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It was nice meeting you guys at the Mopar Challenge which was held at Rob Lambin's University Dodge. This was the thread I was referring to.

Carne al pincho, models, sunny days, great friends... What a great way to spend a weekend! Next time I come down to la Isla, we must get together. I am dying to visit the hobby shop in Caguas you guys are always talking about.

Hi, I have been reading a lot of articles lately, and some make references to photo etched parts, flocking, and foiling. I want to find out more about these detailing options and how they are done. I don't even know where to begin, because quite frankly I have no idea what they are talking about.

I like Model Round Up, Tower Hobbies, and Fred's Resin Workshop. www.modelroundup.com www.towerhobbies.com www.fredsresinworkshop.com

Man I love the shine on that bad boy. I use Tamiya Spray laquers exclusively. What clear do you guys suggest using?

Have any of you guys seen or may perhaps remember, a chevy panel station wagon with side pipes? This was a Monogram model and it came molded in orange. It had some Doug's Headers decals in white to complement the orange. I have seen a lot of older vintage kits such as the Garbage Truck, Scool Bus, etc. I have not seen the one I described above. Quite frankly I can't even remember what the name of that particular kit was.

Steve, The middle one seems to be the ideal one. These need to be small, I am placing them in front of the doors. I have another one coming up. The second one is going to be either yellow, or my metallic blue/teal combination. The decal colors will go fine with both. What is thou looking for as far as trade goes? I have some stuff here, but it's not the mother lode, I just got back into the hobby about 6 months ago, but I must say I do have some interesting tires, wheels, distributors, netting, grilling material, etc. Shoot me an IM>

I just put together this great model. The chassis and suspension on this bad boy is very versatile.

Mike, What does LHS stand for?

Hey guys. I need to get a set of flame decals for this version of the Lil Coffin. Where I am getting confused is on the size. I don't want to get something that is too big. Any suggestions?

I just opened a factory sealed Lil Coffin. I was amazed at the instruction booklet, it is a copy and an extremely poor one at that. Even with my power vision scope and a surgeon's light, I can't see the diagrams. I went to www.revell.com, and the website is as useless as the instructions I got. They ask for the model number, but due to the kit's age, they don't have them. I build this kit a while back (1969), but I can't remember any of the details. I would really be impressed with myself if I did remember, but I don't!!! Any ideas? Suggestions?

AMT Kit is a Super Stocker Impala.

Hey guys. I lost one of the metal axles from an AMT kit. Does anyone have an idea where I can purchase these on-line? We don't have any real hobby shops within 30 miles of where I live, so an on-line store is my only avenue. I have to assume that I am not the first one to loose one of these! All suggestions appreciated.

Where can I get the aluminum parts everyone is using? I need 1/24 and 1/24 scale.

As always great information. Thanks for the feedback. I have used the Tamiya laquer on bare plastic, no problems, however all of the cars have been in colors other than white. As suggested, I will start using the primer immediately. I just ordered some masking materials, so thanks for the heads up on the need for primer on those occassions where masking is going to be utilized.

If you have a model that is molded in white, and you want the final product to be white, what paint are you using to achieve this? I just don't like the white of the factory molds. I haven't had great luck spraying white enamel, it seems to not look very good. I was thinking of going with laquer, which white laquer do you guys suggest?

Yep, thats the same kit I got. How did you achieve the dirty (track silt coating) look over the white?

I just purchased the Leroy Yarbrough 98 Mercury Cyclone kit from Model Round Up, great outfit, this is my 2nd purchase and they have been great. It appears from just opening the kit, that the polar light kits are of good quality. This is my first Polar Lights kit ever. I was just curious what everyone's opinions are.

Bruce, Needless to say I found a bunch of advertisers that I plan to purchase a ton of stuff from. The articles are wonderful, I was particularly fond of the Galaxie article and the GTO re-do! After a considerable number of years of me being absent from all aspects of the hobby, this magazine has opened my eyes to a lot of things I had NO clue were available. I am so impressed with the technical growth of the hobby over the years. I am 48 years old today, the last model I built was when I was 13 years old. I must confess that I am more excited about the hobby today than I was back then! I haven't been able to put the mag down. All I need to do now is move and get my slot car track up and running!!! I am soooooooooooooooo looking forward to that. Those Fly and Slot.It cars are awesome! Since I got back into the hobby I have built 4 kits, so I will be needing a ton of room to display my stuff. My projected move is something I have been looking forward to.

Well I got my first issue this past week. Great magazine, lots of great information. I am glad I ran into this forum!

I looked at several kits today. There are some made by heller, but I am not too familiar with that brand.

I want to get a truck kit complete with rear trailer to set it up as a Nascar Hauler. Any suggestions on a good kit to purchase for this purpose?

Ismael, Thanks for the great explanation. This clears up all of the questions I had with regards to these paints.

What is the difference between these two?

The ad looks good. Is this going to go through regular TV or just cable? That hobby shop you have on the website looks like it is huge, does it have a slot car track? Do you know if they still have that slot car track in Plaza Las Americas?