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If you can provide vector-based artwork then you have won more than half the battle. There are many decal producers listed on http://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/decals.htm (scroll down to the list of custom decal companies). Fireball Modelworks is one of the ones listed there.

What format is the artwork in? Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator? What program version? Or is it in some different format?

The one we used in tech school was Bad boys rape our young girls but Violet gives willingly. Here is a nice compilation of bunch of them (including the raicst one). Form the clean versions I like this one: Better Buy Resistors Or Your Grid Bias Voltages Go West

Caspermobile!

I'm just curious as to which specific statement in "Incredibly lifelike dio photos that lack life. While he is obviously very good at what he does, there are never any people in his shots. There are cars "driving" down the street with nobody inside! The lack pf people gives his photos sort of an eerie, "ghost town" quality. Of course , in some of his setups it's perfectly believable that there would not necessarily be any people in the shots... but in others the lack of people looks odd." is rude? To me that sounds like someone's honest opinion. I also think that no matter what Michael says, if he included people figures, the realism would be instantly lost. I have not see any 1:25 scale figures out there (no matter how well done) which would look like real humans. You can instantly tell they are figures. Michael strives for ultra-realism by using natural (not modeled) backgrounds. Figures would ruin the illusion.

Probably because both are shaped in a way which minimizes their radar signature.

Speaking about deep pockets, I see the same bidders bidding on multiple models.

I was referring to the gold Cordoba mentioned in the initial post in this thread.

While it is an amazing piece of military hardware, I would not call it beautiful. It is more of a minimalistic functional design. Kind of reminds me of the iron-clad ships from the civil war (like the Monitor).

Thanks Veezee! It will be great to have you and your buddy attend our show. I'll be spending most of the day in a corner taking photos of the models.

If you look at the photo of the engine compartment in the eBay listing, it is built "box stock". No wiring or plumbing of any kind - only detail-painting. Again, it is the overall quality which brings the big bucks. There is another current thread in another part of this forum asking what a "Contest Quality" model is. Well, those models are perfect example. The clean and fastidious build makes these contest quality (even if they are not super-detailed).

True, but at last that one has some vague resemblance of some sort of a sea creature (at least in my eyes).

You think like a modeler! Consider that there are plenty of collectors out there who don't have the skills, patience, or time to build beautiful models for a kit. Some of them buy diecast or resin models which are factory-assembled. But some of them can afford the pricier custom-handbuilt models. I'm pretty sure they enjoy their models as much as you do. Going back to my Picasso analogy, there are people that have no artistic abilities to paint paintings but they gladly pay for someone else's work.

For more info see http://classicplastic.org/events.html For sampling of model photos of previous year's shows see http://classicplastic.org/photos.html

I don't know. Some people pay millions of dollars for Picasso's scribblings, why not pay a thousand for an extremely well-built model of a rare kit?

Not at all, my solution is perfect for my needs. Actually the Microscalle stuff I have (and don't like) seems quite similar to your concoction.

I don't think it was all that bad. Now if they had couple of model airplanes stuck in the towers, that would be in real bad taste. Nowadays people seem to get their knickers in a twist and get offended by the smallest silliest things. It actually reminded me of when the twin-towers were still around. Kind of like when I look at the cover of the Supertramp's "Made in America" album. I visited the WTC in the '70s and still have fond memories of that trip to NYC.

In my eyes that thing is butt ugly!

I was scratching my head to figure out what the heck "AB" meant until I read the thread. I thought it was a brand of primer! Is "AB" some sort of texting shortcut? I don't do any texting so I might not be "in the know". A also think that your AB-ready primer is not thinned enough or it uses a thinner which is evaporating too fast.

If the decals are H0 (1:87) scale 1" wide decals then they are in actual inches 0.011" wide. The 2" version would be 0.022" wide.

Yup, as I mentioned earlier, small brush works well for this.

I don't care for Microscale mask. It is not latex-based (at least the old bottle I have) - it is more like thick gelatin. I still have a bottle of it somewhere (I only used it few times). But I do extensively use liquid masking in my modeling (but usually to protect gluing areas from paint). The stuff I use is a custom mixture of the latex-based masking agents. Most art-supply stores sell artist's liquid masking fluid. That is a very thin liquid which dries to a thin layer of stretchable latex. But that is usually too thin for my needs. I get some thick liquid mask (used to mask PC boards in electronic industry) and mix it with the thin liquid mask. That gives me a thicker masking fluid - perfect for what I need. Micro-Mark also sell liquid mask, but it is similar to the Microscale mask - not liquid-latex-based. Mixed with something like this.

I like your attitude Harry - keep it up!

I usually use very small pointy paintbrush (like 4/0 or 10/0) moistened with water. I pick up the decal with the point of the brush and apply it to a drop of water placed earlier on the model where the decal is supposed to go.

You mean the up-and-down hard-stroking motion? It is a natural motion for male Homo Sapiens.