassCar club logo was a parts tree too ( I don't have it handy). Then there is