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Thank for the compliments, Francis, and the welcome. I hadn't stopped building; I just stopped sharing on the forum ( Scale Auto). I just needed to get back on line with y'all. Having 3 or 4 projects going concurrently, my focus was beginning to tank. I paint outside like a lot of builders do so I'm at the mercy of the weather. I'll run out of work while waiting to paint so to keep busy I'll start another one. I want to slow down and execute better. There is a lot of good information to be found here and I will put in my 2 cents when I think it will help. I see a lot of handles I remember from the SA forum. It's good to see them all again. There is some incredibly good craftsmanship and know-how here, we're in agreement on that! Thanks again.

Okay, since we're dragging out old builds of the Monogram `39 Chevy kit, here's mine. It was done oob with a little detailing on the engine. I built it around `86-`87 - in my early 30s. It's fairly consistent with my current build quality but no foil or paint finishing. It's probably either Testor's or some department store rattle can paint. Ignition wires are sewing thread and fuel line looks like 14 GA. Romex (what was found laying around in the cellar). I looked at the above gasser and I think this is how I would like to renovate my ''resto-rod''. I don't have an emotional attachment to mine and it's good gasser material. Larman, above, was 15 when he built his so keeping it as is, as advised by Painted Black and others, makes sense. For me, gasser is the only way to go with mine. The black paint job on mine would polish out well I think. It's just that breaking it down might result in a ? show. There may be some breakages but I won't know till I try. Larman, you got me started so whatever happens, I'm blaming you. ?

Pete, thanks for that "tape under foil" thing. I will definitely try that; it makes sense ?

I absolutely agree! Those interiors are amazing! Thank you all for the advice ?

Thanks, Brian. I've been reading about this stuff for years and only now am I getting around to trying it. I'm not big on clearcoating because a good polish job looks more "in scale". But there are times when it's the best choice. I will clear a paint job if there's reason to think I'll go through to the primer when micro-polishing. I will try the wet look on a few projects, though, because it IS impressive.? Thank you all for the help!

Does anybody know what "Future" is calling itself these days ??? I live in the USA so what does it say on the label here in the States? I know it differs depending on where you live.

A lot of interiors call for only one color but '50s cars and customs are often 2 or 3 colors. I have tried tape, foil (big mistake) and just brush painting but I want a better job and spraying offers the best finish. Masking a complicated color scheme has me pulling my limited hair out. I'm not happy with anything I have done so far. I welcome all comments; please tell me what works for you.

This method is genius! ( while striking my forehead with the palm of my hand) . Got a foil job coming up soon. Can't wait to try this. BTW, sometimes I find quite a lot of adhesive residue when removing excess foil. It seems to be only recently as I had not noticed this happening in the past. The quality of the newer stuff is suspect. I know the "ULTRA BRIGHT" is practically unworkable. The foil I bought within the last year labeled "NEW IMPROVED CHROME" has been OK, but what I've read here about the quality differences confuses me. Between the loss of the Model Master line and this foil thing going on, I'm a bit worried ?.

Beautiful work!! The fenderless hot rod coupe is my #1 favorite to build. Building street rods and customs allow us to let our imaginations run wild. The paint work on your coupe is totally cool and the chromeless look is awesome. Can't wait to see the other one!

Thanks Espo, I got back in to this around 10 years ago or so. I have tried a number of different things but I enjoy the radical mods the most. Especially the cutting and scratch building stuff. Everything is an experiment. Sometimes they don't turn out so great but it's always what's next . ?

It's not the best but it works. It's heavy enough to be stable and the making tape holds the odd pretty well. Most of us would recognize it for a black iron pipe 6" nipple with a base on one end and a cap on the other. Add enough masking tape to create a little cusion. It's not my idea but I've used it for years and it works for me (and I had all the stuff in my garage ?)

Thank you all for the welcomes ? and please give me a little time on the build photos- I am not crazy about photography. ?

Same thing happened to me, right? I wonder what happens if you answer "Round 2"

Hey people, it's nice to find some ( maybe all ) of you on this forum. After SA went away I found that their forum eventually began to suffer and I got really involved in building. The need to share faded as I became obsessed with details and radical mods, experimenting with unfamiliar techniques. With 3 or 4 builds at a time going on, it became too much to build and to also document and then share my thoughts. I HATED TAKING PICTURES!! I decended into a sort of madness and began to isolate myself from the outside world......well, COVID had a lot to do with it too. I retired in November of 2019 and then COVID came along and it was a perfect storm.. while waiting for paint to dry I would scour Ebay for bargains... I was buying kits I would never build! Eagerly, I would be planning the next project.. I was opening kits and cutting parts from trees for no reason and removing engines for swaps and forgetting where I put them.. moving wheels and tires to other kits.....it was getting out of hand.. and then I realized two things. 1) I was accumulating a lot of extra parts (especially fenders.) And 2) I was running out of space for finished projects.....oh, and 3) I had a lot of busted kits. I have concluded that I need to slow down. So here I am, begging forgiveness and pledging to reform. One or two of you may remember me as "rustyroach". When I tried to sign up here, I discovered I had previously signed up as "customline" so I guess that's who I am now. I will answer to either one.