Gregg

Sure, if you want to play games. And crash... I would rather buy a real game unit, PlayStation! Computers are for computing, and putting out magazines, like MODEL CARS!!!!! lol This debate will never end. Well, it almost did in Y2K! touche!

Rodney, that YouTube was great!!!! Thanks!

Macs, from the house of Gregg! Is this going to be a habit? Come on Harry, only 1TBers? hehehehe Dual 1.5 TB inside, plus enough externals for a third world country outside, full 2TB RAID, real time backup, and a partridge in a pair tree. And I want more!!!! Give me my 30" monitor! I'm tired of the 24" dual monitors.... plus the 19 next to the notebook. I sent Dave Pye a G4 also, hopefully he'll get it going soon. Who's next? oh yeah, Darryl...... One big happy Mac family! Thanks, Woz! I think there are some settings that can be changed with the upgrade to the forum software One of these days I'll get around to it.... The Chicago iHobby prep is killing me!

I swear by the thread method, not at it, like some of my friends here. the trick is trial and error Find the right thread I think the articles "the big kahuna" did referenced some of the different thread types out there. All of my cuts have been flawless, perfect, and everything fit just right. I know what the problem was with Bill, he needs smaller knees!!!! love yah!!

In metal? There is a modern-style one from R&D Unique (one of our advertisers) And Replicas & Miniatures Company of Maryland has set of resin side frame rails that are incredible (yes, another one of our advertisers).

Been wondering the same thing...

Thor, I will be there Thursday and Friday call me 808.754.1378 Thursday morning, I arrive around 8:00 a.m. or so. My friend also lives in Vegas (He used to work at the Hobbytown USA shop mentioned). SEMA is great, I love going, getting so many ideas, getting to meet everyone. I hope to stop by Ed's hobby shop in Henderson also.

I have had a problem, yes, I know, one of many, for the past twenty plus years of building model cars (Yes, I actually build them!). When it comes down to the final polishing of a model, I always sweat that last and final polish. I swear by the Tamiya line of polishing compounds, but have used just about every single wax, polish, or system out there. Two minutes ago I was looking at the '62 Catalina's roof, the top half of the car is black, my signature style now, and there were so much scratches and swirl marks. Mind you, I went up to 12,000# grit polishing clothes, but the marks were still there. I used everything from the micro fiber clothes, yellow polishing clothes, old T-Shirts, new T-Shirts, and yes, even BVD's, but they all left swirl marks. Then I looked over, yes, two minutes ago, at my roll of soft Bounty paper towels, looked backed at the Catalina's roof, and said, heh, why not, try it! And I did. AND I LOVE IT!!!!! No swirl marks, scratches, or anything!!!! I wish I shot the roof under the studio lights before and after, but take my word for it, Tamiya Finish Compound, and the soft Bounty (or other brands) paper towels, is amazing! Seriously, this is incredible. I always look, or think, back to Cody Grayland's Nissan 300Z at GSL a few years ago, and always wondered why I, da big Kahuna, couldn't do a paint job like that, black in black. Well, now I can. And so can you! But the trick, and secret, is preparation. You have to color sand the body, and it has to be perfectly smooth. I will cover over this a few more times, and may do another project and shoot it along the way. Sometimes, life is so simple!!!! The pics here are of the Fujimi GTR I am building. I shot it black, Tamiya Gloss Black. The first pic is polished up to 12,000 grit, Tamiya Fine to Finish polishing compound. Choke scratches. The second pic is just paper towel and the Finish polishing compound. I will try to post better pics, or email me and I will send original high-res pics. This is just two minutes of work, if that! Case closed!

I just had my Spam musubi for the day I love the nori ones, we have em here at 7-Elevens too. Spam, thin sliced, lightly sautéed, shoyu, brown sugar, over brown rice. man oh man, don't get any better than this!!!

This has been in box for years. The AMT '62 Catalina I painted a long time ago. After our club meeting today, I painted the top black, and will do a cream side trim/chrome. The Nova is being painted, again.

Started painting again today. Should be pau tomorrow for the club meeting Need to find a killer motor for it. Any suggestions?

And of course, the Model Cars Magazine version, yes?

e komo mai, Mitch. Enjoy your stay here.

Chris, Chris, Chris.... :-)

I would not use brake fluid anymore To hard to dispose of afterwards. the best in my opinion is 91% or higher rubbing alcohol Also, Castrol Super Clean works great, the purple jug ANd then there is the classic, Easy Off, the unscented yellow can, not lemon or others. Always use caution when spraying Easy Off, the fumes are toxic.

Nah, it's easy to do again this time right it didn't smell right either I don't think I let the silver base dry enough before the purple went on. Live and learn

Bad news. The Nova is taking a bath. That's not a good thing It's in 91% rubbing alcohol, not the kind I like... So, while it was in there, decided to strip off all markers, etc. Will paint again today or morrow.

You can borrow my watch!

Thanks, Jay! Will I see you at the Atlanta show in November?

I went two-tone, black on top. The hood is from Mike's Speed Shop: From the December 2008 issue: "Mike’s Scale Speed Shop has a new resin hood for the Revell ‘69 Nova. Based on a Corvette 427-style hood scoop, this hood fits perfectly on the Revell kit. It retails for $5.00 plus shipping and handling. Check out Mike’s web site at MikesScaleSpeedShop.com for this and other great resin products, decals, and accessories for your builds." Bob Dudek posts here and can be seen whenever there is a full moon. (just kidding, Bob, you know I love yah!)

It would be the whole top half, hood, scoop, and all Yes, that's the new GREX airbrush, was fantastic! No fogging, nothing! It's the Purple from House of Kolors, I will go outside and look at bottle.

I was thinking of going two-tone, black on top, the purple on the bottom.

Here is my build for our club challenge, the '69 Nova from Revell with Bob Dudek rims.

Thanks, Pat! I will be sending the office your info for the subscriptions. What size shirt do you wear also?