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I always get a kick out of instructions that were interpreted by a non-professional. ? I will attempt buying these purification cup only to prevent my clogging to paint with. ?

Vinyl top paint was available way back in the day. I used it on a '72 Fury I was going to flip. I wish I could remember more.....?....it had a bad transmission.....I remember that...?

Oooo, I didn't mean for you to test it...hope it's OK ?. I just wondered if it could be used over and over. I remember buying full size paper strainers from the body shop supply house that were throw-aways. Wouldn't that be nice if we had little ones? Hmmmm......

Yup. It's like us gun nuts say : "it is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it" ?

Greg, are these filters "cleanable"? The plastic housing may be a no-no for solvents like lacquer thinner or other hot solvents. Aztek is water base as well as AK paints, right?

Nice job detailing the exhaust, etc. Not easy for some of us (me). Maybe a bit of rust on the resonators and tail pipes would be appropriate. Here's how I recall the '57 Ford back home in Southern New England: ?...sorry, had to.

I totally agree with David ?. I'm stealing all your ideas ?.

Thanks, Dave. Roanoke is just too far for me these days.

Very cool, Alan. Very cool. Raising the rear fenders and deleting the 'boards to create the illusion of a section job is a brilliant idea (which I plan to use, thank you.) I think you have set the bar with this one. Super nice paint, too. Congrats!

Is this event held regularly around this time of the year? I knew about it because I just missed it last year and have been watching for it here since. Well, I missed it again. ? Was this the only notice or did I miss one earlier on? There's not a lot of these events around south eastern VA but this one is only an hour and a half drive. I would really like to attend this one next year if I'm still breathing.

Hey, David, I have the same '02 kit. How's your hood? On the outer surface, there is some "sinking" that can be felt. Block sanding will be needed. I'm not seeing any flash, it seems fairly crisp. I am scratching my head, however, over what was plated and what was not. ?

Great start David. You must be a patient man to be able to mask that floor. I have this kit waiting for me so I will be following with great interest ?.

Great idea using the grille from the '51 Chevy kit, Alan. You are entering lead sled heaven with this one. Very cool. I'm following! I think we're gonna need a separate category for the '41 Plymouth ?.

Thanks for your interest, Alan. I hope you have a better time of it.

Thanks for you comments, Tim. I value them greatly. There was a long period in which I did not build any car kits. I wandered into aircraft for a while but not in depth. I missed a lot of car kits while they were in their prime. When I jumped back in around '04 I got more deeply involved with customizing, and kit bashing. I caught the '41 Plymouth kit in it's....golden years, apparently ?.

This is how you beat a poorly designed kit into submission ?

You could use it for that but it only makes left turns ?

Thankfully, Zippi gave this one new life. The bodywork is incredibly nice, Greg. After seeing this, I think I may be sold on sprue-goo.

This is where I get lost, Paul. Can't wait to see what comes next.

I wish I had thought to do that with the rear pan....actually, I wish they had thought of it.

Thanks, Greg.....I have work to do ....edit: I really like the air filter, my garage is filthy too ! ?

I went through just a little and mine was like you describe so when I hit white I stopped the shaping operation for another day. You're getting close. I shot mine this afternoon with Ace Premium gloss black and tried to put it in my new dehydrator but it wouldn't fit! The body is mounted on a Tamiya spray stand and it wouldn't fit under the "dome" ? ! ! I gotta raise the dome or chop the stand ? Normal, perfectly normal.

No, it looks like you have a solvent type. The one I pictured above is thicker; runny but not watery. It's a mystery, Greg. Hopefully the Dehydrator will suck the life out of it pretty soon. Is it still gooey or can you stick a finger in it and not get any on it? Did it bond to the plastic really well? The reason I used the Plastruct "welder" was its pretty hot and I wanted to get a good bond. The solvent type cements are not all the same, some are hotter than others- they melt the plastic and evaporate at different rates from brand to brand and maybe the one you used is a "cooler" type. You just gotta wait it out ?.

Testor's plastic cement in a container like in the picture below but with a different label?

Oh no, Dave, I was just venting ? I guess I should used more emojis. Sorry ?! For some reason my browser doesn't play well with the emoji thingie and it slows me down. I should be more careful when venting ?