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I have a few friends who have this model with full intentions on building, but...never happens. Finally I get to see one built. I have several of the 1/24 version; something tells me the 1/12 kit is based on the 1/24, just larger.

It happens all the time here, and rather frequently this week (similar if not same message that people got when trying to access PM's). It's an MCM problem.

"message bored"

And there are still sites that are optimized for IE and don't work w/the others. One of the main hobby distributors, Stevens International, for instance. Links/menus only work in IE, FF you get nothing.

I like it! It's a neat little kit....I might build one for the annual LeMans palooza sometime.

Testors or Humbrol black enamel. Alclad Chrome requires their base, or an enamel. It will not stick to Tamiya spray black (it won't stick to lacquer). If you want a chrome to stick to Tamiya spray black lacquer, get Spaz Stix chrome. Works just like Alclad otherwise, and the convenience of being able to use Tamiya spray black. Spaz Stix Ultimate Mirror Chrome In a pinch if you don't have Alclad base or Testors black enamel, you can use a black base that can be overcoated by Testors clear enamel. Alclad has to "bite" into the enamel to stick. It won't "bite" into lacquer, but Spaz Stix certainly does.

Won't work in Ebay Motors, for instance, and on some other sites. I could jump through flaming hoops and minimize the page and drag/drop the image into a folder, but that's a royal PIT you know what. Everyone raved about FF, and I did too, when IE was itself a royal pain. IE9 worked great aside from the issue w/this site, and then when Flash upgraded. I despise FF's "takes too many clicks" bookmark menu. Unless someone has some sort of add-on to allow FF to have bookmarks display permanently in the left hand margin (or right hand, I don't care, I just would like it there w/o having to constantly drop the menu down), which I find imminently easier to navigate in IE vs. FF's setup.

You are correct. This board has been very buggy as of late. Oftentimes I get a similar message as everyone today is getting w/PM's, but often it happens just when opening any page...or sometimes when submitting to a thread. This place is buggier than a vintage VW meet

The current outage is on the MCM end. The issue of IE9 users inability to access PM's is apparently a Flash issue w/IE9. I recently got a new computer that naturally had IE9 installed w/the Windows 7 Pro operating system, and have the same problem. Even worse, a recent upgrade to Flash 10 has made many IE9 pages worthless; ads and videos want to go to the upper left corner of the page (and flicker like crazy) instead of where they belong. And before the "you are a complete moron for using IE instead of Firefox" crowd comes to my "defense" , I prefer IE9 to Firefox because I can't stand the Firefox bookmarks menu. IE does it better. Period. But that's apparently all it does better, aside from the fact FF photos often cannot be right-click saved like they can be in IE. Unlike my previous computer, either browser is blazing fast now w/high speed cable internet and the 64 bit operating system. I have to use both browsers, if IE worked like it should all the time, I wouldn't use FF because of the annoying bookmarks and inability to easily save a lot of photos.

I went to one of their shops before and it was one of the best-stocked hobby shops I had ever been to, and with excellent prices.

Even better IMHO is the 50% off this week of Excel knives and blades, and all artist's brushes...in sets or singles. Good time to stock up on workbench supplies.

Looks stellar, very authentic. I need to get one of these kits.

Living in a big city, we have numerous HL's to choose from. They are definitely all different..ranging from a pathetic selection, to a well-stocked and up-to-date (for HL standards) selection. Too bad that each store is at the mercy of their own local management for keeping the shelves stocked..or not. I'm more likely to buy a kit from them from the clearance rack than w/a coupon.

I'm not really sure if there's still a cracking issue or not; never happened to me, it did to others, haven't heard about it in ages. As for spraying over decals...BE CAREFUL! Some decals can take the "heat" of the Tamiya clear, others cannot. You are best to sneak up on the clear...apply in thin mist coats, after the decals are thoroughly dry. I decant/airbrush it, and that's the only way I'd really trust it over decals. One brand of decals may be just fine, another could lead to disaster if you are not really careful. Tread lightly. I would advise testing your paint/decal combo on a spoon. Get a box of disposable white plastic spoons at the grocery store, they're great for testing paint.

So does that mean your weekly Sat. morning Cars and Coffee is really Cars and Nitro Methane?

I call shotgun. Oh, wai...

Ed Zachary. The original Excalibur wasn't the disgusting neoclassic that emerged still wearing the name long after the SSK re-creation. That others were compelled to also join in the fray of obnoxious neoclassics...well, that's some pretty head-shaking herd mentality for you! And to pour salt into the wound, what is left of Zimmer is nothing like the car that was featured this week. Straight back to crassville they went.

So who's bringing the pizza and ice cream?

If it's a Willy's, it has Crager wheels, and the builder drives a Camero. *insert missing Ninja smilie here*

Please stop me from making a new thread: "What do Willy's, Camero, and Crager have in common?" *insert missing ninja smilie* as I jump into my Mercede's and hightail it out of here

Looks great

Amazing, isn't it?

The way threads evolve around here sometimes gives me the willies.

Yep, Andy was right!

How often do you get a new kit and are blown away by what is inside vs. your perception of it beforehand? Almost never? Once I had seen the Camaro, I knew that they were good (and I was also almost incensed at how soft and inaccurate the AMT kit was, in terms of body and interior detail, in comparison)...and when I saw the first Mustang at a Hobby Lobby, I snatched it up, figuring what was inside the box was nothing like the boxart. I was so pleasantly surprised to see how well they had done the kit, I made sure a couple friends got the other Mustangs that were at that store. I truly think had they marketed the kits differently; as in offered them w/"normal" wheels/tires as an option, had more accurate boxart that would appeal to a wider swath of model enthusiasts, they could have succeeded. I would have NEVER bought one based on the boxart alone. Which is a shame; such good work on a product hampered by boxart that just "didn't get it". Not like Jada is alone in that; American model companies just don't seem to have their hearts into boxart that inspires. So often it does the opposite. Then there are Japanese kits that are just awful, but people buy them because of great boxart...oh the irony