StevenGuthmiller

Something like this? Sfeve

It's a '64 Pontiac Grand Prix. The color is called "Sunfire Red". The yellow car is a 1960 Chrysler Imperial. The black one is a 1960 Mercury Parklane convertible. The red, a 1962 Chrysler 300 convertible. Steve

Trim as close as you can to the script before painting to try to eliminate any foil edge being visible through the paint. There are varying methods to this process, but I usually wait until right before the final coat or 2 of color before applying the foil. This helps to ensure that you don't have a ton of paint to remove after painting over it. The less paint over the foil, the easier it is to remove. I apply clear after the scripts have been foiled and cleaned. Much depends on your painting process. Steve

Agreed. The windshield frame on the Pontiac above was done with multiple pieces. Steve

It just takes practice, as with everything else. Personally, I don’t use Q-tips for that very reason. I use a soft cotton or flannel cloth. Steve

You’re correct. Build what you want to build how you want to build it. I’ve built everything from slammers and curbside, to highly detailed, and as the years progress, I’ve come to enjoy taking my time and trying to do something outside of the usual comfort zone. It keeps things interesting for me. And as I have found over the course of my building career, nothing kills interest in the hobby faster than stagnation and boredom. But it’s not for everybody. Understand Milo, that there are no rules here at all. Just because you build one highly detailed model this year, doesn’t mean that you can’t switch it up and build 10 box stockers next year. I prefer to keep experimenting and honing the skills necessary to do either, and then make that decision for each particular project. But, as has been stated, try to concentrate on simplicity if you’re just starting out. When you bite off more than you can comfortably chew, you’re just setting yourself up for utter failure, and that helps none at all to boost your enthusiasm to continue on. Steve

The reflective properties of BMF are greatly enhanced through “burnishing/buffing”. the more vigorously it’s burnished, the better the finish. Steve

That's true. But then again, I almost never do anything with one coat, especially primer. Steve

They have black sandable primer. I use it for just about everything that requires a flat black, as well as for primer. Steve

Pretty good idea! I did a quick google search for "Washi Tape", and one of the first sites that popped up was one that does custom printed tape. Food for thought. Steve

I'm thinking that pearl powders would be too fine to give even results. It's hard enough to get a courser powder like embossing powder to cover evenly. Steve

That is a pretty cool idea. Steve

I agree 1,000% !!! You have to learn to crawl before you can run. I think far too many people think that building a truly sensational model is something that you can learn to do in a couple of weeks. Well.......it's not!! Concentrate on one thing at a time and learn to do it well. Forget the "super detailing" and learn the basics. Try building a nice example straight from the box first. That takes plenty of time to do right all by itself. Steve

You have to pay to get in the game, plain and simple. If you don't want to spend the money, you either have to paint them, or print your own decals. This is where planning comes into play. You order 5 sets of decals, you get one free, and you pay shipping for one. (the $4.49 is shipping, not tax) And yes, eBay does have photo etched parts for the Shelby GT 500. You just have to know where to look. Steve

You can buy them on eBay. Best Model Car Parts has a “store” there. $2.99 a set. Steve

The clocks never worked for very long in most of these old cars anyway. Steve

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I know Kevin. I knew that you were likely just making a tongue in cheek observation. I guess what I was getting at when I made the "right of way" crack, was that the deer had the right of way long before the road was ever there. Steve

I've hit my share of deer over the years too Kevin, but you're missing my point. We all have the tendency to complain about the things about nature that inconvenience us, and praise the ones that we love. As people, a good portion of us love to hunt and fish and hike and kayak, etc, but we also have to understand that we are encroaching upon "their" environment, and we have to take the good with the bad and understand that natural things were not put on this planet just for our convenience, use and enjoyment. Our only option to avoid hitting deer with our car, or not having to deal with snakes or rats or rabbits, is to kill them all and ask questions later. Wouldn't be much of a world at all if we killed them all. Hitting a deer is a traumatic experience for anyone, but I don't hate them because one decided to cross over a highway to get a drink of water. He has as much of a right to go where he wants as I do, and you could reasonably say that it was just as much my fault for driving my car through his stomping grounds as it was his fault. I guess you could call me an animal lover to some extent, although I've never really thought of myself as such, but when I have had the misfortune of hitting a deer, I feel more remorse for the life that I just took than I do for my fender. Sure, I've got a busted car, but he's dead. That's more than a fair trade in my opinion. Steve

Added the floor mats, dimmer switch and gas pedal to the floor pan, and the E-brake and brake and clutch pedals to the dash. Steve

Deer are a big problem where I live too, but oddly enough, they only seem to be a problem for people. Steve

I understand. For farmers and ranchers, pretty much anything that isn't their livestock is "a pest". Coyotes, fox, wolves, mice, rats, rabbits, deer.......the list goes on. I'm no bleeding heart conservationist, but at times, you have to ask yourself, who was here first, the rancher, or the rabbits. seems to me that they have just as much right to be there as we do. Steve

Yes, but which of you really had "the right of way"? Steve

I get your drift, but rabbits don't chew their way into my house and destroy my wiring and bite my children. But, I understand where you're coming from. My back yard is full of garter snakes, but I'll still let them get out of the way when I come across one on the lawn mower. My feeling is that regardless of the species, they're all gods creatures and don't deserve to die just because they share the planet with us. I have more respect for snakes and rats than I do some of the people that we cohabit the planet with. There are plenty of two legged "vermin" out there too. Steve

Yet a "first attempt" will have to be made at some point, and I don't think a Mustang is as bad as a lot of others. I personally wouldn't shy away from it. Looks like pretty much a wood grain background, gauge decals, and thin silver wire around the gauges and wood insert. Not a bunch of extra knobs and buttons, or a ton of extra bright work, vents, pods, etc. Seems relatively straight forward. A heck of a lot less going on than the '64 Bonneville dash. Steve