The back of the wheels were well cleaned, sanded lightly and sprayed with a spray can in light gun metal. Before spraying I obviously masked the spokes openings from the back to cover the newly sprayed face of the rims. Hope that helps 👍🏼

Hello Simon, thank you for your message. I'm glad you're a fan of the Alpha Supra build 😊 unfortunately since my last video I didn't find enough free time to continue working on it. I spent some time doing that miniature Supra then life took over with other priorities. But I should be back in September so hopefully I'll have a new Supra video by mid to late September 👍🏼 Thanks again 🙂

Hello Raphael, thanks for your feedback, that's very appreciated 😊 From FSM I use both polishing pads, the orange and the yellow. After sanding the surface smooth with the 2500-grit sandpaper, I use the orange pad together with Rexin polishing compound. Once done, I use the yellow polishing pad with Autoglym polishing compound. All this is showing step by step in the video. Hope that helps 😊👍🏼

​​​​@@KarlScaleModelingYes, I saw that. 😊 What makes me confused: In your video you took the orange and then the yellow one. But on the webside is the yellow one "intensive" descripded and the orange is "moderate" abrassive. And for this procedure you need to go from strong to soft compound. Are your products not the same as on the webside? 🤔 Thank you so much!

Hello Raphael, I have just checked the FSM website and realized the misunderstanding. The FSM polishing pads I used were bought some 2 years ago and are not the same as they have in stock now. You can notice that my pads are short while the current ones are longer. Even the packaging is much different. When I bought mine the orange was for medium cut polishing while the yellow was for fine polishing. Now they're the opposite! Even when I feel my pads, the yellow one is much softer meaning that I'm using them correctly. Sorry for the confusion, didn't realise that FSM changed stock. I would have mentioned this in the video if I had known before. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Hope this helps 😊👍🏼

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment, that's very appreciated 🙂👍🏼

Perfectly agree with you my friend 😊 The tool holder is great and useful, but having that mini bender included is a cool bonus too 🙂 Thank you for watching and leaving your feedback, that's very appreciated 👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you for watching the video and leaving your feedback my friend, that's very appreciated 😊 I did find it useful.. maybe you can buy a cheaper tool/part holder if you already have a tabletop photoetch bender too. I didn't have one so for me it was a good option to have a 2-in-1 😊 Thanks again 👍🏼

Thank you my friend, that's very appreciated and so glad you like my work too 😊👍🏼

Perfectly agree with you right there. Both types of photoetch benders would become very useful and handy in our hobby. I still haven't bought a large tabletop photoetch bender, however I did buy a two in one tool holder that has a mini photoetch bender included with it. I also just made an unboxing and testing video on this tool and I will publish it today 😊 Thanks for watching and leaving your feedback, that's very appreciated 👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you very much Michael, so glad you watched my video and enjoyed my work 😊 Yes I tried to put a lot of effort into the mini Supra and now I'm happy with the outcome. These little cars have a lot of potential if built right 😊 good luck for your future projects, I really like your work and collection too. Stancegt makes some cool cars and I'm looking forward to build much more from him 🙂👍🏼

Thank you, very appreciated 😊👍🏼

Thank you sir, that's very appreciated 😊👍🏼

Hello there, welcome to the model world then 😊 Gunpla are very nice so I'm sure you'll enjoy the build. Never built one myself but I enjoy watching others building them on KZfaq from time to time. Now.. you need a nippers! Well, to be honest I never had a Mr.Hobby or a Godhand one. Always read good reviews about them but have never owned any, so I can't tell you which is best from experience. I've also seen good reviews about the Tamiya ones, but once again never owned. All I can say is that before I got the Dspiae, I always had cheaper ones so for me the ST-A 3.0 was a huge upgrade and I love it! The cut is very clean and quite sharp too. If you want a clean perfect cut, it needs to be a single blade nippers so that the blades don't meet in the middle and you're left with that ugly mark you'd need to sand down. My Dspiae does a great job in this regard so yeah I recommend it. Hope that helps and good luck for your first model journey! Sorry I couldn't be of much help regarding comparison but I can't judge what I never owned or worked with 😊👍🏼

Unfortunately no, haven't heard about Elliot ELP for a long time now. His socials has not been updated for a long period.. I think the last update I saw was an unboxing of a set of wheels from Street Blisters 👍🏼

Hello there, sure I bought the backing pad from firescale modeler and the shank is 3.0mm. I will leave a link to the exact product at the end of this message. I bought some polishing foam pads from them and added the backing pad since I saw the 3mm marking and it fits perfectly inside the Dspiae ES-P. Here's the product link, hope that helps 😊👍🏼 www.firescalemodeler.com/disc-plate25mm

@@KarlScaleModeling Thank you for the reply, much appreciated! Sadly, this product was out of stock in the time I was purchasing the polishing pads and now the shipping is just too much to order just 1 piece. :( I guess I will toss it in with my next order and meanwhile I will try to grind/sand one of the shanks I have and see whether that helps. Oh well...

