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This question was actually prompted because I went to buy a can of Citadel Black primer and was told it was $27.00. I nearly fell over. I politely told the guy I didn't have enough and left. Way too much $$$, it's good but not that good.

I'll try Bunnings and see if they have it. Thanks for the replies. This forum is awesome and full of people who know stuff and who aren't afraid to share it!

The couple of kits I have built, all seem to require a lot of parts to be painted black. What I have been doing is undercoating with white, then spraying black. I do this because the paint doesn't stick very well especially on the chassis, which gets a lot of handling. I figured if I just undercoated (primered) with black, it would save a lot of time and fiddling. What primer do people use? For white and grey I use Tamiya rattle cans. I tried some grey Badger which sprayed beautifully, but reacted with Tamiya paints or Tamiya reacted with it, so I have stopped using it. I guess I am looking for a slightly cheaper option than Tamiya, if available. If not I'll buy some Tamiya black primer.

Very nice. Great to see a commodore. Pity there's not more available.

Possibly a stupid question, why are the wheels on an angle? (I may have mentioned before I'm not mechanically minded, with cars at least)

In hindsight that shot is under exposed.

My first setup was some desk lamps and baking paper for diffusing. I have seen YouTube how tos but time is an issue and room so I went the convenience factor. I'll try some different settings on my camera to lighten them up, I think I relied too much on the viewfinder and not enough on the histogram, which I am just coming to grips with. Should help with all my pics. I haven't taken any offence to anything of the suggestions/feedback, this is how I learn. I'll post some better pics in the next few days.

That looks fantastic. I now know the engine fit issues weren't me. I think I am going to have to build another one of these.

I didn'treadthefirst post fully and saw the model and wondered, how are we going to break this to him, but then I was simply go smacked by the transformation. You should be very proud.

The patience and skill involved in making something like this is amazing. I have made quite a few paper models and just the cutting out takes ages. Thanks for sharing that link.

Here in oz, a Revell kit sells for anywhere between 42 and 65 dollars, depending on where you shop. I tend to order all of mine via mail order or Ebay.

This is what it looks like: The lights are 650 watts equivalent compact fluros, balanced at 5500, so daylight basically. The tent itself is 80 cm square. It came with 4 different colored backdrops. The light stands are really cool are really adjustable. I even had one sitting on the table today, pointing down over the tent. I am very happy with it and look forward to learning how to use it really effectively. amd the whole thing folds up to be quite small, so it is portable.

I am doing a photography course, this weeks assignment was to setup a 'product shot'. i thought what a perfect opportunity to play! I picked the setup off Ebay for around $80.00, awesome value. I love doing macro, so it will be good for that and as a bonus the lights work well for portraits, which was the assignment a fortnight ago. I'll take a pic of it and post as well.

That's right, it's me! This was my first play with it. What do you think?

Groo is a cartoon character, that I love, it is groo12 because the first 11 were taken. My picture is a self protrait of me reflected in a hot rod hubcap, which is a bit arty and goes with my photography hobby.

This was posted today on a different forum and I thought I would share. http://www.minimodel.cz/ Lots of free paper models. I like the rally legends.

That looks absolutely Awesome. Now I have to buy that kit as well.

Beautiful car. That's where the steering wheel should be! Very nerve racking visiting and driving on the wrong side of the road AND the wrong side of the car, takes a lot of concentration.

I just love making stuff, being creative. I paint miniatures, take photos, develop elearning for a living which includes some coding and that is surprisingly creative. I want to create apps and take up woodwork. I took up model cars because it just looked like fun and it is. So no really specific reason apart from enjoying making.

That's cool. I'll keep a lookout for nail polish. Thanks.

The 40% off coupons are amazing. When we were there last year I bought 6 models and an Iwata airbrush, all 40% off. Wish we had them here.

Very nice. What is the yellow?

Simply awesome. My kit arrived earlier this week and I washed it today. Need to finish some others first, but I am little stuck on each one. Having fun though...

Having just said that, I went and checked my finished model posts and I forget to say comments welcome on the last two. I'll try to remember it for the future. But thatdidn't stop some people and I found those comments helpful and will use the advice for future builds.

I would hope people are being honest about my builds, it's the only way I am going to learn. It's like any feedback , it needs to be honest to be helpful, friends always tell me my photos are great, that's nice, just not helpful. Although I have to admit, I usually know where the faults are, it's still good to get a second or third opinion. Having said all that, I don't feel as if I am experienced enough yet, to post feedback on other peoples builds, unless it is really obvious.