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yep...bought from this scu....er, ah person. Rec'd 2 Corvette engines. Poorly cast. On both engines, some of the parts went from hard cast resin to to something flexible and bendable. I took s video of bendable portions for proof. He recast the parts and while recast parts were not bendable, they were pretty poorly cast. Sent it back, petitioned PayPal for refund. He never responded to them so PayPal refunded the money to me. Blocked him on eBay.

Has anyone done any recent business with Dirtmodeler? I ordered 2 photo etched pieces from them and have not heard a word or rec'd the items. Emailed then several times and no response. I petitioned PayPal for a refund today.

Thanks!

Do any of the resin casters or 3D creators make stock wheel covers for a 70/71 Plymouth Duster? Looking to recreate my wife's first car from the 71 AMT Plymouth Duster kit. If memory serves me correctly (been about 30 years), the picture below shows what I am looking for. Thanks in advance

Well, I bought the Dr. Drybooth and honestly, glad I did. I have 2 friends that have used converted/modified dehydrators that got too hot and warped plastic. This does not. I put a thermometer inside and it never got hotter than 110 degrees. Paint is dry in no time. I'm not an advanced modeler by any means nor am I a rookie but I like the fact that I can trust this to work and not damage anything that is put inside. By the way, I have painted several things now and dried them in the booth and there is no dust issue that I can see. But if that is a concern, all that is needed is a peice of filter paper underneath of the booth where the circulating air is drawn in from.

Is there a website for this set? I'm not out to buy it but I would like to see it.

This is a long shot but what about suspension kits both racing and hot rod. All the pieces machined to specific year make model to replicate 1:1 custom kits like below from Heidts for 69 Camaro/Firebird or Hotchkiss

I saw this on Shark Tank a while back and thought it was a great idea. While I do have a mustache, I saw another use for it... Ever lose that tiny but oh so important part to the vast reaches of the carpet gremlins? That's right...a parts catcher! Goes around the neck and secured with Velcro and it come with suction cup hooks that you would normally attach to the mirror but you can use your imagination on how to secure that side. You can find it all over the place for anywhere from $5 to $15. comes in white or black

This is why modelers toss out their stash of glues and paints and start collecting...(gulp!)...diecasts!!!!

I too got my first order from Randy, Great service, fast shipping! The detail in the Fireball Holley 4 bbl's is amazing! Also picked up the 13" and the 15" Minilite sets! Perfect for an old style Mini Cooper project I have planned as well as a T/A Camaro I want to attempt! Easy ordering via a well planned and simple to navigate website!!!!!! Only one thing surpasses the site and that is your craftsmanship in the models you make. Speaking of which, I hope you get time to get back to the GT-40. I can't wait to see the finished project but the sub-assembly updates are nearly...er, ah...well...as my wife would say...darn near orgasmic! Yeah, I said it! Thank you, Randy.

jeez...this makes soooo much sense! Wish I had seen this 6 months ago!

Since I saw this 3 weeks ago, I have been to every Yard Sale in the area looking for a Jig Saw. I have a Craftsman Scrolling Jig Saw but could not see my clear to modifying it. Today however, I finally found the same model used in the video. The guy wanted $10, I offered $5 and he took it. I have 3 of the clamps at home. 10 minute modification, maybe less. Found an old bottle of Testers Orange Gloss that was never opened and OVER 20 years old. Paint was definitely separated. 30 seconds later, I took a paint brush, dipped it and painted a few strokes over a scrap hood. Paint covered perfectly. Thank you, Chris for posting this tip.

I picked up this "Graffiti Remover" today to try after I had a chevy pickup sitting in Purple Power for 3 weeks with very little movement. Truck was painted with Gravity Colors metal flake about a day befor going into the bath. I only soaked a couple of test pieces but t it removed everything to bare plastic in no time and only required minor scrubbing in tight areas. One of the prices I used some squadron to fill a hole and it did attack that also. Since the body has a fair amount of 2-part filler and some squadron on it, I'll just leave that in the purple power and scrub as needed. So far, it does not appear that the purple power is attacking any of the fillers used on the body.

I do that with every package as I primarily just want to know when it is delivered. In this case, as soon as Gravity provided a tracking number, I set it for texting the status and it still sat for days on end label created but not picked up.

