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I'm looking for something to do to kill some time. I haven't put a model together since I was a kid. So I'm pretty much a beginner.
I'd like to know if this model of the Titanic is too hard for a beginner.
Thanks in advance
https://www.amazon.com/Academy-R-m-s-Titanic-Colour-Plastic/dp/B01ESWIL24
Quoted from LTG:Take your time. I think you'll do fine.
LTG : )
Thanks,any suggestions as far as what glue would be best?
Quoted from Mancave:I use Revell Contacta Professional glue as i find the applicator small metal tube it has is easier to control the amount of glue to a piece.
I did see that glue being used in one of the YouTube videos I watched. I knew I'd like using that glue because it has the same applicator that I use for fly tying.
Thanks
Quoted from LTG:No idea. Last model I built was an aircraft carrier. A few feet long. Filled it with gun powder and floated it across a lake. Hit it with a bottle rocket. BOOM ! I didn't think glue mattered, knowing it's fate.
LTG : )
We used to blow up,and shoot our Rat Fink models with wrist rockets.What the hell was wrong with us? 
s-l400 (1) (resized).jpgQuoted from MT45:Not sure if this qualifies but I just ordered this kit
Saturn V, the most powerful machine ever built by man - 5 Rocketdyne F1 engines that produced 7.5 million pounds of thrust
I personally own a stainless steel fuel filter from one of the fuel pumps that fed the kero and liquid oxygen fuel mix
The fuel pumps alone were 57,000 horsepower each!
Cant wait to build it![quoted image]
I just watched three guys build this model on YouTube. The final results are pretty impressive! I had no idea,that Lego models were this amazing. 
Quoted from cottonm4:I remember when they were a $1.95 kit.
I remember riding the family dinosaur to the hobby shop to pick up my Rat Fink models .
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:A LOT! I would kill to have that Ed Roth model nowadays
Me too,I'd love to have all of the Ed Roth models that I killed, displayed on my shelves.
Kids can be so stupid at times. 
Quoted from xsvtoys:Amazon has a bunch of Rat Fink models, looks like some of them were reissued. I don't know how the quality is on those, but the reviewers seem to like them. I think I'll pick up some of those to make, looks like fun. The original retro ones go for $100-200 each.
I picked up a couple myself for nostalgia. I just hope my older brother doesn't show up with his wrist rocket slingshot, once I have them assembled
I sent him a picture of Rat Fink last night and I asked him if he remembered these models. He said yes and I remember shooting them with our sling shots.
Quoted from ralphs007:We used to blow up,and shoot our Rat Fink models with wrist rockets.What the hell was wrong with us? [quoted image]
I'd like to know if this acrylic paint I found online at Michaels arts and crafts is okay for model painting? I saw paint kits online,but they come with a bunch of colors I'll never use.
I'll probably only need six colors to paint my Ed Roth Rat Fink models,and I like that I can just order the colors I like from Michaels.
Thanks in advance
https://www.michaels.com/craft-smart-acrylic-paint/10402491.html?productsource=ATRecCLP_T1_CraftsHobbies
Quoted from DeathHimself:Yep, I use them all the time through my airbrush when weathering my trains or buildings. One of the key things I do first to the plastic is take away any looks of that fake shinny plastic look by using Testors Dullcoat spray. Dullcoat is a lacquer spray but it will dry flat in 20 minutes, do that in thin coats so there is no running, after that you can apply any of those acrylic paints and if in the event you don't like the look a wet paper towel will take it right off and start again.
Thanks. When I tried to place an order,checkout said I needed to order six tubes of each color. I couldn't see ordering six tubes of each color,so I want with this kit from Walmart, https://www.walmart.com/ip/KINGART-PRO-Artist-Acrylic-Paint-Set-of-48-Colors/835508537
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