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Testor's Paint Thinner on my acrylic Academy F-86f-30 canopy worked flawlessly too!

I'm getting to the point where I'm thinking about the final finish on my Kinetic F-86f-30. Man, what a high-quality kit. Anyway I've read a little about Alclad II but can find no one who has used it and has explained just why it is so much better than say an airbrushed Testor's Aluminum paint or...

Thanks for the help gentlemen. Now, with my touch-up brush..............:lol:

None yet Lucky13.

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"Buddy" = Ted Sorry, I forgot to add my signature when I registered.

Thanks Lucky. Yes I searched every 1:32 set. Could not find P-40 available. I'll look again. Did I miss something? If I find a set I will be VERY happy.

I have searched the internet for days looking for a set of decals to convert a Brit camouflaged Flying Tigers P-40 by 21st Century Toys to a P-40B/C (1941 vintage P-40CU, 1941 Mitchell Field). Cutting Edge's decal set CED32052 looks just like the decal set I need but I'm not having any luck...

Thanks for all the kind words gents. Yes, I think he'll crack a little. Along with the plane I've made a DVD slide presentation with 46 shots of the build. I overdubbed some 40's background music: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and several of the best of Glenn Miller. I was going to include On a Wing...

I would like to know the color of the wheel bays on a P-51 B/C. I have a pre-built model of a "C" I believe with "Princess" nose art and tail no. 2103896. It has flat black bays. I would think they would be zinc chromate as in the P-51D. Does anyone know? Also, might you know if the insides of...

Those vertical stripes are dead vertical in real life. My photo makes them appear they are not "square" to the centerline of the fuselage. Oh, and thanks everyone. I am excited about learning from you guys. You are too much. As for the red dots, you were right on Airframe. The wing decals...

OK. Here she is with the correct insignias. Thought I'd also throw in a shot of a display at the Museum of the Airforce. Shows one chap painting Invasion strips, the not so neat way. :rolleyes:

Ok, I just called dad and went over the insignia thing with him. Now he thinks it had the stars and bars. :| Looks like I remove the old ones and install the stars and bars. Can I use Micro Set to remove those now?

Airframes, Not really sure about what was used at that time. Dad thought it had the old insignias so that's what I used. If you all feel this craft needs the stars and bars then that's what it will get because using the wrong insignias would be a real boo boo. Thanks Oh, and thanks for...

Wow! I just saw my pics on line. Why are some of them so huge. I thought I reduced all of them to 600x800. Doh.