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Wow, that's pretty cool.

Almost missed a fourth part: Junior

Japanese garage kits back in the '80s and '90s featured a lot of unlicensed vinyl models. Mostly figures but also vehicles. A few have recently been reissued and are even licenced now. That's the case with this Chibi Godzilla I picked up last year. Made by Kaiyodo, it even has a trademark registration on it. It's a simple kit, just three parts. The excess vinyl gets trimmed off. They generally put in some cut lines to help guide you. Tail and lower body press fit together. Then add the upper body and the assembly is done. Now the fun part- the paint job.

Every time I see PBJ, I think Peanut Butter & Jam. Had many of those sandwiches as a kid in school.

Me too. Even have the t-shirt... ...glued to the bench.

Gecko Models has just announced a 1/16 M24 Chaffee Hopefully they do a British version too.

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.

Wow, a surprise reaction from the decals, especially since it seems isolated to just the #6 decal. Hopefully you can fix it without too much grief as the rest of the finish looks outstanding. Carl

That's not something you see every day. Great work like Martin said. Carl

It was, last year. Not sure if it sold or got pulled.

There's a house near me that's almost tha ratio. The house is 3 stories and the garage behind is almost as big as the one in the pic.