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Well, I did. And it's a doozy: you guys know how lately more and more products, in an effort to 'greenify' their packaging are using a paper-maché like shell? Apple Mice now come resting in a little cardboard tub, some other products as well. Pic Pic with quarter for scale Paint it a 'sandy' color,...

[/quote]The 2nd is usually so much better than the 1st... Maybe 'cause we look for someone WITHOUT whatever miffed us 'bout the 1st.[/quote] It made me realize the 1st was actually right about more things than I had imagined, or for which she had been given credit. The 2nd...let's just say I truly w...

I have a couple boxes of 'stuff' that I'm giving away to whomever, but I was wondering...is there such a thing as 'holy grail' bits that scratch builders search high and low for, or drool uncontrollably when they see it or hear of someone else having it/them?

Pat -- I had never even heard of Wonderfest until I became interested in large scale figures. I'd love to say I'll get there someday, but....

Didn't know if this was the appropriate place or not, so if it needs moved feel free. For personal reasons I'm done modeling for the foreseeable future. Over the last ten years or so I have collected a couple boxes of 'stuff'. I'm moving (soon), didn't want to trash it all, and the recycling center ...

DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT use citrus based cleaners, or worse, strippers, on styrene. They melt. I ruined a FM Falcon canopy set that way. That was in September, still waiting for replacements.

To get away from the "detail crazies" of WWII and modern USN aircraft I decided to venture into figures and some Warhammer 40K kits. They also have their share of details, but I know of no one who's piloted a Tau gunship. I do, however, know a few who have stick time in Hellcats, Corsairs ...