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Nice tool mod, I will be using that. Thanks for sharing...

Thanks for the tips, I will do that need attempt..

Just made my first attempt at doing this, I definitely need a little more practice but I think it went well

I have one I've had a long time, it came with a truck and race car combo. I don't remember the kit thought I've had it probably 30 years

That is an awesome how to, I too will save that video. Great tip thanks for sharing....

That's a good deal, I have the same set, I bought it years ago. I built the Mountain Dew Car but still haven't done the Pepsi one.

I finally noticed the tread about using Future\Pledge I'm going to get some of that and give it a try.

Do you just put Pledge on it? Thanks for all the info guys very useful....

The GTX is metallic so I can't polish it to easily, I do know you cant put lacquer on the enamels and the other 2 are definitely enamel.

The Cobra and Buick are among the better ones but don't have the life like shine, the GTX in person almost looks like satin and I don't remember what kind of paint I used on it but I love the color on the car..

Ok I have been looking at a few of my old builds that if I just cleared them and polished them they would be pretty awesome builds. So my questions do you think it would be an issue to clear an old paint job without sanding? I do have some Dupli-color adhesion promoter I figured I could use also. My other thought is some of them are painted with Testors model spray paint and I want to use Dupli-color clear over them, do you think that would be an issue? Couple of pics to show a few cases I want to do...

Nice I like that idea. I'll have to get some of those.

ok here is comparison question #4, I noticed polishing the Thunderbird the other day the polish gets in the door and trunk lines and can be tough to get out so to broaden that a little, my question is What sand paper and polish do you use and how do you clean it up and out of the detail after?

I ordered a set of the markers yesterday to try first, maybe next pay I'll order some bare metal foil...

That Molotow pen does an awesome job.... I think badges are going to be the hardest for me to get right...

Expensive is not good for me I'm definitely on a budget, I have a silver sharpie around here somewhere I'll test it out

I will definitely order some of the BMF and Molotow pens but I'm not always patient LOL so I tried some foil tape on an old build to see how it comes out, and its wasn't bad but kind of hard to cut but I like tinkering anyway... I did the door and fender so far....

Impressive, I would love to see how you did that. Next paycheck I think I'll order some of the BMF.

Wow that stuff is expensive..... I will check out the Bare Metal Foil and Molotow "Liquid Chrome" ink markers. I'm really trying to step up my game on these kits.

Ok here is my 3rd comparison question, I've always painted all my chrome trim and emblems with silver paint and build mostly 1/25th scale cars. I have seen on YouTube some people using plumbers tape to cover them. What process do you all use? I'm very interested in this since before getting back into modelling recently I never knew there was anything other than silver paint.

Some incredible builds there, the paint work is fantastic. Today I did my first spray with Dupli-color, I think it turned out well just have to wait for it to cure for polishing...

Thanks I'll read that, I don't want to be messing up my kits by the product I use.

That is exactly why rattle cans, that hood looks great and polished will be awesome. That is why I want to use the dupli-color I've worked with it like it and know what I can get out of it as well as a lot of local places to get it. I'll have to check out the Tamiya also.

OK here is my next comparison question, I've always built out of the box plastic kits and pretty much have stuck with testors spray cans because a few attempts away from them have gone really bad. So now I want to go beyond that, I have an automotive history in I painted cars for about 15 years and had 3 years of school in auto body repair so I have airbrushes and spray guns. I also understand lacquers and enamels and so on. I've used Dupli-color paints painting dash pieces in cars and like working with there product, so here is my question, what do you guys use and is dupli-color a usable product for this if I want to go with spray cans.

Here is my Christmas score this year, the '71 T-Bird and '25 Ford my wife got me for Christmas and the others were a after Christmas sale score at 10 bucks each...