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Some time ago I bought a rattle can of Tamiya white pearl paint. Today I located that can and noticed it was for polycarbonate plastic. My question: is there any reason why I can't use it on a styrene project? What's different about it?

Yes they do, David 😉! And if not placed precisely, the good they may do could be lost. With bare plastic and Bondo sharing space on the roof, it's a bit tricky attaching the "gutter". Some CA must be used in spots. It's hard to get both sides identical. I couldn't 😔.

Well....I decided to replace the rain gutter. I think it looks more professional and it hides some questionable work on the door seams 🙂. I'll allow subsequent coats of paint to fill them on top and I will likely sand them down a bit. I'll give it a day or two and then wet-sand this body, fill the low spots , rinse, repeat. A quick mock-up for your somewhat morbid curiosity 🥴.

Sometimes I get an urge. Yesterday the urge to whack the Revell coupe got the best of me. I'm not gonna pretend I know what I'm doing and I don't recommend using my methods to anyone. I removed the rain gutter completely and may not replace it, I'm undecided. I removed the backlight section, it stays un-chopped. I took about 3/16" out of the A and B , nothing too unmanageable. The B pillar gets aligned and sets the new height. Then I filled the front gap with evergreen scrap material. This joinery is held together mostly with CA but some of it is welded with Mr. Hobby thin cement. The C pillars needed some help landing so I added some .020 sheet scrap. CA slinging everywhere, the smell of kicker wafting about. A piece was removed to allow the backlight section to be positioned farther to the rear which allows it to lay down a bit more. Incidently, I have employed nail silk on the inside of the pillars and coated with CA as an experiment. Something I learned about on this very forum. 😉 Time for BONDO! I love that smell. Now it's time for getting all the scribe lines straight. I hate this part. Thanks for stopping in 🖐🤓

That's looking real nice, Bob. I've always liked the '35.

Yep. I like it, Dennis. The Poncho grille is good balance for the Merc tail lights. By any chance, will you be "crowning" this Victoria?

Ron, that body does look like new! What brand of purple are you using?

Looks like you already have this well in hand, Dennis! (Mine's not RA but it may as well be.) I like the mild custom idea for this body style. In my mind, it needs very little to improve it. It's all about the paint after that, right? It's a great body style. Nice paint and some lowering, that's all.

Not much room for that Firedome, huh? Nice job on the doors, Jon, and the exhaust routing! Thanks for sharing, it's a beauty. Super nice detailing. I'd love to see the build thread on it.

That color combo looks great, Bob. Using a later flathead is a cool idea too.

Got the boards painted, and the gas tank. Windshield is in, dash installed. Almost there, thanks for looking.

I'll second that notion 🤚

Much better, Ron. I'm with you on Tamiya rattle cans. Way better than Rustoleum garbage.

OK then, I scratched some running board support brackets. Without them, even my svelte 😉 170 lbs. would bend them in half and destroy the ends of the fenders. Below is a board from the Revell kit The AMT, as I'm sure you know, has no detail under their boards. They do, however have some really nice ejector pin circles which I have enjoyed removing. A little heavy, material-wise, but it was a simple scratch using Evergreen shapes. Easy peezy 😎 Tomorrow I'll spray' em with semi-gloss black along with the boards. Well, I've stretched this post as far as I can so..................see ya!

Nope. What ever is in the box. Could be the pink elephant 🐖 oops.....🦏.....no, wait.....🐘. There we go 🙂. Gotta spray the boards too, and make board brackets ( not necessarily in that order). I'm really liking the Tamiya spray paint. Have I mentioned that? 🥴

Moving right along on this gorgeous Mothers' Day, I've got the tudor spruced up for the occasion. All polished up and foiled. I still need to install a trunk handle and do a little more chrome work. Then I need to get some glass in the holes. There's more work to be done on the interior, particularly the dash but today she looks like this 👇

I reeeeealy like the way this is going, Greg. The roof looks great. I like the second spoon from the left. I'm glad to see this build moving forward.

Actually, I'm not wearing them. I hate them and they were a waste of $1500.00. There! I said it! ...and then it dawned on me. You're talking about a bottom-feeder. Not a top-loader. 🤣

Huh? I don't think I heard that right 🤔

Thanks, Bill.

I'm happy to see your deuce coupe is BACK IN BLACK ! 😀

Well I hope so because I wasn't too sure how any of this would have any value 🥴.

What's the difference now that we have Carfax to rat you out?🤷‍♂️

Yeah, I thought about that, Lenny. I tried to get a job there once 50 years ago so I don't feel bad. But here's a scenario: it gets banged up during the qualifying heat and they pull it out as best they can in the pit and now it's time for the feature. It's embarrassing, but at least it's still able to finish the night. Right? Or...there's the irony aspect. Yeah 🤔. It's explainable.

Twas no big deal. 🥴 It was just the usual stuff with an AMT chassis and some simple scratch stuff. Nothing you haven't seen before, Greg. The mesh was from a tea ball. Tires from the stash. Heads are MCG. Just having fun with left-over parts and Evergreen. There was something inspired by Lenny, though. The "hood" hinges. I noticed some of the cars I researched used flat sheet metal or cut-down hoods and fastened them with outside hinges. I made some functional gate hinges. I figured it would be an easy way for the 1:1 builder to slap a hood on and use readily available items that could be welded on to hinge it. Gate hinges! 🙂