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  1. ScottsGT
    Oh, and I thought about throwing a third up on the bench too. Those Thunderbird decals aren’t going to build the kit without me!
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    Y’all think I’m already nuts, wait until all of my latest aftermarket hunt pans out. Correct non-slatted wing tips from Tim, KAI conversions from Japan, Phantom Phreaks Last Samurai decals for white and black phantoms all equals two Revell kits on the bench at the same time. 🤪
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    Just an update. I reached out via email and they got back with me. Hopefully due out at the end of the month and putting aside two sets for me. No idea on pricing yet.
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    True, forgot it was for Tamiya. I have it and the EJ kit along with the Panther Squadron decals. One day….. But with my recent wild ass idea and decals from Sprue on order, resin from Tim on order and kits in the stash, I realize I need these too. Strange thing is I didn’t see how to order any of their products. Okay, I clicked on “more” and there is a gmail address posted. I sent a message. Let’s see where this goes!
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    Book of faces link could not find how to order, who carries their products or a price. But it’s looking like the externals that came with the hard to find Wolfpack conversion. If anyone is in the know, let us know where to order. I don’t have a Facebook account to reach out to them.
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    I’m mostly a ford guy like Ernie, but two “off the wall” corvettes stand out that I’d love to own. First is the ‘78 pace car in black and silver. Second one is this 1981 in a very un-sporty, but elegant color combination. https://inyourgarage.com/listings/1981-chevrolet-corvette-one-owner-54k-original-miles/ Love to have one bone stock appearing with a very mildly built LS swap and modern trans with a 3:55 or 3:73 rear gearing.
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    Love it Carl! I picked up a set of the red 10 decals for my kit.
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    Hey Peter, think it’s bad with models? Try prepping a car for paint. You can work on it for weeks and it looks the same to the untrained eye. When I was prepping my ‘66 Mustang my wife thought I was crazy spending all those weeks priming and blocking, priming and blocking, priming and blocking…..”Will you just paint it already!?!” No. It will look like crap if I did.
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    Yea, they guy he works for collects them. One is probably this one with 28,000 miles on it.
  10. ScottsGT
    Another hour spent working on it without any real change. Shot a few coats of semi flat clear to seal the decals so I can start the touch ups and weathering process.
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    😱 Watch that ticker, brother! My wife is done with her pain meds she was prescribed for her surgery. One they gave her was Celebrex. Like Motrin on steroids. Really serious anti-inflammatory. She told me to try it out for my knee issues. Now I’ve gotta contact my GP about getting an Rx for it. Much better than the 800 mg of Motrin 3 or 4X daily. This is 1 capsule every 12 hours. I’m actually catching myself walking properly again on stairs. Kind of funny thinking about it. 40 years ago I might have experimented with Rx meds to “feel good”. Now I experiment with them to feel better.
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    Oh yea, at 61 (yea, I’m a young whipper snapper in some of you guys eyes) with bad knees myself I’m there. Muscle atrophy is a real thing, especially when you don’t use certain muscle groups from shooting pains when you try to use them.
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    I don’t know, but the expression on his face says he just saw Carls bench for the first time.
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    Peter, I watch my 85 yo FIL stumbling around on his very bad knees. It kills me that he refuses to use a walking cane. I’ve watched him several times go into “break dancing” mode trying to catch himself when he stepped onto an uneven surface or stairs without a hand rail. It seems that hardheadedness and stubbornness is also part of growing old. He refuses to admit he needs a “crutch”.
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    Spent some time this am hosing down the decals with Leveling Thinner. Wow. What a difference. Didn’t have time for the flat clear yet, maybe tomorrow.
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    Hey Jeff, here’s the latest photo on the ‘67 he’s building.
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    My sons latest adventure…… As you may remember my son is involved in building high end restomod vintage Corvettes. Just recently he branched out making “wall art” from Corvette back ends. This one is his first…. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/chevrolet-c7-corvette-wall-art-3/
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    Prayers and thought for the both of you Peter. Thankfully it wasn’t as serious as our friend Harv’s fall was. I lost another Internet forum friend to a fall in his home last year. Much younger man in his 50’s. Sad situation. Falls are not to be taken lightly.
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    I will admit, it is a beauty of a kit with very few flaws. So much potential wasted on bad instructions. I’m really pleased with the decal quality, maybe a hair bit on the thicker side, but they are laying down great and responds well to Microsol and Tamiya adhesive/softener.
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    Well, let it dry overnight, inspect and flat clear time. I have a few more tiny decals to apply, but after I touch up the exhaust area from overspray. Once again, Revell has call outs for decals not even on the decal sheet. I swear it’s like Revell copied someone else’s kit instructions and called it a day. Now I understand why they went bankrupt. If they ran a company like they made this kit, well you get the point.
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    Wow! What a difference. Kit tires would have been good to build a South Carolina yard art car with deflated and dry rotted tires. Speaking of SC yard art, I must live in a high end area because one neighbors yard art is an old Porsche 944 with weeds growing up around it.
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    Don’t let that urethane dry out! It will sound like a pack of mice squeaking down the road. I used them on a Samurai I once had. Had me install them with a sticky, nasty black moly lube that was like gorilla snot. Took days to get that crap off my fingers. But the upside was they never went dry. You’re not going to recognize the ride as your car when you’re done. I remember when I did my first spring install on my ‘95. It went from feeling like I was driving on top of a beach ball to a go-cart.
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    Insignia and unit markings done! Now I get to spend all day tomorrow doing all the placards and no step on line stuff.
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    Not sure if I’m a genius or just a modeling hack. But I just went and bought this at Harbor Freight. why you ask? Because there’s not one straight line for my eyes to reference to so my decals don’t look like a crosseyed fool put them on.
  25. ScottsGT
    Mark….. Come out and play with me! Misery loves some company!
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