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Agree. Warm soapy water (or running water from the kitchen tap) and a toothbrush should take it out. Has worked for me on dozens of models. I polish with Wright's Silver Cream, available at Walmart.

Huh. I'll have to check that out. Back to add: I just did. The hood from the latest repop fits the AWB fastback body fine. The gap on each side is a little more than I'd like, but not much if any worse than many other kits on the market today, and certainly less than the gaps in the hood of AMT's '55 Chevy kit. Styrene Surfer, I KNOW you have the Mad Skillz to make it work. Shouldn't be a problem at all.

No more calls, please, we have a winner!

It's like a shrunken Monogram. I'll see if I can find mine, and see if the grill is wide enough for a JoHan body. I've discovered lately that quite a few diecasts are a bit narrow for their scale.

So take a few pics of where it is now, and then jump in for the next round, which will start around first of October (assuming there's any interest).

Thanks! I'm using a similar set from the Revell snapper purple '63 Vette roadster, but they're not really wide enough to suit me.

But you can't marry them all. Get my drift? Pick one.

Well, that's an important part of "perfect"--picking your favorite style in which to build.

Great progress! Go! GO! What are those wheels (and tires) from? I need a set of those!

That one's not bad at all. I'd like an inch or two less chop, and a little more width on the back tires, and maybe the red wheels painted black...I could work with it. I'd give it about an 8.8 out of 10. Seen a lot worse.

I'm sure there are, but the thread title's not "Post Pics of Some Cool Deuces." I posted pics of one that I thought was as close to perfect (to ME, of course) as any I've ever seen. If I had the money to custom build a real deuce to my exact specifications, that's just about exactly what it would look like. Others have other ideas of "perfect," of course. I get that. But posts with 6 or 8 or 10 pics of cars in completely different styles....uh, they can all be nice, but they can't all be perfect. Pick one. There ya go, Rick, you get it. You like 'em all, but you picked a favorite. "Perfect"! Well, maybe not perfect, but close enough to make it to the top of YOUR list of the ones posted here. (It's not my type at all, but I do dig the F-89 in the background. )

Oh, I get it now. EVERY Deuce is "perfect."

I didn't see anyone who looked remotely like that all day. (Kind of a nasty thing to say, too.)

Looks like my "Perfect" above scores 5 out of your 6. All it would need would be an engine swap.

Different strokes, for different folks, and so on and so on and doobie doobie do....

When you post a model here, do you hope everyone will just mind their own business and not comment on it? Or better yet, not look at it at all?

Those are both quite nice! Model on!

I'd rebuild it as a GTX just because I don't have one of those either, but as others have said, it has little if any collector value so if you want a RR, make it a RR. BTW, for those who don't know, there's an inexpensive diecast '70 GTX available (Maisto, I think?), and it's 1/25, not 1/24. It displays well with other 1/25 models, and is not bad looking at all. It's not perfect, but it also costs a LOT less than a JoHan '70 GTX or RR.

This should be your signature line. If you won't use it, I'm totally going to steal it and use it myself!

Should be a fan in there, according to the instructions: https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/amt-instructions/automotive-cars--pi/chevrolet/1961-1970/amt-1969-chevelle-s/1969chevroletchevel-6.html If it's not, don't you have an extra fan in your Parts Box? Fans aren't a critical, high-interest item and anything that would fit should get you by. (Few would care if you left it off altogether.) Unless you're doing a full-on, "A-list" build, which, frankly, this kit just isn't worth.

I always post on my builds, "Comments welcome." I've never gotten one I'd consider anywhere near "mean." And I have had several useful, constructive criticisms.

That was me and it's not quite that but it's kinda the general idea. You can find it by running a search on the word fauxberglass, especially in the Tips section.

I've noticed in some areas of the South, "lawyer" and "liar" are pronounced exactly the same way. Coincidence? I think not.

You hardly ever see that kit built these days. Thanks for sharing it!

Stop right there! I wanna know right now..... That was one of my favorite seasons of that show. One of my alltime favorite moments was when John Rich told Meat that if he lost that week's task, HE (Rich) would personally donate a matching sum to Meat's charity (which was IIRC a kids' thing called Painted Turtle). What a stand-up, classy guy! That night I became a John Rich fan for life.