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i'll give it a try - cause i certainly can't get it to look like chrome! i have better luck with photo etch than i do with BMF. thanks

or even pins & no glue. just looking at the bits 'n' bobs monochrome is giving me surrealistic anticipation of the end product....

ditto; thanks. muffler "up" more better, too!

great car. really good job on the front end; Flemke set up? who makes the wheels? lots of iron to ward off the competition! btw: did you see this - http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=68696&hl= ?

exact duplicate. does the original car belong to someone you know?

great combo. is the trailer from an old MPC kit?

holy smokes. if winning leaves this kind of scars, what are the losers going through!

i think quite a few of them are here: http://www.italianhorses.net

so it won't lift the paint when it's peeled off?

this is a good analogy

i think there's something to be said for that #46. but i also understand that when a person (read = me) is learning anything, there's a tendancy to buy one's way to understanding. it's the old 80 / 20 rule: we use 20%, 80% of the time. it can be vocabulary, mechanic tools, or _______ (fill in the blank). just check the micro-mark catalog. how many gadgets for $19.95 plus shippng & handling are in there that are - well, not that useful, to be kind - to someone with modeling skills above beginner level? yet, people buy them because they have money but have not yet developed skills or have experience to do the task another way. this is true with a multitude of things; the next i am most familiar is woodworking catalogs. but after doing something as a vocation for 40 years, i routinely use the same handful of tools every day instead of running out and getting the latest gee gaw or doo dad which is purported to do the job for me. unfortunately, my automotive & mechanical experience is not advanced to enable me to make blowers, heads, kidney slot wheels, or pie crust slicks. so i go out and buy them in hopes that getting something built will actually encourage me to learn more and in time grow my ability to keep up with my imagination. photo etch? i'd rather take out my own appendix with a spoon!

some have had luck sawing through with either thread or dental floss. or a jeweler's saw and thin spiral tooth blade.

anyone who makes the jump from hobbyist to mechant will agree. ask anyone who derives a living from what consumers consider a hobby. how many hobby shop owners, parts manufacturers, or magazine producers actually still have time to build the things which brought them to where they are now?

contained 5% DDT

http://stores.scaledreams.com/-strse-Detail-Master/Categories.bok http://www.stradasportsstore.com/crazy%20modeler.html http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26376&st=0&p=253033&hl=+radiator%20+screen&#entry253033 http://www.rbmotion.com/ http://www.detailmaster.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=detailmaster http://www.protechmodelparts.com/carpartscatalog2.htm

see post #48 http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=68085&&page=3

Verlinden makes lead foil that might work: http://www.verlindenonline.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=1733 it's not too big nor economical if you need a lot, but it's a product which is good to be aware.

this fellow may be able to help: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=68095 on third thought, the build thread may have that question answered: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65989

just say "no!"

looks itchy

the first contractor i worked for (1970) told me the same thing. of course, he had never seen the micro-mark catalog!

this may get you somewhere: http://straightlinemodeler.org/straxles.html

good link R; thanks

incredible link; thanks!

x-acto saw blade - fine tooth. use a #76 wirenut for a handle. put on a couple of layers of masking tape on the good side of your cut so the blade will run against it for a guide and if it slips the scratches will be on the waste. go slow; it's not a race, but a journey.