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I'm about 20 minutes south of the border in Mississippi. Just south of Memphis.

I've only been once in the last 5 years. Very inviting. Everybody was really nice. It just always seems to be on a weekend I am out of town.

Welcome to the site and to Memphis. There is a club that meets about once a month. I always mean to make it to their meetings but haven't yet. I'm about 45 minutes south of Memphis. Check out the show announcement page. It's call the River City Rumble or some such. Here is the club facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/764576840317063/

Color - availability - cost Pretty much how I choose paints. I also factor in what has worked for me in the past and to a lesser extent, what type of finish I am looking for. Sometimes I am looking for a specific finish on interior parts or am heavily weathering something.

A rock 🤬

Welcome!! Born in Patchogue and lived on Long Island (Center Moriches) until I was about 8.

I'm emotionally invested in this process now and honestly can't wait to see what happens!!

I wish you the best of luck. Hoping it works out for you. For whatever reason it just seems that the Taimya white you are using has a unwarranted dislike for this model.

This may sound crazy but doing something over and over using the same products and getting the same results isn't getting you anywhere. I know the love for Tamiya paint is strong and it works over 90% of the time but other than a ritual of sanding and taping the change may need to come in the form of a different paint. Your paint isn't sticking to the primer. Sanding hasn't worked. Changing tape hasn't worked. Maybe change paint....

I use a small rolling cart with like 4 levels. But I don't have nearly the amount of paint most do. I purged a lot having moved several times in the last 5 years.

Until it's down to bare plastic I can't even tell how much damage there actually is. At first I thought it might be just cracks in the thick paint but now I am seeing a lot more body damage.

Only that topic comes up about once a day there. And if you think the reactions here are a little crazy, the model groups there are pure insanity. It is entertaining at times from a voyeuristic point of view.

I've been there. But with models that ended up broken in a move. There were a couple that there was no way I could piece back together and I would forever be aggravated looking at them in a fixed but still not right way. I didn't smash them but just pitched them into the trash. Keeping things for the memories is good but when the memories turn sour its time to pitch it and move on. and that will fill my philosophical quota for today. 😁

Academy does a lot of armor and plane kits. I didn't even know they did 1/24 scale kits. All the armor kits I have built from them are good. Good details, good fit. No issues.