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Cool, thanks for the tip Joe. Another thing I've been thinking about is how long to wait to peel the masking tape (Tamiya) off after the second color has been applied. In my Pat Covert bible he just says to let the paint 'dry. So for enamel we're taking several hours and for lacquer, (which I'll be using) , we're talking an hour, at the most two , before you peel the tape off? I know I should be practicing, but , it's kind of hard to practice when it's 40 degrees outside. Anyway it is what it is, looks like I'll be putting the second color on Tuesday if the weather is as predicted. Edit update: I've also decided to scrap the idea of using 'all' of the original parts from this car, the frame/chassis convinced me of that last night. After having spent 'hours' trying to clean the thing up it is still warped in a way that just can't really be fixed, so , I'm using the frams/chassis from the Chezooom kit! AND, I'm also going to use some of the other suspension parts, I'm tired of cleaning those funky old crummy, maligned parts! So, where applicable I will use nice 'clean' parts on the chassis. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I'm free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Believe it or not the Chezooom chassis/frame was misshapened too, but , not in a permanent way. After close inspection I found the main problems were the cross beam supports were thicker on on side than the other, so that when you looked at the chassis from the front it appeared to be badly warped. I just evened them out from side to side and then had to 'twist' the chassis/frame around the rear spring mounts a little and waalaa! nice little piece. The saga of the Hemi Hustler continues.

Great job Ron, really nice Pro Mod. I'm going back through this thread to see it unfold.

Thanks Carl. What do you use to burnish your lines? I know some people use their finger nails, but , I just cut mine. I know where the line is to be now, under the recess, so , it should be ok. I can't wait.

Looks great Tim!

Wow, I never thought of that! I can use the pattern from the socks I just got! It's not gonna be THAT hard, I'm just freaking myself out.

I think I may have pulled it off, 55 degrees and 42% humidity, but , it's Tamiya paint, very forgiving and easy to work with stuff. I'll have a couple of pics of the body shortly. Thanks for looking! And here they are: Success! And now onto the hard part, (at least for me ) painting a two-tone paint job. The sides of the car will remain silver and the main, or , center part of the body will be top coated with Tamiya Racing Blue, which is a metallic paint. And, what do you do with the inside of the wheel well lip, let it be two-tone as well? I've got both thin and wide Tamiya masking tape, so that's what I'll be using to mask things off. I'm not quite sure where I should make the division line coming over the side; right at the apex before it goes into the concave cove, or , where the flat part of the cove starts. Seems it should be at the apex, which means the line will have to be incredibly sharp and 'any' bleed through will most definately show. I'm stressing, but , man this is fun! Any help, or , suggestions for how to go about this will be 'greatly' appreciated.

That looks REALLY good Ken. Beautiful paint work.

Nice looking Mustang, Bill. Tim, are 'hangers' the things that the parts for the kits are on?

JC, I thought it might have been a typo, but , I didn't say as much, lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That '65 is looking great. It's amazing that you are at pretty much the same place in the restoration that I am. I also find interesting the subtle differences between the '65 body and that of the '66. I just posted some pics in my thread that you might find interesting. The work you're doing on this Escort is just awsome and gives me something to shot for. I really enjoy watching you work, thanks.

Well, mother nature has permitted me to put the base coat on the Hustler. All went well until I was walking back into the house from the front porch and I literally saw this speck of dust fly up and land on the hood of the car! It's not big and I could leave it but I won't. So now it's wet sand and another wet coat, if the weather holds for the next couple of hours, if not I'll have to wait. I show what the car looked like with just primer and then the coats of paint. Primer: Primer rear: Primer Drivers side: Inside the body, (I took out a lot of plastic inside the wheel wells) : First light coat of paint: Wet coat after two light coats of paint: The front (Like I said, you can't really see the dust specks, but , they are there): A bad picture of the wet coat: Well, It's on to the wet sanding now!

Nice job Sam, looks like you did very well on the foil, those vent windows can be tough and yours looks very smooth. Nice looking car, cool diorama too, fun stuff.

