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  1. 36 minutes ago, Mstor said:

     

    This is a real shame. I thought we finally had an answer. It would be real nice if one of the paint manufacturers would tackle this and come up with something that works.

     

    Well I did a little more digging on that product number and on a nail polish blog (and they call modelers crazy)  they referenced that 212 product number to the chameleon line of holographic polishes and low and behold I think I found it under their Nee Jolie line listed here and under color NJ-001:

     

    https://www.bornprettystore.com/jolie-35ml-chameleon-nail-polish-gold-purple-flake-nail-varnish-black-base-needed-p-46334.html

     

     

  2. I still don't see a gold in that line. What they have that is closest is a brown but I don't think it's a match to the real canopy color. I can't locate any true gold colors that they have that are the holographic line like was originally used. Too bad since it was a damn good match.

  3. 26 minutes ago, Zactoman said:

    I need to properly compose my thoughts, but will likely have some good things to say about the kit and AMK (and I'm going to bash the kit :taunt:).

     

    I doubt I'll be doing any aftermarket for this, at least the hips. I suspect that a proper fix would involve too many parts at a higher cost than most would be willing to pay. I suppose some band-aids might be possible, we'll see.

    I am hoping to diagnose the underlying problem(s) and possibly make suggestions on how builders can fix it themselves.

     

    :cheers:

     

    Careful!  You'll be accused of being a rival model company and personal insults will follow!  :wmsmiley-poop-hits-the-fan:

     

    Can't wait to see your thoughts and judgement!

  4. 13 hours ago, Mstor said:

     

    Did you try the fix I mentioned in the post above?

    Yes after I was able to see it quoted in an email notification posted by someone else and it worked!  Thanks. :thumbsup:  Other wise no I couldn't see your fix.

     

    Still an issue with the software, probably changing some kind of preference, since I know I didn't change anything and I am pretty sure the rest of the people that are having the same issue probably didn't change anything.:dontknow:

  5. 1 hour ago, midnightprowler said:

    Why is the forum looking so goofy?

    It has to be the forum software again.  Firefox started looking all goofy earlier today so I switched to Edge and it ran fine for a few hours but now it is appearing all wonky in that too.  Took me 10 minutes just to figure out where the posting box was located.

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    Shipping issues might be some basis. Perhaps also international competition. At the end of the day, there was some decision based on return on investment and opportunity costs. I can't imagine the Testors business moves RPM's needle very much. This does beg the question why RPM acquired Floquil, Testors, and whatever other hobby paint lines they gobbled up. :dontknow:

     

    At any rate, they lost me to Mr Color years ago. They're very much in a different class

     

    Considering that the consumer lines portfolio which testors is part of accounts for about 30% of their profits, and that line also carries the rustoleum, DAP and few other big name brands available at the big box stores, I would say that model paints are an infinitesimal amount compared to the other flagship brands.  I guess they just wanted to take out competitors but only spurred on more.  Not all great as the old brands but there seems to be as many of not more choice.  Wonder what their bean counters think now?

  7. I have no problems with Hobby World good service and responsive to emails.  I just wish any distributor of the paint could keep it in stock.  I see that Sprue has already been hit by the paint hoarders.  The good thing with sprue is that they have email notification that things are back in stock,  Maybe some day I will be finally able to get some MRP interior green.  😞

  8. Raymond can you advise what the stock status "Stock offer from e-supply shippable in 30 days, 6 pcs in stock" means?  I placed an order for several items that all showed in stock at the time of purchase but now this shows up as the stock status of one of the items.

     

    Thanks!

  9. 1 hour ago, Julien (UK) said:

    SWBELL/AT&T members of Britmodeller.

     

    If you're unable to visit the site in the last week or two, it seems that our server's IP has been blocked, and we're attempting to find a way to resolve it.

    If you're tech-savvy enough to help out with a tracing of the route to see where it's blocked, you can do the following:

     

    From Windows, Open up a Command window/DOS Prompt (type cmd <ENTER> from your start menu's Run item) and type the following:

    tracert britmodeller.com

     

    Mac and Linux users should open a Terminal window and type the following:

    traceroute britmodeller.com

     

    The screen will scroll along for a bit as the data hops between router after router, and will either end in a failure with some timeouts or get to the britmodeller.com server

    Once it's finished, if you can copy and paste the details and forward them to me in a message, and we'll send the info on to our Support people. 

     

    Thx 

     

    Julien

     

    Just sent the trace results I got you.

     

  10. I have tried it on xfinity (comcast), at&t and verizon and a couple of locations that I don't know who the ISP was but I think one was COX.  I checked again today and verizon works now, both on the phone and laptop.  But still no dice on AT&T or Xfinity.

     

    Over on another board someone said that BM had blacklisted their Verizon ISP a while back due to some security concerns but they got it working again after a lot of work from the owner of BM.  Based on that historyI have a sneaking suspicion the same kind of thing happened after the server work last month and some ISP are now blacklisted.

  11. I also tried to access it with a change in my DNS server and it is a no go.  It looks like it is trying to access the website servers and the TLS handshake is getting no response or one it doesn't like.  I have a feeling something got wonky when they did the server upgrade a few weeks ago since this problem started happening around the same time.

  12. It has been a problem for some folks for weeks.  It seems that people having the problem are in mostly in the US.  I have tried four different browsers (brave, IE, chrome, firefox) on 3 different devices over several ISP's with no dice.  I was able to access it once Friday of last week then back to the can't connect to server message.  Not sure what the problem is or even if they are aware of it.  Most responses from people is that is a user issue.  It is not.

  13. 31 minutes ago, RCAFFAN said:

    Also see my reply in the Caracal post as to the coming Air-Graphics sheet as to a Desert Storm scheme.....

     

    Yeah thanks for that.  I'll see about that when it comes out.  Like I said over there it would be great to have a sheet with the basic stencils, the variations of the more current national markings and a block of numbers to make custom aircraft numbers.

  14. 23 minutes ago, RCAFFAN said:

    Don't know if you have seen this but this new sheet in development  looks like it has a Canadian Desert Storm machine coming:

    https://www.72news.eu/2019/03/air-graphics-desert-storm-decals-sheet.html

    and he is well along so no need for Kursad to look at that scheme, but others would surely be appreciated......

     

    Nope hadn't seen that.  That is also a different bird than the one Belcher had on his sheet for the Gulf War.  What would be great is to have the basic stencils and then a block of numbers provided to mark up custom aircraft numbers.  Belcher has done it that way on his sheets.  Also the variations of the main markings.  This pic shows two variations from Shearwater just before retirement:

     

     

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  15. 8 hours ago, Snowbird3a said:

    Its the new Airfix yellow SAR release with some PE thrown at it and the required conversion from a Westland;  with the Belcher Gulf war  conversion and some scratch doing.

     

    Way better than the Fujimi it, by the way

     

    Cheers, Tony

     

    How did you handle the blades?  In looking at the new airfix kit it looked like they have the composite blades but I don't see composite blades on the Canadian aircraft.  Did you modify them or use blades from another kit?  I do like the looks of the new kit though.  Might have to buy one just to do a RN build or two now to do the the RCN build too!

     

    4 hours ago, Lupusprimus said:

    HELI SCALE QUALITY has this decal set. It's also available in 1:72. Don't know if it's enough for your purpose.

     

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    That would be a start.  Wish they had more numbers but I think I could scab together numbers from other sources.  But that website.  I can't figure out where the decals are listed and if they are available and my translator app doesn't work too well on that site.  Have you used their decals before?

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