Nacho Z

She is coming along very nicely, Simo! Looking forward to the next update!

That’s a good looking dragster, Bob! I’m not sure how bad the decals were, but they look good from here, so kudos to you for a nice save!

Very, very nice!

Great looking Vette, Dennis!

Nice progress, Ken! Such a beautiful car.

Mark, they are lacquer. Dry / cure very quickly. They are not shiny and must be clear coated with a gloss clear to be shiny.

Time for a Monday night update. This will be a short one, but in real time this took quite a while. I primed the body in Gravity Colors Light Gray primer. I wish they made a wider variety of primer colors, but they don't. Light and dark gray are all they offer. Once the primer cured I shot their Titanium White on the body and misc. parts. This is some bright white! After the body sat for a day, I checked it out. It looked good at first glance, but upon closer inspection I saw that the back section was "pebbly", almost like sandpaper. I must have pulled back too far with the airbrush(?) At any rate, I knocked it down, masked it, and reshot it. It came out nice and smooth. That is it for this update. As I always say, I am farther along than what I post. I hope to have more updates soon. Thanks for checking in!

I have picked up and put down the Heller plastic kit several times. I don’t know much about the car’s pedigree, but I do like the looks of the car. I’ll pop a bag of popcorn and follow along on this one!

Sublime!

Very nice, Thomas! It is nice to see these built. I’m thinking that there are a lot of started but not finished ones out there…lol.

Love those McLarens! Nice job as usual, Rich. You’ve been knocking them out of the park!

I was a teenager when this TV show came out. I loved that van! I really like yours. Nice job!

Dang, Curtis, that is sharp! Like everyone else, I love that paint job.

Very nice!!

Fantastic floppers, Bill!

As I’ve said before, I don’t get on here as much as I would like to. The upside to this is I get to “binge watch” everyone’s progress! Pierre, you have done a fantastic job on this. I truly appreciate all of your updates, photos, and explanations of what, and how, you do things! Great job, buddy!

That is a fantastic looking Ford! You did one heckuva job on it!

Just saw this one and I’m glad that I did! Great looking ’57, Mike. I’m glad you posted a picture of the interior, it looks great.

I wish all of my “screw ups” came out like this! If they did, I would screw up a lot more…lol. Seriously, that is an outstanding piece. The awesome photography just highlights the beautiful model. You always do nice work. Thanks for sharing this one.

Very nice! That is a great color.

What a great memory to have and what a great story to tell! Yes, Sir, you did it justice. A very fitting tribute!

Thanks, Bruce! On this car, I used the kit supplied masks. For kits that I have to make masks for, I use Tamiya tape. I burnish it down with a tightly wrapped Q-tip, like Tamiya sells. I will also use a toothpick to really get it down into the corners. For cutting, I bought a box of surgical scalpels from Amazon. They are the disposable, plastic handle kind. I work in a hospital and I can tell you that it is the same quality as they use in a healthcare setting. I only use my scalpels for cutting masking and BMF. Hope this helps.

She is coming along quite nicely, Pierre! Always a pleasure watching your work.

Wow!, Simo, that looks great in that color. Very nice, indeed!

Just getting caught up on this one, Ken. You are doing a great job on this! I really appreciate you showing us what you have added and how you’ve done it. Looking forward to seeing your progress on this.