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That is PERFECT. Didn't even think about Amazon. And I see that they use the blunt needles for ink refills, I think I might have an ink refill kit laying around somewhere from years ago, THANKS!

I often find myself with the need for a small needle to apply thinned paint to crevices like the recessed parts of grilles, panel lines, etc. I try to use toothpicks, etc. but the paint makes a blob on the end that is either too big to get into the crack without getting it all over the adjoining surfaces or too small to properly fill the crevice. It has occurred to me that a needle would be ideal for filling these lines so I naively went to CVS and asked if they sold needles. As you can probably imagine, she gave me a look as if I had asked her for a pound of meth and told me in no uncertain terms that they did not sell them. Fast forward to a few weeks later as I'm standing in line at the feed store and some rough looking individuals are in front of me relaying a long and convoluted story about immunizing puppies to the old lady behind the counter. She eventually sells them several needles and as they walk out she looks at me and says "Puppies my #$#...". It was at this point that I realized how I must look when asking a pharmacist for needles to help paint my models with. While I could certainly obtain them from the aforementioned elderly lady, it's probably not a good idea to do this in a town of 2,000 people where I am relatively well known. Has anybody else had success in obtaining a needle for this purpose without ending up on a list somewhere? Is there any way of purchasing these while bypassing the moral judgment stage of the transaction? Or is there a viable alternative that I'm overlooking to apply thinned paint in really tight spaces?

Just finished a great trade with gardnerpag44!

Just got this in my email.... Revell Partners with Custom Car Designer Chip Foose for 6 New Model Car Kits Series Will Include 2 Exclusive Foose Car Designs with All New Tooling Custom car designer and TV personality Chip Foose and Revell VP and GM Lou Aguilera shake hands after signing a 3-year, six vehicle license agreement. ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL (May 19, 2015) – The world’s largest scale plastic model kit manufacturer RevellInc. today announced an exclusive three-year licensing agreement with acclaimed custom car designerChip Foose that will add six new model car kits to its existing Foose collection. Two will replicate Foose’s real-world car designs, complete with original tooling, for the first time ever in the scale plastic model marketplace. The other four will be re-issues of earlier Revell model kits that will be Foose-ified with Chip’s personal design modifications. Revell’s first ever pre-decorated model glue kits featuring Foose designs, the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette C7 and Dodge Challenger SRT8, will be released in Q4 2015. They will feature Foose-created paint schemes, wheel designs and special Foose renderings used only on the Revell box art. The two exclusive Foose cars will be selected by Foose fans and Foose himself from a list of six Foose masterpieces: his 1934 Ford Mercury-inspired “Stallion”, 1935 “Grand Master” Chevy Master Sedan, 1936 “Impression” Ford based roadster, 1965 “Impostor” Impala, 1956 Ford F100 pickup and Hemisfear custom supercar coupe. Collectively, the six candidates have won six major industry awards, including the prestigious Detroit Autorama Ridler award and America’s Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR) award. Voting will open on the Revell and Foose social media sites in June 2015. The series will include full glue and paint model kits as well as Revell’s first Foose pre-decorated glue kits. It will be released over a three-year period. “Chip Foose is an icon in the custom car world and admired by every car enthusiast, including our customers. Being able to work on his cars through our kits gives builders an up close look at the details of Chip’s designs,” said Lou Aguilera, Revell VP and General Manager. “Our new Foose kits will give both the casual model builder and hard-core enthusiast more opportunities to do that, ‘own’ their own Chip Foose cars, and have the thrill of ‘building’ them just as Chip does with his full-scale, one-of-a-kind vehicles.” “I grew up making models, and it put me on the path to being a car designer,” Foose said. “Partnering with Revell lets me share the pleasure of both model building and custom car design with others, including people who have seen my work at car shows or on TV programs like Overhaulin’. Revell’s model kits make it possible for anyone to literally get their hands on the one of my car designs.” About Revell Inc. Revell has been a worldwide leader in scale plastic model kits since 1945. Today, Revell offers more than 7,000 different accurately detailed cars, trucks, ships, aircraft, spacecraft and more scale plastic model kits. The company is a subsidiary of Hobbico, Inc. one of the largest designer, manufacturer and distributor of radio control and model hobby products in the world. For more information, visit www.revell.com. About Chip Foose and Foose Design Chip Foose is the creative head and driving force behind Foose Design, an automotive and product development company specializing in illustrations, graphics, fabrication and the complete construction of automobiles and automotive related products. Founded in 1998, Foose Design products and creative services are available to individuals, TV and film companies and automotive manufacturers. For more information, visit www.chipfoose.com.

Ron, do you know what year you ordered? They have several from that period but no photos so I'm not sure which ones I need.... also it says it's for the Lindberg kit, I guess they fit the existing tires that came with the kit?

