Toshi
jeaton01
Toshi, do some tests with the Chrome Silver first. It takes forever to dry.
That's a great idea! I'll do that first thing tomorrow and see how it cures. Thank you for watching my back, I greatly appreciate it!
Toshi
This is what makes FSM Forum such a great place to be. Everyone here is my second family to me. I love you all for this. jeaton01 made sure in that I won't make a horrible mistake spraying MM Chrome Silver FS17178. This enamel paint just looks fantastic but has a habit of taking a long time to cure. jeaton01 got my back!
I do have experience with this paint as I used this on my Monogram 1/48 Visible B-17G. That took a week to dry, well actually it took 3 days as I took photos of the B-17G after letting it cure for 2 days and I did a photo shoot of it for FSM Magazines. Then I left it alone for a week and it turned out perfect. Well not so perfect as I only had been building models for six months at that time frame.
To my surprise it actually made it into the digital showcase. But this is not why I'm writing this, jeaton01 reached out to me and took the time and effort to ensure that I won't fail. jeaton01 I want to once again, thank you for this. You see, that's what makes FSM Forums such a great place to be, maybe the number one place to be. In my humble opinion, this is the best place to be.
I say this as I notice when anyone has a question, it is replied within a few minutes. And these answers come from well seasoned experienced long time pro modelers, of whom create works of arts. What more can you ask for. And then there's forum members from every building level sharing their work in progress (WIP) in the many categories and genres of modeling. What happens next is that the most positive engaging comments from many forum members answer with encouragement and or how to do something better or easier comes about. That is just so cool.
For those members that are new, I had a terrible accident at work in which I have Tramatic Brain Injury (TBI) I don't remember what I did yesterday, half the time I have no idea what I'm doing, but when I sit down to model and follow the directions, I end up being focused for a short while. I had 250 pounds of board hit me down to a concrete floor. I was found buried and in a coma. I was in a coma for a week. When I came to, I had no idea what had happened and who I was. Hence my insane quick building time frame. Time has know meaning to me. I don't know what day or time it is. I build at such pace as I don't want to forget what I am doing.
You see modeling at the very first for me was a therapy project. When the therapist gave me a model (Testors 1/72 Corsair) I went ballistic, I did not want to build models. I had to be subdued and chemically enhanced to calm me down. Upon arising from this incident I told my self to calm down. I went over to the Corsair and immediately started building this kit, it took me three days. This Corsair is my avatar.
The therapist told me it's good for my cognitive, fine hand motor skills, and many more neurological issues. I actually started to remember my child hood when I built models. So with encouragement from Mrs. Toshi I went with her to Hobby Lobby (I was living at the brain injury facility called MENTIS which was literally next door) and purchased the Revell 1/48 P-61 Black Widow and bought every PE available from eBay and resin parts as well. This was my first WIP on FSM Forums.
Because of my first purchase of this Black Widow I also bought my first tools and misc. items needed from Hobby Lobby. When I ordered my AM items via eBay, the therapists were so impressed, I was sent home immediately. I was so happy to be home again! It felt like I was in prison at MENTIS. Don't get me wrong the people at MENTIS were wonderful people as they really took care of me. But you just don't know how much I wanted to be home and sleep in my own bed.
In conclusion, all members here are such great individuals helping each other in this digital community that spans the world over. I realize, I'm just a humble builder, glueing styrene plastic together. I watch masters of this art form perform such amazing pieces of art. I want to thank you all for helping me in this road to recovery and also helping me to find myself with a hobby that I'm so excited to have!
Toshi