Ohh I see, sorry to hear that. You can definitely try to grind down a 3.1mm into a 3.0mm, however you need to be sure it's done correctly to avoid any wobble which might cause damage to the tool too. I have found the same product from AliExpress too, very cheap too. Have a look, hope this helps you better than my previous link 😊 a.aliexpress.com/_EGQzgW7

@@KarlScaleModeling Well, I ended up ordering it on FSM with another 100 EUR worth of paints, etc. I am sure you know how it goes. :) Let's call it "shipping cost averaging". Haha...

Haha, ohhh I definitely know how this thing goes!! Sometimes I need just one item and shipping is expensive.. but free if you spend over 50 euros for example.. *me thinking* oh well, might as well get more items and gain free shipping 🤣 Well done.. you have the tool on the way then (among with other useful items from fsm then 😬) Happy Modelling and thanks again for visiting my channel 😊👍🏼

Thanks to you too sir, your feedback is very appreciated 😊👍🏼

Thank you very much, your feedback is very appreciated 😊 I'm glad you like these type of videos, that fills me with motivation to keep bringing more similar content. Thanks again 🙂👍🏼

Thank you my friend, I'm glad you like both the transkit and the video too 😊 it is a very nice transkit and I'm sure it would look awesome on a Supra A90 build 😉👍🏼

Thank you Ron, your feedback is very appreciated 😊👍🏼

Hello there, thanks for showing interest in my work. That means a lot to me 😊 unfortunately I don't do custom commissioned work, I just build for my own personal collection since I barely manage to finish 2 cars per year! I also did an online search for a Copen with a Taiko no Tatsujin livery and that looks seriously coooolll 😊 well done, nice choice 👍🏼

Thanks 😊 it only takes a few seconds and it dries pretty solid! I even sanded the headlamps smooth and polished them with the buffer when I was polishing the body! 👍🏼

@@KarlScaleModeling oh okay. I didn't expect that:O Thanks for your response

Haha, I didn't expect that either when I bought it! Was surprised at how hard it gets with the UV 😊

Perfect 😊 Thank you for your feedback Thomas, that's very appreciated and so glad you like my work 🙂👍🏼

Hello there, I haven't tried the uv method myself however some viewers mentioned this in the comments that it actually worked for them. Also, a local friend told me that he has one of those nail art uv stations and he finds it pretty effective at correcting yellowing decals. Not sure how long he was letting the decals exposed to the UV lamp though. Hope that helps 😊👍🏼

Salut & Thanks for your message 😊

Ciao Luca, grazie per aver guardato il video. Non è necessario continuare a lucidare finché tutto il polish viene rimosso. La superficie inizierà a diventare lucida e saprai di aver lucidato abbastanza. Tutto dipende anche dalla quantità di polish che metti sulla superficie. Quando metto poco polish finisco per rimuoverlo tutto come hai scritto tu. Hope that helps 🙂

Perfectly agree with you right there. This Supra was built for an online contest so I decided to make several custom modifications the hard, scale modeller way!! 🙂 Thanks for watching 👍🏼

Haha, surely was fun!! Was my first 3D printed car build, but it definitely won't be my last 🙂 thanks for watching and leaving your feedback 👍🏼

🙂 Thank you Rob! So glad you like my tiny Supra project 😊 that's very appreciated 👍🏼

Thank you Laurencio, I'm glad you like the colour chosen for this tiny Supra 😊 It's very cute, agreed and I really like it too! 👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you very much friend 😊 I'm so glad you like my little cute Supra. Your feedback is also very appreciated 👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you for your work and feedback my friend 😊 you have been of great help since day 1 of this project, so thank you very much for everything.. very appreciated 🙂👍🏼

Haha, yeahhh super shrunk indeed!! Thank you my friend, I'm glad you like this fun little Supra project I did 😊👍🏼

Thank you Alberto, your comment means a lot to me since this is my first StanceGT project 😊 Looking forward to build more of your designs sir 🙂👍🏼

@@juanbrauliosobrevielafuert8044 Thank you very much Juan, that's very appreciated 😊 saludos desde Malta 🙂👍🏼

Hello there 🙂 this model kit was bought directly from the Alpha Models website. It was bought already molded, as seen in the video. Hope that helps 👍🏼

Haha, after 60 years I'm guessing that closet is quite full.. full 😊 Thanks for your feedback Joe, I'm guessing that us modellers all think alike because I've never thrown away any parts too 🙂👍🏼

Thank you for your feedback, that's very appreciated and I'm so glad you like my work 😊👍🏼

😊 no problem my friend. Thanks for checking out my video and leaving your feedback. That's very appreciated and I'm glad you like my work too 🙂👍🏼

Hello James, thanks for watching the video and leaving your feedback 👍🏼 I have been doing this procedure of applying decals over sanded 2K clear for years now. Never had any problems and I don't remember ever having silvering with the clear of the decals too. Local modellers at the same club as myself also adapt this procedure, especially when they build racing cars with a considerable amount of decals. Thanks for your concern James, I'm guessing that both procedures work well then, as yours sound great too 👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you my friend 😊 your support towards my work and uploads is very appreciated and so glad you like my work too 🙂👍🏼

Thank you very much Mr. BG 😊 That means a lot to me seeing a comment from you and hearing that you like my work 🙂 very appreciated 👍🏼