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Do you have a real one or plans to build a real one?

Thank you. I only remember that the grey was a Tamiya spray can military color, and it was darker than their grey primer. My goal was to make candy burgundy. I mistakenly thought burgundy was a dark shade of red. I later learned it's really red with a tiny bit of blue in it. As a side note, I think Tamiya spray cans are a great way to teach someone how to lay down a nice paint job. I had actually planned to build some model cars and only brush paint the details, leaving the body for when I got back home. A phone conversation with the owner of my LHS got me to try the Tamiya lacquer. I couldn't be happier. The few cars I've painted with them have the best paint jobs I've ever laid down.

Finished the paint resto. Now I need to put the trim pieces back on.

Here's another one: Bonus to anyone who identifies it. Seriously? Google Image Search for "cold war"? Could you possibly get any more vague? Try B61-11. That's one that I know off the top of my head. Go from there. One thing though; there's nothing remarkable about the appearance of a nuke. If you want a nuke theme, just put on Radiation Hazard stickers.

Looks cool, man. Hey I just saw that you're in Houston. I went to my first VW-only car show there in (ahem) 1987, when I lived in Denton. Were you there at the time?

Maybe it's the airbrush. Try some Tamiya spray can lacquers. Go get a primer, color coat, and clear. Yeah it will go on thicker than an airbrush, but man you can make a mirror finish. No foolin'. I tried them for the first time while deployed overseas. I had actually planned to build model cars and just the the bodies unpainted. I was talking to the guy who runs my LHS and he recommended the Tamiya paints. Even in dusty Afghanistan, I laid down the best paint jobs I have ever done. A Duesenberg got a couple of dust particles in the clear. I just sprayed more and sanded it out. Use a polishing kit but don't use the wax that comes with it. Use Novus plastic polish #2 and #3. I PROMISE you will be happy. I'm not suggesting using spray cans for the rest of your life. Just a trial to see what lacquers can do.

Thanks, guys. All paint is Tamiya spray can lacquers. Gold basecoat followed by clear red. The stripes are painted on. I tried something I read about in Hot Rod magazine maybe 25 years ago for the stripes; a white/pearl white checkerboard. I cut tiny squares from Tamiya masking tape and laid them out on the stripes, then sprayed some Tamiya clear pearl over that. Since it's all spray cans, there is a step. There are also a couple of tiny imperfections on the demarcation line. The checkerboard itself has a few hair-thin lines between white and pearl white. I'm not going to strip it and start again, though. Morale on that mission was virtually nonexistent. The boredom was inhumane. Building model cars helped keep me from losing my mind. The Mercedes has pearl on it that I'm not really happy with (just because the pearl has some blue in it), but it stays on.

I've got a car with racing stripes and the demarcation line has a "step". I'm wondering if I can cut some ***very*** narrow strips to lay over that and then spray clear on top. Yeah, I know, I should use an airbrush, but this is a '69 Camaro I started while deployed to Afghanistan. I want to finish the paint using the same techniques I used over there. The black & yellow Duesenberg and red Mercedes got finished. The Camaro just needs the paint finished. All three need touch-up from the beating they took on the way home. They are sitting on a desk I built for myself. We didn't have tools so I mail-ordered a circular saw, tape measure, wood screws, a drill, etc. After that mission, I got out.

Anyone who can afford to buy a real Aston Martin can also afford to have a few parts resprayed. They could also do something crazy like paint the whole car candy burgundy with a little pearl in it.

In Before The Lock!

Living in central Texas, I think it's pretty cool. Whether or not F1 comes back every year, a world-class road course would be a great thing to have in this area.

Once again, I agree that the number of people who would have spent $71 for a V-12 to drop in the '32 hiboy is pretty small. Virtually nonexistent. The complaints about this are a non-issue to Tamiya. Hey- no one is stopping anyone from building their own V-12. No one is stopping me from frenching the taillights on my Yamato.

Sorry for the hijack, but isn't the real car already stateside? I could swear I saw a black one in Austin a few months ago. Could it be a California that I saw?

It seems to have lots of buzz. There are several threads about it on different forums of this site. Several posters have one started. How about one thread where all the builders can post their in-progress photos?

Good luck. Look in 1/43 resin for that one. Even 1/24 resin would be a dud.

NOT aftermarket, but possibly interesting; a guy on a Yahoo! Group was working on scratchbuilding an Aston Martin engine to make his model more accurate. Check in the big scale forum on this site for a current buildup.

That thing is wild. I wonder if it is registered/insured as a car since it has 4 wheels?

Nice work. I love Lancias. I wonder how many here built models while deployed? I have a 1935 Mercedes-Benz on page 3 or 4 of the Workbench forum. It was built in Afghanistan and damaged on the way home. Just now repairing it.

I love the fin treatment. I can only imagine that it will get two pairs of larger round taillights in that custom back end. Very nice. Testors will have to repop that Chezoom one of these days. They're all getting cannibalized for the roof.

Let me know if you repop the Phantom Corsair.

I vote for flashy. Here's mine:

Good luck, and remember; the training is all a mind game. They will erase your current ideas about what your limits are. No matter what you do or where you serve, you will always be a veteran. You would be surprised at how many are out there and how they will help out their brothers. I do what I can by giving veterans a price break in my job as a plumber. Be safe. Always remain vigilant when deployed. There will be time to relax when you get back in the states. Thank you.

I don't see Rommel as being an issue. Pretty much all the big model companies make kits of WWII German subjects. Whether it's a caricature of a General or markings for an ace, neither glorify the Third Reich. The hot rod half-track kinda makes fun of it.