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Welcome!

I got a new booth a while back (not a Pace) and it didn't pull well either. I ended up taking a few layers of material off the filter and it helped a bit. Seemed the provided filter was kind of overkill for the small fan to pull through. Still catches the vast majority, if not all, of the overspray.

Thank you Les

I've been trying to find a way to contact Bob from Drastic Plastic to ask how (if) I can submit instructions to his Fotki site. I have a number of instructions from AMT annuals that aren't listed and it would be nice to be able to get them on the site for others to view if needed.

Here's a Buick you seldom see! You did a great job with it and the color and paint job is really nice as well.

Challenging kit but you've been doing great work! Following along.....

If you mean craft acrylics then there will be very little if any odor. As was mentioned, a booth will help control the overspray but unless you vent to the outside you'll still have some paint exiting the exhaust inside your room that will eventually require cleanup.

Welcome Ted!

Welcome Randy!

Welcome!

Thanks Chris!

Cool! Thanks a bunch Mike ?

That's what I did too and I figured it might work, just thought I'd see if anyone had both on the shelf or unbuilt that could verify. Those are better pix than what I found and you can really see they're likely the same. Guessing the glass on the HT's is too. Thanks Jay

I have a 63 Caddie HT that needs a hood and glass. At a glance it looks as though a 64 HT could be a donor but thought I'd check with the experts first.....

Welcome Hans!

I can recommend only 3 Mark .... 91% alcohol for lacquers, SuperClean (kind of Totally Awesome?), and Testors ELO (Easy Lift Off). Superclean is my go to. Like Mark said, sometimes you need to leave the body in for quite some time. Light scuffing of the paint prior to soaking helps too.

Great build Al! Love me them big Mercs! ?

Funny how this thread popped up just as I've been having a terrible time foiling a 61 Invicta HT. I bought two packages directly from BMF earlier this year and just now opened the first one. It's marked New and Improved and it peels off the backing fine without curling but it just doesn't want to stick very good. Almost not at all. And it's not just the edges of the sheet but the center as well. Makes an already frustrating job a job you dread doing. Never really enjoyed it before, but I've done enough to know something is wrong with this stuff. And my build room is 12% humidity. Options are to mask off all the trim and spray either Spaz Stix or Molotow. What a pain. I've never had much luck with pens. Brushes with Molotow work better if you go slow and heavy, but you need to be really careful. Unfortunate way to end a build ?

Nicely done!

Great makeover!

Welcome aboard Harry!

Various brands of progressive polishes. I use either Novus 1,2, and 3 or Tamiya coarse, fine, and finish. Easy to apply in their order of grit ending with the finest.

I hadn't planned on working steering, but rather just getting the pieces together and straight without having to resort to kit robbing ? I'll need to mostly fab one new spindle but the other isn't bad. The center section of the tie rod will be fiddly. And Ron, thanks a bunch for the pics and the tie rod measurement. These will help me cobble this together and still use the kit wheel backs/covers/tires. Thanks guys!

I looked at a 67 Impala kit and I can see where I might be able to cobble up something with parts of that suspension, but at this point I really would rather not raid a full kit to finish this Caddie. If I can see what the Caddie parts look like on the sprue or off, but not installed, I might be able to save these Johan pieces. I've drilled out the brake drums so far and stripped the chrome from everything (chrome Cadillac suspension??? ?) and am ready to give it a shot. I know I need to come up with some round stock for the tie rod center piece. The way the brake drums attach to the spindles are what I'm hoping to understand better. Thanks Ron

I haven't had any luck so far sourcing these replacement pieces for my 65 DeVille rebuild so I'm going to try and save what I have and get it together as best I can. Would anyone have close ups of these pieces in unbuilt condition? Especially the brake drums. I have the drawings from the Fotki instruction site but seeing the real pieces would help. I think any annual DeVille kit (not the 64 Oldies or any Eldo) from 64-70 might have these pieces as well as AMT 49 Mercs. Thanks!