To all the police car modelers around here... any suggestions on where to find or how to scratch build these Crown Vic wheels? I gave it a shot using thumbtacks and a slice of Evergreen tube for the center circle but the thumbtacks were too small for the wheel and the Evergreen was "meh"... if I can't find them to buy somewhere I will have to start making the rounds in the office supply aisle of every store in town with a ruler in hand.

So do you guys think the Raptor will be a real kit and not a build and play? It says Snaptite so I would assume so, but those headlights look suspiciously painted to me in that picture. On another note, has anybody come out with waterslide Raptor decals yet?

I've been following this on your Youtube channel for the past couple of weeks, turned out really well... beautiful!

I did the Bigfoot kit as my second model.... I had the exact same problem. I can't remember how I ended up doing it or if it even turned out well, I just remember that part being a beast. That's also the point at which I learned CA fogs windows. Persevere!

That would be awesome! Sending you a PM...

I'm looking for a Whelen Edge lightbar to do this with: Can anybody point me to a place to buy one or can anybody confirm that this bar is included in the Lindberg Dodge Challenger? (I read that this kit was to include 8 light bars including this one, can't find it in person anywhere to confirm, just want to make sure before I order one). I found a clear housing for this on eBay but the guy wants $12 for just the lens, seems kind of steep, plus the plastic looks fogged. At least if I pick up the Charger kit I might be able to use the rest of it for something else I guess...

That is absolutely amazing, you people on here make me incredibly jealous.

At the risk of straying off topic, what are checkerboard kits?

Quick followup, I put it in a Ziploc with some 91% alcohol. An hour or so later the paint was off like water on Rain-X. Thanks!

I have rubbing alcohol, I'll give that a shot tonight.

I haven't been able to find the purple power and I don't have any alcohol that strong but I do have the Easy Off and will try it next. Where do you buy the 97% alcohol?

I'm confused.... I see yellow and black. Did you make the same mistake twice???

Holy moly, that is a treasure trove. I guess 50 years will do that, eh?

Specifically the Georgia State Patrol kit. I've tried Dawn Power Dissolver, I've tried brake fluid, I've scrubbed it with a scouring pad. It's currently sitting in a puddle of Windex. The blue paint has for the most part come off but the white paint is not budging. I can scrape it with my finger nail but I'm looking for a more realistic solution. Any ideas?

The shine on that paint is unbelievable, beautiful!

I regret to inform you that this project is dead. Tried to get the warp out of the body using hot water, it shrunk the plastic on the front end and now neither the hood nor grill fit. I will probably try to pick up the newer Bronco kit next time I am in town and start fresh.

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This kit has been sitting in my stash for a while, I am going to be building it mostly OOB (at least that was the intent when I started). I had a can of Testor's Lime Ice paint that has been sitting in the bottom of my spray booth for a while that I will be using, bought it on sale and this seems like a good car to use it on. Stripes will be black and will be painted on rather than decalled. This WIP thread will be in a slightly different format than what most of you guys do on here, just to try something new. I will include new updates at the top of the thread and move older content down as I go. INITIAL UPDATE 12/10/2014 I am not normally one to worry too much about precise adherence to accuracy but there were a few things about this kit that bugged me. To start though, here are the colors I'll be using: The first thing that bugged me was that this kit must have been based off of a prototype as Dodge got rid of the side exhaust for this year's Viper. The kit is strange as it does include the rear exhaust tips (and directs you to install them) but the housing for the side pipes is still present on the body along with a cover for the exhaust port. The production car has a bulge along the side skirt where the side pipes used to be (as the exhaust still runs through this area). To fix this I trimmed down the protruding edges of the side pipes and puttied over them with Tamiya putty. I'll sand it smooth and although it won't be a perfect representation (the wheelbase on this kit is shorter than the actual car anyways, making the area in front of the door shorter) I think it will be close enough for rock and roll. The other thing that really bugged me was that there was a mold line running between the back window and trunk edge that was clearly not representative of a panel line. I did find one elevated photo of the trunk area that showed panel lines running between the trunk edge and the rear edge of the doors (there are surprisingly few photos of this area of a Viper on the internet by the way!). To create the absent panel line I used some copper wire to get the contour right and then traced the curve to Evergreen to use as a template. I cut out the template and superglued it to the car in order to cut the new panel line with my hobby knife. Still a little cleanup to do but looks much better!

HALLELUJAH! RUBBER ON THE ROAD! It has taken me two weeks to get to this point. I don't know how some of you guys have the patience to stick with a real modification project, this alone has me ready to stick it back in the box and start something I can actually paint within the next year. Suspension is in place, I did some more modifications including using some 12 gauge Romex conductor for front and rear shocks: Tacked everything up using the superglue sparingly, here is how she sits at the moment: It's not perfect but with the time it has taken me to get this far I can live with it... further rebuilding of the suspension is out of the question. The front wheels sit too far out just because I haven't made the mounting pins fit just right yet, once they are finalized they will be at about the same offset as the rear wheels.