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• Little Motor Kar Co. closing message...*PIC*...
  • Sad day indeed. *NM*
  • I'd like to know what it would take to start up a new plastic plating service. *NM*
    • Contact Dale. I'm sure he could suggest what it would take. *NM*
    • There's several harsh chemicals in chrome plating I believe - - *LINK*
      • Plastic "chrome plating" is actually vacuum metallizing. Different processes altogether *NM*
      • Far as I know, the main ingredients for "our" kind of chrome, are aluminum, and lacquer paints that are not especially hazardous. *NM*
      • The process used on most "chromed" plastic kit parts is vacuum metalizing *LINK*
    • I’d be interested in that myself. I’m off for six months every year. But would it really be profitable with all the spray chrome available ? *NM*
      • If you took on plastic interior parts for 1:1 cars, that would be your main income *NM*
        • No, they normally use "real" chome on real car parts. The model car stuff is far to fragile. *NM*
          • Chrome-Tech subbed his metallizing to a company doing 1:1 car parts *NM*
      • Spray chrome, while greatly uselful, cannot replace plating for bumpers and grilles. In my opinion. *NM*
        • I have not used these new spray chromes but I used Molotow pens on the Revell Opel Admiral bumpers, grille & other bits 2yrs ago & very impressed with the finish, enough that it has fooled a few at a couple of shows. *NM*
    • It would be great if Round 2 or a major model company could offer this service. *NM*
      • Biggest problem with that is that it's all in China now. Atlantis or JR Salvino's are the only ones doing stuff in the U.S. now. Or am I missing something? *NM*
        • If someone wanted to get into it, contacting Dale would be the logical first step. He'd know about equipment and supplies (cost, where to get, and so on) *NM*
  • Ooof.... another one lost. But I get it. Dale served the hobby with distinction, he earned the time off
    • Another one? He was the last one. Say goodbye to getting your parts replated. Now, it’ll have to be the Revell Chrom spray for best results. *NM*
      • The cost probably just went up on Revell Chrom with this announcement! : ) *NM*
        • I left the E off too, thought you knew something I didn't! *NM*
          • Nope, the more I think I know something the more I realize what I don’t know. I wish they made a DIY vacuum plating kit. $1k-2k for the initial investment is a lot more palatable than the $10k+ some here have suggested, *NM*
  • Chrome-+... A looooong time ago a modeler friend was visiting, this was pre-internet days and he already had started a mail order business that was quite profitable... Every month he posted in the Scale Auto Enthusiasts want ads as both a seller and a buyer...
    • Based on what I’ve heard over the years before I moved to the Canadian Maritimes, Chrome + is long gone and never to return. Louis Bernier. *NM*
      • John I think most of us knew that Chrome-+ was long gone... Just wanted to relate my recollection of the events that led up to Chrome-+... *NM*
        • I used them a couple of times. Heck, I used them all: Herb Jackson, Chrome+, Chrome-Tech, and LMK *NM*
          • Louis was the best at Chrome + there were others that were quite good but none better
            • Chrome-Tech for me, I had thousands of parts done by them. Fast turnaround, great quality *NM*
          • Herb Jackson... There's a name I haven't heard in a while... When going to Toledo with Larry Read we'd always stop in to see Herb... *NM*