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People that have more money than sense are called " Whales". There the folks they spend spend spend on anything to save time or etc even though this situation is little different - I'm sure there banking on a random idiot lol.

Ak sells both soft and hard

Yeah it might of been USPS, but it's still weird. Almost makes me wanna do a order again just to see lol. Now that i think about it the tracking # was all numbers so I'm sure it was USPS. I always did my orders through PAYPAL through them, but I'm not sure if that explains why i had got tracking #'s.

Looks pretty darn good even though looks little thick. Almost reminds me of spazstix.

Na wasn't that long ago i haven't been in the hobby that long. I did get a tracking # through fedex or ups though it was one of the two. I remember when i ordered grabber orange from them twice, and each time i was able to track it via the tracking # through email. So this situation is kind of weird lol.

I haven't ordered a lot from MCW, but the few times i did i always got a tracking number. I guess they changed? Been a long time since I've ordered anything from them, but you can always order there paint from hobbynutmodels too. Hobbylinc is def pretty slow the few times I've ordered from them, but always get what i ordered though no issues.

My grandmother had some of those

That's where the bending pliers by tamiya would come in handy

I'm waiting on the new bronco to come out even though it's a curbside.

I use this for all PE bending, but there is a smaller version too. Tamiya also has bending pliers small and large as well. Tools to have if you do a lot of PE or just when you hit that: " If only i had" moment. Is your PE tool similar?

That's the only thinner i use for almost everything it's that good.

I've never used Tamiya's paint TS or LP or XF on car bodies only on small parts or interior parts so i have no experience with 2K over Tamiya paint. Only use 2K over auto paints i.e Zero Paints, Gravity Colors, Scalefinishes, MCW. I think OP probably giving up on this post by now lol.

Never had tamiya tape pull off paint or clear sticky or not sticky so I'm not sure what's going on there. But i always just put the tape across my palm if i need to de-tak it. I build up 2K clear, and can end up with 4-5 coats, and not have it look like syrup. The first coat always mist coat where it looks pebbly, and than build it up from there as i never do a heavy wet coat just medium wet coats. But at the end always check for orange peel, to add little more clear to get rid of the orange peel. How you see 2K clear at the end after it self levels is how it will cure.

Def gonna have to give the Alsa a try. I've almost purchased every other chrome airbrush product on the market lol so guess another couldn't hurt. I also own the aqua gloss clear by Alclad as i own ton of there products, just never used it on other chrome products as it dulls the finish.

Doesn't look bad at all. I guess it's worth the $160 for the 6oz can if it's that durable as you say. I was saying $200 before because of the hobby kit. The video i seen on there site the guy just sprayed in on the black lightly, and threw heat on it, and the chrome just turned into a mirror. I still think spazstix is close to it though the airbrush version. I might get some of this alsa chrome though after watching more videos on it just because how durable it is. Guy used tar and wax remover chemical on a test helmet, and it didn't touch the chrome at all....Now that's good stuff.

Nice man. Did you trade a kidney? That’s a rare expensive kit lol

I think you're right. But you can buy both versions online in the states, and there both the exact same product. So i guess it boils down to Alclad Alclad or Ammo by mig "the original" Alclad lol

True. But your pic the kit chrome is acceptable when you give it a good wash like that (Doesn't look like a toy). Lot of kit chrome is actually very good, and just need a dullcoat on it like testors. Dunno if there would ever be a sprayable chrome paint that'll allow us to do what you can with kit chrome. Unless you can do that with the Alsa stuff than it's not worth $200 in my opinion. If it was only the right rim in the pic shown i would be fooled in thinking that was redone, and black washed. Be cool if the guy that's been using the alsa stuff as long as he has could do some testing with washes etc, and give us some results to see if it would be worth the money or not if it's that's durable.

Yes 2K wont damage decals at all, but don't hose it on though spray it the right way. Tamiya's clear will damage decals though.

They have a hobby kit that can be used in airbrush it's $199. But i think Alclad & Spazstix & few others give amazing results if sprayed right for less money. But to get the best out of any chrome it would go like this: " Black +2k clear+chrome" But using gloss black base works good enough for the shine that's why we all use gloss black base. I LOVE alclad's black base & AK's black base stuff is like magic to me lol. Yeah I've seen that reviewed, and it's a meh.

That's because Cali is cancer itself LOL

Might could try Amazon, because you can get everything from A to Z on there haha.

I know ammo by mig has alclad and the labels say "The original". I'm not sure if they partnered with them or not.

Oh okay. Well that would explain why i couldn't find anything lol.

Didn't know they had a compound? I always use Mequiar's ultimate compound, and wax. I can't find anything on google about it - do you got any links or anything?