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Dave, I'm not sure I understand your point about consumption of light beer. Light beer is a refreshing drink for those who don't like beer. Those who drink light beer are not "beer drinkers", per se. They just want to be seen as such. Real beer drinkers want the body and flavor that only real beer provides. Light beer is not considered beer by real beer drinkers. It's just that simple. If you want real beer, you drink Samual Adams Boston Lager or the Devil's Backbone varieties, or any number of American micro-brewed IPAs. I'm sure our friends in the land north of the border have their real beers too, like Moosehead and Molson. Bud light and Miller Light are an embarrassing blight on the USA and anyone who drinks that garbage needs to turn in his man card. Light beer is for the ladies, period. ? Note to admin....just playing ?

Awesome treatment of an old favorite kit. This kit is a blank canvas and you have painted a masterpiece on it!

Thank you, gents ?

Yup, Keystone Classics! My all-time favorite ?

Yup, Keystone Classics! My favorite!

Nice build, James, great color choice! Its very early '60s. I would love to get my hands on that kit again. Just that big Lincoln engine with the Latham (?) Supercharger is worth the price.

Thank you Phil & Ray, a deuce was meant to be chopped and channelled; why else would there be so darn many of them? Phil, I really don't recall what chassis went where but it is probably the one that came with AL Jardine's ride (yup, read the box ?). As stated above, that kit was very disappointng. Or maybe it came out of the '29 roadster kit. I dunno. I mix stuff up so much anything's possible ?. The big thing with the "Beach Boy" body is the A pillars. They bear no resemblance to those of a 1932 ford. None. That kit was a dog, full stop.

Merci, Philippe!

Thanks Dave & Glenn, the maroon coupe is the revell. It's an older build that I did before I found out that model putty shrinks. After that I became a fanatic for Bondo. The roofs are quite different. Not sure how far back the "Little Deuce Coupe" kit goes, but the Revell kit is pretty much the same e kit as the 5W kit. Different body, but it came with most of the other stuff. The engine in my version is from the 5W. The "Rockin' Rods" series also immortalized the ZZ Top "Eliminator" '33 coupe, also in red styrene. Also toy-like and not well detailed. But I digress.? Nothing looks right on the Monogram body; it all looks distorted. But it's a 3 window coupe and that's all I care about ? Looks more like a Plymouth ? Below is a shot of the roof that was filled with Tamiya putty. Thanks for your interest.

One of these coupes is the Revell kit. The other is a 1:25 Monogram "Rockin' Rods" "Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe" rendition, an older kit. The Monogram kit is a bit toy-like in that the kit is molded in red. The Revell street rod is a very good kit. This is how I see them. Thanks for looking!

WOOD IS GOOD! You could stop right here, RRP, and call it done! I love it ?

Best Model Car Parts. He's on ebay. He makes photo reduction dash panels on photo paper. You just cut it out and glue it in place. I love 'em.you can also just cut the kit decal out too but not dip it, just glue it in like I did here.

Bud Light is for little gurlee men ☺️

A bit of progress. Engine mostly assembled, ladder bars painted with attached shocks, slicks sanded, a little more bondo work done, flip nose work progressing. I'll explain the nose work...sheet stock added to both sides of fender mating area- the body side is flush; this will more or less make up for the ker. Magnets will be hidden behind the .020 material. On the nose side the .030 sheet is recessed enough to accommodate the magnets that will be set there. The nose will be held closed by the magnets. When the hinge is finally set, the nose will be positioned closed. The hidden magnets will be located and glued according to the positioning of the nose magnets that are glued beforehand. Don't worry, I've done this before ?...

"Favorite" is clear but it doesn't cover the why; my favorite paint jobs for purely selfish reasons are the ones here. ☺️ No polishing! Easy prep! You can't screw it up!

Appreciate the comments, Mike. I learned about Createx a few years ago and bought a set of iridescent colors and have not had the courage to try them. I know, that's irrational. The burgundy paint on the '40 may not be as stated. Its possibly Testors dark red gloss. I experimented with Krylon burgundy gloss over black on an interior for an oxblood leather look. See below.the model A is done over bare plastic and the '53 is over black. Big difference. I knew this to be a method used to affect the shade but now I think about it when planning a paint job.? I wish I had painted those white wall inserts ?

Yeah, right ?

I was just bloviating. I need some ?

Wow, progress! I was caught up in the paint job thing and this thread got away from me?! That hardtop is a foil pig, ain't it? Good thing they provided the side chrome. It looks great! Party on!

Bob, it's not the paint as much as what you do before and afterwards. The '56 pickup you posted on 5 September (above) looks pretty shiny to me. Some pearls don't have a mirror look and indoors they just look dull. Out in the sun is where they come to life. I don't think a "wet" look is appropriate for 1:25 scale. If you micro polish, reducing grits all the way down to 12,000 without skipping any, you will get a really nice finish that looks in scale. But you already know this. I can't get a really good finish on black no matter what I do. So I keep black paint jobs at a minimum. Black may need extra care and even then a clear coat. The prep work is where you have to put in the work on a dark color. I'm not willing to go to those lengths. I don't like that phase of the build. Use Tamiya "Fine Surface " primer just before color, but give it a couple of days to dry first. If you don't have this stuff, get it! It's sah-moooth! Beautiful paint. Pricey. OK, I'm done.?

I wish I could remember ?. Hmmmm.....the Cameo is Testors (1/4 oz bottle) green metalflake, '48 zzzzzzz is Boyd's (model master) purple pearl (?), the sectioned ford is Testors extreme lacquer purple metal flake rattle can, the '34 is also rattle can extreme lacquer( gold metal flake, I think), High & Mighty is Ace hardware Premium rattle can ( I highly recommend this paint), the Olds is Krylon ivory (probably), and I think the '40 is Krylon burgundy. I really like Testors bottle paint thinned with cheap lacquer thinner for air brush and micro polish on everything after it's cured. No clear for me, thank you. Not if I don't need to. Below is Testors Arctic Blue on the Chevy and good ol' sub-lime green from the spray can on the GTX. I think the deuce coupe is Dupli-Color with clear (maybe Krylon)over it. The altered '34 is Testors 1/4 oz, purple of some description . The pickup is Krylon metallic gold, as is from the can. Not a great finish but a kinda weird color, yes? When I started spraying I was expecting something completely different ?.

Most of my paint jobs are flawed somehow, even though the overall finish is good. I don't use clear gloss very often because it's an unnecessary step since I want a more "in scale " look. I would micro-polish it anyway, to flatten out the orange-peel. I have not taken many staged shots; they are all indoor, sometimes before completion and until I do a real photo shoot of everything I've done, this suffices for now. The best I can find are here. Thanks for looking.

My sympathy on the Christmas tree , it's fun putting it up but not so much taking it down. The low temperature in the garage may be a problem for the adhesive on the foil. Also, metal is affected by temperature too. You may try doing that work in the house where it's warmer. When the model is finished, that is where it will reside, no?

I only use Molotow as is, from the pen,, on chrome touch-up(bumpers, etc) and for small details, I pump a little out on something non-porous and use an appropriate size brush. I have arthritic hands and my eyes have floaters that drive me crazy; you can do it, Bob ?.

Yup, Roger that. The detail is insane and the paint work is breathtaking. The off- beat sedan/family car idea is not seen very often in scale. It's quite refreshing ?