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Does anybody have an idea how to fix this?

I got a tip from a customer about another flea market where I scored these for $15. I will have to go through the instructions and take inventory of what is missing. I also got a box full of chrome parts. The windshield frame on the Porsche is kind of melted, so I am not sure if I can fix that?

I went to a local flea market today and bought these three pre-owned models for $25. They seem to be fairly complete. The Mercedes is missing the windshield and the A pillars are broken and missing. There is no instruction sheet for the Ford Pickup. There was another seller there that had an AMT Silhouette with no instruction sheet that I wanted, but she wanted $60. for it, so I passed thankfully!

How easy does it come out ? If I have to drill it out, I may as well scrape paint.

What kind of a treatment did you give those heads? It almost looks like mirror tiles...or are my eyes playing tricks on me?

Thanks again for the compliments. I was at Michaels today and found this cheap craft paper to use as a back drop. What a difference from the towel! I may have to start working on a diorama.

Nice tip Casey! None of these are through holes though, so I guess I am stuck with scraping. Maybe I will do a test to see how the regular testors cement sticks through paint. Or maybe I'll just brush it.

I want to spray paint the engine of a model. There are a dozen little spots where the manifolds, distributor, etc. are to be attached. Does anyone have a trick for masking these areas, or do you just scrape the paint off later. I looked at some microscale liquid mask at the LHS today, but it said not to use acrylic paints over it. Is there a better brand available? Thanks, Greg.

Thanks!

How do I get a quote or slogan to appear at the bottom of all my posts automatically? Thanks.

Sweet!

How many builds do you have going at the same time? I have only ever worked on one model at a time, but I am going to start another so that I will have something to do while glue and paint are drying. I imagine some of you must have multiples?

Congrats. I was expecting to see a 500th anniversary model??

I too am amazed at the details like the window and the missing battery caps. I am surprised to see the rad cap still there! Nice Job!

Thanks for all the advice everyone. I have stripped all the red paint off with super clean and most of the white primer is off. I am going to soak it again and/or try alcohol. I have bought some Tamiya fine grey primer that I will use this time. I am reluctant to use the spaz stix paint again unless I can thin it down some. I will have to do a little experimenting I guess. BTW Steve, that Galaxie is BEAUTIFUL!

Nicely done Dan. Where did you get the Willys pickup? I want one! I sent you a PM.

Thank You for the compliments. None of mine are going under glass, that's for sure! On the rear I used MM stoplight red metallic and I should have thinned it down...it is very sticky stuff. By out of whack, do you mean out of scale or don't belong on this vehicle? Just curious. Greg.

Super Job! Nice color and it really shines.

I was under the impression that the red paint would work better over white primer. The kit was molded in white so it would be hard to see if I sanded through the white primer, hence the light coat of the grey primer first.

Very Nice looking so far! Please post more pics of it when it's done. I am my own worst enemy as I tend to be very impatient and lay it on too thick

That is what I am thinking also. I am not going for a factory color. I thought the Spaz Stix sounded good because it was "ready to spray" from the bottle.

I am trying to get this Spaz Stix solid red paint on smooth. I put one coat of krylon grey primer and one coat of krylon white primer from a rattle can. Then I airbrushed a lite coat of the red, heavier coat of red, wet-sand, another coat of red, wet sand, another coat of red. This coat, although fairly smooth, has dust or lint in it and needs more sanding. By now I have lost a lot of the detail on the script, mostly from paint build-up, as I tried not to sand it! I have read somewhere on here that some folks sand the script off and just use the decals. I have also read that some put 12 coats of paint on? Should I strip the paint and start over? What do others do to preserve the details?

I believe it was a Monogram. It was moulded in red and the floor pan has MMI cast in it.

This one I started at least 5 years ago and just completed. I got motivated again after stumbling upon this forum. I have no idea what the paint is, but most likely another touch up rattle can from Canadian Tire. The body was twisted, likely from being tossed in the box and left for years, so I had to glue a spacer/shackle under one leaf spring to get it to sit on all 4 tires.

I did this one maybe 20 years ago, when I was a young lad in my 30's? The paint is '81GMC Moto Master touch-up paint from Canadian Tire. I should probably post this one in the Glue Bomb thread!