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Awesome

Very nice looking impala.

Very unique and looks great.

Nice bug

Nice to see a stock 58. Well done

Very nice

I had to raid the revell lowrider caddy kits. I wish someone would resin cast them or make a 3d model.

Gorgeous

Almost forgot the Eldo's. The '68 is a kit.

Cool. Here are some of my JoHan promos...

This is nice. The color and wheels look very good on it.

Another great one Jeff. Love it.

Thanks Tim and everyone, for your comments. I really appreciate it. This kit went together so well it made me feel like I knew what I was doing. I'm considering doing one as a resto mod. Thanks again everyone.

Really nice builds. Is this for kits only or can promos join the fun?

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Anyone know what this is?

Thanks Doug. That's a wealth of information. I have quite a bit to learn.

Thanks Bill. I'll try your suggestions. I was avoiding adding supports to the exterior of the body to reduce clean up. Loading up the build plate is a great idea. Thanks again.

Tamiya spray exterior and interior, AMT Custom & Competition tires, BMF. This is a very nice kit. Lots of detail and goes together pretty well. I did have fitment issues with the front bumper and valence. Somehow the front fenders spread out a bit at final assembly. I also had issues with the decals as you my notice. They were very sticky which is usually a good thing but made it difficult for me to slide around and get straight. Micro Set made them even more sticky. The hood decal/paint was also a challenge. I suggest anyone that likes to build get one of these kits. Thanks for looking.

I've printed 4 bodies so far (2 different cars) and each one has a crease from the A pillars to the front fenders. The crease is parallel to the angle the body is supported, about 60° or so. Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? This is on a Mono X. Thanks

So this is how I addressed it with a tip from @kitbuilderchris on IG. I measured 3.8 mm from the edge of the hood and masked the edges. Then sprayed Tamiya TS-29 semi gloss black. This is where I used Chris's idea and cut the decal into 3 parts. I applied the front piece first. Then the sides. Not perfect but I'm moving on. In retrospect, I could have sanded the paint edges a bit because it does show under the decal. Also, the decal has a bit more sheen than the paint. I considered spraying semi gloss clear but decided not to. As they say, It is what it is. Thanks

At this point I've given up on getting an exact match between the paint and decal. I'm using Tamiya semi gloss black and maybe a couple of coats of semi gloss clear to smooth things out. I'm going to focus on getting everything straight as possible.

Thanks Brian and Rex. I'm going to use Tamiya semi gloss black which looks like it may have less gloss than the decal. I have the same concern about the color match between the decal and paint as well as the overlap being visible. The thought of just using the pinstripe is a bit frightening to me. I'm not sure I'll be able to get it to lay straight and the masking will have to be dead on. Rex, you've done a good job on it. With the amount of detail this kit has and the extensive decal sheet, I wonder why Revell didn't supply a full decal for the hood. That would have made things a lot easier. Still not sure how I'm going to tackle this one.

How are you folks painting the hood on the Revell Boss 351? I thought I could cut out the template from the instruction sheet but it is smaller than the hood. Should I just measure 3.8 mm from the edge and mask? What are guys doing? Thanks

Nice rescue!