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I've only had that happen using Easy-Off.

I dunno. The stripped styrene is still discolored. I use Testors Easy Lift Off and it will strip hot lacquer paint completely, without any staining or residue. I bought this Lindberg 1953 Ford used. Neon green lacquer was sprayed directly on the hood and body without any primer barrier. I brushed ELO on the parts. After about 20 minutes, the paint started to wrinkle and was easily removed by scrubbing with a tooth brush. It took three applications to remove the paint from all of the nooks and crannies and there wasn't a trace of neon green anywhere afterward. The parts were slightly etched by the hot lacquer; but, they were a nice, bright white.

Surprisingly, it hasn't changed. Unfortunately, the same can't said for the stretch of Meeker Ave. under the BQE just three blocks east of this intersection, which would be to the left of this picture. It's been turned into a giant homeless base camp and shooting gallery for hipster junkies.

Nah, dat's Bensonhoist. I'm a Greenpernt guy. We got our dirty water dogs from Jimmy. He staked out a spot on the corner of Graham and Meeker Avenues under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and was a fixture at that same corner for almost 60 years. His hot dogs tasted better than any other dogs because he used beer to cook them. You don't find guys like Jimmy anymore. Jimmy and his wife, 1998. The only hot dogs worthy enough to be sold in dirty water dog carts are Sabrett. Accept no substitutes.

MPC/ERTL released 6261 (full kit) in 1988: AMT/ERTL released three Beretta full kits: 6723 in 1988, which was a rebox of the MPC kit and two in 1991: 6146 6068

I believe the answer is √1.

Konstantin Bogdanov is an adult artist. Why did you assume he's a teenager? Nothing written about him would lead one to believe that was the case. 1/6 Scale 1961 Dodge D100 His work is amazing. Check out his Flickr page.

Too many oversensitive types who can't deal with somebody being honest. Act like an adult and accept both praise, along with criticism/critiques, graciously. If that isn't possible, don't post photos of your stuff and find another hobby which doesn't require insincere adulation from your peers.

I mentioned that very thing years ago. It's really tedious having to see the same 4,000 photos in multiple replies. Just quote the pertinent text and post a reply to it. Re Facebook, the the total and names of people who "liked" a particular comment/reply are visible if you hover your cursor over the various emojis located in the lower left corner of said comments.

Throw a price out and see if somebody bites. Usually, someone does. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would collect and pay outrageous sums for empty model kit boxes. Do these collectors open a safe and marvel at them the same was William Devane does with gold coins?

That is the most viable and easy to do solution. The interior panels will also need to be re-scribed to reflect a 4 DR 150.

C'mon, Steve. It would be a lot easier than converting a 1911 Model T roadster into a 1974 Plymouth Satellite Sebring.

Entirely too much time wasted over analyzing why kids aren't doing what "we" think they should just because "we" do. Like Tom and others mentioned, there weren't that many kids in my neighborhood who were sitting at home building models. I knew of only two others who had a passing interest. Most of the time, we wasted our childhoods doing boring city street kid outdoor things like playing stickball, touch football, Johnny on the Pony, kick the can, hot peas and butter, heisting cases of beer from the Miller and Budweiser distributors and, later on, getting laid, which has model building beat hands down. Bottom line, be thankful that your kids and grandkids aren't getting involved in extracurricular activities that will get them thrown in the slammer. You, in general might not like their choices for leisure activities; but, the alternatives are far worse.

You can get them at Staples, Office Max, Home Depot, Walmart, online (google "silica gel packs/packets"), ebay. etc.

A dirty water hot dog and a can of Yoo-hoo cost 40¢ in 1971. It costs around three bucks today. No extra charge for mustard, sauerkraut and onions.

Store opened bottles in a screw top mason jar with a few silica gel bags tossed in. The silica gel absorbs ambient moisture that would have been otherwise absorbed by the CA, which has amazing moisture absorption qualities. Storing CA in such a manner greatly extends its useful life. I have several Bob Smith Industries CA which are approaching their tenth birthdays and they're still good.

That X-Acto customizing tool kit looks like a junior version of the Christian Szell "Is it Safe?" Dental Interrogation Tool Collection endorsed by Larry Olivier and the Toy Council.

The Tom Daniel Super Digger Dragster was a 1/12 model produced in 1971 by Monogram when the company was owned by Mattel. One sold for $499 on ebay in July.

Thanks, Pete. I should have been clearer.

Arts & craft stores like Michaels, from numerous online shops and such.

Dencon folded like a cheap suit. The dude had loads of customer complaints before he closed up the business. You can't find any of his old products anywhere because he was notoriously lame about filling orders and maintaining anything even remotely resembling inventory. I defy you to find any Dencon products on ebay. Your grandchildren will probably have great-great grandchildren before that happens.

You might want more; but, you ain't gonna get them. "Colors by Boyd" bottle paint was discontinued back in the late 1990s. Testors dropped its entire hobby paint line earlier this year, with the exception of the cheesy little 1/4 oz. square bottles.

Considering that the first five kits you listed were, in my opinion, essentially junk boxes with a couple of parts and weren't worth the 1971 prices. They're definitely not worth the inflated 2021 simoleons.

A lot of the internet search results will provide links to items that are no longer available at the time of the search being performed. I ran across a number of searches which came up for Model Roundup and the items were no longer available. BTW, the conversion set was made by Dencon Resin Specialties which has been dead as a doornail since at least 2011. There was a sold set listed on Worthpoint.