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CH4:D - 02 Mar 2006 02:24 GMT

Gosh, I haven't posted in quite a long long time! :o My regards to the
regulars I know: Shuey, Mad Modeller and Al. ;)

Not exactly award-winning but it's a hug improvment from my first one.
;) I love the bright red finish on this kit. I now understand the
importance of patience in this hobby. On my first kit I couldn't wait
to apply the follow up coats. This kit was slowly, surely and
meticulously applied with car. Although I admit there are parts not so
good it's better than an overly thick paint. Some of the inside though
were a little less than satifactorily painted.

Here's the link:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/chad_d_stud/album?.dir=eae1&.src=ph&store=
&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/chad_d_stud/my_photos

Some concerns with the kit though. It's a Revell Dale Earnhardt Jr
Monte Carlo Nascar kit. Bought it 2yrs ago in Hobbytown Lexington,
Kentucky. Guys, this was the same kit I told you about last year that
had molds on the number 8 decals on the roof. It's not so noticeable in
the pictures but there is a faint dark shade there where the mold grew.
Also, I had a hard time applying the decals because the adhesives on it
either melted onto the paper or just plainly dried up. Not only that,
the 8 on the side of the car was a little too long for the actual width
of the area. I had to trim it a bit. Some of the decals and numbers
actually differed from the instructions. :(

Does Revel come with a wax paper put over the decals to prevent it from
sticking anywhere else in the box? My next project is a Fast & The
Furious Toyota Supra from ERTL. The decals that came with it was
covered with a wax paper to keep it from sticking anywhere else. The
decals are still in it's shiny new form and I even bought this along
that nascar kit. But revel's decals started drying up and got molds in
roughly just 6 months after I bought it.

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Al Superczynski - 02 Mar 2006 22:52 GMT

>My regards to the regulars I know: Shuey, Mad Modeller and Al. ;)

I know Bill Gates?? Why am I so poor? ;-p

><http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/chad_d_stud/album?.dir=eae1&.src=ph&store=&prodid=
&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/chad_d_stud/my_photos>

Looks pretty good to me!

>...this was the same kit I told you about last year that
>had molds on the number 8 decals on the roof. It's not so noticeable in
>the pictures but there is a faint dark shade there where the mold grew.

Mold?? How old was that kit and where was it stored?

>Also, I had a hard time applying the decals because the adhesives on it
>either melted onto the paper or just plainly dried up.

Whatever caused the mold (!) also caused these problems.

>Does Revel come with a wax paper put over the decals to prevent it from
>sticking anywhere else in the box?

Revell has started putting a protective film over the decals
lately. I don't like this idea since in my experience this stuff just
winds up sticking to the decal sheet eventually.

>My next project is a Fast & The Furious Toyota Supra from ERTL.
>The decals that came with it was covered with a wax paper to keep it
>from sticking anywhere else. The decals are still in it's shiny new form...

If you really want to protect the decals get rid of that 'wax
paper' and put them in a Ziploc bag instead.

>...revel's decals started drying up and got molds in
>roughly just 6 months after I bought it.

They must have gotten damp somewhere along the line.

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CH4:D - 03 Mar 2006 01:58 GMT

> I know Bill Gates?? Why am I so poor? ;-p

I'm asking myself that same question too, Al. ;)

> Looks pretty good to me!

Sorry, I couldn't show you my first work. I'll just be makin an a$$ out
of myself. I painted what I can and salvaged what I could with that
kit. Paint job looked like sh*t literally! :(

> > My next project is a Fast & The Furious Toyota Supra from ERTL.
> > The decals that came with it was covered with a wax paper to keep
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> If you really want to protect the decals get rid of that 'wax
> paper' and put them in a Ziploc bag instead.

Well this kit doesn't have that much decals - only 4 designs - as
opposed to tall the flashy decals of the NASCAR kit. I'm not concerned
over this though. I do recall moving the NASCAR kit down to my workshop
which gets damp in there when it rains. I think thats where the mold
started setting it. However, the "melting" of the decals onto the
manual happened while it was still in my room. It was cool and dry in
there. If the cabinet was the issue then the ERTL kit's decal would
have melted as well but it didn't. In fact, the ERTL kit was still
clean. The decals are as new. I don't think it will stick to the wax
paper since it's surface is not something anything can stick onto. I
believe in its fresh form the adhesive is still in it's "sticky" state.
When the nascar's decals was inserted in to the manual it think the
paper absorbed the decal's "stickyness". Of course, we all know that
decals in their new state is sticky in the back AND front of it.
Nothing should touch it either way. Oh well. Charge to experience I
guess. I can keep this wax paper for future use thought. ;)

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