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Not any help about getting decals; but, spraying a light coat of Krylon Clear on the decal sheet will prevent old decals from disintegrating when you dip them in water. You'll need to cut the individual decals from the sheet and apply them in the normal manner.

Looks like an entry level pimpmobile.

A guy at Early Ford V-8 Club Forum says he saw the car and it was a faded maroon which looked purple.

You can get it at CVS or Home Depot. It is now called Pledge Premium Floor Care Multi-Surface Finish.

From MegaHobby: "This model kit does NOT have Caterpillar decals included in the kit. " Looks like R2 doesn't have a licensing agreement with Caterpillar which is why it's no longer listed as a D7.

Humans have those as standard equipment mounted in a fully articulated, multi-directional housing. They're known as eyeballs.

I experienced the same with Milliput. I switched over to Magic-Sculpt. Apoxie-Sculpt is just as good and both are better than Milliput.

I gotta disagree with that. just like a car modeler who builds different versions of the same car, armor modelers will build multiple versions of their favorite vehicles. Tanks, like the Panzer IV, for example, are available in over 20 main and sub-variants. Ditto with Tiger Is, available in Initial, Early, Mid and Late Production, along with date-specific versions. There are more than a few armor builders at Missing-Lynx, Track-Link, Armorama and other related sites who have built upwards of 15 versions of the Tiger and there are guys who build every conceivable variant of the Sherman; and, there are a lot. Check out R.P. Hunnicutt's "Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank" and you'll see what I mean. Unless you are a dedicated tread-head, you probably won't notice the differences; but, they're there. I have nine Tigers and eight M1A2 Abrams kits which won't go to waste and I plan on adding to those numbers. Others build multiple versions in order to replicate vehicles assigned to specific units during different time periods and battles. That's especially true of WWII-era German armor. Planes are another story. Depending on the scale, they can take up a lot of space really quickly; so, an aircraft modeler is more selective in his choices.

Fabricate it yourself. It's easier than you think. I just made one. I stuck a piece of 5/32" dia. sprue (or, styrene rod of a similar size would be a better choice) into my rotary tool and, using a flat jeweler's file, made a copy using the photo as a reference. I used the file to obtain the contours. It took all of five minutes and it looks like the pictured one. The bezel can be made the same way using a slightly larger piece of sprue or styrene rod. If you use 3/16" rod, you can make the mirror with the bezel attached. Another choice for material is 3/16 aluminum rod, which is soft enough to work with and can be polished.

The reason being that you'll never find an $80 Rye Field Model Tiger I w/interior sitting on a shelf at Michaels or other stores offering them discount coupons. You'd be lucky if you found any expensive armor kit (which most are) with more than a ten buck discount online. I paid $125 for a Voyager M1A2 Abrams TUSK II detail set for my $70 Dragon M1A2.

What kits did you get? Google the kit name and check out different stores which sell them. There should be photos of completed models which should give you an idea as to what paints are required. The second kit might have PDF instructions available which indicate the paints and what gets painted.Also, check Google Images. You should come up with more photos than you imagined. If you don't want to do it, post the manufacturers and kits here and I'll do it. Just hurry up. I have many important things to avoid which don't require my immediate inattention.

