Damn, that sucks! Had the same thing happen on a recent JU-88 kit made in the late '90s. They looked okay before they hit the water, no cracks, no yellowing.
I'm not able to help you out with my spares, but wish you luck.
I decided that I will not add any more shading to this, want to keep the overall weathering down to a major degree. This plane was lost (pilot captured famously) before the Mk.Vs were prevalent which is partly why this one uses the A-wing not the B as most Mk Vs had.
Since I was done spraying...
I'll be 61 soon and got back into the hobby in the 1st half of 2024 after about 25 years of not touching a model. I totally understand your point of view, in my case I had a collection of airbrushes and a compressor already.
I do not doubt this one bit! A guy who won best in show for automotive...
If you (anyone, not intended to mean an individual) intend to continue building models I have to agree with this advice.
I think you can paint a car's body with a rattle-can and have good results, but you cannot paint the hundreds of little bits easily with that approach, and trouch-ups are a...
So, you're a neurosurgeon by trade?
Just kidding. I about fell outta my chair when I saw this was 1/72 scale after seeing the crosshairs in the targeting sight. That would be tedious in 1/48 scale!
I've only used this brand of paint once. It is not cheap, but I wanted a full-effort paint job and know that requires quality paints so I used this brand. My results were better than expecations, although I did not use their multi-part/multi-stage clear, I think those are epoxies not lacquers...
That bronze/orange metallic is the only color these cars came in.
They never reached full-blown production, but they did (do) exist. A family friend had a Chrysler dealership in SE Houston in the 1960s. Back in those days dealerships had plastic models of the various cars they sold. Since I was...