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    Soo.... What did you just get???

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    On 4/15/2025 at 8:59 PM, DocRob said:

    The Trumpesteers measured around the cutting line obviously :D.
     

    Cheers Rob

    Well, at least they got the name right on the box… The issue is that they used a drawing (by a well-known aviation artist who has produced a lot of aeroplane drawings) that is completely wrong …

    Hubert

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    Cobra Coupe - Le Mans - Model Factory Hiro 1/12

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    9 hours ago, Count0 said:

    It etch's to metal, so it won't be any use on resin. It's much more toxic than modeling stuff, so take precautions.

    What I think you were trying to suggest is a two part epoxy primer which is agin no simple task as far as clean up and waste disposal but certainly better than an etch primer.

    Based on your comments it sounds like you didn't sand the resin, which is likely where the problem started.

    Yes, that is what I was thinking as well.

    But one of my friends, sadly deceased now, Martin Field, who produced dozens of masters for car models - die casts in 1/43, 1/32 slot-racing resin, etc -, aircrafts (he had done a 1/32 DH Dragon Rapide master for me, which I let go when Lukgraph released theirs) and even motorcycles in 1/12 and 1/9, swore only by self-etching primer, even for masters which were resin or, very often Renshape. So, I have kept in my mind this idea that self-etching primer could be of some interest even for resin ...

    And I agree with you about two component expoxy. I bought a two component varnish, that I do not dare to use in an my airbrush ...

    Hubert

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    Soo.... What did you just get???

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    1 hour ago, Landlubber Mike said:

    I picked up some of the Hasegawa 1/32 yellow wing kits myself.  Not sure if you know, but Lone Star Models makes cockpit sets for them.  Vector also makes engine sets.

    There are better alternatives than Vector, now. And, even though it’s not needed for most yellow winged aircrafts, don’t go buying their R-1820, or Shvestov M-62. Because they could not understand the oil sump shape, they managed to distribute the 9 cylinders unevenly. On a radial 9 cylinders, the angle between each is 360/9 = 40 degrees, not 37 or 43 🤬 !

    One interesting link for 1/32 engines.

    https://fpwmodelshop.pl/en_US/c/132-scale/51

    As for Lone Stars, is he still in business ?

    Hubert

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    Average time in US Customs? UPDATE: PayPal is refunding.

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    I read somewhere that close to 30% od the mail orders were either "lost" (which means genuinely lost, stolen, or just not delivered for various reasons) in the logistics chain or returned, in which case they are are most often not opened but sent to the same guys who collect the "lost" parcels.

    Some guys have created a business buying by weight the "lost" parcels and reselling them unopened to people (they make a bet about the content) who then open the parcels and put the items on sale. and they all make a lot of money.

    I also heard that last year the parcels arriving in Europe from China, to individuals, were numbering to 800 millions ...

    Losing one's coveted item ordered abroad sucks, but it seems more than usual ...

    Hubert

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    Honda RC166 - Tamiya - 1/12

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    I agree that Honda’s motto has always been that the engine was at the heart of any car - or motorcycle for that matter - and should deserve their core attention … A pity they have not invested as many efforts in the design of the outer body of their cars in the last 20 years : their designs have been pretty lame and uninteresting in this time period …

    Hubert

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    Soo.... What did you just get???

    in Modelling Discussion

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    On 3/28/2025 at 9:33 PM, BlrwestSiR said:

    I haven't been to the LHS since Boxing Day so popped by this afternoon. Picked up a couple books I'd bought for Martin and then saw they had Alclad on sale. Any bottle, $1 each. So I picked up a couple...

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    I also picked up strip styrene for my GT40. 

    If this is what your religion calls « a couple » …

    Well, as long as Sue agrees …🥴

    Hubert

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