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Very nice Daytona, and very well built from quite a complex kit. You get quite a lot in those Fujimi Enthusiast kit boxes if the Daytona Coupe I have yet to build is anything to go by. This model looks good in that black finish.

The debate about clear coating chrome. Any oil based clear will yellow after a time, but not so sure about acrylics. Trying to seal chromes similar to Alclad have ended in disaster for me so I do not use them any more. My C1 polishing powder applied to gloss black and buffed to a shine is the most durable chrome finish with regard to handling that I have used so far without a seal applied.

Now where were we? Oh yes. Rustoleum.

Thanks for the feedback Joe. That Alsa Chrome looks absolutely brilliant but at $169 for a 6oz a tad expensive.

Pick a tool up. Use it and lose it under all the other stuff you are working on. Frustrating when you have to search for it under all the other stuff scattered on the bench when needed a second time around! Sound familiar?I I have to tidy up my work bench after each daily session for the sake of my own sanity and cannot just leave it in a mess!

But, maybe that's what he likes doing if he has started other threads and not responded himself in any of them. Just looks in to see the responses. A forum voyeur perhaps?

Joe. Alsa Easy Chrome. Not heard of or seen that one over here in the UK. Is it an aerosol or bottled product aimed at the modelling or DIY craft market? Your comment about the video is true about many videos where the presenter just waffles on instead of cutting to the chase! They say very little but talk a lot on many I have watched. The opening the box ones are the worst in this respect.

That's interesting Tom. Many chemicals that were used daily way back turned out pretty evil stuff to be using without precautions. Read somewhere that blackened burnt toast is carcinogenic too!

I believe that Rod and Ian Knott who used to do the shows in the UK with their Motoring Museum In Miniature made resin kits of the Mk1 Lotus Cortina in 1/24th scale. Look on their museum website. A number of years ago peviously there was also a resin kit of South African origin of the Mk1.. I came across a 3D printed body kit for a Mk2 recently so at long last I can build a model of a car that I actually owned back in the 1970's. Body shape is similar to the very popular 1600E of the time.

Joe mentioned Magisculpt a very good product very popular with figure modellers. Some time ago there was an article that I read about dissolving sprue in CTC (Carbon Tetrachloride) to make a gloopy solution that could be sculpted onto figures. CTC is a liquid chemical that was used in those little refillable brass pump action fire extinguishers mostly fitted in commercial vehicles.

Both very nice. Reminds me of when I was a fire extinguisher service engineer back in the 60's with a Mini Van. A very basic vehicle to say the least. Slide back door windows and a cord pull to undo the doors from the inside. I might model my old van someday.

If you managed to locate new decals, why settle for an old paint job where the white has yellowed?

Nice wheel sets of very high quality. Does this maker sell direct or only via Ebay?

Apparently the chase lasted for about 2 hours. Why don't they do what Michael Caine does with the paps? Stop to allow them to take a!l the pictures they want provided they leave them alone afterwards. Maybe that's too easy?

Mathematical joke. In a village in deepest Africa there were three pregnant wives. One gave birth to a baby son laid on an antelope hide. The second gave birth to a baby son laid on a giraffe hide. The third gave birth to twin sons laid on a hippopotamus hide. Which goes to prove that the sum of the sons on the hippopotamus equals the sum of the sons on the other two hides!

Engineering Joke The Optimist said 'My glass is half full.' The Pessimist said 'My glass is half empty.' The Engineer said 'My glass is twice the size it needs to be.'

Is it me, or are more people now being too easily offended when none is intended and becoming way over sensitive?

Holy broken bones! So that's what it looked like before becoming the Batmobile! Nice model.

Some older kits may leave a bit to be desired, but sometimes the only game in town. And new kits will be welcomed by some and not by others. There is an old saying.. 'You can please some of the people some of the time, but you cannot please all the people all of the time!'

MEK by the gallon. Would not want to be in the same room if I accidentally knocked an open can of MEK over, nor some of the other chemicals mentioned! The fumes were bad enough to make me feel light headed when I spilt a little hobby sized bottle over once. How flammable is it? Similar to petrol (gasolene)? Vast savings I agree but are the risks worth it? For practicality it would need to be regularly dispensed into smaller bottles to use on the bench in any case. Storing larger containers of toxic and possibly flammable chemicals may be a bit of a risk. If something bad were to happen, would your house insurance company pay up?

Interesting conjecture Pete. My guess is that BMF is some form of aluminium alloy that would not contain any traces of metals considered toxic. Like you say, without analysis, who knows what the mix is as long as it does what it is supposed to? Some previous posters referred to batches of BMF that would not adhere properly, but I would suspect that the foil itself was probably OK and the problem was with its adhesive backing.

Pete took me to take about referring to BMF as very thin aluminium. There are many grades of aluminium alloys with differing properties from being very soft and malleable to bring quite tough. If it isn't an aluminium alloy then what is it then? Soft metals include silver, gold, white metal, pewter and lead that I can think of. You can write off precious metals silver and gold for a start. So do any of the others feature in BMF?

This thread has certainly got people into an in depth discussion about common courtesy. Although I personally don't get hung up about being thanked or not, others obviously do. But however I must agree that a simple thanks or equivalent emoji only takes a few seconds.I Joe, I really do enjoy trying cheeses and a good Stilton is one of my favourites along with a number of other artisan cheeses. Stilton with crackers and a nice Zinfandel go down a treat. Where were we? Oh yes! Rustoleum and Krylon paint!

I don't get hung up if people do not respond, show courtesy or thank me for any of my posts. It is nice if they do though and I try to get back to them asap. However, we are not all blessed with plenty of time to spend on forums like this one, and other things have to take precedent. Getting back to the Rustoleum Krylon thing, or any other brands of DIY aerosols. Really, I just do not understand what is expected of them? Far from dismissing them as rubbish, those paints and aerosols are just not designed for spraying scale models. The hobby paint market is bursting at the seams with suitable paints and finishes from a great many manufacturers so why make life difficult by using totally unsuitable products?

I was curious and looked at your Allison engined concept car Bill. Although a 'What If' it captures the spirit of that inter war era very well from what I have seen so far of your WIP.