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Looks great so far Crash - I'm onboard for following your build. Have you tried to contact Mac at Mac's modelling? - he made some 1/12 brake kits for the late 3 Tamiya 1/12 kits a while back - http://www.macsmodeling.com/mysite/1-12%20STORE.htm You can email him and see if he has anything?? Mac is a...

Looks great so far Crash - I'm onboard for following your build. Have you tried to contact Mac at Mac's modelling? - he made some 1/12 brake kits for the late 3 Tamiya 1/12 kits a while back - http://www.macsmodeling.com/mysite/1-12%20STORE.htm You can email him and see if he has anything?? Mac is a...

Totally agree - love the GTP Group C cars some of the most brutal racecars ever build
Before the driver assists and when men raced each other not computers
I will follow your build too Sennafan
Cheers
John

Bill - just something to consider - fish eyes are caused by contaminants usually silicone substrates that are left on the surface of what you are painting, but fish eyes can also be caused by contamination of the painting equipment - I would drain the tank if your spray equipment has an "air ta...

The 2K is not really a lacquer - it is a Urethane "plastic" that uses a hardener "catalyst" to complete the reaction and make it hard which has cyanoacrylate which is the active ingredient in CA glues - ALWAYS use a respirator when spraying 2K clear or any 2K paints - COPD is a h...

Thank you - Alex and MoFo and Jadar The links and the advice were great - I got the "shinebrite" from Amazon. I have the big 180mm Magnetic polisher that is sold on eBay - from China I think - got one for about $160 shipped It has adjustable time and dual direction. The videos have been a ...

Thank you MoFo and leftkeys for the information - Especially MoFo - your thought out reply was most informative. I am going to polish 1/12 bits from MFH 1/12 kits - I have the 180mm Magnetic polisher that has been on eBay - one of the blokes sent me a link a while back for it. I have 0.5mm pins abou...

Hello - this post is for those that have used the magnetic polishers for cleaning up the "white metal" parts of the MFH kits Do any of you that have built the MFH kits using the magnetic polishers have any tips? what size polishing pins to use? How many pins? weight of pins to use? Where t...

Derick - I believe you are correct with your answer about the rotary engines - it was also early IMSA in like 82'-83' in GTU and GTO classes running 2 and 3 rotor wankles. the rotaries did very well and as a leveling rule I remember Lee Mueller telling me at Daytona that they weren't banned, but the...

Thanks for the URL link Joe - I'm in the USA so this one is fine as far as voltage and location.
Cali is only one state away so delivery is only a couple of days

I really appreciate the help
Cheers
John