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Old 10-23-08, 10:57   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Using Clear Bra on Rockers?

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Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
As I always say in threads like this: "As the old museum curator said, referring to some priceless cars: "real cars have stonechips". I read that in C&D back in (IIRC) the early '70s and I've always agreed.
Ha, I used to build model airplanes back in the '70's and it became popular for scale models to adopt a "weathered" appearance, because all the real examples had paint chips, exhaust stains, etc., and people didn't think it was realistic to have a model that looked like it did on the day it rolled out of the factory, and not the day after.
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