Ahhh, no offense, Chris but unless I am reading the dates of the posts at that link wrong, the most recent post was nearly 2 years ago. "Posted on: 31 Jul, 2015 11:05 PM in response to: TheTunerGuy"

Way back when I used to write for hobby magazines, I would get email from people that had issues getting products they had ordered. I would tell them to contact the seller first and if that didn't work, to seek out the more popular forums and place a posting regarding the issue. Nothing promotes a faster response than bad press in a public forum provided you tell the truth. So I decided last night to take my own advice and post my experiences with Gravity Colors...(see two posts above). Low and behold, suddenly there is movement with the tracking information! No response to email, so far, but shipment is expected to be on my doorstep on Saturday. I won't bother holding my breath until its in hand, however! I'm sorry but when items are supposedly in stock, I take that to mean they are in stock in the local office (in this case, Florida). This was not an issue with USPS (item was flagged for shipping a week ago), but more an issue with the merchant. Nothing was lost apparently as the order has (supposedly) been filled/shipped. There are other options out there for future reference. In so far as Gravity is concerned, I'm done.

Last year, I placed an order with Gravity Colors and after a week of no movement on the tracking number (despite the order status showing as "shipped"), I contacted them to find out what was going on. 4 emails later with the last one being somewhat heated on my part, I got a response...an apology, Refund and immediate shipment of the items ordered free of charge. I considered that great customer service...then. So a couple of weeks ago, I placed an $80 some odd dollar order and I find myself faced with the exact same situation again. Nothing rec'd, no additional replies to emails, no movement on the tracking number. Is this the normal way that Gravity does business? After ordering these items from Gravity Colors (located in DelRay Beach Florida), I had placed an order with Ted's (in Naples Florida) and received that in 3 days. Shipping is pretty much equal distance to Maryland just one is on the opposite coast of Florida from the other. Even if ground service, it should not take this long...cripes, it could have walked here faster if it had legs! I will call gravity tomorrow rather than emailing them again, but I doubt I will be placing any more orders with them.

McAffee tells me the site is unsafe and blocked it.

got a chance to see his Bronco items at our club meeting today. Outstanding!

I talked to Bob Johnson a while back (He was also part of Accurate Miniatures) and he said the funding just dried up on the Cobra. Bob also worked for Revell-Monogram for a number of years so it is very possible that a starting point for many of the works-in-progress had their roots from R-M. I am not saying that was definitely the case, just offering it up as a suggestion. In diecast arenas, it was so commonplace to use kits as a base for diecast models that some kit designers from various manufactures starting putting specific identifying tool marks into the kit patterns that the average person would never notice. The Designers knew the tool marks were there but the architects wouldn't realize it and included the tool marks into the pattern. I don't know what the kit manufactures ever did with that info, if anything...but I do know that in one case, it became bragging rights for a designer with regard to the diecast derivative that resulted.

signed in as well, Randy.

Jeff...first off, I am not a lawyer but to me that is an admission of guilt in that he remastered your original work without your permission. In essence, he admits to copying your product. Use it when you contact ebay. Second...seriously contact eBay and get yourself setup in the Vero program. It doesn't cost anything but establishes your products on eBay as being yours. I reviewed a 1/24th scale Danbury Mint 41 Cadillac for my column in the mis-managed The Car Room Magazine. A couple of years later, I sold it on ebay for around $700. In the Auction, I copied the article as as I had submitted it including my name. Many people knew me through the Magazine as well as many diecast forums. The day it ended, some "Richard Cranium" in California ran an auction for the very same model and used my auction word for word to include using my name as him writing the article. While Ebay drug their feet at first, I persisted that they do something. Since my column included my face picture, I had to send them a copy of Maryland Drivers License (minus the number) and a copy of the printed article. I sent them the entire magazine (I had several copies as the owner of the mismanaged magazine apparently had way more printed than there were subscribers!). Ebay ended up shutting down the auction, notified all bidders that the seller was committing fraud and because of the uniqueness of the original auction (mine), removed the seller from Ebay. I also posted it on every diecast forum I could find

thanks for the advice guys, greatly appreciated

Just curious as I have a project waiting in the wings to get started on but does anybody offer any aftermarket engines options for Dune Buggy's/Meyer's Manx kits??

nice...speaking of Mail Trucks...I saw this 1:1 at the beach last summer...