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Great one Tom!

Just searched and found this glass coat may be essentially Future floor polish

Funny you brought up S-02 Les, I actually bought a bottle on ebay a few days ago and it's on its' way. I just looked on Amazon for the intermediate Gauzy and see they have another Gauzy product called Glass Coat. I haven't searched the forum yet for info on this stuff.

I've now gone down the airbrushed Molotow road and don't see me returning to either Alclad or Spaz Stix anytime soon. Unthinned at around 15psi or so, it sprayed nicely. It will self level so you'll need to lay it on somewhat wet. I found that being patient letting it dry naturally (without forcing with heat) for a couple of days resulted in it being more durable than I was expecting. At least durable enough that if you've pre-fit your pieces ahead of time (which eliminates alot of extra handling) the shine will stay. To be safe, I have tight, thin cotton gloves that I use for final assembly of chromed pieces. So, downsides are durability and detail hiding coverage to get a very shiny finish. Works great for bumpers and other flatter surfaces, but I'll still use Spaz Stix spray for things that I don't want heavy coverage. Upsides are that it's easy to lay down and yields the best chrome-like finish I've found. None of this is news to many of you, but I had to share my experiences.

Anyone have any experience with Redline Restorations on ebay? They have listings for many resin trans kits and there are a couple I might be interested in. Photos look ok, but they're photos. Thanks

Thanks Dave! I'd be totally lost without this board....

All Riv's are beauties but my fave has always been the '66. Great build!

Made progress on my '67 Impala 4dr rear-to-front seat conversion. I used my styrene slurry to fill the rear seat speaker and then finished the seat back. I'm not going to bother modifying the lower seat cushion to a front seat look, as I'm happy to just have the correct pleating instead of the tuck/roll the Supernatural came with.

Welcome Vitaly!

So, I found some really small decals that will work. While they're obviously not correct they at least represent something similar. They're #13 from the Lindberg '61 Impala sheet. I'll ask in the Wanted section to see if someone might have two extra they could let go. I partially drilled out the centers of the covers to roughly .130 and punched out four same sized discs from .015 sheet. The annual covers had a kind of dome shape rather than being a bit recessed. I often ask myself why I do stuff like this ? Thanks

Great build Mark! Love the color choice and the stock touches. Like you, I'm mid way through a Supernatural build to represent our family car. I have the Model Car Garage PE set and was able to pick up non-SS wheel covers from the annual kit. I had the resins but they scaled out to 16.5" and just looked too big. The kit covers scale out to 15.5". Also like you, I'm going to deal with the front ride height by relocating the spindles. Again, nice build Mark. Good to see these stock conversions.

Looks close for sure. I'm not concerned about the Chevrolet writing, but the flags would be nice. Thanks Casey

It's a long shot, but has anyone seen any decals that might work in replicating the centers to these '61 Impala covers? Thanks

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Nice build and great paint!

My retirement cave. Love the comment about drowning out the negative news..... I have all I need at arms length. I'd say that lighting is probably my most important concern. I spend alot of time here so lighting makes a big difference on my 68 year old eyes. My computer is the second most important tool... love looking up reference stuff for my builds and listening to music ? I have three Ikea rolling drawers that I love and have full of my tools, plastic stock, etc. Matter of fact, the tables are Ikea as well. I built the wooden shelving that I have my paints on. I use plastic shoebox sized containers from Target to hold my projects. Cheap and work great. This cave didn't happen overnight, but it's been worth it

Great build Dan! You've given me inspiration to do the same. Love the Starliner's look!

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Great build! Thanks for sharing.

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I've learned to be careful when using my ultrasonic to remove stubborn paint from bodies. The majority of "bubbles" seem most intense in the middle of the tank, which makes positioning important. If you leave the body upside down, with the roof, hood or trunk in the middle facing down, for too many timer cycles it appears to start attacking the surface of the plastic. Maybe it was the plastic of the bodies I was removing the paint from, but I've seen it on more than a couple. When I do use the ultrasonic now I check the plastic thoroughly after each timer cycle. Your mileage may vary. Rich

I always remove the tape before the paint is fully dry, but able to be handled. Less chance of lifting the paint edges.

Welcome again!

Welcome Magnus and look forward to seeing your builds!

Yep... those are the ones I'm looking at. Spacing really shouldn't matter too much as I could always separate them before installing. It's the shape I'm concerned about, which appear to be really close. Thanks a bunch Chris!