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SfanGoch

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  1. What's the product name? That would make it much easier searching for it with Google. A general search comes up with dozens of products, not necessarily the one you used.
  2. The price should be cut by seven hundred bucks. The custom side pipes are missing.
  3. Yes to both. I like them. The simplest way to find out what acrylic clear gloss and flats are available is to use Google.
  4. Nice work. You might consider getting medium and fine grit diamond burr sets. You won't get the rough edges that occur when using regular grinding bits or drum sanders and you'll have better control on how much material is removed.
  5. Call Arm & Hammer and they'll tell you it's a bad idea. The sodium bicarbonate will break down as a result of chemical interaction of the lacquers and/or enamels that it was in contact and/or combined with. The baking soda breaks down and becomes a gunky, oily, resinous yellow-brown ooze as a byproduct. It's not a matter of if, but when, the baking soda breaks down. It won't happen immediately; but, when you notice the goop seeping from under the paint, you'll regret using it. Armor modelers have been wise to this for years and avoid it like the plague.
  6. Good! Better than stuffing them in your nostrils for entertainment purposes.
  7. Actually. it has to do with hygiene. They don't want any possible nasty stuff left dirty toys by previous kids to spread. That's what the manager of the store in Brooklyn told me when I wanted to donate my son's baby toys. They have no problem reselling used shoes and funky, armpit smelling clothes, though.
  8. The Goodwill stores around here won't accept nor sell any types of toys.
  9. Check out Alex Kustov's Leather Upholstery for Model Interiors 101 tutorial on his excellent Italian Horses website.
  10. 1959 Desoto Fireflite Convertible Interior Pictures
  11. Without hairspray, television talking head hair wouldn't exist.
  12. Yeah, it does. However, if is, indeed, the simplified chassis, I'll use the Revell '68 Charger chassis as Steve Guthmiller did. I used the Charger chassis under the Johan Police Pursuit '68 Plymouth. A definite improvement over the one piece kit supplied slab o'styrene.
  13. No, acrylics only. Enamel paints will not allow water to penetrate to allow it to soften the hairspray.
  14. Another weak point on all of the Tri-Five kits is where the rocker panel meets the rear of the door opening. It has the tendency to break if you spread the body apart when placing it on the chassis. I cement a 1.5 x .5mm strip along that area to reinforce it and reduce stress.
  15. I emailed Peter regarding the delay in releasing the '57 Nomad. He said the reason for the delay is that he's making changes to the tool.
  16. Revellogram released this '56 Nomad in 1997. It's 1/25. It was reissued by Revell in 2006 and 2011.
  17. Steve, ELO will remove the paint without causing the clear styrene to haze or fog. Just don't soak the glass, or any other parts, in it. Use a brush to apply it. Once the paint starts to lift, scrub the glass with a toothbrush using dishwashing liquid under warm water. Polish the glass to remove any scratches and give it a dip in the acrylic floor finish of your choice.
  18. Well, there is a theory, identical to the micro black hole theory which you mention, that came to me when I woke up on a stoop in Innsbruck, Austria following a historic all-day drunkfest in the scenic ski resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. This was my story as to how I ended up there and I'm sticking with it.
  19. This is where all of those small, irreplaceable parts launched from your tweezers end up.
  20. You can snag a set HERE
  21. It's the side entrance to Rum Bottoms in Massapequa.
  22. That's not black. ACC (Air Combat Command) BUFFs are painted in overall FS36118 Gunship Gray.
  23. So, from this information, we can deduce that Martians don't shop at the Big & Tall Man store.
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