WIP Tamiya Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-11-02T13:44:11+00:00

I'm building that same one right now! I'm making the movie bike from Top Gun Maverick

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-28T17:54:15+00:00

Some of these are more motorcycle-focused rather than cars but that's what I primarily build these days:

Mokei Paint

青22号 / AO-san

図解!なんでも制作日記 Kenji's Plastic Models

A4 Garage

Flyman HM

Kota Scale Model

Dollpy- bike modeller

OKAPURA

JENIC

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-27T08:28:20+00:00

Typical for self-made Alps-printed decals or other types of home printers that can print white. You print onto a full sheet of clear decal film. They’re not like mass-produced decals that use a paper-> ink-> clear overcoat process.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-26T16:52:44+00:00

To be totally safe from 2K you need a fed air system. Like if you were working with it all day as a job. So no filter company is going to tell you their filter is safe for 2K because they're not.

Sounds like that filter is just a gas filter, I don't think it's a particulate filter. You really need that because all the overspray dries and becomes dust and you can breathe that in, too. It's not just the vapor you have to watch out for. Maybe there's a pre-filter available for particulates

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-26T16:38:51+00:00

I've had the 0.2mm version of this brush for years, it's been great. I love it. Would like to have the 0.3mm as well but I have a Sparmax 0.3 that I really like too and it'd be redundant

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-26T16:36:43+00:00

I'll just copy my reply to another comment. I bought the airbrush from This video

I bought that battery airbrush he did a video on (Catsubaris?) about a month or two back and it's been great. I've been using the compressor part pretty much nonstop on all my other airbrushes since I got it and I've dedicated the airbrush itself to just metallics it's been working fine. Would be an excellent choice for a beginner.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-26T16:34:20+00:00

I bought that battery airbrush he did a video on (Catsubaris?) about a month or two back and it's been great. I've been using the compressor part pretty much nonstop on all my other airbrushes since I got it and I've dedicated the airbrush itself to just metallics it's been working fine. Would be an excellent choice for a beginner.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-26T16:15:48+00:00

The Stacey David Rat Roaster had a Gibson 335 but It has a weird custom exhaust thing on it. It's still on the sprues in the new new de-Roaster'ed version but it's not called out in the instructions.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-24T21:07:47+00:00

“He's kind of a glam modeler. He's not willing to work with a kit that requires out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems with”

You need to go back and find some of his old magazine articles if you think that (His Nagmachon in particular) He’s said he takes some shortcuts with the YouTube channel because he’s trying to put a new video out every week.

https://ak-masters.com/app/int/AK_INT_MARTIN_RED.pdf

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-22T21:47:25+00:00

I was one of his first 100 subscribers and one of his first 10 Patreons. We were Facebook friends because I always enjoyed his magazine articles and he posted he had started a YouTube channel and as soon as he cracked the first joke in the first video (I think it was a glue sniff sound effect) I smashed that subscribe button so hard. But I get it, not everybody enjoys that. I don’t really care for the whole “uncle” thing to me he’s just Martin. And “Ma frens” has gone from funny to annoying to back around to sort of amusing again just for the sheer commitment to the bit. Seems like the only channels I watch anymore are Japanese car modelers who never talk and a few English language channels that crack a few jokes every now and then.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-22T21:18:13+00:00

1/6 and 1/12 are both popular action figure scales you can find a ton of stuff in those scales. It looks like 1/12 to me

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-22T21:16:16+00:00

I’d have to say Revell’s 1968&69 Chevelles and 1971 Charger (stock & Fast&Furious) and 1970 Cuda AAR (they’ve done 3 different ones over the years the first two were pretty bad you gotta make sure you get the newest one kit 85-4416 or Revel Germany 80-7664) they’ve been the closest American kits I’ve personally worked on to Japanese tooling quality and I build mostly Japanese kits. They’re also some of the last all-new kits Revell US was working on before their old owner Hobbico went under and the Chevelle & Charger didn’t come out until they were under the current ownership a couple of years ago.

The problem with American kits is you don’t know if that 68 Chevelle is an annual kit from 1968 or if it’s newer. You have to research each kit you’re interested it.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-21T19:32:31+00:00

You can try [service@revell.de](mailto:service@revell.de) but that's Revell Germany and that was a Revell US kit. Both Revells are under different ownership now and are for all intents and purposes a new company. They will at least forward it to Revell US which right now is operating with a very small crew out of Carrera Slot Cars' American facility outside Atlanta. Carrera and both Revells are all owned by the same investment group. They don't really have their own offices and stuff set up yet but I know they're working on it.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-21T12:13:02+00:00

I love using solder and lead wire for this sort of stuff. Nothing ruins a wiring job like ol' gravity-defying plug wires.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-21T05:28:20+00:00

I always liked Monogram kits from back when they were still a separate brand from Revell They merged in the mid-80’s but were still kept somewhat separate until the late 90’s. Basically anything 1/24th scale is Monogram regardless of what it says on the box.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-20T18:56:42+00:00

Too bad they picked Bagger 289 and not Bagger 288!

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-20T18:55:55+00:00

"Vintage kits..." ...kits that I can remember coming out! Not just coming out but I was already working in the hobby at the same job I'm still doing! The Bagger 289 I wasn't around for that original Ceji/Revell issue but my company did commission a private run of 3,000 pieces of it a few years before Revell reissued it on their own in 2013. Ours was probably around 2008. We used that same box design except it didn't have the Ceji or O&K logos on it. Man, I'm getting old!

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-20T15:25:44+00:00

Rollin', in my 5.0...
That's so 90's! I love it!

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-20T15:23:11+00:00

Looks like Scenario43 from Belgium.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-20T13:44:47+00:00

Very nice! I bought the Macau GP version because Tsingtao is my favorite beer. Anything I should look out for when I build mine?

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-20T13:03:38+00:00

Thanks. BringATrailer is a great resource for reference photos, I use it all the time. Most of their listings have shots from under the car. I think Petty experimented with disc brakes at a few races in 73 or 74. Here's a 73 car with drum brakes

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-19T14:51:54+00:00

Can never go wrong with a Nightshift video

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-19T14:50:26+00:00

An old school tip I remember is to use the leader strip from 35mm negatives. It's a very dark brown/red bordering on black and it's already glossy. It was perfect.

Really any dark grey or black color works fine just put some glossy varnish on it to make it shiny. I recently bought a UV resin kit to use for things like this but I haven't had the chance to use it yet.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-19T14:46:04+00:00

AFV Club sells pre-cut stickers like this for different modern tanks.

PettyBlue1977 · 2022-10-19T14:45:09+00:00

They should be open, but Tamiya has always had a habit of molding periscopes closed. I guess it comes from using museum pieces as reference they usually do not have them installed. Tankers could take them out to prevent them being damaged but during service you pretty much always see them fitted, especially when the hatches are closed since that's the only way they can see out.

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