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That carbon fiber looks great!

Thanks guys!

yea had to make the file size larger. thanks for letting me know!

On my computer the pictures show as being right side up. the moment I post them they turn sideways I don't know why but I can try again.

Hey guys finished my Second model a couple weeks ago and just had some time to post it up. There are imperfections being my second model, but I learned a lot while building it and had fun! Its a 66 Shelby GT350. For some reason this kit was missing the side scoops so that is why they are not on. The kit is all out of box except I tried doing some spark plug wires for the first time ever. Here is how everything came together! Feel free to ad advice! enjoy! First time ever doing spark plug wires, this was my final product Engine was dropped in! Finished interior Finally added some paint to the body! its only my second paint job, and because of that I actually had to strip and re paint the hood because the first time around I was not happy with the outcome. Here is the repainted hood. Much better! First time ever using decals on a body, not perfect, but I'll take it. Also tried giving the car some trim for the first time using a sharpie. Its all coming together now! Here it is, finally complete. not perfect by any means, but I'm still learning so I guess that makes it ok. Thanks for looking! Little sneak peak of my third completed build. 32 Ford will be posted up soon as well! More pictures are below, Thank you guys for pointing out the pictures were sideways, I don't know why my computer decided to that haha but I tried fixing them! hopefully this is much better! Thanks! ~ Steve

great build ! looks amazing

As I said I'm working on this hot rod and wanted that flat black look. I actually used Walmart brand flat black for 97cents and it came out great in my opinion!! Thank you all for your advice along the way!

From my experience, I Used purple power before with great success. But on my last paint stripping event purple power did nothing and after about 3 days of a hood sitting in it the purple power jelled right up like Jell-O. I went out and got a quart of brake fluid from Walmart for $1.48 and within a few hours the paint and primer were stripped.

That's great to hear! I tried my best to apply their advice! The gt350 is done I just need to re paint the hood. I just painted a 32 ford yesterday. I was going for an old school look and did a flat black and it came out great! I will post some pics tonight!

This build is on another level. cant wait to see it finished!

Looks great! the color combo looks great, im a huge fan!

So I have had a hood sitting in purple power for about 2 days and the paint has not stripped yet. Usually by now I see some paint coming off but it almost looks untouched. I used dupli color primer and paint 2 coats each. Anyone else have this problem? Might have to give the brake fluid a try this round.

Thank you very much! I'm still learning and trying to figure some things out but I was very happy with this paint job.

Since they are already applied and the model fully complete chassis and motor wise should I play this model safe and leave it without clear? And practice on another model? Seems to be best idea I feel. Thanks for the advice

Been a while but I'm back with another question! So I've been working on this 66' shelby gt350 and I never applied decals on a body before. So today I went for it. Did it come out perfect? No, but much better than expected for my first time. Anyways, the decals are drying on the body and I was wondering if I NEED to clear coat the body with the decals OR can it stay as is with no clear coat? The clear would be Testors spray lacquer. Any words of advice would help greatly! Thanks!

Perfect, looks like I'm going to have buy a variety of sharpies! Do you have any pictures of how the trim came out? Thanks!

Has anyone tried using a chrome color sharpie or marker for window trim instead of BMF or aluminum foil? It would be great to have a fine point pen do this! seems to be much easier too!

Great build. Very nice work

Perfect

This is just awesome!

Here is duplicolor primer and duplicolor universal black with no clear coat.

The Rustoleum plastic primer is ok. its thick though. The Rustoleum sandable primer is too 'hot' for plastics. It begins to craze. From what I've been guided towards, as well as used is the Duplicolor Primer and Paint. I'm a very big fan, in fact, I just sprayed another model with it today and once again good results. For the clear, I used the Testors and it was pretty good. came out glossy and smooth. All depends how glossy you want the paint to be I guess. For me it was a good amount of shine without any wax. I was impressed. I let one of the body's I had with duplicolor paint (no clear) gas out for a week and used the Rustoleum clear on it today and it had a much glossier look. I did one pretty wet coat and it was enough. The Model I am on now is a 66 Shelby GT350 and I want to have the stripe decals. I'm probably going to use the testors clear because it doesn't spray out as thick as the rustoleum so it will be easier to control. But if I do a body with no decals on it I think the Rustoleum clear may be my first choice. If there is one thing I learned is trial and error. This is what has worked for me with practice models. I just painted the GT350 (which is not a practice car) and it came out way better than my first car. I'll post some pictures of it later or tomorrow.

wow. absolutely awesome build.

Alright well here is my result. My very first wire job. It's not perfect at all, random firing order, just wanted to make it look better than out of box. I am very happy with how it came out and it adds that missing detail the kits never came with. Thank you everyone for all your advice it was very much appreciated!!!!