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My stuff always spends some time in my home made dehydrator before I've tried any Future on it. The interior for the Falcon I'm doing was hand painted with acrylics and then cleared with a MM Flat Acrylic Clear and Future mixture of 1:5. Gave it a nice dull shine like 60s vinyl. I hope to have that car finished soon.

I've had a GT40 body with Future on it and it's still fine after a couple of months. I'll probably do a 61 Falcon Ranchero in the next couple of days. Anyone know why it would crack? Still learning about it myself.

Nice design and execution!

I had a 1:1 just like that except the exterior was black. I'm working on a model of it. I hope mine looks half as nice as yours.

I really like it! Nice detail in the interior. Great job!

That's a super clean build. Excellent work!

Great job! I'd like to do one of those builds.

Thanks for sharing those great pictures!

I wanted to make a correction about this experiment. I DID NOT dilute each of the above ratios with alcohol. They were all mixed in the ratios above with Model Master Flat Acrylic Clear FM02015 and Pledge Floor Care Multi-Surface Finish (Future).

I'm fairly new myself and have been leaning towards Future airbrushed over Tamiya lacquer. I just did a little test using Future that you might be interested in. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=88741#entry1172012

Yes sir, I sure am!

Thanks! Still learning a lot but it's fun.

I use an old pair of the wife's PJs cut into small patches. Very soft and smooth. PS She gave them to me.

It dries pretty quick for me. Certainly not 2 days. Humidity maybe?

Love the historic NASCAR pieces, back when they were really stock cars. Nice job!

I just finished a little experiment that may help you. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=88741&hl=

I've decided on two levels to work with. I'm going to try 1:5 for things like interiors and chassis and 1:20 for body finishes on pre 50s cars that won't be modified.

I've been practicing using Future as a finish. It produces a lustrous shine that will look great on hot rods and customs. I do have a few of them to build. But my main interest is F1, Indycars and racing Sports Cars, some of which were raced in the 50s up through the present. The older cars don't have the finish that Future would give. Even some of the newer ones are not show car finishes. So I decided to do an experiment to see if I could come up with something a little more period correct. I'd read the excellent article by Matt Swan http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html In his article, he mentions that you can use flat acrylic mixed with Future to give the desired amount (or lack thereof) of shine. His suggestions were: 1 part flat base to 3 parts Future = very flat 1 part flat base to 10 parts Future = flat 1 part flat base to 15 parts Future = satin He also suggests using alcohol as a thinner for the Future. With that in mind, I shot 6 spoons, each with Tamiya Black Laquer and a seventh with Duplicolor Semi-Gloss Black. Then I mixed Model Master Flat Acrylic Clear FM02015 with isopropyl alcohol (3 parts flat clear to 1 part alcohol). I used that mixture to dilute the future in the following ratios: 1:5, 1:10, 1:15, 1:20, 1:30. Here are a couple of pics of the spoons. As you can see, the 1:5 and the semigloss are pretty close to each other. The 1:30 and the one with just black lacquer are close. The 1:15 and 1:20 appear to be about right for an older race car or older non-restored auto. This differs from Matts results somewhat but I'm sure the conditions were different for he and I.

Nice! Post some pics of the interior!

Nice dio and nice Edsel!

I attended the 1963 Oakland Roadster show and Ed was there. I bought a "Mothers Worry" sweatshirt and Ed did a little extra work on it and signed it. Sad to say it's long gone. Cool model. I'd like to get one of those.

Just voted, long list.

I recommend the free software called PixResizer. Works great and the price is right. I've used it for several years.

One mans garbage is another mans treasure. That's why flea markets and yard sales are popular.

I have to agree with Tamiya, but then I like sports cars and open wheel race cars.