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That came out beautiful Shane!!! Love all the details, and killer paint.

That is cool as heck!!! Great looking little slot car, love those nice 5 spokes with the bluestreak Goodyears. The stance is perfect too!!!

Very nice build, but it's just wrong to have a Harley truck pulling a Honda....

Wow!!! You can build with shiny paint!!! I do like all your builds, but seeing one built nice is a real treat!!!

Excellent Bob!!! This is probably the nicest one I've seen yet. You should post that one over on the Coffin Corner forum too.

Thanks again for all the comments!!! Bill, no mention of what the bike was kitted after on the box, or instruction sheet. It was kitted in 1971, and has never been reissued. Here's a shot of the box....

Nice Stang, but it looks like you have the deeper dish rear rims on the front!!!

Nice clean build Al!!!

I would go with with what Bill said, use acrylic paint, not elmers. It works much better, and I have seen the Glue literary curl up, and peel off.

I have been building vintage plastic for years too, and one thing I have noticed is that 40+ year old plastic doesn't like modern solvent based lacquers very much, but I use Plasti-kote Sandable Primer on everything. Make sure it is the T-23? number, not the Super Primer T-2?. When painting let each coat gas out a little longer before shooting the next coat. Spray light even coats instead of heavy coats, and you'll be OK. Here's a 45 year old AMT Vicky molded in black plastic, airbrushed with HOK Lime Gold pearl, and cleared with Dupli-color clear from the can.

Thanks for the replies!!! Bob, I doubt this one will ever see the light again, but would be cool. These (along with most) older Revell kits just don't go together well without a lot of modeling experience. I have collected these old bike kits for years, and most were either started, and never finished, or never even started. I know as a kid, I would have never gotten these results...lol. Ken, these kits here have a solid rubber tire, and I have never seen a bad one yet, but I do know what you mean. The hollow rubber tires do dry up, and crack, and I have seen some funky stuff happen to the tires in the Revell Corvair trike kits too. Now, on to the Triumph drag bike!!!

Yep, that kit was re popped many years ago in a single, and a double kit. I think the double kit came with the Tommy Ivo Showboat. I have several of each kit, but have never attempted to build one yet. Someday!!!

Masterful building!!!!

Like everything else I've seen done by you......Fantastic!!!!

That is awesome Tommy!!! Both are done nicely, and yep your a talented gent....

The best solution, give up on model paints except for detail painting, and go strictly with automotive lacquers, problem solved!!!

Gotta blame Al for giving me the inspiration to get this one out, and building it!!! I picked this one up about 6 years ago, it was started, but not finished. Whoever made the first attempt figured that if one tube of glue was enough, two would be better.... The frame had so much glue on it I really wondered. After a week of cleaning the frame up, and cleaning every part of mold lines, Etc. everything was painted with paint, metalizers, and Alclads, then assembled in two days!!! Here's the final product..... Yes Al, That rare Triumph drag bike is next, this one needs some competition....

No kidding, that looks scary to drive!!! One wheeled steering in front of all that HP....WOW!!! LOL. It is a great design, and quite unique!!!

That does look good!!! It's been awhile since I seen the Revell '70 Grande.

I say restore it as well, these are pretty rare cars!! The windshield glass can be saved, just polish it out like your polishing a paint job. The wheel covers are not on backwards either. I hope it all works out, and you save a bit of history there!!!!

My personal opinion....."why use floor, and household cleaning products on your models?" I can agree that windshields can look better using Future, but I get excellent results polishing clear parts just like a paint job.

Are you kidding me? Round 2 didn't put all the extra goodies in the kit? That doesn't seem right. How about the '55 Nomad kit, is all the extra goodies gone as well? Anybody get one yet?

AMT did a '34 sedan, and R&R did the Big Al body in resin. The '34 kit can still be found on eBay.

That looks like a road hazard!!!

I don't get it?? Why do they need to chase the planes?