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  1. CDW
    Gary, I should have added a caveat: this trick won't work as well with metallic paints. Metallic paints are some of the most difficult to paint. With those, I try and careful build my layers lightly until I get the depth I want. A run or sag with metallics leave a trail of metallic particles as they bunch up together. Been there and done that too. All part of a learning experience.
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    That cotton candy effect is from not enough thinner. Instead of 50-50, you need about 1 part clear to 3 parts leveling thinner. I just experienced the exact same thing today while clear coating this car body with Super Clear II. The good news is, if you apply the more highly reduced clear paint, it will clear that cotton candy up just like magic.
  3. CDW
    Can you use the decal as a template to cut your own masks? Then, just paint the two tones and forget about the decals. Just a thought...
  4. CDW
    What always makes the difference in combat are the establishment of effective standards and the training/discipline to maintain those standards in combat.
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    Once upon a time (30 or more years ago), I painted quite a few 1:1 cars and trucks in my garage/spray booth. I learned that when I got a run or sag, I just applied more paint until it evened out and pooled as a drip or drops along the bottom. I would lightly sop those drips and drops from the rocker panels or wheel opening to remove the drip and when it all dried, you never even knew there had ever been a run or sag. Invisible. You can actually do the same with your model though it's best to not get those runs or sags in the 1st place, but accidents do happen every now and then. Practice on an old model as an experiment and intentionally make a run or sag. Then "spray it out" like I described above and try it yourself. Of course, it's not desirable to make runs or sags intentionally as a practice because too much paint can hide or obliterate detail in the molding you want to be able to see. It's just another thing to know and keep in your bag of modeling tricks and workarounds.
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    He who has the most tools spends the most time looking for where they left the tool when they finished using it last. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
  7. CDW
    Wow I did not know about the M1 tanks. Thanks for sharing that.
  8. CDW
    Very nice work, Mike. I like all the military display photos you presented earlier in this thread as well. Odd to see one lone British AFV amongst all that Soviet armor and weapons.
  9. CDW
    Wow, I love the way you are getting the most out of this old kit. Can't wait to see the finished product!
  10. CDW
    Outstanding!
  11. CDW
    I had to laugh...at one of our recent family reunions, my wife and sister-in-law were admiring the sporty Tesla someone had parked on the grounds. When their hand came near the door handle, it magically popped out and scared my wife half to death. She thought she had done something wrong 😄
  12. CDW
    Home improvement projects and a model club project for the month of June has this project on a temporary hold. Will return to it ASAP. Thanks for following along.
  13. CDW
    Home improvement projects and a model club project for the month of June has this project on a temporary hold. Will return to it ASAP. Thanks for following along.
  14. CDW
    The details look excellent!
  15. CDW
    You do mean 600cc, I'm guessing? 60cc is minibike size displacement.
  16. CDW
    If there is a distributor there must be a coil and a coil wire to the distributor.
  17. CDW
    Maybe the wire 7 lead to the coil under the tank and out of view? Does the bike have a battery?
  18. CDW
    That primer looks smooth as silk.
  19. CDW
    I am not familiar with this particular motorcycle, but I suspect this may be part of the spark advance/retard mechanism as the old bikes used mechanical means to perform this function. On old Harley Davidson bikes, the left hand grip twisted one direction for retard and the opposite for advance.
  20. CDW
    I bought some of the black and gold packs/box myself back in that day. PS: some in my family farmed tobacco in South Carolina. After picking, the leaves are hung in a barn to dry out. Just a drop of that liquid residue that drips down, if accidentally ingested, will make the person sick as a dog. I was always told it was the strong chemicals that were sprayed on it to keep it insect-free that caused the severe nausea. I wouldn't doubt that's not why smoking it causes such turmoil with a body.
  21. CDW
    I'm in on this one with you, Gary. Looking forward!
  22. CDW
    If you check into it, I'm pretty sure at least some of these "Italeri" motorcycle kits were actually produced in Japan. Maybe produced there for Italeri? Anyway, I just checked yesterday on Ebay by running generic searches...found 1:9 BMW's, 1:9 Zundapps, 1:9 Trumpets, 1:9 Harley Davidsons. Many for less cost that you might think. In some cases, $50 or just a shade more. Even AMT Blueprinter boxed and sold the 1:9 kits in a generic white box with black print. No graphics. It's all the same plastic inside. I actually have examples of them in my stash, so I can say this for certain. They came boxed as Italeri, AMT, ESCI, Aurora, and more. they are all the same kits.
  23. CDW
    Awesome-looking bike right there! I bookmarked that page, too.
  24. CDW
    Hey Tim If you search around, you can find from Italeri, the BMW with and without a sidecar, the Zundap with and without a sidecar, and the Harley Davidson 45 V-twin. All are in 1:9 scale and often came boxed and sold by other companies. All are WW2 vintage, like the Triumph.
  25. CDW
    I've got too many irons in the fire. Very little time has been available for the tom kitty but the cockpit is nearing a finish with some minor details, a little detail painting, and a dull coat to finish it up. Somehow I managed once again to see a small part go flying off into the netherworld, never to be found again (yet). This time it was a shoulder harness strap. Hence, the rear seat has no shoulder harness straps attached yet. I will not attach the gun site glass pieces until the very end before the canopy goes on. These are all box stock parts from the kit, no aftermarket used at all.

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