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Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! ?

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! ?

Nice paint, Mario! Its a really nice kit and you did a nice job with it! ??

This one is done. Dupli-Color Bermuda Blue Metallic exterior, Semi-glass Black in the interior. I didn't spend any time on the engine as I wanted to see what the color looked like and concentrated on a glue method for the BMF (See WIP). I'm happy with the paint, foil and assembly. Thanks for looking! ?

This one is finished. I didn't spend much time on the engine as I just wanted to see if my glue method would work on the foil. Also wanted to see what the Dupli-color Bermuda Blue metallic looked like. I'm happy with the paint, foil and assembly. So this one is done! Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, All! I appreciate all the comments! ?

I didn't spend much time on the engine or chassis. Pounded the wheels on the metal axles and its on wheels!

The interior is Semi-gloss black, dullcote on the floor, 3 decals, and chrome pen. Done! P. S. The magnified photos make it look a little rough but it looks much better to the naked eye.

Nice work, Bob! The color looks great as is the overall craftsmanship! ??

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! Finished the foil on the body and I only have the taillight bezels to do probably with a Molotow chrome pen. The foil is about 50/50 new foil with glue and old damaged gummed foil. Next, I work on the black interior. I'm just going to build box stock and I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this one. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, All! I appreciate the comments! Bob, I'm still working on this and I trimmed the ends before the glue had dried by holding the piece with my thumb on one hand and cutting with the other hand. But maybe I will let the glue dry a bit in the future before cutting. I'm still trying to get the right viscosity for the glue, I think I may have thinned it too much so I am going to add a little glue to thicken. I don't want it too thick as it may bubble or lump up under the foil. In the pictures below you can see that the glue is a little runny and beads up a bit but it does help to hold the foil in place. The trim around the window is from an old piece of foil that has more gum on it so I didn't need the glue. The foil on the rocker is actually two pieces because I cut one piece too short. It seemed to work OK on both pieces and I was able to wipe off excess glue with a swab. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, All. I appreciate your comments! I sanded out the hood this morning and re-painted the hood after applying another coat of primer. Turned out well. So it was such a nice day - about 70 with low humidity, I painted all the other parts. I tried out my idea to thin some Elmers Glue with Acrylic thinner and applied it to the back window trim. Then I used my new foil that has little gum on it and allied it over the glue that I had applied with a brush. Worked out well. I rubbed out the body a bit and decided that since it was so nice and the hood had dried so nicely outside without blushing, I added another coat of clear to the body Everything came out well! Tomorrow it will be cold and rainy. But I have everything done so I can just build! Thanks for looking and here are a few photos.

I'm going to build this one next. Its pretty simple and with the weather changing everyday, I painted the body today. First, I decided to clean up my paint stand with some oven cleaner, scraper knife, etc. Looks like almost new! Then I had do some work on the hood. I tried to sand off a burr on the hood edge but dug into the edge. So I had to use a strip of styrene to support the edge and putty it up. Everything looked pretty good so I painted. Unfortunately, I guess I didn't sand out the hood good enough and there were some scratches that didn't show up or I didn't see them in the primer. So I am going to sand them out, re-primer and paint it again. I also prepped the Cobra Jet hood just in case. I am using a Dupli-color color called Bermuda Blue Metallic. Its a very steelie-looking blue which looks good on the body. Thanks for looking!

Your modifications look great, Rusty! Looks a lot better than box stock. Wish I had that kind of eye! ??

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! ?

Great paint! Nice work! ??

This one is done! Paint is Testors Daytona Yellow (last 1/2 can) and Krylon Satin Black and Khaki in the interior. Box stock except for engine plug wires, fuel line and heater hoses. I have just a few adjustments to make - the right rear exhaust pipe chrome extension for one and some minor touch-ups in the engine compartment. My only regret is that I rubbed out the edge of the left front fender and had to touch it up with a brush with the last drop of paint I could get out of the Testors Daytona Yellow paint can. So here are some photos: Quote

Thanks, MrMike! I appreciate your comment! This one is done! I have just a few adjustments to make - the right rear exhaust pipe chrome extension for one and some minor touch-ups in the engine compartment. My only regret is that I rubbed out the edge of the left front fender and had to touch it up with a brush with the last drop of paint I could get out of the Testors Daytona Yellow paint can. So here are some photos:

Thanks, Rusty! I appreciate your comment! I used some 1/4" tube to cut a couple of bushings for the front wheels to push the wheels out a bit. Now both sets of wheels are in the same track. Only thing I've noticed about the manufacturing of this kit.. Otherwise, everything is going together well.

Thanks, Carl and Mike! I appreciate your comment! Carl, I haven't really considered a clear lacquer as a glue since it is unforgiving; meaning there is no way to wipe off any excess without making a mess. Maybe I'll try an acrylic clear, like Polly Scale clear. I've finished the engine and chassis and the engine has been installed. Looks like I made a mess of the water bottle but I can scrape some paint off and you won't see much of it once the body is installed. I've installed plug wires, a fuel line and will install heater hoses. Finally, I mocked up the body on the chassis. Wheel position looks good and the interior door panels line up well. Nice kit so far! Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Carl! I appreciate your comment! Here's the completed interior. I added seat belt decals included in the kit with a twist. I used some black masking tape under the decal. That gives the belts a little more depth and a more fibrous look. The decals fit very well and the decal for the steering wheel looks really good once dry. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Greg! I appreciate your comment! I took a look at the tutorial you attached and its not much different than the articles that have been published in Model Magazines over the last 30 years. Take a large piece of foil and place it over a gaping hole and then trim. By the time you are done with all four wheel opening and all four window openings you have used a whole sheet of foil! It would be too expensive for me. I really don't have a problem with applying good foil and over the years have applied foil in strips. I can get about 10 - 12 builds out of a sheet of foil. My problem is that the current state of BMF is an inferior product that has little to no glue on it. I had some luck recently when I went to a local LHS and the woman working there could see that I was disappointed because they were out of foil, so she looked at here back storage area and found an old piece of damaged foil that she gave to me (see below). Although this piece has damaged wrinkles in it, the glue is pretty good. Unfortunately, since it is old it is brittle and tears easily. Over the years, I have become pretty good at eyeballing lengths and widths that I need to foil a trim piece. So all the pieces that you see on this build are strips that need very little trimming, usually just lengths as I cut a little longer than I need for wrinkles where I pick it up with the tweezers. Very little trimming on the width, if any. But some strips may be two or three pieces because the strip broke while applying it. The other piece of foil that I bought on the internet has practically no glue on it. Once I have to use it, I am toying with the idea of thinning down some Elmer's Glue and carefully applying it to the trim I want to foil, let it set up a couple of minutes, apply the foil and then clean any excess glue with a damp Q-tip. In terms of progress, I didn't like the black and white interior in the yellow body so I re-painted the seats and door panels tan, which is Krylon Khaki. I've also finished the interior pieces using a combination of foil, Chrome pen and decals. Here are a couple photos:

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! Finished the foil. Took me all day and I'm not happy with all of it, especially around the wheel openings, but its the best I can do with this foil until I figure out a better method. Thanks for looking!

Almost finished with rubbing out the paint and added some foil to the vents in the hood that have been blackwashed. The paint rubbed out very nicely and I only had a couple of small rub-throughs that I touched up with a brush. I didn't realize how much paint I had used, but I could only squirt a small amount of the Daytona Yellow into the can lid. Just enough! Foil is next! Thanks for looking!

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! I finished painting yesterday, painted all the parts and cleared the body. Today it is supposed to rain all day. So I should have the body rubbed out later with photos. I painted the interior black and white. Thanks for looking! ?