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[TammyBruceVoice] What could go wrong? What could possibly go wrong? [/TammyBruceVoice]

This is even weirder than it looks at first glance. It seems to have the vent windows and no side markers of a '67, but the under-window trim is '68 (usually seen on RSs, but it was available separately), as are the taillights (non RS), and the rear quarters are '69! Still, it looks like there's still enough car here to do SOMETHING with it. The yellow '67 panel conversion is actually kind of interesting looking. At least it's not yet ANOTHER red Pro Street.

Me too! I felt better when I noticed that all the latest responses were HOURS old, and got older every hour--no new ones at all. Then I knew it wasn't just me.

Yup. Those two look remarkably similar to me. The '67-'68 roof is different.

I've had great luck lately with Aileen's Tacky Glue, available at Walmart. It seems stronger than Elmers (and way cheaper than Micro Kristal Klear), but can still be removed from styrene or paint if you really need to.

Thanks for the warning. I wanted to see it to learn how he originally got a Bigfoot for a copilot. I'll wait for it to come on cable now.

I didn't so much "bring it back to life" as just finish it. I wonder if the OB got discouraged by the mediocre (and that's generous) Krylon paint job and just threw it together to be done with it. The interior and engine didn't look half badly done; perhaps he did those first and then lost interest in it after painting the body. We'll never know....

Very, VERY nice work, and it's a different version from the rare and seldom seen AMT kit to boot. Well done and model on!

I've done it using a Cratex polishing point in a Dremel, but as you say, it's quite tedious. And hard to keep even, straight, and neat looking.

OMG that's hilarious! VERY well done and model on!

I left that as a reminder of the model's humble glue bomb origins. OB had glued the LP bezel on the outside of the body, and upside down to boot--along with the taillights! Why did I buy the thing in the first place? I loved the maroon paint on it. Was gonna just polish it out and slap some weekend Snake-Fu on the thing, but as you can see, THAT plan just didn't work out.

That looks more like a '65-'66 sedan roofline.

Yes it is. If you buy it, you can't take it back.

Honey, does THIS top make my butt look fat?

This thing STILL EXISTS, but Tom Petty is dead? This world is truly a cruel and unjust place.

Bad as it is, it's infinitely preferable to that red backbirth.

Was a big fan as a kid back in the day. Didn't even try the new one. I haven't watched anything on CBS since The Unit went off. The CBS brand is, to me, a guarantee that the show, whatever it is, will be bad/stupid.

Got my email yesterday that my order had been shipped. I too ordered a '68 Coronet R/T. Now to decide what color to paint it!

If you gave me a model of that thing, my trusty razor saw and I could have it looking good in an evening or two of work.

Fabulous score! Congratulations!

Used mine today for the first time. It exceeded my highest expectations (which were actually pretty low). It works better than a used Badger 150 I've been messing with off and on for 20 years! I don't think I'd want to paint a whole model car body with it, as the pattern seems a bit small for that, but it's GREAT for detail work. I needed to touch up some paint on a glue bomb resto I'm doing, without repainting the whole body. The thing worked perfectly for what I needed. My trusty Badger 350 is my go-to airbrush, and I'll be going back to it, but when I need small area or details done, this thing is perfect! Thanks for telling us about it.

Here's how my first attempt at the technique turned out. I'm happy with it. Kitchen foil and Micro Metal Foil Adhesive, burnished onto bare plastic with a toothpick, then trimmed to one solid block around all the letters. One coat Walmart flat black primer, three coats Testor One Coat Fiery Orange, three or four coats (airbrushed) of Model Master clear Top Coat enamel. At polish time, I worked the area over with #1500 Wetordry, used wet, till I got down to the black primer, then brought it home with Wright's Silver Cream. I can't see any evidence of the edges of the kitchen foil, and I know where it is!

If I'd wanted a perfect paint '66 Wildcat, I'd have built one of the brand new kits in my stash. (But, we both know, I'd have put a lot more work in it.) The challenge and fun of these Snake-Slap projects is to see how little time and effort can be expended to get something acceptable on the shelf. My personal standard is, if I can get it looking like something I'd have been proud to have built in 1968, I'm happy. If it looks like something I built in 1969, I'm ecstatic! Rare or especially desirable (to me) subjects get the "full treatment," of course--stripping, repainting, doing whatever's necessary to end up with a good model. But that's another whole level of time, effort, and usually money.

I can think of a couple that did, at one point (Hasegawa and Otaki), but can't come up with any in the last decade or two.