ads. but from relevant sources. auto world/ testors/ revell.
maybe consider giving the cottage industry guys a special rate so they could grow their business, too.
paint never fixes things. do it the best you are able before, prime, and keep at it until you're satisfied.
and, you did pick a fairly complicated body to start with!
yeah; just try starting with a more coarse grit (or different abrasive) and see if that makes a difference. you can always take more off, but putting it back on is a bigger chore.
military & figure painting guys do that all the time. I think you might be getting into airbrush territory now. might be called color modulation? ask here:
http://www.migproductionsforums.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=16
or here:
http://www.migproductionsforums.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=5&sid=05689091ac261eef7eb5c1201be6c704
I pretty much call a spade a spade. would "fawning" have been a better term to classify some of the responses to her posts? I think "sycophant" would be taken as a greater insult by those who knew it's meaning. I thought I hit a happy medium.
always.
and if a great looking model has wheels from a 1956 Strummer Exotica, everybody is going on the prowl to buy one. good thing is that maybe ONE of those folks will resin cast the wheels, and the rest of us can buy them at a "bargain" for 10$ a set.