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I like the bottom effect more. The background may be a bit busy for it, but the resulting image is really cool. I agree that the paint jars add an interesting element to the top photo.

I generally start with a roughly 50/50 mix and adjust from there if needed. I find 50/50 mix to be pretty close to ideal most of the time.

Yes. Tamiya is pretty much the only primer I use, and I paint with Testors enamels frequently, usually thinned with lacquer thinner, but using enamel thinner is ok too.

Wow, that a cool little model. Is it permissible to use the word 'cute'? Nice work in small scale. Very cool!

Good looking Ferrari. That will do very nicely indeed. Love the colour, works well with that car. Very well done. Feels great to get one finished, eh?

Nice work on the Pinto. The colour works well for the car, and I love the white roof treatment. Very well done.

The fossil fuel energy consumed in mining enough lithium to make one EV battery is greater than the lifetime energy output of the battery itself. So, an EV has a larger carbon footprint than an ICE before the car is even built. Lithium is a limited resource. There is not enough on the planet to serve the needs of a global population driving EVs. Man will rape the planet in search and extraction of this stuff in the name of 'going green'. If the entire motoring public is required to obtain an additional energy supply from the electrical grid equal to the energy quantity currently obtained from fossil fuels, the grid will fail. As it is, the grid in many areas can't keep up with heating/cooling demands in cities during temperature extremes (which themselves are getting worse with climate change and population increase), causing frequent brown-outs and grid collapse. The improvements to infrastructure will cost many billions and take years to complete. A mass switch to EV is a highly short-sighted mistake. If we all suddenly change to EVs, all of the IC vehicles will have to be scrapped. But EVs are not sustainable, even in the short term, which means when the real solution is perfected (likely some form of hydrogen energy, either in the form of fuel cells or hydrogen powered ICs), all of the EVs will then be scrapped in favour of the new solution. The result is a massive waste of resources and money in portions that boggle the mind.

A lovely Ferrari. Nice paint work. Looks good in nature with a little rain on it. Well done.

Tamiya lacquer.

When painting with my Badger 200 suction feed, if I didn’t let the paint gas out it would always make a bubbly mess at the tip, causing spitting and dripping. It took me awhile to work it out, but I figure the paint was off-gassing when it incurred a pressure drop in the mixing chamber. I started giving the paint 30-40 minutes to gas out, giving a little stir occasionally until bubbles stopped rising. Problem went away. It may not be such a problem with a gravity feed brush. I remember the first time I decanted paint, I filled an airbrush bottle 3/4 full. Seemed benign enough. I set the bottle down on the bench a little too sharply, which released a rush of gas and the paint instantly bubbled up and overflowed the bottle heavily. Crazy stuff the way the gas remains trapped in the paint until enticed to leave.

Beautiful Eldorado. Very cleanly built, including the foil work. Nice save on the A pillar. Love the colour. Very nicely done.

Very nice Rolls. You have done a beautiful job on this model. The paint work is outstanding. I have long been interested in this kit and wondered how well it built up. Very nicely done.

That's a pretty broad question. Can you narrow the field a little bit (old or newer engines, foreign or American, for what purpose?). The answer will be in the hundreds. Here's a random few; Ford 2.3 l inline 4 - MPC '79 Mustang Ford 2.3 turbo - Monogram Mustang SVO Ford 2.0 l inline 4 - MPC Pinto Lotus Twin Cam 1600 - Tamiya Europa Renault Crossflow 1800 - Tamiya Alpine Jag 4.2 XK inline 6 - Revell XKE Jag 3.4 XK inline 6 - Monogram XK120 Chrysler 225 Slant 6 - AMT Deora GM 4.3 l (?) v-6 - Revell ASA Camaro Porsche 3.0 flat six - Fujimi VW 1200 flat four - Tamiya Austin Healey 2.6 l inline 6 - Revell Austin Healey 100-6 GM 1.4 l inline four - MPC Chevette AMC 258 cid inline 6 - MPC Pacer Lotus 910 2.2 l turbo inline four - Monogram Lotus Esprit Ford 200 cid inline 6 - JoHan Maverick ...and many, many more.

Yes, this stuff has a shelf life, probably of about a year or so. I have two pens and a mostly full refill bottle of the stuff, all about three years old, and now it's just expensive acrylic silver paint. In Canada, that's over $50 of product. I still find it a valuable tool, though, but only have occasional use for the stuff, so will only have one pen in stock at any time, from here on out.

Very cool project. Looking forward to watching these R models come together. They will make an impressive display.

Nice looking funny car, Michael. These old Revell funnies always bring back fond memories of building in my early days, when I longed for a good stash of these, and built a couple of 'em.

Looking great, Francis. Very nice work and a fine looking fuel cell. I agree with painting it. There are a lot of artful assemblies on this model where one may argue they should be left unpainted, but too much natural finish will detract from the overall look of the model, and take away from some of the realism that you have worked so hard to achieve. Either way, it will be awesome!

Very tidy Buick. Well done!

Nice looking Charger. Looks good in plain black with skinny wheels, though I see it’s only wearing four of its seven hub caps.

Cool Lotus! Nice work.

Safety third!

Hhmmm… it seems a kit bash may be in order. Those photos provide the best showing of the problems with the Revell body I’ve seen yet. I think I’ll start looking for a Heller Jag.

Read it again, Pete.

Very cool! Lots of interesting stuff in this thread. You have a good eye for the subtleties of line.

The paint looks good, and I'm really digging the colour. What paint is it, and what colour primer, if any? Cheers.