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My First kit was the revell 1:48 P-51 Big Beautiful Doll mustang when i was about 10 years old. I actually painted everything and then screwed up putting the checkered nose decal. After that I believe it was a B-17 or a B-24 I can't really remember. I just remember mixing my own paint color for the plane and it came out like a glossy midnight green. It was completely and utterly historically inaccurate but damn did it look good hanging from my ceiling. There was one model I never finished and it has been bothering me for some. I can't even begin to tell you who the manufacturer of the model was or even what type of jet it was. I know that it was a yellow jet and had rubber wheels included in the kit that I thought was awesome at the time. If anybody knows at all what I am talking about I would really like to know what kit that was so I can buy it and actually finish it this time. I have recently come back to the hobby and because me and the wife just bought a house it is really hard to find any type of bench time.

Fantastic, I got The tamiya P-51 in the stash ready to go as soon as i practice a NMF on a less expensive bird. I love the life raft sculpting there, it adds a nice touch of realism to it.

Hi All, Is it possible to thin Mr. Surfacer with regular lacquer thinner or do you have to use Mr. Leveling Thinner?

I pulled the trigger and got the Grex Tritium TG .3mm from amazon. Good price and 2 day shipping with prime. I am pretty excited to try it out, I have never had a dual action guy before.

I usually stick to the tamiya acrylics and model master enamels, I have never really had any issues with them.

Ahh, now you have me wanting to up my budget. The .2mm TG model looks perfect. I don't know how the wife would react to spending $200+ on an airbrush...

In order to scale the decals up they would have to be in vector format. It wouldn't be possible in Photoshop because it is a bitmap based program. If you can trace the decals in Adobe Illustrator it should be possible to scale them up.

I really like the look of the XT. I feel like the trigger action would really help in controlling the paint flow. They have it on this site for $159, that is still in my budget. I just need a high quality brush for the projects I have in mind coming up. http://www.dickblick.com/products/grex-airbrushes/

Hi All, Its been a while since I posted but I am currently in the market for a Dual Action gravity feed airbrush. I currently own a badger 200NH single action that frankly stinks at detail work. I came across the Grex Genesis XD for $109 and I was wondering if anyone on the forum has any experience or suggestions. I know airbrushes are very personal things I am really just looking for a general idea if this model would be suitable for the fine detail work I am looking to use it for. Thanks in advance

Does anybody know of a good source for a dot filtering tutorial or how to?

That is sexy. You may have just helped me pick a scheme.

Thanks for the info. I stumbled across this scheme that I think would look badass. looks like it is from the 61st FS 56th FG 8th Airforce. I wonder if I could find this decal set anywhere.

Hi all, I am just starting to do my research for a Bubbletop Jug. I am going to be building and I was wondering what color the wheel wells were painted. Were they painte in the green zinc chromate or yellow? Also was the cockpit done in interior green or a different color. Thanks a lot guys

Sweet Jesus, that is incredible. Where did you get the plans to work off to scratch build this?

Thank you guys for the kind words. Getting such positive feedback really has me excited to start my next projects.