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That came out awesome. Great job on your build.

I get most of my new kit and re-issued kit news here: https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/forum/19-car-kit-news-reviews/ There are usually running threads about what Round 2 (AMT/MPC branded kits) and Revell are brewing up. Sometimes other manufacturers and niche producers as well. I am lucky to have three good brick & mortar hobby shops within an hour of me, and there are occasional surprises on the shelves I didn't see here first but for the most part I know what is coming.

I bought something similar on Amazon late last year (but with a hose between USB chargeable "compressor" and airbrush body), for the Mrs. to spray thinned gel food colouring on cookies through stencils. I think it was about $70. I was tasked with doing the spraying. It worked for that purpose, but there was considerable pulsing in the air supply. I would still be looking at a traditional airbrush and compressor for anything more involved than shooting a few small parts. I have a proper airbrush and hobby compressor I use with lacquers, and while the Amazon piece did the trick, I wouldn't really trust it to spray something like a car body.

Wow. That paint looks awesome.

You can pack the back of the glass with modelling clay to support it if you need to apply some pressure to the windshield in wet sanding/polishing. I figured that out after snapping a few windshields

The Mr. Color clear coat looks very interesting to me, have to add that to my "must try" list of products too. Long before Tamiya launched their LP line in bottles, Mr. Color offered lacquers in bottles. For those that want variety and care to mix their own shades for airbrushing, the bottled options are attractive.

The Mr. Color paints are on my "must try" list after seeing a few builds using them on the forum. I've already used the Mr. Color Leveling thinner (worked well with decanted Testors and Tamiya lacquers), and I have a few spray cans of their 1500 primer yet to try. The labelling on the bottles I have seen in person doesn't have a lot of English on them, so it doesn't really help when eyeing them up on the paint rack in the hobby shop. Based on a conversation with the owner of the hobby shop, they come in aqueous acrylic and acrylic lacquer, much like Tamiya paints. The retailer (online or brick & mortar) you choose will hopefully be able to break down what is what.

I have one of those- handy with thin styrene when you need to punch out some holes, or make some round styrene disks.

I used an HDPE cutting board with home made punches.

The toolmaker grade punch set would probably be the best option. If you are a DIY type of person, some aluminum or brass tubing with an appropriate inside diameter could probably be sharpened to make your own punch. It could be used against a soft backing. The main concern is having your punched-out decals get stuck inside the tubing and having to get them out gracefully without damaging them.

I bought my Paasche VL in the early 80's and it still works today. It was my second airbrush, the first being a plastic bodied Badger external mix that really wasn't very good. The Paasche has been in my tool kit for more than 40 years. It is good to have a variety of tools in the tool kit. I have considered adding a Paasche H external mix to the inventory for certain tasks, as those show up pretty inexpensively and are likely to have similar build quality to my old trusty VL. While there are other airbrushes I would like to try (like the Iwata and fan tip Procon Boy, both gravity feed), the attraction for gravity feed airbrushes comes from not having to play around with siphon tube bottles and open colour cups- less variables affecting spray pattern. As for double action vs single action, I often set my Paasche VL double action up by moving the needle "out" inside the body so that it acts as a single action when that is desired. It takes a few test sprays to dial it in, but it works pretty well in that capacity. I imagine that can be done with other brands also

Agreed. I had the dreaded delaminating layers on a 1:1 windshield in my '76 Mini, and the first two capture that look better than the third. Mine started in the corners and crept in a radius from there.

I tried two different browsers, photos not showing for me.

No matter what, it will be good to have these kits back in circulation. If they want to continue offering variations one day, all the better.