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  1. Dragonhawk1066
    Fantastic as usual Randy!!
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    That is very cool looking! Nice work!
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    Thanks guys!
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    Nicely done! Very sharp!
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    Nice! Love those older NASCAR's!
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    Nice looking '72! Paint and stripes look great!
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    Nice looking Chevelle!
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    Sharp looking B-W Camaro! Looks great in that color combo, and nice engine details.
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    Thanks mikemodeler! I've gotten lots of help and tips from just about everywhere, but there are a couple of great youtube channels that show and tell every step of the process. Just happy to help point others in the same direction. Thank you, Trendsetta68! Thanks Bill! That's my favorite look of the three also. Thank you JJ! Google is great for that kind of research! Thanks Curtis!
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    Thanks Larry! Thanks Bo! Thanks Guido! Yes, they were in mine. Thanks Eric!
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    Very cool! Nice paint!
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    Very cool looking '57 Chevy! Great paint job!
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    Looks nice! Your parking lot dio is pretty cool!
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    Thank you, I appreciate that! Because I painted it inside, I took a chance and bought a three pack of Stynylrez for the airbrush and used the gray. The stuff is awesome, comes ready to spray, covers excellent and has virtually no odor. I might never go back to rattle can primer again, lol. Almost all craft paints are rather thick and need to be thinned. I mainly followed Chris Chapman's (check him out on youtube, very informative) lead on how to thin, what with, and at what pressure. I used a custom mixture of these paints and thinned about 50/50 with a mixture of windshield washer fluid and Pledge w/Future shine(50/50 on that mixture too) and sprayed at about 22-23 lbs. For the interior and chassis and exhaust I used both Apple Barrel and Anita's craft paints. I cleared the body and seats/dash with the Pledge w/Future at about 15 lbs. I neither sanded nor polished or waxed the finish. There are lots of other youtube videos on spraying craft paint, and they all pretty much use the same methods and techniques. Here is a link to one of Chris' videos that I think is the most informative. My wife also uses craft paints to paint rocks and stones and I actually use Tamiya TS-13 clear on those with no problems, but not sure how it would do on craft paint on a car body, I would assume it would be o.k., just haven't tried it yet.
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    Thanks guys, much appreciated! That's the one thing I did forget, I just noticed myself when looking at these pics after uploading them?, a good example of be patient and don't rush?. I was building my brown '69 Camaro alongside this one and just got scatterbrained.
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    Thanks guys, I appreciate it greatly!
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    Turned out pretty good despite the issues!
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    Finished this one up a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't post any pics until now since it was for a box stock build-off for one of my facebook groups that ended on Dec. 1. It's the Revell 1968 Corvette Roadster done box stock with the only addition being approved BMF for the trim. This is a really nice kit and I had a lot of fun building it. The kit was painted with Chroma Molten Metals Acrylic craft paint custom mixed by my wife which I then sprayed through my airbrush, making it my very first airbrush paint job. The interior was also craft paint through my airbrush, as was the chassis. In fact, everything except a few small parts and certain details was done with craft paints (about 95% of the car) and mostly sprayed through the airbrush. The toughest part of the whole thing , I think, was picking out which pics to use for the contest. I like the looks of each variation-- No top, Soft top and Hard top-- so I ended up using one pic of each for the three allotted body shot angles. I am still learning new things, but the biggest thing I still need to learn is to be more patient and not to rush. Thanks for looking!
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    Very nice also! I've always been partial to the Monte Carlo body style!
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    Oh yeah! I agree! Like I said, lots of cool extras in some of those Coca Cola kits that I could use for my garage diorama that I'm working on. And the more kits to choose from, the merrier, to a certain personal financial standpoint, lol.
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    That's a great looking Monte Carlo! You did a nice job with it. I have one all primed and ready to paint when I got my winter painting done in September, but I changed my mind on the color. I still can't think of a color, but do intend to do a vinyl top on it for my first attempt at one.
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    Sharp looking '72! I really like that shade of blue.
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    That is sharp!! Very cool and a great paint job! I haven't seen anything done in TS-13 yet and it looks great.
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    Awesome! Thanks guys!
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    Oh man would I love to have one of those trans-kits! I'm guessing they are not still available, and even so I probably couldn't afford one for a while, lol.
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