Kit Basher

As I recall, the hood stripes are two pieces, one on each side of the center line. They go up onto the cowl induction, and are a bear to get settled in and conformed to the compound curves. The little "U" shaped pieces go on the cowl, where the vents are. Hope that helps.

Thanks, Carl!

Thanks, Steve!

Thanks, Jeff! Thanks, Kyle!

Looks awesome! Great paint and detail.

Just gorgeous. That killer paint and all the detail, I can see it was a lot of work, but it sure paid off.

Thanks, Bob! Thanks, David!

Thanks, Donato!

Thanks, Jeremy! Thanks Gene! And thanks for the words of encouragement. I always try to do the best I can.

Wow, I go to sleep and this thread blows up! Thanks, Stuart! Thanks, Mike! Thanks, James! Thanks, Keith! Thanks, Bill! Thanks, David! Thanks, Bill! And thanks to all the guys for the likes!

Thanks, David!

Thanks, DJ! Yes, the tires are in the kit.

Thanks, Larry! Thanks, Curtis Thanks, Ricky! Yes, the paint is sort of a silvery pearl white.

Thanks, Paul! Thanks, Chris!

Revell kit. Straight OOB. The paint is MM "White Lightning", homemade decal stripes, Tamiya X-22 clear. Not perfect, but mine never are.

I wanted some stripes, so I made this gizmo. It is crude, but it works. First I printed a large area of blue on some decal paper. Then you slide the paper under the ruler until it stops against the piece of wood, run a razor blade along the ruler, and there's your stripe. Repeat. They all come out the same width. The wood piece and the ruler are clamped to a piece of glass. The cork looking thing is a steel ruler turned upside down. It is supported above the glass by pieces of decal paper folded double. I'm sure with some engineering it could be made better, but it did what I wanted to do.

I have done this, it works fine.

Thanks, Carl!

Thanks, EMRE!

Thanks, Mike!

Thanks, Rich! I may try that thinner. I couldn't see any orange peel at all until I took the photos, but it would be great to eliminate all of it.

Thanks, Jeff! It goes together nicely, in typical Tamiya fashion. It seems intimidating at first, but everything works just right. Give it a go, I think you'll enjoy it.

Thanks, John! Thanks, Chris! Thanks, David!

Thanks, Larry!

Tamiya kit. The paint is Tamiya bottle lacquer "Italian Red". It's great paint to use, this is straight from the airbrush, no clear, no polish. When I started this kit, I thought it might be over my skill level, but I got 'r done.