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Now see, if someone made that, I might get interested in adding them to my projects. MIGHT.

First coat of primer on. BTW, I was going through some old gun mags the other day and ran across a '66-'67 Nova that had been built as a funny car by Don Hardy (very similar to his Dick Harrell Nickey Nova funny) that was obsolete almost the minute it was done, and so was now (1969 or '70) running as a C/Altered. Reminded me a lot of this project in some ways. I'm now thinking of swapping onto the chassis from a '67 Comet AWB kit because I like the front suspension better. It looks like the wheelbase might be closer to right, too.

More eBay fun. These three restorable original AMT '66 Mustang fastbacks sold this week on eBay. One went for just over $125. The other two went for under $38. Care to guess which is which? (BTW, no other extra parts. What's in the pics is what the buyer gets.)

Exactly so.

Thanks! I've painted a couple cars with that and it's never come out so bright! Yours looks great!

Very sharp, you really captured the look and feel of the era. But your CI hood wouldn't be legal for Super Stock of the day. It didn't exist till mid-'69, and of course it was never available on any '68 Camaro (although in real life it bolts right on). I'm also not sure if the 2x4 setup was legal for Super Stock--it might be, I'd have to do some research. Both problems could be solved by declaring your model a 1969 or later Modified Production. Would probably fall into about C/MP. I'm hoping to build one of these up this year, and I'm gonna do mine as a MP, using the kit's tunnel ram manifold, which would be legal for MP as long as anything coming through the hood is covered by a scoop of some sort. Well done and model on!

Okay, you're in. GITTER DONE!

So you're declaring you're in? Deadline for this round is June 30.

Yah, you'd think, wouldn't ya? But no. The stuff seems to go on thin and runny and leaves the high points uncovered. I ALWAYS had to use a second coat with it anyway. It covers better over the cheap flat black.

I started a new thread on the topic that will hopefully draw the responses there. Maybe a friendly mod or admin could even move the appropriate posts over there.

Steppenwolf, 1969.

And, just like that, we're off topic again, Scott.

Okay, just to get us back on track:

Looks like P-40 wing with clipped tips to me. Would be a LOT of work to adapt a P-51 wing to the P-40, and then graft the P-40 landing gear into it.

How y'all BOYDers doin'? After many tedious hours of bodywork and tweaking, I got my '66 Mustang AWB to where it was ready for the first coat of primer. Doesn't look horrible but I got a few little things left to fix. Next step is to search the Snakepit for a suitable paint I THINK I have something that will give me what I'm looking for...sure hope so because I think Hobby Lobby is still locked down. Meanwhile, after tearing the Snakepit up, I gave up trying to find the missing seat for the Revell '69 Nova, which was holding that project up. It finally occurred to me that I have MANY copies of the AMT '72 Nova kit on hand, purchased just 'cause it's a "parts mine," so I dug a pair of seats out of one of those. The upholstery pattern doesn't quite exactly match the Revell '69's, but (channelling Memphis Street Outlaws JJ Da Boss) Guess what? I don't care! Driving on. GITTEM DONE!

That's the stuff that doesn't cover well for me. I always shoot it over the Walmart or Touch N Tone flat black primer, and then it works well.

I don't think I saw a model car with outside mirrors until the '80s sometime. To this day I don't worry about adding them, as they're prone to getting getting knocked or broken off anyway, leaving a stub, a hole, or a glue booger in the paint.

Nowhere close.

BTDT, though not with Sirius. The credit card company cancelled the charge, but also cancelled my credit card on the spot and issued me a new one, which took about a week. I then also had to change my CC number with PayPal, Amazon, and a few other places I regularly use it. BIIIIIIIG PITA!

Very cool! The color's great--what's the paint?

Yes, there is, but it's not in a rattlecan. It's Model Master Black Chrome Trim thinned with lacquer thinner and airbrushed. Wonderful stuff!

That's what I like--at least 1:1 with Walmart lac thinner, often even more.

I haven't seen that stuff in over a year. However, I've discovered Touch N Tone paint, which I BELIEVE is the same thing. I wouldn't call it (or the Walmart stuff) a semi-gloss, though. It's pretty flat. Krylon Matte Black is pretty good, but I'm disappointed with its coverage. If I'm using it, I use the TNT flat black as a primer, and then shoot the Krylon Matte. Testor has a rattlecan semigloss black lacquer, too, which I've been using. This is a true semigloss, with a certain amount of sheen. It's too shiny for upholstery or a "satin black" finish to my eye, but it would be good for car frames, firewalls, underhood sheetmetal, and so forth. I just painted a hot rod frame with the stuff, and it looks very good.

You can actually have it both ways. For now, you can clean it up, make any needed repairs or adjustment, maybe try polishing out the paint, perhaps make minor changes (such as wheels & tires) you'd like to see. Then put it on the shelf. Live with it that way a while. I KNOW you've got other projects to work on. See if it grows on you--it very well might. If not, you can always blow it apart, give it a swim in Lake Purple, and rebuild it to your liking in six months or a year or so. I did exactly this with at least four models in the last year--a '65 Impala convertible, '65 and '66 Mustangs, and a '69 El Camino. I fully intended to rebuild them all when I bought them. But all four are now sitting on my shelf as proud "survivors" for the time being.