[em-squeezie]

Al's in Elmhurst had it all, but it's expensive. I bought both the Tamiya compund and the Micromesh kit so I wouldn't have to go back; it was something like a half-hour's drive to get there.

Al's is clean and well-organized, but everything costs so much, and they don't have such a great selection of kits. I think I prefer Ed's Hobby Warehouse in Elmhurst, but they haven't got many paints, supplies, etc. And I would try out the Tamiya paints, except that if I bought the ones I see all my models would have to be olive drab green and pale sunburst yellow. I have never found good Tamiya colors in stock.

Oh, what a troubled state of affairs...I'll try the Micro Mesh on the trunk of my Monte, which is a little duller than I'd like, and the Tamiya compund on the doors where I've got some bad orange peel, and let you know how it turns out.