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I think I dated the third girl from the left. Or was it the second from the right? Oh heck, the feathers make them all look alike. G

Jonathan, you got it! LOL Hey Joe, here's a pic of me at the computer. G

Thank you sir! I remembered one more tank, so total is 15 for the year. It's heck getting old. G

LMAOAJ Don't worry Joe, I usually ask my granddaughter to decipher things for me. G

5 tanks 2 armored cars 2 armored personel carriers 2 police cars 1 hot rod 1 custom 1 airplane (an itty bitty airplane) 14 total G

I sculpted them myself from Apoxie sculpt and Milliput two part epoxy putties. That stuff sticks well, so I just sculpted them in place and added the details. G

More like "glow in the dark" type shiny. You know, like Las Vegas, on New Years Eve................................ I'm in for sure. G

351 Ford from a '94 Pickup in a '49 Merc. I also used the truck rear axle, leaf springs, and differential. 421 SD shoehorned in a "32 Ford. I used the rear end and driveshaft from a '57 Chrysler 300. 331 Cadillac in a '40 Ford coupe. LS 1 in a '94 Impala SS. G

Now here's a shot of all three. 3rd, 4th, and 5th Tank Battalions Iwo Jima 1945. I have wanted to complete this trio for years, and finally got around to starting this 18 months ago. G

Ok I am now 95% finished with Davy Jones. Some odds and ends, an antenna, and I'll call him complete. G

I'm at the point where I plan my own Easter Egg hunts........................................ G

That's my personal car. LOL Just ask Danno. G

There's a whole lot of variables involved in this. The actual material involved, size, and volume are the major players. We once used a formula similar to Foxer to achieve the scale weight of a Sherman tank. The real deal mikes in at roughly 35 tons, logic concludes the 1/35th scale tank would weigh 1 TON. It doesn't, scale weight would be on the order of 24-25 pounds. Now you tell me how I can get that plastic model to weigh 25 lbs.? Maybe I could add enough of something to fill the voids, but what? Now if I accurately replicated the scale tank in like material, steel, steel, rubber, and more steel, I think I'd get there. G

Do what Don suggested and go one step further. I take a large piece of cardboard, set it up, and begin practising by writing my name. I draw designs experimenting with the AB trigger. More air, more paint, etc. My compressor has a regulator so I experiment with pressures as well. I also play around with paint to thinner ratios too. This will build your confidence in the AB, and add a really good tool to your model building tool box G

I'm in Nevada, but the wife and I love New Mexico. Does that count? G

Oh I like that. G

Terry I use Klean Strip "Medium Drying" laquer thinner I got at Lowes. It has a product code of QML170 on the back of the can way down in the lower left corner. It works great with Tamiya acrylics also. G

Oh they were in compliance allright. They just didn't go that "extra step" above minimum, and in my opinion, it bit them where the sun don't shine................... G

John, yet again you present another spectacular build. Don't take this wrong, it's just my personal observation, I don't like the angle of the bottom of the bags in relation to the rest of the body work. There, I said it, stone me folks. G

In their quest for transatlantic records, the biggest ships, and the most passengers, White Star sorta, ahem, "pushed the envelope". That's my opinion, but the facts seem to validate it. G

Jonathan I stripped the chrome and sprayed the whole wheel with Tamiya dark gunmetal over flat black. I sort of "misted" it on so it had a semi gloss sheen. Then I used good old Testor's "chrome" from the small bottle and painted the rims and lugs. G

I built this from a spare '29 bodyand chassis, flathead from a '49 Ford, and a bunch of scratchbuilt parts. G

First off Mr Hobby products (Gunze) are no longer readily available in the states. This means very few folks here have experience with the product. I also do not. If it is hotter than TS 13, my advice is to "sneak up" on it by using multiple light coats. TS 13 easily screws up a base coat if it isn't completely dry, so this will do even more damage. Sorry Mate that's all I got. G

A compressor with moisture trap and regulator is a must have tool for that tool box if you use an airbrush. It will pay for itself time and time again. That said, I build a little bit of everything, cars, armor, some aircraft, and have recently gotten into ships. I have five airbrushes that I use for different purposes depending on what I am building at the time. No one says you must use an airbrush to be a good modeller, hell I rarely use one on a car build. I'm not that good a modeller though......... G

Ron that StuG looks great too. WWII German armor offers so many variables that nearly anything is "accurate". Thanks for the advice, I will use this on my next one for sure now. G