MarkJ

Thanks, Brian for your interest in the build. The answer to your question is no. The white inlays are solid as a rock if you do all of them first and wait 24 hours to start doing the color. You just have to make sure you get the color ones lined up on top of the white exactly and you can tell when that happens because the decal suddenly appears clear as a bell when you achieve it instead of looking like you have double vision. It's a little tricky but if you put a little dish washing detergent in the decal water it makes them move easily and it's a good idea to use a toothpick to move the color into place over the white one instead of your finger that can actually have the decal adhere to your finger instead of the surface decal you're trying to get it to adhere to. Thanks again for joining in the discussion.

Thank you so much, Pierre for stopping by and weighing in on the build. It's been such a long time since I applied these decals that I kind of had to relearn how to do it, so I messed up all of one decal but had just enough to get that decal applied to both sides of the build. I usually have a lot left over so I'm glad I always make extra ones. Ink or in this case whatever laser decals are made of is cheap, but decal paper is not. The color ink jet decals should be a lot easier to apply. I could not find a good aftermarket sheet for this build so I was glad I could create my own. I hope you are still interested in making your own. Its really not that hard once you figure it out. A lot of trial and error goes into it learning the graphics program. Luckily mine is very old and pretty easy to learn.

I thought I had put all the white inlays down, but I still have a tiny hm decal that goes on the trunk and looking at these photos reminds me that I haven't finished the wheels yet. When the color decals are layed down the decals will appear much smaller. I breathed a sigh of relief after applying those contingency whites on the front fenders. That was very tedious work, and I did not have much back up decals left if I made a mistake and surely did not want to print anymore sheets.

Looking good on the antenna and the logo on the engine looks very authentic the way you printed it. Solid progress going on here. Please take care during the storm and don't even think about venturing out into it. Flash floods can come out of nowhere in an instant in weather like that. Just hunker down and ride it out. Mark J.

Started putting the white inlays down so I can use my inkjet decals on the model. I thought I had cleared the sheets but found out quickly when I tried to do a color decal on a white inlay and the ink dissolved in the decal water. It's weird but the white laser decals don't have to be cleared but they are so thin it's a good idea to clear them as well. I had a lot of trouble doing the white inlays before I found out I had not cleared them either. Things should go more smoothly tomorrow.

You might be right about that, David. But I'm so old I've already forgotten if I did. Mark J.

Thanks, Kevin. I'm looking forward to following the wip on your Galaxy.

Sneak peek. This was before the exhaust were painted. all I lack at this moment is one headlight cover which I lost and had to make a new one and the gas cap. After that I shall begin decaling.

I believe you predicted the antenna doing exactly what it did. No problem. Your fix sounds like a good one. Mark J.

Man, Andrew. those seats are fabuloso. Never seen anything quite like that before. No way you could have duplicated that with any kind of paint. Awesome job.

Thanks for dropping by, Jim to share such a very fine comment. I really appreciate it.

Kevin, they just had a piece of aluminum that just filled in the gap between the end of the bumper to the body. Looks like it might have been riveted in place.

She's sitting on 4 wheels and tires, and the grille/front bumper and rear bumper are installed. All that is left is the exhaust, hood and trunk pins, headlight and park light covers windshield reinforcement brackets and rear bumper flairs to keep the rear bumper from turning into a parachute. I may not do the flairs if they have a chance of ruining the paint on the rear fenders. The only other thing is the grille screen that this car had but I think it will diminish the look of the whole model. The grille is a very good-looking grille. I blacked it out for more realism. Hate a real toyish chromey looking grille. After all that stuff I can do a final check of the body for cleanliness and apply the decals and then what use to be called future to seal my own decals that have a tendency to peel off with age if not sealed. Can't wait to get her done. Started on it July 30th, so that's about 3 and a half months.

David, Looks good again. Did you say it had fallen off? Mark J

Making all the little bits and pieces that go on the car. Debating whether to do the rear bumper flairs. Might end up messing up the rear fenders.

Thanks, Kevin. Maybe someday Hob lob will sell them. I don't do Amazon.

Thanks, Kevin. Where do you purchase them from? I've never seen that product before.

Hope you are okay.

Very clean and impressive work as always, Andrew.

My wife actually supports my hobby. It kind of lets her know my brain is still somewhat working if I can build these little cars somewhat well. I'm not just sitting in my recliner staring at the television all day or just staring out into space with really nothing on my mind. That she is glad for so she's a big fan of my work and always interested when I show her positive progress on a build.

Excellent builds, John. And welcome to the board. For the life of me I can't remember who drove the #1 uno Buick. Please refresh my memory.

David, you are making solid progress on the build. Much better than I am. I can't seem to get an inside mirror installed without dropping it or messing it up in some way. Hopefully I get it installed today.

Man, Andy. You won the lottery on that Cougar. That thing looks right off the showroom, and you practically stole it for what you probably paid for it. Some people have all the luck.

David, your walnut on the dash and table looks spot on. So, did I hear you say the left table would be in the open mode ready to eat off of? That's a good idea to display the tables both ways. Mark J.

Revell chromed the altered tailights. Sadly, when I handle them even with cotton gloves they lose their mirror like shine. That's the trouble with Revell chrome. Maybe you have to wait a week for it to completely cure before handling whatever you use it on. Or maybe I should have put some Tamiya clear on them to seal them first. Have to try that next time.