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goldfish999 wrote:

andyaus wrote:

goldfish999 wrote:

They are the same wheels? they look amazing

They certainly are I have learnt some good techniques for removing paint without damaging the base plastic

Would you share your secret of how?

It depends on the type of paint and the material, But for these I used Nitro fuel with a cotton bud then a clean lint free clothes to wipe any residue

A prolific sunday today. I ended my camaro and working on my roling hilux body.

Waiting news for spares from Germany

Loving that camaro pal

My wife's christmas gift. I had problems with the clear coat. It was flat like a old car. Now it is glossy. I am really happy.

stingray-63 wrote:

My wife's christmas gift. I had problems with the clear coat. It was flat like a old car. Now it is glossy. I am really happy.

Very nice, you chose your wife well

It is the 15th year she accepts my hobbies <3

Nah just order one

OK,
So over the holidays I also received a box from my friends at Team Blue Groove! Aren't Canadians great !!
I had sent them a vintage Parma McLaren body I have been saving for many years so they could copy it and when they were going to send back my new copy ( the originals don't survive sometimes) I also ordered a couple of other bodies for some projects. One was a new body for my Astute!
I have been wanting to change the ugly original body for a new one so I when right to work, trimmed it and washed it up, I used MCI masks for the windows, my first time with them and I must say they worked great, had to trim just a little bit but very easy and great results. I am into my last jar of Pactra Racing Red on this one, just an awesome color. I really don't know what I am going to do when I run out of the Pactra paint it is all I have ever used for PC bodies, guess I will switch to Tamiya but I will miss the airbrush ability of the Pactra.
I haven't started cutting decals for yet but could not resist sharing a picture in just the red!



Looks so good I almost don't want to decal it well almost

I will add more pics when it is done.

And the bonus question....... what is going on in this picture??

Woohoo.... it is very nice. The astute is a nice chassis. It is not an upgraded madcap?

Sorry my friend, not a Madcap, although they are related I guess....

Any other guesses???

I will try and get the decals on soon and more pictures posted.

Also beautiful job on the Revell Camaro! I am currently working on the Trumpeter GT40 and I completely understand the reviews it has received, it is a bit of a let down for such a newly tooled kit. I am sure it will be presentable in the end but a Tamiya 1/12 kit it is not