Modelbuilder Mark

This should be really cool.

cool stuff on your site as well. Not sure I would be able to do it even if I had the instructions.

Looking good. Nice to see it done.

Nice, looking forward to more. had this for years, need to pull it out and get on it some day.

Wow, very cool. So glad you are building it. Really nice looking.

Looks fun. I have not built one since the 70s, but have one in my stash.

Just heard back from them today. Hi Mark, Thank you for providing that information. The average shelf life for most of our products is 3-5 years, when stored correctly. If you can provide the product and batch codes from the underside of the cans, we can look into this further. Attached is a photo identifying the product and batch codes from our can. Please note that these may vary slightly in placement / location on the can itself.

I just checked my email, and found this response. (somehow missed that Testor's was owned by Rust-oleum). I will responding with their requested info. "Hello Mark, Thank you for contacting Rust-Oleum Product Support. We are sorry to hear about the difficulties you have experienced with our Testor's spray cans. This is certainly not typical with this product, and not a common issue we have experienced. The formulas of the product and also We do have a couple questions to help us better assist you. Are these new cans you are experiencing this with or are the cans older that you may of had for a few years? How are the cans stored? How many cans have you experienced this issue with? When you have a moment please let us know and we will be happy to offer further assistance. Regards, Jim H To help expedite your response, please reply directly to this e-mail without making any changes to the email body, or the Subject line We have registered your complaint in our database. Please refer to the File Number in the Subject line of this e-mail for any future reference to this complaint.

For the price, curiosity is peaked.

Missed this one. As soon as I hear back from Testors I will let you know.

Welcome back

Very nice.

Very col, now you just need to dirty it up. lol

Cool, you do not see those too often

This should be a nice one

Fun movie, interesting to see where this will go.

I shot a note off to Testors today, and included a link to this thread so they could see others are experiencing it as well.

Real nice

The odd is thing, I have had Testor`s cans for years, never experienced this until now. I wonder if it is like many other things, less material to save money or whatever, less resistance over time perhaps.

Still looks good

Any one else have this happen before? I now have three cans. I have had some of these cans nearly 20 years with no issue, but these are less than 3-4 years old. They are stored in my model room, no excessive heat or cold. Today, when I came in the model room, the can to the left had oozed out all the way to the floor (long string you can see part of in this pic), and the clear that is oozing out is not yet hardened and is like taffy. Both are Testors' Model Master, Custom Lacquer System, the one on the right is a Plymouth Platinum silver, the one of the left is Fabric Gray. However, I also have third can that is simply fine grey lacquer primer 1237. Any ideas why this is happening? The label on the left is washed out as it was wiped off with a cleaning rag a couple year ago.

great looking model

Very nice. When I built mine last year, I found the bars to be the biggest pain, spending soo much time trimming all the flash. Looks like you must have done the same. Great looking show rod model.

Welcome to the hobby! looks like thou are of to a great start

That happens, but it will be cool!