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ScottsGT

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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.  
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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.  
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belugawhaleman

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9 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

Not sure if I’m a genius or just a modeling hack.  But I just went and bought this at Harbor Freight.  
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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.  
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Interesting

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BlrwestSiR

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10 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

Not sure if I’m a genius or just a modeling hack.  But I just went and bought this at Harbor Freight.  
IMG_1665.thumb.jpeg.7263b2bba1a5e0f150b00355cb663267.jpeg

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.  
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Not a bad idea. 

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Peterpools

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18 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

Not sure if I’m a genius or just a modeling hack.  But I just went and bought this at Harbor Freight.  
IMG_1665.thumb.jpeg.7263b2bba1a5e0f150b00355cb663267.jpeg

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.  
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Martin

Absolutely perfect for getting decals on in a straight line and I'm sure there are loads of modeling uses as well. Perfect and thanks for posting.

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BlrwestSiR

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Late last year I contacted a vendor on eBay whom I had previously purchased a set of resin rims and tires for a 1/12 Porsche. I asked if he could do some rims for my 1/12 Countach and he agreed. At the same time I asked about replacement tires for my Tamiya  1/12 McLaren MP4/6. The originals were badly deformed from age and I was just going to build it without. He had a set of slicks for the other F1 cars in that scale but didn't have an MP4/6 for use as a template so I sent my rims to him. 

Today, I got a package full of rims and tires. 

The Countach rims along with a new set for the Ford GT40 which I also sent along at his request. 

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The new MP4/6 tires. The black rims are the kit ones I sent him. He made resin versions as well as a rain tire version and sent me those too.

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You can see the tread pattern here compared to the slick. 

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Here's what my kit tires look like after 31 years. 

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Needless to say I'm thrilled by this and now I can consider getting my longest running kit build finally done. Maybe. 

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ScottsGT

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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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Carl

Incredible, and when you least expect it, good fortunes just shines through. The tires and wheels look fantastic.

Thye oldest kit in my display case is a 1/32 Trumpeter F8F Bearcat with rubber tires. Being small in size as compared to your 1/12 F1 tires, they look to be in perfect condition. 🤞

 

 

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BlrwestSiR

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We had to stop by the LHS for Edward to get some stuff for a school project. While there I saw a case of Bandai Tie Inceptors. Having wanted one for a while, I grabbed one. 

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I was so excited by this I forgot to pick up my MDC Typhoon that I had bought. Guess I'll have to go back again.

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belugawhaleman

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Today a couple of items......

 

First; from Tamiya, their Mitsubishi Isshikirikko Type 11 G4M1 (61049) in 1/48 scale. Looks like a nice kit and.... It's Big!

 

Also today; yet another set of Friulmodel tracks. A set for the Conqueror

tank.

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belugawhaleman

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10 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

That Tamiya’s Betty I always wanted. Good catch Paul. 

Thanks

I saw a documentary about how Israel got their first Tanks recently and the H39 was

featured. A great idea for the markings!

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BlrwestSiR

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2 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

I don’t know what was I thinking…. Hotchkiss will be in Israeli colours and jagdkitty probably too :)

 

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Jagdpanther are always a great one to build. My favourite variant of the Panther family. 

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BlrwestSiR

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46 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

I actually never built one. Maybe I should finish it in proper marking instead of fooling around with what-if IDF scheme. 

Here's the two I've done so far. 

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I still have one more in the stash. 

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On 4/15/2024 at 2:46 PM, belugawhaleman said:

First; from Tamiya, their Mitsubishi Isshikirikko Type 11 G4M1 (61049) in 1/48 scale. Looks like a nice kit and.... It's Big!

I have that built one of the few Tamy kits I have done it's a Nice kit as I remember;)

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belugawhaleman

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17 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

An oldie but a goodie (I hope).

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For the price, it was hard to pass up. 

And something to help with sanding on the F-15J build. 

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Cool sander....linear, thats different!

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BlrwestSiR

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37 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

Cool sander....linear, thats different!

Definitely, I was using a glorified electric toothbrush for sanding the intakes on the F-15 when I decided to bite the bullet and get one. 

17 minutes ago, CrankyCrafstman said:

Those David Union sanders work great!

That's great to know. I'm looking forward to using it.

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