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Beautiful looking paint finish and color. The interior two tone treatment looks great and well detailed as is the engine. I agree with you about the kits dish slot wheels, save those for another project.

Great looking color. I have never had a bad reaction between a body painted with Tamiya paint and Testors wet look clear. Just make sure that the color coat is dry and apply the clear in light coats. When in doubt just use the Tamiya clear as it is just about as good and responds well to polishing.

If the chassis isn't already permanently attached to the body, start looking for where the interior might not be seating up into the body. Have had this happen with a few kits even in addition to AMT's.

Wonder about a car I saw in traffic yesterday. Stop and go traffic on a 6-lane surface street with everyone either on their brakes or their gas, not a good time to whip out the phone for a picture. What I saw was a new or newer Dodge charger with R/T markings in a shade of light brown I had never seen before. My question has to do with the license plate. We see a lot of plates from other states here, no big deal, but this was a Neveda plate and had a prefix of P over D and then a number. Maybe someone here familiar with Nevada PD cars can clarify what I saw. A couple of unique looking features besides the unusual color. The windows were tinted all the way around and was darker than what we are allowed here. The tires were as wide as you would see on a Hell Cat but had more sidewall to the tires and the wheels were alloys painted black. The car had the low rear deck spoiler, not seen on PD cars around here. Looked like someone had sort of fixed up a nice R/T until you get to the license plate. No lights, push bars, antennas, or spotlight. Oh, and a couple of hard day's drive from his jurisdiction if it was a Neveda PD.

Got to have a few of these. Once owned a '74 C-10 Chyanne Super short step and later a '79 Silverado short step model.

Great looking paint finish and color. Like the bed cover details, and chassis detailing.

Beautiful looking paint finish and looks so good in that shade of red. Great interior and engine detailing.

You are right about Future being runny. What I have done when treating the windows in a kit is to attach the window in some way to a clip that is then put into a mount that will hold the windows upright. As you pointed out, it does run and rather than have it drip all over everything or run down the mounting, I'll use a paper towel to just touch the bottom edge of the window. The Future product running off will go onto the towel and be wicked away.

Beautiful looking paint color and finish. I'm very partial to the subject and this is the sort of color I would want on mine if I had one.

Like the sinister blacked out look. Great engine and stance.

Beautiful looking paint and interior. Like the engine addition.

Beautiful looking paint work. The interior looks great and well detailed. The original issue of this kit was as the light weigh Catalina Drag car from 1962. The many reissues and build options since then make some interesting builds.

Great looking paint finish and color. Like the engine detailing.

The paint color and finish look great. Like how you did the side chrome trim. Great looking details on the dash and interior.

The unit mentioned on the roof of the '59 Ford reminds me of units that used to be seen on some larger trucks and campers that were for an air conditioning system that could also be run while the vehicle was parked.

Trying to tint the "glass" on any kit might best be approached with very light coats of any transparent colored paint. I have had fairly good results with very light dust coats of paint applied to the inside of the glass part. After masking the outside surface to prevent any overspray, I'll give a very light dusting on the inside mainly along the upper edge for an OEM type of tinting and a more even coat for something like a gasser. Waiting for a second or even a third coat after the first coat has setup. With the outside surface masked you will be able to see how dark the tint is getting after each coat by looking at the inside surface. Depending on the desired finish the glass can be dipped in Future Floor Wax to seal the color and add a high gloss to the finished glass.

Very nice-looking carb. setup. I suggest a test fit for hood clearance before gluing this intake in place. Another possibility, that wouldn't be as nice but still a duel quad setup can be found in the AMT '60 Starliner custom kit the one with the blue car on the box.

A story from when my wife ran the business office in a car dealership. The dealer was given to exaggerate if not outright lie about things in the managers meetings with the managers of all the departments. The managers devised a way to alert the other managers when he would start talking about something that they knew was not true. Whenever this happened, they would alert each other by lightly tapping the end of their pencil or pen on the table. He never found out what was going on if he ever even noticed.

Depending on the era of the building you are wanting to represent, many service stations were built like Legos in that panels of sheet metal were used and bolted and or welded together.

Saw this on the way to the store today. Bad picture, but how often do you see an International Harvester pickup done like this.

Very realistic looking builds along with the shed.

Like the overall look of the body and bed finishes. The long bed step side bed would have been a great farm or construction vehicle. The tires look like a good set of mudders. I'll bet that winch cable gets pulled often though.

Great looking paint and body trim. Like the showroom appearance.

Great looking body work, and now you have a big block for the '57 Chevy.

Thank you for sharing your pictures. Great looking cars and trucks.