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Thanks guys! I just started building my 2nd model, - Knight Rider, so I'll post some pics of that soon.

Hey everyone, I haven't posted in a while, but I did finish this project, so wanted to post some pics and see what you guys think.

Thanks for the advice. After cutting out the decals, I decided to just leave them off. They aren't cut perfectly straight, so they look weird, plus with the difficulties of putting them on the hood, I'll just leave my good paint job alone. Although, I just painted the windshield wipers and door handles chrome. A little got on the body, so I'm gonna touch that up and then clear coat the whole thing.

Ok, finally had some time to do some more work. Not really worried about the carb, since I wouldn't even know what it was if I was looking straight at it, lol. The bottom is almost done, just have to glue a few more pieces, and touch up a few things with paint. Here's the finished interior: And I just painted the body. I personally think it came out great for being my first one. You can see kind of a weird spot on the back, but it's not really noticible in person. Not sure exactly what caused that. I sanded the whole thing and resprayed, but it's still there. Oh well. Next I'm going to add the decals to the body. And then I was thinking about clear coating it after I add the decals to help make them stay. Or is that a bad idea? Or would it be a better idea to do the clear coat after I add the decals, front grill, headlights, etc.? And just for reference, here's the kit I'm building: I look forward to hearing what you guys think so far!

Hey Everyone, I recently started my first build, so thought I'd post my progress here. I was going to do Knight Rider, but decided to do this one first to get some practice. I finished the engine, here's a pic: I also primed a bunch of other pieces today that I am going to spray paint black. I didn't prime the engine fyi. I guess the part that I've found the most difficult so far is to know what pieces to glue together before I paint them, and which to paint first, etc. And then trying to scrape off the paint where I need to glue it. So I'm figuring that out as I go, unless anyone has any advice for me! More coming soon...

Thanks, that makes sense. One more question to bother you guys and then I think I'll be good. Do you need to use primer on parts that you handpaint, or just ones that you spray? Also, I decided to go with something different instead of Knight Rider for my first one. So now I'm going for a '69 Camaro.

Thanks for the advice everyone! I'm not really worried that it's black or that it might not come out perfect, no big deal! I started building it today, and have the engine about halfway done. But I'm curious about something, why bother to paint the engine if you aren't going to be able to see it anyway? Which leads me to my next question. How do you know what pieces to paint before you glue them? Or should you paint all the pieces first?

Hey Everyone, I'm getting ready to build my first car. I picked a Knight Rider model because I figured the all black would be easier. Should be here in about a week! I've been doing a lot of reading / watching videos about painting, but I was hoping to get some advice for a beginner, and for the car I am going to work on. I think airbrushing would be fun, and I found one with a compressor for about $50, but I'm not sure I should make that investment until I build a few cars and see if I'm still interested. What to use to paint? So my main question is, should I just go ahead and get the airbrush? Or should be I be using spray cans? Or should I just be using brushes. From what I've gathered, most people use a combination of airbrush / spray and a brush for small details. Is that right? Or if you have an airbrush, do you even need brushes? What kind of paint? Should I go for acrylic, enamel, laquer? It looks like most people go with acrylic, right? Thanks for any help!