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That is a beauty for sure, Tim. I think everything works together very well on it. Great job!

It was good to finally meet you, Rich. And don't be so modest, you took home three People's Choice awards and a Best Of. I got to see your models first hand, and man-o-man, are they nice!

Very nice, Shane!

You can. Are you talking about small parts or painting a body? More often than not, you will get better results with primer. Primer will show imperfections that can be repaired before the color coats go on.

This is a great example of outstanding execution of a very cool concept. I for one would love to see more pictures. Maybe in some natural lighting. The paint looks interesting.

There will be at least three of us heading up from WV. Jeff, Richard and Nate, I would like to meet you guys and put a face with the name. I will probably have a name tag on as I am helping a vendor. Best guess is I will have a gray Earnhardt sweatshirt on.

Because I am rather dim witted, this is your work? Holy moly, that is OUTSTANDING!!! What I wouldn't give to have a fraction of your talent. I love well done pencil drawings probably more than any other type of art, not sure why, but I do. That is just about as close to photo-realistic as it gets. PLEASE, if you have other work, share it with us!

Hey Curtis, what is up with the decals? Is it that they would not settle down? I know some of the rally kits' decals would not lay down and then they would end of cracking. Thanks.

Great job on the dash, Tomo. A lot of nice detail painting there. May I suggest that you hit the tread of your tires with sandpaper or a sanding stick. It will knock off the flash in the middle of the tread.

Beautiful old Ford. You did a great job on this one, John.

Very nice model, Tomo. I like the engine shot. The whole model looks very cleanly built.

I'm out of superlatives.

They both look great, Shane! I think the ZZ Top looks better than the original.

I'm glad you posted it. I think it came out just fine and looks pretty darn good!

"Thank you everyone who helped me out today! Very happy with the outcome!" That is the most important thing, Steve. Glad it came out well for you!

If the body is in good shape, I would start fairly high, say, 6000. If you have to knock down some mold lines you may need to start a little coarser. The plastic should be smooth right out of the box and not need a lot of work. You should have some sort of polishing compound in the LMG kit. This or Novus is what I use for the final touch.

Beautiful! You do such nice work, Curt.

I have done a couple of models this way. They were both white cars molded in white plastic. This one is a Tamiya. There were very small mold lines that needed to be cleaned up. There were no swirls in the plastic. I did what you said and I may have used Novus or the LMG compound, (not sure, it was a long time ago). I had no problems with the decals.

Wow! Absolutely gorgeous Mustang. Love everything about it!

That is a very nice, clean build. Great looking flopper!

Hi Scott! I am by no means trying to hijack your thread. Just wanted to give you all a quick update. I just shot primer and so far everything look OK. I can now see a few divets where the plastic flaked off. I will fix them with some Mr. Surfacer. I guess I should start my own thread so you can see what is going on with my Dragonfly. Thanks again for the replies!

Thanks for the reply, Snake. That theory sounds plausible. I am going to shoot some primer over the area and see how it reacts.

Scott, have you worked on this model yet? If you have, have you found anything "funky" with the palstic? I have a couple of spots on mine where it looks like the plastic is flaking off. It is weird, I have never seen plastic do this before. As I try to lightly sand those spots away, it almost seems to flake off even more

I like everything about this one . This thing has just got that look that I like. Not any one thing, but the overall package. It all looks good!!

I like it, James. It is nice to get one finished and on the shelf.