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    Liked and subscribed! Nice job on the Corvette. I know where he gets his painting skills from.
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    Okay, painting itty bitty details is not an idea of fun for me. Much respect to the folks who can do it. Anyways, the nose gear bay is done. I gave it a wash and it really helps to make the details pop. I've now started on the main gear bays.
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    Amazing work. Great tip on doing the flex part of the exhaust.
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    You've reminded me that Italeri are supposed to release a new 1/12 Lancia Stratos this year. And the Spiny from X-Plus.
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    https://www.culttvmanshop.com/Martian-War-Machine-Light-and-Sound-kit-from-TenaControl-_p_2996.html Go all in and add sound too!
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    I can't recall if Plastruct works on ABS. Tamiya Extra Thin works but isn't always a strong bond. Tamiya does make an ABS cement. It's a blue bottle I think.
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    Nice find Paul! One thing to double check. Pegasus did some of their earlier kits in ABS plastic so you may want to check that before you start gluing bits together. Carl
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    Nice but of progress. I always find cleaning up and painting road wheels the most tedious part of an armour build.
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    Nice job on finding the joystick. Great progress on the build too. It's interesting what manufacturers leave out of their instructions at times.
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    These guys will ship to the US. https://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/mr-surfacer/?page=2 If you haven't tried the Aqueous version , that works really well too. Plus much less smell.
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    My boys keep buying the Zvezda 1/100 tank kits every time we go to the LHS. Which means they walk right past the Gundam section. But thy are definitely a big thing. Talking to the shop owner, he said he's glad his nephew got him to start carrying Gundam kits. They've really helped keep the business going. That and Warhammer.
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    What about Tamiya white primer in the bottle? Do you guys have that in the US or is that another only in Canada thing?
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    There was a shop near my work that had a 10 ft long aisle that was only Gunze products. They've moved so aren't as convenient to get to but do offer free local shipping on orders over $40.
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    For a moment, I thought that you'd managed to sneak into Ernie's place and get pics of his stash! Then I saw the Gundam models.
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    There hasn't been a bunch of announcements so far for stuff I'd like to get so the list will most likely expand as we get later into the year. For now: - 1/12 Bee Max McLaren Honda MP4/4 - 1/35 Takom Mi-28 Havoc - 1/32 Jetmads JA-35 Draken The last one is already paid for so just need to wait for it. Carl
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    Hi Ron, great to see the progress on this rig. The engine looks cool in a different colour. I did a Spitfire Merlin in red with chrome rocker covers once that thing popped. In your last post, the pics aren't coming up for some reason.
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    Rob, that's one complex decal job. Great job on the application. I did something similar on a Porsche GT-1 where instead of painting the bodywork, it was done with carbon decals instead. So much work.
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    While I was working on the seat, I started the nose gear bay. There's a lot of detail crammed in here. Easily puts some 1/32 kits to shame. One nice thing is they've made the detailed colour callouts a decent size. I've started picking out the colour details as per the above. Hopefully it will look better after a wash.
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    The seat is painted now. I then noticed I'd knocked one of the PE pieces off. Yup, that tiny dot is I think a lifting eyelet for the seat. Back in place. I'll get started on the belts next.
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    Martin, I know you'd do an amazing job on one.
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    It's interesting to see the price difference as well as availability. If I make it to the Nats, I should bring some down for you. I wonder why they're not available in the US. Tamiya in Canada is brought in by a small (?) distributor, while you have Tamiya America in the States that's owned by Tamiya itself. I've picked up my Tamiya thinner for $9 on sale, usually $10 a bottle, while the big bottle of Levelling Thinner is now $18. Plus those prices are Canadian so more like $6.50 and $14 USD respectively. Gunze doesn't go on sale often but Tamiya does. And absolutely, shipping costs are something that can't be ignored any more when ordering. But it's not always easy to consolidate everything into one order. I wish more places do what HLJ does. They'll hold stuff that you've bought and paid for, for up to 60 days. Then you can keep adding to it and ship it all at once. So you get one bigger shipment rather that several small ones.
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    It's like hitting the jackpot if you can order everything for a project from one place in one go. That's yet to happen for me. It's usually place an order for some stuff from one place, another order elsewhere or later on and hope it all arrives when I want to start. But shipping costs are making that an expensive option. Then throw paint and supplies into the mix. Just today I was hunting around in my paints for a colour I needed. I think I have around 500 different bottles of paint (not counting multiples) and I found two in the colour I needed. Yes, I really should consolidate on a couple paint lines and stop buying all over the place. As for Mr Color Levelling Thinner, it's gotten a bit thin on the ground here too but still available. More importantly though, it's gone up in price almost 50%. So with the last few sales at my LHS, I've stocked up on Tamiya thinner with retarder (their version of Levelling Thinner) and airbrush cleaner. Again, I'm happy to have a well stocked Hobby shop in my city.
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    Peter, the detail in this kit is really impressive. So far, the fit had been very good. But I've only made the ejection seat. That being said, here's the assembled ejection seat which I've used 18 parts for. Every one has gone where it's supposed to and I haven't had any fit issues. I still have to add 1 more plastic bit, plus 3 PE ones and the 3D printed belts and cushion.
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    Thanks Martin! Hopefully it lives up to expectations. So here's the 3D seat harness that's part of the detail set. After cutting away the safety cage, I noticed it had the seatback and cushion moulded with the harness. Which meant I had to pry off said parts that I had just glued to my seat. Thankfully I got to them in time. With the 3D harness in place. It a perfect fit. Painting it will be a bit of a challenge but that one part replaces just about every step on Page 2 of the instructions. That being said, the instructions for assembling the harness are suitably detailed and show you how to fold the PE bits and where they go.
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    Onto to assembly. The first two pages cover the ejection seat. Yup, lots of tiny parts. The second page is almost completely devoted to the seat harness, so I'll see how that goes as I have the 3D printed one. Thankfully there are detailed colour callouts for everything which is nice. The first couple (five actually) parts are together which form the seat base. More to come.
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