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I've got these Squadron ones that work quite well. I also have this. My daughter, a beautician, got it for me. Chris

I was most fortunate to land a great job at age 25. I worked there for exactly 35 years, retiring six years ago, at age 60. My wife and I both grew up on farms, so we learned to live a not overly expensive life. We have a investment guy who has done a great job of making us a great retirement fund. Though I don't bring home as much as when I worked, we don't have any great expenses or debt. If I want to buy some new modelling stuff, I just do it. Retirement has been a great career move for me. Chris

On my last build, I did some brush painting, using Tamiya and Citadel acrylic paints. I added a drop or two of this, in a small container. Worked great. Chris

Intel: http://www.colorserver.net/history/history-zinc-chromate.htm Chris

That photo is way too small! It's hard to tell just what aircraft it is or might be. It needs to be at least 4 times larger, at the minimum. Chris

These collector rings are the same as used on Bristol radial engines, as used by the British. The design was borrowed from the British pre-WW2. Chris

Not stringy, but it's a bit thinner than the old Testors tube cement that I had been using. It finally solidified a years or so ago, so I opened a Humbrol tube. I wanted something that dried slower than the Tamiya Extra Thin I've been using. I found the Humbrol a bit difficult the control right out of the tube. Chris

I've bought a few Airfix 1/72 Starter kit and they come with a small tube of Humbrol cement. It works great. I have used it a few time, applied with a wooden toothpick or straight pin for tight spaces. Chris

On my PC, it automatically translates into English. Chris

Is this of any use? http://soyuyo.main.jp/p40b/p40b-1.html Chris

Aw shucks! 'Twern't nothing. It was just sitting there on the shelf. It had been there for many years, untouched. Chris

You want the whole kit? I've got one in the stash that I'm never going to build. PM me your address and it's yours. Chris

I don't think there is anything that will cut a piece of wire straight across. You will still need to file it off square, if that is what you want. Chris

Ha ha ha! Chris

If you have access to coffee filters or some other like material, you can strain the paint through that before using. I remember some years ago about a guy who used an old pair of his wife's pantyhose. He cut them up into small squares and strained his paint through that. A used teabag that has the old tea removed would probably work, too. Chris

I've had one in my stash since soon after it came out. I think I have all the Revell 1/72 Luft46 kits. Chris

Just last year I used some Mr Masking-Sol that I've for a few years now. This was my first try at it and I wasn't impressed. I used it around some vinyl masking patterns that didn't want to stick too well on some curvy bits. When I removed the masking, the Mask-sol lifted some of the paint underneath in some spots and/or removed the slight sheen of the paint in others. As I live in northeast Alberta and do not have access to a hobby store, other than mail order, I, too would like to know of other masking fluids. Chris

I guess I misunderstood this topic's title. I thought it was about weathering propeller blades. My bad! Chris

Why is the effin' forum so against the use of Flickr! What a proper P.I.T.A.! This is what I was trying to post above.

I use these makeup pads to clean my kit with alcohol. They don't leave any lint. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50452532541_a1699d2b73_c.jpg[/img Chris

It's this forum. They're done something different that makes it harder to post images from an online hoster. Have you tried using the built-in image poster at the bottom of the reply box? That still works.

Can't help you then. I just copy the BBCode from Flickr and paste it directly into the reply box. I then highlight the bits of the code I don't want and click Submit Reply. Chris

Delete the [img] one the left end and the ] on the right end. Chris

Okay, post the whole BBCode in the reply box. Then highlight and back space everything in front of the https: and every thing from the rear end up to the g in img. I hope that makes sense. This forum started doing this a few months back for some reason. Chris

Yes it has, at least on this forum. Now, lets see if I can remember how to do it.