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One of the coolest cars my dad had was one of those Ford hardtop convertibles. Nice blue and white. Didn't keep it for long. Think he just bought it to turn it over.
 
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In all my years of modeling I can't paint for anything but I enjoy it so I usually just build Gundam when the mood strikes. I don't have many photos of them but here is one.

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ra7c7er said:
In all my years of modeling I can't paint for anything but I enjoy it so I usually just build Gundam when the mood strikes. I don't have many photos of them but here is one.

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Thank You ra7c7er for introducing me to Gundam, when I read your post I had no clue what Gundam is, a quick Google search showed me some awesome fighting robots.

Me & weaponized robots go way back........ ;)

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init4fun said:
Thank You ra7c7er for introducing me to Gundam, when I read your post I had no clue what Gundam is, a quick Google search showed me some awesome fighting robots.

Me & weaponized robots go way back........ ;)
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Glad I could. They are actually really cool kits to build. Very little to no glue needed but they are detailed to the hilt and if you start building them you will begin to question why other model kit companies don't design kits the same way. Bandai has been doing some things since the 80s that other companies have said can't be done.

The whole animated world is pretty good too. It's been around since the 70s. Some series are better then others but some are incredible. Iron Blooded Orphans is my favorite series. Granted I've only seen a few.
 
Just a general observation. I was an avid model builder in my teen years during the 60s and every allowance went towards them. I picked up a kit recently to build with my grandson and I was shocked at how simplified the instructions have become. When I was building models back then, there were pages and pages of illustrations and lots of text to read to help understand how the kit went together. I don't know how kids do it nowadays. :dunno:
 
Good thing I put the wheels and tires on the chassis to check the stance!Low and behold the right front frame rail was bent upward about 1/8 "So I cut the right front frame rail with a cut off wheel in my Dremel and clamped the front and rear chassis to the assembly board and glued in a brace to correct the problem.IMG_20221010_154704731.jpg
 
They have decently priced helping hands at harbor freight. I use them a lot in fine painting.

I found the sweet spot at least for my painting style with the Alclad II gloss black base coat. From my experience of painting bakelite tube radios I use that same technique on my P38 lightning that I just started. On the bakelite radios I'd give it a couple of light coats and then laid it on thick as I could without it running. I had a lot of experience with the rattle cans I was using so I've got really good at it. I even used off-white so it would get that aged look.

With the Alclad. Give it a couple of quick light coats then immediately lay it on until I can see that it's shiny. It doesn't take long. The one thing you have to be careful of, even after it's set for a full day it still needs two or three days to cure fully. And if you don't wait and lay a thumb on it while you're handling it, you may come away with a fingerprint. Here's a couple of pieces that I painted that came out really well. You have to make sure everything is dust free or it will show. The paint is so thin all the detail is nice and crisp. If I painted those pieces with Alclad Polished Aluminum it would look like chrome so I use Airframe Aluminum which is still pretty shiny.

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