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Q: As my interest in adding details focuses on smaller and smaller areas, I’d like to start adding a finishing touch that’s often overlooked in modeling: state inspection stickers on the windshield. I’ve tried drawing them and cutting up little s  ... Read more »
Kit Reviews
Dune buggies were everywhere during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and it was the Manx – a “kit car” consisting of a fiberglass body riding on a shortened Volkswagen chassis – that helped to launch the craze.Round 2 Models has brought back the AMT M  ... Read more »
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Fundamentals of Car Modeling
Q: When our club holds its annual judged shows, the first thing we look at are the "basics" of building: removing mold lines and ejection-pin marks, sanding seams, etc. Sometimes a car has a ton of aftermarket stuff, and nice paint, yet loses out bec  ... Read more »
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Lift the hood of any race car from the 1950s or later, and you're bound to find one thing: steel braided lines and AN fittings. (AN is a US-military-derived specification stemming from a joint standard agreed upon by the Army and Navy - hence AN. How  ... Read more »
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