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I, too, am a user of Finisher's exceedingly good paints and +1 for using standard Mr. Color Thinner to thin said paints without any problem. I have tried Mr. Color Leveling Thinner and found it made little difference, except with the more transparent colours which made it more difficult to built up ...

Great subject. Great built. Well done!

Beautiful model! And if I may say, beautiful home, too!

Hi Seamus, As a UK resident myself, I can tell you Royal Mail take a £12 handling fee on top of the VAT on your declared goods. I suspect the value of your goods, as well as what type of goods that was declared, also fell foul of custom excise duty (different to VAT) rate. So there was a double wham...

+1 The original version can leave a cloudy appearance if applied too heavily. This premium version doesn’t, apparently.

I use Carr’s 145 Detailing Solder which I got from C+L Finescale in the UK. This solder contains lead which I find flows much better than any non-lead version. For the flux, I use a homemade 50% phosphate acid which works very well and without leaving any residual. I know that probably doesn’t answe...

Sorry that should’ve been 12watts (12w)!

I use solder a lot in 1/43 scale and once you master the technique there is no going back! it is by far the better way for joining any metal parts together. I’m still using my 12v (yes, 12v!) Antex soldering iron I got for £13 on everything. Even between white metal to white metal on car bodies. The...

That’s going to be mega! Good luck!

Well done! Those Alfa wheels look spectacular. Very nice as always and thanks for sharing.