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I used the Testors wet look clear that I just discovered here last night, and hadn't realized that I'd ever bought. Thanks a bunch, Tom, I'm hoping to grab some polishing compound (Meguiar's probably) in the next few days, and give it a going over with that.

Thanks, Kev, I like that color a lot too, and think it's a good fit for the AMX.

Thanks a bunch. (I need all the help I can get.) Here's the link to the applied clear coat. Looks OK, not great, but OK.

OK, given that the red had issues (my own fault), this still looks acceptable to me, at least for this particular model. Some polishing up, and I think I'll be able to live with it. Thoughts?

Yea, the chassis leaves a bit to be desired, still, it's a classic, at least from my point of view.

Thanks, Greg, but I was actually referring to photos of the finished model Bismarck stated he'd just completed. I already know what the box looks like.

This is looking just wonderful. I have the same kit that i need to finish, as a tribute to one that I did as a kid. I hope mine can turn out as nice as yours is.

I certainly hope so, Gene, it's getting too expensive to keep screwing up.

The Mk IV Male? Do you have any photos?

Well I found a brand new can of wet look clear here tonight, so tomorrow I'm going to spray the AMX, warts and all.

OK, well despite the fact that I botched up this paint too, I believe it's still good enough to go ahead and clear coat, though it will certainly never be going to any shows. To that end, I discovered this tonight while looking for something else, so tomorrow the AMX gets cleared. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I have no further problems.

The Tamiya 262's are great kits. In fact, generally the Tamiya name is synonymous with extraordinary quality, as regards any of their newer releases in particular.

Fortunately, it cost me nothing, except my time to review it, and that took quite a while. It's an outstanding kit, very well engineered/designed/detailed.

Not today, but a few days ago I received this in the mail for a review I'm doing elsewhere. To say this kit is stunning, is a major understatement.

Given your avatar, that would make sense.

Not my absolute favorite, but certainly one of my favorites.

Interesting thread. I'm sorry to say that since I joined (Christmas day 2014), I have yet to finish even one car model.

OK, thanks. I'll keep my eyes open for it.

Do you have a work in progress here somewhere? I looked, but didn't see anything.

Strange as it may seem, I've had this DVD for about six years, still shrink wrapped. I've seen the movie before, but have never opened my DVD and watched it; perhaps this winter I'll crank it up.

I just moved 11 months ago, and between giving away stuff, selling off things and leaving other items behind, I reduced my overall amount of items I currently own, by probably 80%. Sad, but it needed to be that way.

Sort of an absentee thing then, I get it.

Worse than that, sometimes the "customer" reseals the package with hot glue, so the store refunds the purchase price, than resells it as new stock. I bought what I though was a brand new, sealed circular saw one time, only to get home to discover sawdust and the paint worn off the blade. When I returned it, they looked at me as if I was trying to scam them. Very awkward.

I hate to admit this, but years ago I had a friend that had a "thing" for a certain brand of audio speakers for his car, but kept blowing them up. He'd remove the blown out pair, drive to the store, buy a new pair, switch them out in the car, then immediately get a refund on his most recent purchase, claiming they wouldn't fit in his car speaker openings. He did this for the better part of five years!

The turret illustration on the rear, looks like it may be B-24 related, but certainly not B-17.