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Let me know how that Iwata kit works out Paul. I've looked at as well and would be interested to hear on its usefulness.

Nature abhors a vacuum after all. So it's good to make sure everything is in balance.

Interesting, because there was one at my LHS today as well. Might have even been bigger than the one at your LHS. Guess I'm as weak as you.

My sister and her family are visiting from Chicago. They brought their dog Maggie up with them. Sue says we should have kept her when we had for a few months back they were moving. Meantime, here's Jimmy's idea of winter fun.

Well, that's a lot of funds to restock the stash with!

Wow, the black paint looks even better. Nice recovery.

That's quite the purge!

I found it on the Hasegawa website. http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/tf915/ Now to find a shop that carries it.

Found this in the stash. It's an old kit that I don't remember when I started. The biggest hurdle is the decals which are old and yellowed. But I recently found that the decals have been reprinted so now I need to track a set down and maybe this'll see more of the bench. Once some other stuff is done.

Hasegawa makes some tinted foil I believe. They're very thin and have some stretch to them.

That's really is supercool.

I think like Kevin said, thin layers and slowly build up the colour is the best approach. Alclad does a smoke tint as well as other colours.

The heat staining looks great to me. Also, nice recovery from the decals issues.

A pile of parts... ...which led to the legs getting done.

Really nice turret. Super clean and sharp masking on the clear part.