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Bill, the piping looks great! I've always thought it added that extra touch to seats. Can you specify what you used for piping and mounting it to the seat? I've used floss in different colors and Testors clear parts glue to add piping. Then sprayed with a matte finish. Thanks for sharing! Chris

I like your idea of having the booth in the closet, as it will be out of sight when not in use. However I really wouldn't recommend an extension cord as it can be a fire hazard for you as well as the motor on the booth itself. Is it possible to mount the booth on a "t.v. tray" style piece that can be put away when finished? This way you could park the booth near a window and 110 outlet and make a custom wood piece for the window with a dryer outlet. All could be made for easy removal. Although you'll be safe with an electric water heater, I wouldn't want to risk it. Chris

Wow, that looks great! At first I thought it was a Darin Bastedo concept. Keep up the great work! Chris

Pat, Have you tried hitting the Paasche site? They may have downloadable instructions. Or e-mail them for an instruction booklet. I did that with my Badger and in less than a week they mailed me a set of instructions, no cost, no hassle. Chris

Well, I bought a new Camera, and unfortunately I am still earning how to use it. I'm not real happy with it after two outings. Eventually it'll come. My next leap will be a D-SLR in a year or two. Take with a Sony DSC-H9 and underexposed, but you can still see all the beautiful muscle. I took a picture of every car while I was their. Enjoy! 362 more pictures at My Fotki Chris

BFassasin--First off, before the Jarius police come after you you'll want to put your real name in your signature. You can find out how to do this via the Everyone read post by Jarius. Do not use water to thin your acrylic paints. If I'm not mistaken the Humbrol brand of paint is acrylic. If you have to, I would use some Isopropyl alcohol. That's basically all it is with some other conditioners involved. Water only in extreme cases, but I don't think it would work well. I'm not sure what white spirits are, but if it is like lacquer thiner, then no, not for acrylics. Most enamels or lacquer paints. Chris

Unless they are already pre-thinned for airbrush use then no(unless more thinning is needed). You should thin the paints down to about 2% milk consistency, using the same paint brands thinner for that application. If it is Testor's that you are using they do make thinners of their own for their Acrylic and Enamel line. With their enamels I use their black can thinner for thinning when using the airbrush. Chris

Another great show, however I was slightly disappointed that the main street wasn't filled with classic racing cars. No celebrity racers. It was still a cool show. Here are a few of my pictures and my link has 255 photo's! Chris All 255 photo's at My Fotki

I'm sure it will be released here, most likely around Fall or Spring. I have the RoG issue and absolutely hate it. If you can afford to spend the extra money I would get the Fujimi version. Chris

Boy, talk about the best answers from the best builders. You couldn't have gotten a better response from two of the best painters in the hobby! Chris

Pat that is AWESOME! I love those little Corolla's. I built a Hasegawa a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. I really like how yours turned out. Chris

I've been using Plasti-Kote or Tamiya primers exclusively, but then again I usually use lacquer paint as well. I do have some Cobra Colors primers that I use on occasion. Again, lacquer based. Chris

John, that is gorgeous! What did you use for the vinyl top? Tape method? I'm happy to see you went with the white stripe. I think that it would have looked just as cool with a black stripe to match the top and interior. I'm not real great on my Mopar subjects, but could you order any stripe you wanted? Anyway, it looks great! Jackson and the boys sure are putting out some nice work this year! Looking forward to your Trans Am and your Ferrari! Chris

Thanks Craig, as the topic starter I felt that way. Need a thicker skin I think. I definitely understand what you are saying. If RC2 would be a little more receptive about their selling price and looser on their stipulations somebody could get a really nice plastic line. It'll all come in due time. But for now, as a modeler, I have plenty to keep me busy. Thanks! Chris

Billy, that looks great! Simple and clean. I like it! Chris

This year's Car Craft was another hit. Lots of cars as usual, mild to wild. Here are a few with about 200 more at my link: You can find over 200 more pictures at MY FOTKI Don't forget to check out some of the video I posted on my Fotki as well, just click the video section on the left side. Chris

Whatever works! IF that does it for you then use it. I use painters tape, although it is a bit more expensive. You can also use: Bare Metal Foil Airbrush Frisket Tamiya Tape airbrushed masking fluid I'm sure more will chime in. Chris

I have to agree with Bill here. If I am going to use Tamiya paints and depending on the plastic being built determines primer or not for me. I will say this though, I use primer almost all of the time unless I'm doing a quick out of rut build. I've built Tamiya's old Lamborghini Countach kit and sprayed Italian red right over the red body: I did the same with the Firefighter body as it too was red: I also painted my White bodied Mercedes with Tamiya black, no primer: The only prep I did on these was soap and water cleaned the bodies and cleaning any mold lines up. Had I needed any putty or what not I would have then sprayed primer. Chris

Every year since Michael's stores have been around they have always had a make and take event over Father's Day weekend. They issued an update on how that event went. They were hoping to boost their model kit sales 5%. Sales were up 30%. This gave them a 23% increase in sales over last year. To them this meant approximately 20,000 model kits sold in 14 days. Each Michaels store averaged 20 model kits per store sold. I thought that was a quite a big deal as far as our hobby is concerned. Approximately 1429 kits per day. Chris

As the topic starter of this thread I would like to add that nowhere in my initial post did I feel that the "sky was falling". I was just curious about other stores putting sales on the AMT kits. Chris

Bob, thanks for the mini review! I really like the way this one looks compared to the AMT kit. You must have a really sorry looking die-cast collection! I look forward to you completing this one too! You'll have quite the trio when completed. Chris

That looks great! I've got that kit in my stash. Now that I have my Z-tune on the bench I may have to pull that out and set them side byside. Great work! Chris

I love it! I plan on getting one for sure! These old kits are definitely welcome to me. Thanks Dave!

Yeah, Gregg? Um, could you explain?

Wow, that's superb! It was fun to follow along with your build as I learned some new things. Your weathering looks fantastic! Where are the keys? Chris