Jim N

Great job! Beautiful paint and decals.

Great job. It is amazing how simple these cars look when compared to the aerodynamic monstrosities they race today.

Great job. As far as the tripod look, you may have had slightly warped parts.

Great job! I remember my dad watching that show when I was little.

I have had the same thing happen to me. I can't explain why, but have never used that clear again. I use Future pretty much exclusively, but even that has messed up a paint job on an occasion or two. It may be nothing you did or didn't do. When I build, I fully expect that some paint jobs will get screwed up for a host of reasons, and in some instances, I will have no clue. To me, it's just the luck of the draw.

Thanks Bill. And by the way, the Vette looks gorgeous.

Great job! Really outstanding work.

I read Bill's post and was a little confused too, but I reread his first and I am fairly certain the sequence is this" BIN Zinsser Primer BIN Zinsser Primer Paint

I start with a white wheel. If it is molded in white plastic, that is where I start. If it is molded in another color, I paint it flat white. Then I paint the wheel with a flat black enamel. When the wheel is fully dry, I take an X-acto knife and using a very shallow angle, I scrape the black paint off until I get to the white. This takes some practice and don't scrape more than an 1/8" at a time. When the wheel is done, I use a red or yellow marker and color the stripe. I then use a semi - gloss clear and detail the wheel.

Looks great! One of my favorite paint schemes that he ran.

Top drawer work! All three look great.

She apparently has a gift that no one else has.

Looks very nice. Great job, particularly on the camo paint.

They had blank looks on their faces because it took so long to take the picture. No one could hold a smile that long.

Interesting subject. Great job painting. Really outstanding work.

Good job, Michelle. A lot of these older kits can be real buggers to put together.

Great looking model! It looks very, very nice.

Unfortunately, it seems to be the times we live in. Too many people are letting their political views or lifestyle choices define who they are.

Great job Bruce! I built the snap kit as a birthday gift for my daughter. She loves Corvettes. Anyway when I came to painting the vents, I experimented with a black wash. I had to apply the wash a couple of times, but the final affect was pretty good.

You have to take your pictures outside to see the full effect of the paint. The ones above were painted with Rustoleum Color - Shift paint, but I expect that the Testor's will be the same. The Magnum is purple to blue and the Monte Carlo is green to gold. This paint went on the same as the Testor's. There has to be a black base coat and then light coats of the Color - Shift paint.

The argument that current NASCAR race cars are not stock enough is really getting old. This is a picture of the current Camaro street car compared to the race car. The ONLY differences are that the race car is slightly taller and longer. That's it. I saw a similar picture of the Camry a couple of years ago.

This conversation and others very similar have been taking place since the days of Socrates and civilization has advanced. As much as each older generation wants to suggest that things are worse today than they were in the past, civilization continues to advance.

I have heard others say that growing old is not for the faint of heart and that is very true. I learned a lesson from an aunt and uncle of my wife's. They scrimped and saved all of their working lives and claimed they would be quite the travelers after retirement. Once they retired, their health started to fail and there was no traveling. The only thing they really accomplished by scrimping and saving all of those years was that their kids will have a great inheritance. If there are things you want to do, and can do so without bending the budget too badly, then its time to do them.

A monthly payment of only $3,083.00. What's there not to afford?

Looks great!