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Welp, a Margy should not be shaken that much either, you risk cube warp It's what they told me; I'm shaking too long and too hard. Now Monsignor Bill eluded to thinner then usual can bottoms. Who knows, things change many many many times behind the scenes that we are totally unaware of. I'm getting a new can of that Rustoleum which prompted this post later in the week. I'll reply with how it looks using my new techniques.

Tamiya got back to me again. They said I should not shake the can for more then 30 seconds, I've been doing 1-2 minutes on all my cans. Closer to two. I believe this may have indeed been my issue. So a few adjustments; 1) Swirl for 30 seconds. 2) If I feel the need to shake, 30 seconds with the can sideways. 3) Normal, not vigorous shaking.

Engine mostly done and I'm pretty stoked over it. I destroyed the rear shocks trying to do something stupid so I made a new set. I'm unsure if they can be seen but I may cut the trunk lid so it can be opened to reveal engine bay goodies

OMG, this guy you have pictured is also experiencing what I am. That's a big a$$ can of paint I tell ya...

Tamiya gave me a canned response. I replied with a plea for help but no dice. Rustoleum suggested that I am shaking the can too vigorously. So I am on my own, I'll try less intense shaking and perhaps shaking holding the can side ways. Pretty bummed out. Here are a few pic.

Hi, I called Tamiya this morning. First off, GREAT support and reachability. They were VERY curious, intrigued and requested pics.

The Wizards Lair.

Wow so clean, perfect paint etc...

What a great idea the announcement video is. Wished others like Revell, Aoshima, Fujimi, Tamiya, MFH etc would do the same. In a time of social media, it's a no brainer. Many props to Round 2. I only wished they'd have new tooling and plastic. I really dislike that yellow stuff.

Your style of building is so clean and precise. I bet your work area is über clean and organized. Definitely an inspiration.

Thanks Shaun, I went ahead and bought some really killer turbos/inter-cooler. I'm excited, it should be very cool.

Thanks Randy, I cheated and bought Hobby Designs turbo and inter-cooler kits I should have em on and done by end of week.

Thanks Len, the body is from Darin@DB Designz. He's working the body for me now and Its looking a real sweet, he's doing a great job on it.

Hi, I like to do out of box builds while I'm doing scratch builds to balance out the insanity. So this is an excellent AMT 05 Ford GT but doing the X-1, in Gulf colors via Gravity Colors Gulf Orange/Blue. The stock wheels/tires are weak so I'm doing HRM 65' Vette Magnesium wheels with some fat rubber I had. The HRM wheels are bad a$$, 3 piece units. Man Harlod is sooo goood! I'm really impressed with the AMT GT kit, very cool.

Wow, looks so real! Insane build, insane.

None, but just listening to them calms enough to focus.

You see this is very interesting. I also had a Design Master Color can of paint bulge on me. They are distro via Michaels. I actually called em (dmcolor.com) who mentioned that it's alight that the can bulges as its meant to in order to even out the pressure so that can failure doesn't occur. To all who responded about not seeing this in the many years, do you or have you lived in California? And how old are your current cans of paint? The reason I ask is that for example our break fluid and our paint thinner is different than most across the county. I can't speak to the merits of this but our paint thinner sux and the break fluid you buy now no longer strips paint. Perhaps our paint cans are different as well? Remember I'm new to this hobby and all of my paints are bought within the past 2 years. I'll bring up all of this when speaking to Tamiya and Rustoleum as I'd love to solve this.

I removed the inter-cooler and turbo. Will replace with better more detailed units. Well, I did say this is a long term WIP

Well, could an amount of ambient light make a difference? My room is well lit, but diffused a bit. My room is currently at an ISO EV 100 of 6 to 8, its mid morning. While it's cool, its cheerful and lit.

I appreciate the feedback, even ones at my expense. I'll post what Rustoleum and Tamiya support say. Perhaps there is a reason why Tamiya recommends swirling paint cans, not shaking.

Well, hoping Tamiya or Rustoleum have seen this before since they move such large quantity of paint cans. I gave them my location, avg temperature, barometric pressure and storage conditions.

I'm happy that my stressful and some what costly paint can situation is so humorous.

Wow, this is amazing! Incredible work, I'm stunned!

This is an incredible thread!!! Wow, simply stellar works here!

Well, how could it have been hot since I'm on the coast and not in direct sun light. Tellin ya, my room is max 90 which is an exception rather then a rule. What else explains it? New can of Testors Metalizer. I was shaking but now I swirl which keeps the bugles down. I never use hot water etc... Most of my cans of Tamiya eventually do this. I live in Malibu.