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  1. CDW
    Most of the metal treatments need a clear coat to protect them over time. It's better to wear a latex glove when handling the metal treated parts before the clear coat. On small items, I paint on the dull coat with a brush after the gloss coat and weathering has been done. Larger areas can be airbrushed. Even smaller areas can be airbrushed if you have gained that level of control with your airbrush.
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    The Petlyakov PE-8
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    The Russians were well known for tearing down, examining, and making carbon copies of our aircraft. The B-29 I recall specifically as they couldn't get certain parts of it right even though they copied ours bolt for bolt. It's not widely known in the West, but the Russians had a four engine transport/bomber of their own that was capable of trans-Atlantic flight. Stalin flew in it to the USA for a conference in 1942. I have the model of it and will build it in the near future.
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    I've seen one of those flying around in my area. I'm in.
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    No, unfortunately they do not. Here is their line of wax based metals: https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories/browse.php?kw=ak,true,metal But they do have a pale burnt metal in their enamel line of metal: https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories/browse.php?kw=ak,xtreme,metal
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    The engine parts were cut off the sprues, then the chrome parts were soaked in Super Clean to remove the chrome plating and clear lacquer. The engine block and transmission were painted with Tamiya flat black before dry brushing with Mr Color aluminum. The literature on the Cadillac V-16 indicates the intake and exhaust manifolds were ceramic coated, black. The cylinder heads were black. I've painted the cylinder heads with Tamiya semi-gloss black. The intake and exhaust manifolds were first painted with acrylic flat black, then a treatment of AK gun metal was applied. The AK metal colors in the tube come in various metal colors. They are in a wax base, applied with a brush. After application, they are buffed to achieve a glossy finish. This was the best way I knew of to try and capture the glossy, shiny, look of the manifolds as well as provide some contrast with the black cylinder heads.
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    Don't feel bad at all...I love this kind of discussion. I learn a lot from it. I wish these guys didn't put their photos in photo bucket. It demands we turn off our ad blocker to view them and I don't like to do that.
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    It's jumping ahead, but this boat is really going to pop once you start putting on all that beautiful hardware.
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    What cloth weight are you using?
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    Hi Mike No, I have not seen the video by Plasmo, but I will search for it now. It's always fun to see how others are doing it and learn from it. Thanks for looking in.
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    They look perfect, very nicely done. One of these days, I'll start work on my Iowa. You are giving me a primer on what I'll be up against.
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    This is the best article/photos I could find on the original Cadillac V-16. A very good article. https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/06/11/sweet-sixteen-cadillac-v-16-engine
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    Wow, she looks like she grew a light beard, with all that menagerie hanging off her hull. You did a great job capturing that look on your model.
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    In the mid sixties, I was an elementary school student when the JoHan Chrysler Turbine car model came out. It had a lot of working features and of course, the incredible turbine engine. It's still a vivid memory taking the finished model to class to discuss modern ideas and inventions for our science session one day. Drag racing was a big part of my childhood, too, so I loved those models as well.
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    Just a PSA on Vallejo Putty. Well worth your time to watch.
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    Thanks. Beautiful paint on those cars/engine. When I was a young teen, my dad gave me my grandpa's car after he passed away, a '51 Chevy. My grandpa was a very big man, about 400 pounds or maybe more. The Chevy leaned to the driver's side from grandpa's weight that had affected the springs. And the car needed new paint. One day my dad took me to a friend who painted cars to see about repainting my '51 Chevy. To my dismay, noticed the old man had no compressor or spray guns at his shop so asked how he was going to paint the car. The old fella spoke in a heavy German accent and told me he would paint it with a brush. He came from the old country and had been painting cars from WAY back in Germany. Dad told me don't worry about a thing, the man would do a beautiful job. He did. He brush painted it with lacquer, wet sanding between coats until the last coat where he polished and buffed it. It was the most amazing beautiful paint I had seen. Totally shocked. Apparently, this is the way they did it in the old days. Taught me a valuable lesson about trusting my dad. No doubt, the Fisher body company probably painted these old Cadillacs that way too, but I had no idea.
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    Not sure, but I doubt they came like this from the factory. These sites/photos show the engines having chrome. One has black chrome. Going to do more research. Interesting, the one article says the spark plugs and wiring was all neatly tucked away out of sight. The Cadillac way. https://heacockclassic.com/articles/when-v-16-cadillacs-roamed-the-earth/ https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/5790-1931-cadillac-v-16-all-weather-phaeton/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_V16_engine#/media/File:Cadillac452engine.jpg
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    If you think about it, businesses like WalMart could be considered critical infrastructure due to the critical role they play in distribution of life sustaining goods to the public. Short of that, it would have to be nationalized in a time of emergency and run by military forces or the like. A tough position to be in, but I had to do that (work 24-7 in declared emergencies) for a lot of years before I retired. Given all the certificates I have in emergency management, I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't press me into service even though I am retired.
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    I looked through my stash and found another '31 Caddy, this one is a phaeton but has the same wheels as the cabriolet I'm building. So I borrowed the whitewalls from that kit. As you can see, the Caddy tires are much taller than the more modern AMT 15" tires. The whitewalls also have the Firestone brand molded on. The wire wheels...I might break these down, remove the plastic spokes, then lace the wheels/hub with wire (actually monofilament) as they should be. It would look so much better, I just need to convince myself to build the jig and do it. Here are the parts to build the big V-16 engine. Lots of cleanup, flash removal, and chrome stripping to do first.
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    Hey Jack, I really enjoyed seeing all your armor models. Great collection. PS: Interesting the British named their tank "Al Capone". Pretty cool.
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    I have some packs of the white wall tires. Those are scaled to 15" tire size, whereas the '31 Caddy had taller skinny tires. The wire wheels are way too big to fit those tires. I will borrow a set of whitewalls from another JoHan kit I've got until I can replace them.
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    Thanks for those links, Lou. Look closely at the photos and you will see the rings are not a flat ring. Price is not too bad on either of those kits.
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    Negative. They are not a flat ring of plastic. I have another JoHan kit of a classic Mercedes and assuming the inserts are the same for both kits, they are definitely not a simple flat ring. I should be able to use the Mercedes insert to cast a mold then make a new set of four, so that is some consolation.
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    Fiddlesticks! I was just going through the kit contents and realized the whitewall inserts are missing. Will have to rob them from another kit because you can't get by without them. This really hacks me off right now.

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