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Looks like Castrol stopped selling it in the US due to California laws. The same laws that make getting Gunze a PITA. The stuff I bought at Wal-Mart didn't say Castrol anywhere on the bottle and it also didn't work very well for stripping enamel. Looks like I'll have to go the Mr. Color...

Construction is nearly finished. The turret interior will be painted and shown. Will be using the Taiwanese markings.

You misread me. Super Clean sold under the Castrol name is no longer made. However, lots of other companies still sell it. It's a case of a brand name taking over for an item name. People always call it Castrol Super Clean like how a lot of people say Sharpie instead of permanent marker and...

Whoops, I meant to say that denatured alcohol wasn't working very well and the fumes were bothering me. I know Mr. Color thinner would work, but the fumes would be even worse. Simple Green won't work on Tamiya primer and Super Clean, which Castrol actually stopped making and only off brands...

I have a favor to ask and am willing to pay to have it done. I have a resin and PE cockpit that needs Tamiya Liquid Surface Primer stripped off. I tried stripping it with Mr. Color thinner, but it didn't work very well and the fumes in my tiny dorm room were just way too much. Yes I know...

If you really can't stand to look at them you could always try to rebuild them, give them away, or try to sell them.

The gel CA worked okay. I just need a better applicator than music wire. When I get a chance, I'll take my Dremel to a thread needle and cut off part of the top leaving a fork to use as a CA applicator.

These might help: http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/05/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us_part3.htm http://web.ipmsusa3.org/content/tbd-1-devastator

Does anyone know any tricks for attaching PE mesh? I have to attach some PE mesh screens, but there isn't much contact between the edge of the mesh screens and the plastic and I find it hard not to fill the fine mesh with CA.

I went ahead and did some of the wiring. I also gave it a coat of Tamiya Liquid Surface Primer which didn't turn out well. I'll have to run to the store to get some denatured alcohol to strip it.

I want to enter a tank in the contest, but I can't decide between my Bronco SU-152 and my Dragon Dicker Max.

That kit looks awesome! I'm sitting on the MG Epyon, but I'll probably never get around to building it.

Wow, you're building fast! Have to send one of my thousand piece Dragon Panzers your way.

Looking good! Just be glad it's a simple cockpit. I superglued a few PE to myself while working on the Fw 189.

Cockpit is mostly together and awaiting paint and primer. The instructions are a lot better than most and pretty easy to follow. There are a few errors, but most of them are addressed in the pictures on the Northstar website which includes the instructions in color and very nice photos of the...