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I do now. When I run out I know where to get some so thanks for the tip Martin.

Strings Rob's excellent Ford GT, I've pulled a couple cat kits out of the stash/SoD and thrown some paint at them. First up is a Subaru Impreza WRC. I had to fix a lot small blemishes in the original paint and redo it. It's come out much better this time. That encouraged me to try painting a Tamiya RX-7. The base coat is Tamiya Titanium Gold. I've now started putting on layers of Tamiya Clear Red. I did this years ago with a 300ZX kit and it turned out great. Then the paint fully cured and spider webbed. Tamiya eventually changed the formula of their clear paints as it started to happen to other modelers.

I think I've made mine extra hard by swapping some Special Hobby bits into it. We'll see when I get back to it.

+2 but mine's not in the stash so much as it's scattered in various locations around my bench. Need to get back to it one day. Mark, you can glue some of the engine panels on and still be able to remove other ones if you want to be able to display the engines when you're done. Carl

Can't wait to see more Ian. I have removing ejector pin marks so I'm not looking forward to that bit. Catl

Nice to see these F1 kits on here. It looks like you've made a great start to it. Carl

I definitely consider myself fortunate to have an LHS that is not only fairly close by but also well stocked and having a knowledgeable staff. I picked up another of the limited edition kits. It still has the tissue paper wrapping. I'm thinking of finding decals for the blue camo schemes if I can. Carl

Happy birthday Martin! Carl

Rob, Blade Runner is my absolute favourite movie. I wasn't old enough to see it in theatres when it first came out. A local TV station every New Year's Day showed is as the first thing after the count down was done so I'd watch it then. Sue surprised me a few years ago and got us tickets to see it in a theatre. That was great. Hopefully you can find a kit as it's probably the only one that will ever get issued.

Thanks Rob. It's indeed a Subaru and my favourite one. Hubert, there's always something to break the rules.

Rob, that's a fantastic paint job and build on the GT. I guess I can blame you for me digging this out. It's the same Mica Blue that you used on your GT.

Well, some good news. My Post-It notes masking worked. I did a section at a time and got the upper hull painted. There's a couple small touch ups to do but that's it. No more major paint lifts. While that dried, I started adding the detail bits to the conning tower. That's almost done and ready for a coat of paint. I'm going to prime it with some Tamiya first before I do the colour coat.

The passion is definitely there I'd say. Can't wait to see the pics Peter. Carl

Fantastic paint and polish job Rob. I wish some of mine came out that nicely. Carl

I stopped by the LHS yesterday and they had a pile of these in. I was. Very tempted but then the shop clerk said they had one ZM F-4EJ left so I grabbed that. I also picked up a Takom Panzer III for $29 CAD they had on clearance.

Mark, that is some very nice and clean work there. Carl

Very nice looking Tempest Dennis.

That's the only concern that Sue has too. That I might somehow actually finish what's in my stash.

Careful Martin. They're highly addictive. Plus you can build so many different variants from them.

Nice paint work on the body there Rob. Backing the clear with chrome is always a good idea. Makes them pop.

Some would a 12 gauge pump loaded with bird shot but if you do find something let me know.

I've got Tamiya Primer in a jar here as well as Mr Surfacer just need to use them. Not only that but I'll have more hair in the paint than I do normally from the pets.

Thanks Gaz! I thought of that when the first bit of paint lifted. This is the first time I've had paint lift since Model Master acrylic first came out and became SOP for that brand.

The only thing wrong is he's quite exceptional at it. So it helps to level the odds a bit Domestic cats kill a high number of wild birds so we're just trying to minimize his impact there. It also helps identify him as he wanders the neighbourhood.

Thanks Harv! I ran into a small hiccup. I masked off the lower hull and sprayed the black waterline mark. The port side came out fine. The starboard side I had a bit of paint lift. Not sure why that happened. But the bigger issue was how to fix it. I decided to try Post-It notes and fixed a section at a time. For the upper hull, I think I'm going to have to try some seriously de-tacked tape and hope for the best.