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A hundred bucks for a decal sheet is ridiculous. I've been doing business with this eBay vendor, Police Decal Shop, for years. He has over 1,000 PD vehicle sets available. The quality is superb. Contact him if you can't find what you're looking for.

I have an SMP '61 Imperial with a separate HT from the same vendor that the '62 came from.

One could always use a nail gun to secure a bottle to a tabletop, bench or the perennial favorite, the kneecap.

TANKRAFT sells this Glue Base Holder For Modeling Cements. Rube Goldbergesque technical knowledge not required to construct or operate.

Why bother? There are literally thousands of previous releases available on ebay.

I bought that kit at Jack's Hobby Shop in 1970 for $2.49. Lotta loot for a ten year old back then.

Paralysis by overanalysis.

Removing cured canopy glue?

The only kits I'm missing are the Valiant V-200 and the Newport. What's to wonder about? If Atlantis has the molds, they'll be produced. If you noticed, the '57 Nomad box was visible in the Instagram clip. It looks like it'll be in the catalog soon. The holdup was with the kit glass. That also might be the problem with these two. Both share the same glass. I test fitted the glass from from an SMP '60 Valiant and it fit perfectly in the Revell Lancer and vice-versa. For whatever reason, H-1251, my Fury kit, has the wrong glass. It's for the V-200. Go figure.

There are no "local" providers in the sense that they use any ALSA product commercially. The products are designed to be applied by the average slob with ten thumbs.

It's a water-based acrylic.

Steve, Alcad Aqua Gloss works.

Pete, you can use any clear urethane as a base coat. I got this straight from the owner of ALSA during a phone call with him.

You're looking at the wrong items. The Hobby Kit is $199.00. The 6oz. bottle of Easy Chrome is $169.00. This is a better deal because you get 4oz. more EC than the 2oz. in the Hobby Kit. You can spray the EC over either a clear or gloss black urethane basecoat and achieve excellent results. That 6oz. bottle will go a long way.

That's what using a primer does. The primer will reveal any imperfections.