Nacho Z

I masked the body and shot the inside the same light blue craft paint as the rest of the interior. I let it dry and masked the inside and shot the body. After the body cured for a while I couldn't help but test fit the interior. Next up we'll decal the body and shoot some clear.

Thank you for the kind words, John, I do appreciate them. This was going to be a stress free build and I tried to stay true to that mindset. I did not go overboard with details or detailing. In my mind the reward was not going to be work the effort.

Yes, Sir! Here is another example. This time it is the glass from the Monogram '55 Chevy Street Machine kit, an oldie but a goodie. I am pretty sure I did nothing in the way of prep to the glass, I think I just dunked it. Notice the distortion at the top of the first picture. I have a dedicated little super cheap plastic dish that I use only for Future.

I have always liked this one, OC! Great looking NASCAR!

Nice job on the chassis! I admire the amount of work that you put into it. It really paid off.

Misha, I hope it is OK with you to link the threads I mentioned. I do not mean to hijack your thread. I wasn’t paying attention and actually thought it was you requesting this. Hope this works. Not sure why I’m seeing Mr. Burns from the Simpsons...lol.

That burgundy T/A is gorgeous!!! Tim, I'll be covering that shortly. While working on the body, waiting for putty to dry, etc, I would work on other parts of the model. As I said earlier in this thread, I didn't airbrush. Because I knew early on in this build that it would not be anything more than a shelf model, I told myself that I was going to start airbrushing with this one. I bought some craft paint and learned how to thin it. I airbrushed the interior. I was pretty proud of myself. (Note: In 2020 I taught myself to airbrush on an Aztek. I have airbrushed everything from craft paint to fingernail polish to Alclad, Testors, AK Interactive, LifeColor, Zero, Gravity, Splash and a few others. I then went to a Paasche VL and currently use an Iwata Eclipse.) In the first and second pictures you can see how bad the interior engraving is. Again, this was never intended to be contest quality. I just kinda phoned this one in. As with all of these older kits, the glass was scuffed up pretty bad. I polished out the rough spots, (1st pic), and dipped it in Future, (2nd pic). If you have not tried Future for glass repair I would suggest you should. Next installment, we'll shoot some paint!

She is looking great so far, Misha! Love that work on the headliner....wow! I quoted Mike in this reply so that you both would see it. I built this kit about a year ago and posted a WIP thread and an Under Glass thread. The WIP was in Nov. 2019. Misha, you may have noticed that the rear bumper extends past the rear quarters. I bought a second kit, (I cracked the glass in my first one), and I found that both bodies have too much curl in the rear. I ended up spreading out the bottom of the rear quarters so that they would sit flush with the ends of the bumpers. I hope that made sense. I used the tag "Snaptite Max" if you want to see what I did.

That is such a nice looking T/A! Great job on it!

This model was never intended to be a contest winning model. After starting on it and having so many issues with the body pieces, I quickly just wanted to be able to finish it and have it not be an embarrassment. I kept plugging away and the front and rear bumper areas. Lots of filling and sanding. The next two pictures are showing progress but not I was not finished yet. The front was just as bad as the rear. The rear spoiler did not fit properly. The fender flares were not horrible but were not anything to write home about. I had to use so much filler on the front that I decided to give up on having the prototypically correct separation between the fender and front fascia. I just filled it all in and tried my best to get a smooth transition. Even the hood needed work...lol Next up will be the interior.

This is going to be one of those "aww, man, cool beans!" kinda moments. This model right here is what inspired me to keep plugging away at mine. While doing some internet searches for the model I came across your thread and pictures. Although I already knew that I was going to go with the box art color, I had not started airbrushing yet and had to use a spray can. I went with the Icy Blue. I felt it was close enough for my purposes. You just never know how what you do in this life might affect someone else. Maybe not today or tomorrow. Maybe not life altering. Maybe just silly model cars. But what we do in our lives definitely affects others, even if what don't realize it. Wow! That is too deep for a model car board...lol. Anyhow, Craig, thanks for giving me something to shoot for!

She is a beauty, Steve!

No worries, Mike. Your model looks good! My kit definitely had some issues. I did a fair bit of work on it which I will share in this thread.

I thought I would share the WIP on a '79 T/A that I recently built. I am posting this WIP to help out anyone who is thinking of building this kit. Maybe it will help someone. This is the MPC kit that was popped in 2015. I really fell in love with the box art. Yup, I'm a sucker for box art, always have been and probably always will be...?. I have been around plenty long enough to know that what is on the box doesn't always match what is in the box...lol. This kit was a bit of a pig. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Let's take a look. What I started with. The ubiquitous spoon test. In the end, I got carried away and put too many coats on the body and it was a little darker than I wanted. A picture of the beautiful decals. They really are nice! It goes downhill from here...lol. Here is how the bumpers and spoiler are attached to the sprue. Why?!?! Here is an example of what you will find in the kit. At least this is what I had in mine. I started work on the body. I attached the front and rear bumpers. They did not fit. Not. At. All. I compromise a little on the fit and still had to add shims to fill in the massive gaps. Pictures are from both sides of the rear end.

Very impressive!! That is just a flat out great looking model!

It is looking great so far! I’m looking forward to seeing more progress pics!

You are doing a great job on this! I’m looking forward to seeing more updates!

That is a great looking Indy car, John! Thanks for sharing!

Well thank you for that little interesting factoid about NASCAR. I really had never seen this before. Thanks!

Well I’ll be! I never knew that. I’ll be lazy and ask here, (instead of Googling it), was it just his car or the entire field?

Great looking NASCAR, Mack! I’m having trouble figuring out the roof number...lol. Is the image reversed? It might just be me. Either way it is a nice looking model.

Good looking TF, Rusty! You did a nice job with it.

She is a stunning looking model, Rich! Everything I have read about these kits have made me shy away from building mine. You have really done a beautiful job on this one. Thanks for sharing all of your tips, tricks and techniques!

Here is a picture of one of Curt’s wheels vs. the kit wheel from the AMT Dragula kit. Here it is on the model.

Now that is one great looking Mopar! Everything comes together so nicely on this one. Perfect color for it.