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Very impressive. Love it! Dave

I would call them and talk to them directly. I have had spotty experiences with them and only go to Squadron when they are sole supplier or have really good sale Dave

Rusty: There was a vendor at Wonderfest that did nothing but guns- mostly SciFi like Bladerunner, Star Trek, etc. but there were some realistic guns. And I agree with VonL, take the political stuff to the bull pen and lets talk models! Dave

Sent them a note Dave

Great start to the year Dave

Wonder if this was a re-release of the Alnger kit? https://www.scalemates.com/kits/alanger-40002-k-407-nato-delta-iv-class--105321 Don't see that exact one from them but I do see this but think its different: http://www.ipmsusa.org/reviews/Kits/Ships/Zvezda_350_K-3/Zvezda_350_K-3.htm Dave

Here's a link to a good article on natural metal finishes from IPMS Fame Cities: http://famecities.com/2013/07/natural-metal-by-ed-kinney-and-larry-davis/ Dave

Great looking build of a kit from my youth too. And the rivets. Looks great Dave

Love it. Finished mine too and could not find any markings. We need some decal people to give these some love. Great kit and you did it right Dave

Sweet

One alternative is Tamiya - either the acrylic thinned with lacquer thinner or their lacquer decanted from the spray can. Both give a nice white and dry in a few hours and rock hard in half a day or less Dave

To support Dan, here's an example of a 3D printed Godzilla fresh off the printer generated by a program called Z Brush The technology is here and if you look at the fact that this years George Lee award went to a 3D printed Lunar Module, it says a lot Dave

FWIW, this is a real person also Pepper was based on Schlitzie the Pinhead (on the left) Dave

IPMS USA already received the kit for review so you may see some updates of the build posted soon Dave

I knew I saw things somewhere. Check out this web site: https://shop.lastcavalry.com/books-mags-and-dvds/?mc_cid=ada12838dc&mc_eid=ec10c2b809 Great store too Dave

Sweet. Love the movie too Dave

No problem. Print media is really suffering from newspapers to magazines at this point Dave

Not that I am aware of but there are several forums like Planet Figure that are good Dave

LOL. I love it. Big fan of the big guy Dave

Did you email the office manager? She usually replies in less than a day. manager@ipmsusa.org Dave

Letter is completely false about getting rid of product lines. Check Testors home page Dave

Nice. collection. I love David Whitford's kits- wish I could paint and sculpt like him too Dave

Actually, David...we just don't care. I will not spend hardly anytime on references or research because, to me, its boring. Period. If I can't Google something and find an answer in 30 seconds, it isn't worth my time and interferes with the fun of building and painting. Of course I know people who research things to the extreme and they seem to enjoy it so cool but for me, no thanks to research. And to me more inclusive as a group, we need to include both Dave

Here's the IPMS review of the kit http://www.ipmsusa.org/reviews/Archive/Kits/Aircraft/Trumpeter_32_P-38L/Trumpeter_32_P-38L.htm Dave

That's why realism is NOT and should not be a judging criteria..ever Dave