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Good old Testor "little botttle" #3 Red over a white or yellow primer.

I thought maybe so too, but I cheat-googled it, and, not. I was wrong about my Kelly Clarkson guess, too. Wrong just about every way you can be wrong. Wrong person, wrong sex, wrong show, wrong network!

Same here, and with the Chevy Engine "Red" too. What I've started doing is laying a coat of the Hugger Orange Lacquer on my engine assemblies (block, heads, oil pan, front cover, intake manifold and valve covers as needed) as a primer, then brush-painting the acryl CER over that. Not perfect, but works pretty well. Something like that might work for you.

Take Two: It occurred to me that the rear axle from the Mustang kit might work better, and guess what, it did! Took about 10 minutes of careful file/trim work to adapt it to the Comet chassis, but I improvised, adapted, and overcame! This is just about exactly the "sit" I'm going for. Time to start painting the hot mess.

Sounds like it would be what we technically call a "shoot and scoot" proposition.

Nice color scheme. Was sorry to hear about the header fit issues, as I'm gonna be facing that myself with this engine and chassis in a few days. I wasn't expecting any problems there. Well done and model on!

Don't think I've ever seen a chopped 1G Camaro before, either real or model. I like your custom grille and taillight treatments. Well done and model on!

I've been a big fan of Street Outlaws, No Prep Kings, and Memphis Street Outlaws on Discovery Channel for two or three years now, but on last night's episode I saw something I'd never seen on there before--a '67 Mustang. First Generation Camaros are common in the street outlaw world (even quite a few 2Gs) and Chevy IIs/Novas '63-'72 are also very common, but I've NEVER seen any pre-Fox body Mustang in this world before. It was a red '67 fastback. Very interesting! Now I'm keeping my eyes open for a '65-'66. Oh, there was also a '90 Cougar. First one of those I've seen on there, too.

Today, for the first time, the half-polished body sat on its dedicated (modified Comet AWB) frame (not the borrowed Falcon frame). The front end is just about exactly where I want it, but the rear needs to come down a bit. I want it sitting high and level, or with just a tiny bit of rake. The rear axle is only taped in at this time so I have plenty of ways to make adjustments. Looks like it might need to come a little bit forward, too.

That looks like the way to go.

Good luck to you and your wife, Rick.

Thanks for your kind...wait. What? Never mind.

I didn't even qualify the first time I shot it, and had to reshoot. I'd never fired a centerfire rifle before, nor used peep sights. I didn't make Expert with it for about four years. Interestingly, I qualified Expert with the handgun (S&W M15 Combat Masterpiece) the first time I shot it, and I'd never fired a handgun of any kind before in my life. (I HAD read lots of books on how to do it, though.) Later on, with the pistol, I would chew a "rathole" out of the center of my target with the first 24 or so (of 60) rounds, making it impossible to count my holes, and then for the rest of the course either throw a few holes in the next target over if that guy seemed to be having trouble, or just plinking at rocks on the far backstop for fun. The M16 bullet holes were too small (.22 caliber) to make a "rathole." I could shoot it really well from prone or sitting, but would drop enough points in kneeling and standing that I couldn't quite make Expert--for a LONG time. Ah, good times!

Saturday I polished the hood, fender tops, cowl area, roof, and trunk area of the Mustang--all the hard, fiddly parts, basically. Had planned to polish the sides yesterday but my kid dropped by for a couple hour visit during Prime Model Time--a too-rare event I enjoyed. I did get the recessed "coves" polished but that's all. Planned to do the rest of the sides today and then decided to get the chassis ready for paint and start painting it, and then could polish the body while the paint dried. Sorting out the chassis took MUCH longer than I expected--got most of the hard work done but it won't be ready for paint until tomorrow. Ah shucks oh well, with a little luck tomorrow I can have the body sitting on its own chassis (a Mustang/Comet mashup) for the first time, a milestone. Onward!

That sounds like an easily fixed problem with some filing on either or both pieces, or possibly some simple fabrication. Doesn't sound worth sacrificing another whole kit for, but hey, that's just me.

Here's an outside-the-box idea: If you can't get rid of the yellow, you could lean into it. It might look cool on a "Day 2" or mild custom car painted candy or flake red, orange/tangerine, gold, or even pearl white.

Sometimes it is a VERY fine line between "Very Most Way Hella Cool" and "Just Sick and Wrong."

Thanks for the kind words. I'm not even sure TLMS knows I refer to her that way online. She'd probably like it. BTW, I didn't make it up, but can't remember who I stole it from--possibly G. Gordon Liddy back in the '90s. Thanks so much!

Thought about this overnight. There doesn't seem to be any good, easy way to a nice looking '57 Nomad. If I HAD to build one, I'd start with either the Revell '56 or the AMT '55, and then try to figure out how to swap the body sides and whole front end from either the Revell '57 sedan, their snapper hardtop, or the second-issue AMT hardtop.

Very nice! I envy you so hard right now. Although if I'd had that one, I'd have been tempted to "rescue" and Snake-Fu it and display it as a proud survivor. I hope you do something GREAT with it--good luck!

Great info, thanks! Will the acrylic so clearcoated stand up to masking with tape, or will it pull off?

If sanding and polishing haven't gotten it out, soaking in alcohol won't do a thing. Lemme ask a stupid question: Have you polished the inside of the glass too, or just the outside? I have never heard of this happening with clear styrene in either model cars or airplanes in over 60 years of modeling. Heard of it with one or two brands of model airplanes that used the wrong kind of plastic for vacformed canopies, yes, and I even have a couple. But never with styrene. Very odd.

Do it!

In addition to your two musts, it has a third: a tank. Looks good to me!

Here are two of them, the dedicated .22LR plinker/trainer (top) and the old-school "retro" (lower). The latter are all the rage these days, with guys spending big bucks to put one together, but I did this one over 10 years ago for well under $600. I also have a second set of "furniture" for it that I'm planning to paint green for a VERY early look.