JC, ya, I get all that and those pieces are what I thought you were referring to. What threw me off was the use of the word ' Font. Beautiful and inspirational work man, I love the subject!

I Should be able to get some pics tomorrow before I apply the Mica Silver, and , afterwards. I've got some of the suspension parts soaking in thinner, so I'm hoping I can make some fairly rapid progress with the frame/chassis stuff.

' Font ' infill panels (?) Like a 'new' casting?

I know you're trying to help Carl, no problemo, I appreciate the input I've spent the last couple of days doing the prep work, sanding/filing etc,.. lot of work in some places. The last thing I did tonight, which I could have left but couldn't was the panel line that goes from the bottom/front of the vent window to the top of the door. The kit mold had that sealed off so I brought it down so the two lines meet, yikes. I already had the panel lines done with some MIG wash, (the Cruz method!) and , one coat of primer on the body. So now I gotta touch up those two places with wash and let that dry good and it's ready for a final wash (I've already sanded everything else) and then, and then,...........a coat of Tamiya Mica Silver, which will work as the base coat for the Racing Blue and serve as the secondary color for the sides. I found it tonight at my LHS, it's got that slight hint of yellow/gold in it that I was looking for. I was kind of torn for a minute about whether I should go ahead and use white on the sides like the box art, but , I think I'm going with the silver. If the weather is as predicted I should be able to paint the Silver Saturday. I will post pics of the body as it is before I start with the color, it looks diffrerent then it did. (Almost forgot, I used the sanding wheel of my new Dremel Micro (Christmas gift) for the first time on the inside wheel wells of this body (yikes!) and didn't shrew anything up! weeeeeeeeeeee! Came close a couple of times but I pulled it off!)

Great job Tom, hope everything fits. That red car is just beautious!

REally nice JC! Those wheels look pretty spot on. This is the most exciting thread I've followed in quite some time. When you say " fabricated " as with the parts for the strut mounts, do you mean that you used no 'existing' pieces? Thanks.

Tom, did you use MM 'Leather' on your steering wheels, or , just 'brown? And did you spray or brush paint them? The interiors look great. So do the wheels.

For just getting back into modeling I think it looks pretty good Al. Did you paint it? And yes, BMF is an art form all to itself, it takes time, and then some.

Very nice Al, I like it. '69 Corvairs are so cool.

Joe, Congrats on the resolution of your case with V.A., San Jose should be fun.

Carl, the only reason I want to use the Krylon Chrome is because it has these yellow/gold hues in it that I like, and it's kind of dull. All the Tamiya silvers are just 'silver. Looks like I am going to be shooting spoons sometime in the next couple of days as weather permits. Ha! That's for sure. " and some just exploded and turned into fire breathing, mutated shar peis " I'd like to see that! Thanks you guys.

I have thought of that, and , I have some Silver Leaf. We'll see, I need to do some more experimenting with spoons. Thanks. Update: Carl, I think you're right about the Silver Leaf, I don't wanna have to strip this thing again, no way.

I've got a car with one coat of Tamiya gray surface primer on it, that I'm letting sit overnight. The plan is to cover this with Krylon Short-Cuts Chrome, and then , Tamiya Racing Blue , with a day, or so , drying time between each paint. Any problems? I just like that look of the Krylon chrome, it's more like silver paint then actual chrome. Thanks.

Carl, I'm sticking with the silver, but , I've changed my mind on the blue. I've decided to go with Tamiya ' Racing Blue ' because of all the shades you can get with it depending on which base coat you use, and , since I'm using that silver I can just shoot the whole car with it and then mask off the sides and spray the blue over the rest. I really like the Racing Blue, it's closer to what I had in mind for the car, AND , it looks great with the decals. I've got a coat of Tamiya gray surface primier on the body now. My only concern is with putting the Krylon Short-Cuts over the Tamiya primer and then under the Tamiya Racing blue. I'm hoping that if I let things sit for a day, or , so between paints that all will be ok.