Dave Ambrose

The People's Republic of California mandated changes in our thinner content a few years ago, and the new stuff is OK for cleaning (air) brushes, but doesn't work nearly as well for thinning paint any more. I don't think the change was nation-wide, but I don't know. Can I get a couple of people in Arizona and Nevada to go into Home Depot or Lowes, look at the cans, and post the ingredients? Thanks!

Best wishes for both you and your wife. I hope she makes a full and speedy recovery.

I get good results from Testor's "Wet Look" Clear. It's a lacquer and lacks the yellow tinge of the enamel.

Thanks for the pointer. Web site is more or less offline. But, there's some good stuff buried in that list too!

I feel like a noobie, but how do you order things from Modelhaus? Do they have a catalog?

That is a truly beautiful build. I fell in love with the Avanit (again) after seeing one at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It was in the California Modern exhibit, and looked totally at home there.

You're in Southern California. We have a different lacquer thinner. It might well be affecting your O-rings. I haven't seen anything like that in my Grex. but, I am having problems with the air piston sticking.

We had a nice meal, in deference to his British father, we had it at a brewery. Then saw one of our local clubs put on a lion dance. He's thoroughly mixed. Everything you could ask for in a son-in-law.

It isn't, but my son-in-law is half-Chinese.

Future works best for me.

Happy new year to you. We're having a small family celebration here.

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Jefbo, you have it right. At least for cars, OOB means you use only the parts in the box in a manner consistent with the instructions. If the instructions call for you to make a cut-out for a supercharger, or hood scoop, you can make those. You are free to use whatever paint, decals, and foil you want. That would include washes. We would accept flocking or embossing powder as a finishing technique. Filler is OK to the extent that it corrects molding defects. If you are going to enter a model in OOB, please keep the instruction sheet, and put it under the model. We need to see them so it will be eligible. I hate it when we have to disqualify a nicely done OOB build because of no instructions. Disclaimer: I can only speak to the model car judging at Model Expo in June.

Very interesting article. I like that he sets elegance as a goal. That's too often forgotten these days and it shows in his designs.

I use a Canon EOS 60D camera, with an 18-135 mm zoom lens and a +2 close-up lens, If I'm shooting at the SDMCC meeting, I'm indoors with fluorescent lights. Depth of field is a big problem. I put the camera in aperture priority, and stop the lens down all the way (f/22). I usually need a tripod as the exposures can be anywhere from 1/2 to a couple of seconds. This gets everything in focus. The room light is even enough by itself. If you want good illumination from a flash, you'll need a couple of them and probably diffusers.

Just finished a TIE Interceptor for 2018: a '68 Barracuda, box stockThe Revelle '29 Model A. Going to build this one with a flathead motor instead of the Buick motor. I have some nice resin heads, and carbs.Finish a long-delayed build.Start the Pegasus Nautilus

Best to use one of the photo hosting sites. Dropbox might work, but eventually you'll want to chang e the contents of that directory, then the links will break and the photos will disappear.

I'll second the LED lamp with a magnifier. (I think I have the same one as Harry.) It's helped me a lot, and it doesn't get hot under the lights.

These guys are great. I used to visit their shop when I was working in Toronto. They had hot coffee and cookies on the weekend, and were always happy to take the time to talk to this slightly homesick Californian that wandered into their store.

This car really looks sharp. There is so much about it that's just right. Gonna be watching this one for sure.

Oooh, now you tell me. Pasting from MS Word is fraught with problems. If you have to paste from there, paste it in to notepad first, then copy and paste it into the edit window. We used to have a special paste button for MS word, but it never worked quite right, and not it's gone.

It isn't a car, but I'd love to get the Revell Mercury capsule on an Atlas rocket with its launch complex kit again.

Ausgeseichnet!

If you haven't done so yet, try clearing your browser cache. That usually clears up strange problems with the forum. Each page references a bunch of different files on the server. If one of those gets corrupted, the site will act strangely until the cache refreshes itself.

Kids have different priorities (as well they should).Seems like this would be a good place for a snap kit. They go together quickly, don't need painting, and are rugged enough to be played with afterward. They aren't cars, but simple Gundam kits are great in that they are intended to be played with after building and are pretty easy to build. My nephew has a couple of sons who will be visiting us this summer. We're planning to introduce them to Gundams.