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Some guy got a cool project. This pulled in at the Sonic up the road from me. No obvious dents or rust which is a good thing about living in central Texas.

Last year I ordered some parts from Texas 3D and set them to the side, then forgot about them. A couple months later I ordered basically the same things from IceMan. While looking at the new order, I glanced up at the shelf above me and guess what?

I no longer have the kit, but I once did a Monogram Mustang in black and used Model Master metallic Pontiac Maroon, I forget the real name, to do the interior. After spraying, I dull coated the whole thing and the metallic part gave it a vinyl look.

No Walmart in our area carries kits, and from the posted pictures I see, everything that they do put out is something I already have. It sucks too, because the closest hobby shops are either Austin, Tx an hour and a half away, or Dallas, 3 hours away. I did catch up to the Walmart local Dept. Manager again a few weeks ago and she still says she won't allow model kits on her floor. Not sure what that's about.

We'll be in SLC for a few days in a couple months. I like to visit local shops when I can and did a web search. There's lots of RC shops listed, but not much that looks aimed at plastic modelers. If anyone has recommendations, I'd love to hear them!

I love your set up! Can I ask where you got those storage bins with the pull out drawers? I've been looking for some for a while.

I worry about these companies and how they will weather this more than I worry about myself, I have plenty of stuff to build. Most manufacturers are dependent on China.

Not mine, but the same. My first car was a 1974 Toyota Corolla in yellow with a half vinyl top for some reason. That little car had the 1200cc engine with a four speed and no power anything. The car was was surprisingly rust free and I drove it for a year though that little engine couldn't deal with highway speeds. Sadly, it blew it's head gasket one day at the beach after some spirited racing in the sand. That car taught me the joy of driving a slow car fast. It handled like a go cart.

I have two favorites, one for Pony cars, the Minilites, and the other is BBS, especially the ones with the aero covers.

I've recently been buying from HLJ and from Hobby Search for Japanese tuners. I search under Initial D, The Circuit Wolf, Car Manga, or Anime. There's a lot of 2000s era period tuner cars available and usually for good prices. They have some pretty cool body kits and wheels and tires.

Ollie's is making it's way into Texas. I was driving by the recently closed Big Lots in town and there's a big banner on the front saying, "Ollie's Is Coming".

Strip it down and see. That's my advice. You won't know what's underneath until you strip it off. Put it in a tub of Purple Cleaner for a week and see what's there.

Didn't have time for a picture, but I saw an MRAP on a flat bed semi passing through town today. Looked like it had been rolled and possibly burned in the front. The machine mount was still there but it was beat down and all the doors and windows had been removed.

No expiration date that I could find and the seal was intact with no holes in the tube. Guess I just got a bad tube. I am thinking of trying to dilute it with maybe some water or something, but I have my doubts.

I use Bondo spot putty, I just noticed this stuff on the shelf and thought I'd give it a try. Probably got a bad tube. I tried emailing the address on the package and it bounced back.

I just bought this putty at a hobby shop last weekend. I just opened it and that's where the question comes in. First, the putty is extremely thick and hard to get out of the tube. Second, it doesn't stick to plastic at all. I tried emailing the address on the package, but it comes back not in service. That may be because Hant's is going out of business. It says it is water soluble, but I tried to dilute it and it made no difference. My thought is I got a bad tube. Has anyone tried this and had good results?

Love it!

Fia conducting her daily inspections before getting her required petting.

I came across this in a Reel from a diorama maker. I would like to know the name of it, and if anyone has used one and if they work on styrene strip. If so, I'd like to get one.

Since Revell is reissuing the Jeep J-10, does anyone know of or have plans to do a conversion kit? I'd really like to do a mid 60s version. Edit: Resin Model Ranch used to do a conversion, but It's not in stock.

I go by the local CVS periodically to check out the diecast display. Usually they don't have much but when they do, it's cool. I've always wanted a 1/24th Jeep truck and this one looks great. The last picture shows what I'm thinking of doing with it. I already built the crate.

I've been noticing a lot of stuff about Tedooo popping up lately. It's supposed to be a competitor for Etsy which I like because they have several good 1/24th vendors. If anyone has tried Tedooo can you give us a review? Does it have anything useful for our hobby? Just wanting some feedback before I give it a try.

I've been going back and forth on the roof box location. A lot seem to be mounted like this, but I kind of like them centered on the roof.

I've ordered some of the DABModel lights from Spotmodel and they are really well done. They come in several scales and types. They ship from overseas somewhere so it took a couple weeks to get to me which isn't bad. https://www.spotmodel.com/index.php?cPath=298_373

Great tip! I used the tires off one of the old Monogram 1/35th 2 1/2 trucks one time. I had to grind out about a 1/32th of an inch of tire to fit a standard MPC steel wheel.