I have a story about something that happened to me and an Army buddy while I was stationed in Germany. We both experienced the same thing six months apart and I never told him about it until he mentioned it to me.It scared the living krap out of us. In January 1983, I was stationed in Illesheim, in the Mittelfranken region of Bavaria. I just got off duty and was heading to the main gate to get a cab to go to my apartment in Obernzenn. My car was in the shop and I definitely didn't feel like walking 8 clicks in the freezing cold. I waited around by the taxi stand for twenty minutes without luck. I called the cab service; but, they were busy and no car was available. So, I did end up walking. As I'm walking along, I hear somebody whistling behind me. So, I turn around and see some 'rad in his early twenties walking about twenty feet behind me. I asked him in German, "Was ist los? Was gibts?" He didn't respond. I fugured that he was drunk and heading to the next village, Urfersheim, which was down the road. So, I continued walking. Then, I hear him whistling again. I'm getting pissed at this point; so, I turned around and started walking toward him. As I was walking toward him, he started backing up, keeping that twenty foot distance between us, which I found odd. Once again, I continued down the road and he did the same dammed thing. This time, I decided to rush him. I chased him back toward Illesheim. He ran into farm field on the side of the road and I tried following him but I lost him. Strange, considering that it was an open field and there was a full moon. Being totally pissed off at this point, I continued my walk home. Next thing I know, I hear the whistling again. This time, when I turned around, Komrad wasn't walking. He was hauling *ss toward me on a bike. Then, as he is getting closer, I see his face. It changed. It was all torn up on the left side and there was what looked like blood all over his jacket. He let out the creepiest scream and I nearly krapped in my pants. I ran as fast as I could; and, when I reached Urfersheim, I started banging on the door of the first house I encountered. I told the people what happened and they called the Polizei. When the cops arrived, I gave them the details. The older cop asked me if I was positive in describing the guy. He asked me because he remembers a guy fitting the exact description getting killed by a car in the same area of the road about five years before. The cops were courteous enough to give me a ride home. I went to my favorite gasthaus and got ripped. Fast forward to July. My friend, Jay McKendree, said he was going to pop over. It was a Friday evening and he couldn't get a cab. So, he decided to walk. When he got to my place, he was pale and scared s**tless. He said I wouldn't believe what happened to him. As he started to tell me, I stopped him and asked did the guy have longish blonde hair. "Yeah". Did he look like he was in his early twenties? "Yeah?" Was he wearing a gray windbreaker with red and blue stripes on the sleeves? Yeah?" Was he whistling as you were walking? Yeah! But, how did you know?" I told him what the cop said and, from that night, Jay would never again walk on that road after sundown. There were other weird, unexplained phenomena which occurred around the old Judische Friedhof, the Red and Blue Castles in Obernzenn and the areas surrounding the abandoned German bunkers in the Frankenhohe forest near Oberdachstetten and were witnessed by numerous soldiers and civilians over the years.

Believe this: China's economic system is a socialist market economy, a model which is based on a predominant state-owned sector within an open market economy. That means the state maintains control of everything. The government can seize private businesses as it deems necessary; and, it does. Communism is identical to how divorce lawyers and the Mafia operate - "What's mine is mine, what's yours is mine." Don't ever doubt that.

Different terms for the same thing. Years ago, I built the Mamoli 1/93 U.S.S. Constitution. I soaked the hull planking in denatured alcohol which softened them faster than soaking in water. I tack-nailed the wet planks onto the bulkheads, allowing them to dry in place. Once dry, the planks retained the curves and fit the contours of the hull perfectly. I removed the nails, trimmed where necessary and used carpenter's glue to reattach them. You need to attach the planking on both sides of the hull to prevent warpage when using this method.

That might be enough to have the winning bid for a Johan kit on eBay.

I read an article about that. KB Toys planning comeback after demise of Toys ‘R’ Us I doubt I'll find those 8 buck Tamiya kits this time around.

This really is a quick Pole Constance Darnowski Stoll, from the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, was an AAU champion and St. John's University's first-ever track and field Olympian (Helsinki, 1952 and Melbourne, 1956) competing in the 80 metres hurdles.

You're literally a day late and a dollar short. I posted the link yesterday.

$184 USD. Not worth that kind of dough. One could buy the electronic components for maybe 10 bucks and install the lighting into 74617488, which is what I'm going to do whenever I get around to it. Tower Hobbies is taking pre-orders for a mere $242.95.

Slap on some leadwork and a $99 Earl Scheib paint job and it'll look like.....c rap.

No problem, David. A lot of shows had arrangements with the auto companies. The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres, both produced by Filmways Studios, used Chrysler products. Perry Mason almost exclusively used Fords and Lincolns.

Help yerself, lookit the pitchers an' let us know if ya find'em. Andy Griffith Show - Cars 1960 - 1968

Heh, I did that yesterday. I asked her to give me the teams, point spreads and bracket winners for next year's NCAA Tournament. Hey, it couldn't hurt to ask. I'll start drinking again if I actually get a response.

Funny thing about HO scale is that trains are 1/87 but slot cars are 1/64.

Nothing. I suggested that they check my page and never received a reply. The support people must be busy looking for new jobs.