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When I used Gunze Sangyo, I thinned it with denatured alcohol. Not rubbing alcohol. Might be the difference.

Really not liking the new look, and especially not happy with eventually finding the forum button at the bottom, it it takes me to most recent posts. I don't want to go to recent posts.

Love to see (injection molded)... 1/48 Il-28 Beagle 1/48 B-45 Tornado 1/48 Supermarine Swift 1/72 Myasishchev M-4

Want to buy an AMT 1/72 B-52G, the one with the Houndog missiles. Preferably less than an arm or leg.

On a Soviet binge Warren? Man I wish Trumpeter would bring out a 1/48 scale IL-28. My latest.

Sweet! There a company at the airport here that restores those, plus Venturas, etc.

I was looking through the page concerning kit donations to troops and vet rehab, and I'm wondering how up to date it is?

Oh yeah, we had a mall that would never play ball with us, but two who did. Always seemed to work out, but perhaps now days they're more afraid of liabilities, and of course mall space is taken up by kiosks selling cell phones, jewelry, and such. If not a mall, look for a local military base open house, etc. We're modelers! We're imaginative! We overcome, we adapt, we improvise!

I used to organize model displays for my old club once or twice a year. Often times it was under the guise of "don't pi$$ off one of the contest judges" lol. Seriously, we loved doing. Spending all day talking about models to new faces, girl watching (or people watching now days)' just too much fun really.

Getting started. It's not going to be an AMS job, just good basic construction. First build in 20 years because of having nowhere to set up a workbench. Great way to knock off the rust, and it seems muscle memory is still there.

I'm a graphic artist with the full Adobe Creative Suit at hand, and already have a method in mind if I couldn't find decals at the ready. But thank you for the ideas.

I've had those Time Capsule books since I was about 15, and can see them on the shelf from where I now sit. The gift you got sounds insanely great.

My family knows that if I don't get at least one model, and a book, Xmas didn't happen for me. It's a policy that goes back a loooong way. That, and never, ever buy me clothes. No ones gets my clothing likes right, lol.

Here's examples of the hi-viz and low-viz I'm talking about. Looks like I'll have to make my own.

A great number of good points here. And it's all rather Catch-22ish. The only way we might hope for kit prices to come down, is dramatically increasing the number of kit builders. So what can IMPS do to that end? Most of us old farts are indeed afflicted by AMS. Like diabetes, we brought it on ourselves. We strive for some level of excellence. Nick made a good point about the kit basher, where we all started. So we as IPMS need to knock off the "basher shaming." My first ever local chapter meeting, I was 14, and brought a trio of a 1/48 Monogram Hurricane, 109, and Ju-87. I was proud of them in spite of how bad they actually were. I felt devastated when an older modeler tore them apart with snobbish remarks, not realizing it was the work of a kid. As an adult, I continued to hear modelers do it, and didn't hold back MY criticism of the "shamer" in a face to face chat. IPMS has probably chased away more modelers than they've gotten members. An idea. Local chapters hold public model displays. Malls are a good place. Set up the tables in a square, rope them off, and man them all day. In addition to the usual contest quality work, display some basic skill, kit bashed models. Noobs can identify with those. Never tell a would be modeler what they should do to build better, UNLESS THEY ASK.

Thanks Gil, but it seems to be low vis markings, which came after my buddy's time in service. I was hoping for the high vis, full color markings.

Still nothing?

One of the kits in my stack. My uncle flew with VC19 off the Bogue in 1943.

Sigh. Thank you, but I am looking for specific experience with the specific compressor design I referenced in the original post.

Thanks Rusty, and yes, I knew all that. I'm looking for information specific to the design that's prevalent and illustrated. Reliability, fittings, etc.

Thanks. There goes another happy year out of my life, lol

Do some testing on scrap plastic first.

Thanks to some Xmas Amazon cards, I'm looking to get a new, silent compressor. Seems 95% of them are the same compressor, with different branding. Some of the reviews that concern me reference poorly fitting regulators or hoses. Anyone have experience with these? I'm considering the version with a tank.

I guess I was a good boy last year!

1986 Region 9 contest. Shot in B&W because they were going to be published in newsletters. Before the days of Photoshop, lol. As I recall, it also had lights for calling the ball, and the mast. Find the Update issue for the 86 Nationals. I think it won Most Humorous, built by Joe Martinez.