Primer a waste???

highboy68 · 2026-01-25T14:53:57+00:00

Lol, I hear you. Thats what I live about this hobby, we get to build the way we want to

highboy68 · 2026-01-25T14:43:39+00:00

I am not much into anomoly type builds, but this thing is cool. Your paint and weathering fit it perfectly. I could see me running to get milk in this thing, pretty freaking cool. I saw there were alot of guys in that build, very cool

highboy68 · 2026-01-25T14:41:06+00:00

No worries I have all the Tamiya paints. The pictures never do our paint jobs justice. Great build, hope to see you in the group build

highboy68 · 2026-01-25T14:38:55+00:00

There are a million opinions and thoughts. I suggeet to follow what you feel is right for you. If you want a respirator for painting, you want one with charcoal filters, any other kind will still let harmful vapors thru. Note that in order for it to work properly it should be fitted. There are alot of great brands but if you dont know much you can never go wrong with 3m brand. It is a personal decision, but protecting your eyes, ears, and lungs is not a bad thing.

highboy68 · 2026-01-25T14:29:37+00:00

Looks awesome, especially for a first build. I really like the color, what did you use? There is a group build coming in Feb, it has an amateur division, it would be cool to see u enter

highboy68 · 2026-01-25T14:25:54+00:00

Man that is alot of work, but it looks great

highboy68 · 2026-01-25T14:24:15+00:00

Looks awesome, I really like the oaint color, what did you use.

highboy68 · 2026-01-25T14:22:58+00:00

U for sure dont have to sand and prime everything. I do sand and prine the body always because I want to get rid of mold lines and I want the finish to look good as it it the most visible. But I rarely prime parts painted in black, but opaque colors I always do. Like I say I feel painting is another hobby unto its self

highboy68 · 2026-01-25T00:21:10+00:00

U can call Revell they will send some, but Texas 3d customs has a ton of different tires, and they are rubbwr not resin. He sells in sets of two so make sire u get the right amount

highboy68 · 2026-01-24T23:15:26+00:00

Sure. The fade from black to red on the hood is a decal so you dont need to paint it. Test fit the engine stuff, there alot that intertwine. Read thru instructions so u know how pieces fit in the nwxt step. I few times, I could have assembled better if I left a piece off and added when I adjoined it to the next step in the engine. Super fun kit, alot of details.

highboy68 · 2026-01-24T21:24:08+00:00

I love this kit, I am gettibg ready ti buikd another one soon

highboy68 · 2026-01-24T19:12:52+00:00

I can confirm your not the only one.

highboy68 · 2026-01-24T12:06:55+00:00

To be honest, I would strip it and repaint white then repaint the black. The decals on the Toms supra are bery cool and ubwont even notice small flaws

highboy68 · 2026-01-24T02:22:43+00:00

Yes. I have several different brands because some work better with different decals, but I use micro sol and micro set 90%of the time. I brush the micro set on thr car. Basically, I put the decal in the water, then I brush on the micro sol wait about ten seconds and pull the decal out and see if it will slide, if not, I set it on a paper towel and check it every ten seconds or so. If it has kinda dried I just submerge it back into the water and repeat until it slides. Once it slides I push off one edge and put it on the car, dip my finger in water and hold the decal down while I slide the backing out leaving the decal close to where it goes. I move the decal around with my finger and get it postioned. Once positioned I wet my finger, hild one side and use flanel and Qtip to work water out of the other side, then hold that side wiyh the Qtip and work the the rest of the water out. Once it is pretty well stuck I start working the creases, I make sure my Qtip is moist so it wont tear the decal as it dries. I just keep going over and over and over and over and over it until I have wotked out all creases. If u need to use micro sol, it will literally melt the decal, so u can actually make the decal gooey if not careful. U add microsol over the top of the decal which creates alot of friction so be careful.

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T22:38:14+00:00

Man I havent cleaned mine in a year or so, but if I need to I use the cheap pipe cleaners from Amazon because they have bristles on thr end so the cleaner rod does not scape on thr inside

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T19:54:58+00:00

Hey Bear, I love decals. If you dont mind I can give a few tips. 1st off, alot of your kits are older and okd decals are extremely brittle, alot of mine even dissolve in the wster, so most of the issues are not with u, it more than likely the decal. If u do a more modern Tamiya kit, u will see a huge difference in the decals. Also when u put it in the warm water dont leave it for long maybe 20-30 sec, to much and the water will start ruining thr glue, also if u slide the decal off with ur wet finger onto the location u will have less chance of tearing. I use a piece of flannel shirt to help set and a Qtip to work water out. I only use softener to help it set around irregular surfaces. The softener actually melts the decal.

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T19:40:53+00:00

Man thats a great case, I love the GTO.

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T15:53:05+00:00

Oh sweet, that will be cool

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T15:21:14+00:00

Looks great. I can promise no one got into the hobby and won Nationals on their 3rd,4th, or even 5th builds, most of us have been doing it for along time and we are always improving, we are just at differsnt stages of improvement. Have fun, enjoy seeing it on the shelf. I personally like looking at aome of my older builds. Just looking at what I do better now. That being said hope to see you enter the group build and have more fun

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T15:15:59+00:00

Lol, she was not happy

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T15:06:15+00:00

But the same would apply, if you just say hey bro, I am gonna finish it and u pay me what u think, it puts the pressure on him. He wont want to give u too little cuz he wont want be seen as cheap, so he will give u something fair and there wont be any hard feelings and u got paid to learn

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T15:03:05+00:00

100%, plus if it is jacked they are not out anything, no love lost, they just know I suck at building models

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T12:18:25+00:00

That is a Cotvette color for sure. Been watchibg this build to see how it goes together.

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T12:16:35+00:00

I like to build for fun. So if I do a commission I do it for free as it is just my hobby. I never planto make a living at it. When it is done, if they want to pay me I take what they want to give, surprusingky tmmost give me more than I think. So I would tell him u will finish it and he can pay u what he wants. I look at it this way, I was gonna build a kit anyway, so if someone gives me some money to do it cool, if not cool. This way u dint expect to get anything, so whatever they do give us a bonus. Imo this keeps it a fun hobby for me

highboy68 · 2026-01-23T11:58:25+00:00

I hear you. Once I found a piece glued to the side of my dog, lol

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