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While I wait for the tail lights on the Show Rod I figured this was next in line on “The Finish them all tour.” I finally settled on a suitable color for the interior which I hope represents a nice coco leather as it dries a flat finish. I finished priming the body and am ready to sand and paint it. Almost everything else is ready to assemble.

Except for adding some taillights and lens and maybe some touch up I think it is almost done. I hope to use the custom lights from the 58 kit.

Looking very nice

Window is going to be a short contoured piece not to much to take away from the open air look. Head lights are the small buckets from one of the 32 ford kits. And the paint isn't to bad just had some dust and thick clear spots to clean up. It hard to see but it actually is darker on the bottom and fades to light at the center of the roof. Thanks...

Not my best finish, had some dust issues but it will do. I’m excited to do the interior and finish this one up.

Glad you found your way here. And life in general is way to maddening to let a hobby get the best of you. So take a deep breath, relax sit back and just build what makes you happy...

After some suggestions and thought this is how I’ll leave it. Except for headlight lenses she’s under glass.

Thank you everyone, as soon as I find the nerve I’ll do the BMF…

The body sides were one of the hang ups for me but I have an idea. Yeah that's a feature i couldn't resist...

Another must finish rod! I started this with a Drag City body and an idea. Don’t ask when! But I’m gonna paint and finish it next. 58 Chevy styling and a bunch of chassis mods from the parts box.

Looks I bit nicer than I remember, this was as I cleaned it up before disassembly. I do remember it was brush painted!

I have the same thought and since I need to use gloss black for the alclad, well…

Here's a little something I picked up a while ago on feebay. It was butterscotch yellow and had a lot of excess glue on it. The chrome was not very nice either so I stripped the whole thing, cleaned it up and covered it in Matt Black. Yesterday I added the BMF and touched it up by brush and a Molotow chrome pen. I'll have to do the Alclad bumpers this spring when I can spray out in the shop again. NE Ohio winters or not favorable to such activity. I have the tail lights and will finish up the chassis later also. Just another one of the unfinished kits I'd like to wrap up soon....

All finished up and posted in Under Glass, thanks.

Thank you for the interest, here is the build link... http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/161755-whats-one-more/

AMT kit, Tamiya maroon body, Testers tan/flesh interior, MT Olds power, Corvette bumpers, Caddy tail lights and Pegasus chrome wheels. Four inch chop just to see if I could!

You have my attention....

It’s just a Model Masters tan.

Thanks Guys, I'm pretty happy with it too. It's kind of funny but I'm trying to build on a budget and not purchasing any new supplies right now. Number one funds for models are a bit low, number two I have so much stuff. I'd love to use as much of it up before replacing it. Maybe some have felt the same? I'm going to try to get caught up on the few unfinished projects I have this winter hopefully I won't get distracted by new ones... Blessed Holidays!

Managed to apply some paint today...

Thx Bob, normally I wouldn't gouge the surface like this but this was a real glue bomb when I started. I guess the easiest answer would be I use a couple deferent sand papers. The courses being 220 and work up to a 400. Then I like to use an automotive filler primer lightly sprayed. I will sand that almost completely off and then start the process over again until I am satisficed. Usually there are spots that need more attention but I work on them individually just re-priming where needed. After that I'll wet sand the entire body and then prime it with Tamiya primer in very light coats. If you do this make the two primers are compatible. There's hundreds of ways of doing it but this works best for me.

Well that didn't take much...

Very cool project. I have built a Highboy from left overs from these kits.

A little quick mock up for today...

Amen