iamsuperdan

Really nice!

With all the negative posts out there regarding vendors, it's time for a positive one. https://www.lbproductionhk.com/ LB Production are a Chinese decal manufacturer. I recently ordered a couple of sets of declas for the Tamiya GT3RS, as they have more colour optiosn than Tamiya does. Pricing was excellent. Even with shipping, far less than other suppliers. Looking at $25.85 CDN for two sets of decals, including tracked shipping. That's $18.86 US. Took exactly two weeks for me to order and have the decals arrive here in Canada. I ordered on July 9th, and they arrived on the 23rd. They look excellent. Details are crisp, colours are exactly as pictured on their website. I highly recommend, and will be ordering more in the future. Still in the packages, with protective film.

Excellent work. Your weathering is great!

I actually finished a model today. So that's one off the bench. Wow. It's been a while. Honestly...it might be the first one I've finished this year. I just haven't had that much bench time, plus I had a stretch of zero interest in building. I'm better now.

Well, cleared one old project off the bench. This one was a challenge. Fujimi Porsche 964 Turbo. Acquired this and started it 5 or 6 years ago. Did my usual prep, then when I sprayed the mint green colour, the body reacted. Badly. It ate into the plastic, the whole car looked like a vinyl roof. I was disappointed, as the chassis was totally fine. Body was modled in red, not grey, so perhaps that plaastic was just different enough. Anyway, after a dip in the purple pond, and a little sanding, it didn;t look much better. Threw it in the box and stuffed into a corner of the shelf. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago. I saw the box, had a look, decided to try and salvage it. I wish I could find the pics I took before I started saving it. I sanded. And sanded. And sanded some more. Then it was sand, primer, sand, primer. Did that a few times until I felt the body looked okay. Then hit it with the paint. Of course, I'm an idiot, and used the EXACT SAME paint can that messed it all up in the first place. Must have had enough primer on there because it laid out fine. Of course, all that sanding and priming meant that a lot of the details are washed out, even with re-scribing panel lines. Still, did the best I could, and it looks okay on the shelf.

Looking to unload a couple of kits that I've lost interest in. Meng Hummer H1 Meng Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Both kits are new, 100% complete, and unstarted. All bags sealed. It's a long shot, but here's what I'm after: Tamiya Volvo 850 BTCC - sedan Tamiya Volvo 850 BTCC - wagon Tamiya Mercedes DTM cars Tamiya Alfa Romeo 155 - Bosch livery Revell / Fujimi Porsche Gembella Avalanche Revell / Fujimi Mercedes 230TE wagon Also looking for photoetch, detail, and decal sets for: Revell London Bus Tamiya Porsches - Carrera GT, GT3RS, 993 GT2, etc Tamiya Alfa Romeo 155 DTM cars I'm always open to hearing about trade fodder, so if you have kits of european subject matter, I'm open to suggestion. Porsches, BMWs, VWs, etc. Can't hurt to ask, right? Worst I can say is Thanks but no thanks. Thanks.

On a related note, 3D printing rivets can be done. Not sure what I'll do with these, as I can't imagine not losing half of these the moment I tried them. But, the files were free, so why not try them?

I had a '95 Camaro Z28 Convertible a few years ago. Excellent car, very similar to the Firebird Formula. Still miss that car. Looking forward to seeing where you go with this.

Without giving too much away, this has come up in staff meetings, and we are discussing what paid access might look like. Very VERY early stages, but this is an option on the table. At some point, we'll be asking for opinions from the masses. 👍

I might have that. Will check for you.

Dang. If I had that trailer, I'd do that trade for sure. It's the other Moebius box trailer I'm looking to trade off. The 53ft reefer. Ah well.

Technically...the ads you see are based on each user's browser history. So... 🤪 But I think it's more that this site discusses models at length. And we even have a drag section. So that probably skews some things.

Looks great! I have this one semi-started. Have been 3d printing some parts that will be so much better than what's in the kit. I like your idea of adding the chicken decal though. Hmm...

Your Capri is stunning. I love those bubblebacks!

I oredered a kit off of Amazon and it was sent in a bag. When it arrived, it looked like the driver sat on it. Took it out of the bag, box totally crushed. Somehow, the contents were entirely undamaged. Perfect. Either way, I sent the pics of the crushed box and bagged content to Amazon and told them it was badly damaged, so they issued a full refund. And I bought another that was shipped in a box.