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They used it to end the show, didn't they? Kinda like how The Sopranos ended with Journey's Don't Stop Believin'.

That's a great looking car and you've built a fine, fine model of it.

That's what I'm planning to use under a '69 SS396 300 post coupe conversion I want to do.

I probably own a dozen of those kits, have actually started two or three of them over the decades, have never gotten one finished. I'm severely patience-challenged and can barely get a plastic airplane or car kit together.

Very, VERY nice! And good to see one NOT pimped out with the white stripes, for a change. Well done and model on!

Meat Loaf's immortal Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Written by the great Jim Steinman.

It's a lovely kit (I own two or three of them) but has a lot more detail than I like to deal with. And, it's a -1 model, and my Corsair interest runs more toward the Korean War, where they used -4s, -5s, and AU-1s. I've also done a couple of late-model French ones from the Heller AU-1 and -7 kits.

If you want an easy, troublefree Corsair kit build, get the old Otaki, which has been sold under the ARII, AMT, and Airfix labels as well. Not much detail but the shape is right and assembly is completely painless. I know exactly what you mean about the Monogram Corsair glass. Here's the one I'm working on now (not to hijack your thread, or anything). I originally built this one as a teenager around 1970. Here's the poor unloved parts I started with: I filed/sanded off all the molded-in canopy framing, and threw the kit glass in the trash: Mounted Squadron vac windscreen and canopy (intended for the Hasegawa kit)... ...and hand-painted the frames preparatory to masking for final paint. I'm doing this one as a Reserve airplane. The orange band will be masked off before the Glossy Sea Blue gets squirted (easier to do it this way than the other way around). I now have the band masked, just need to finish up rebuilding the wings and glue them on, and then into the paint shop it goes. BTW, this is a pre-1983 kit. In '83 Monogram redid it, adding an all-new cockpit and decent 2-piece wheels. I did this one old-school, splitting the kit's one-piece "black nickels" wheels and widening them with sheet styrene. I've done this on a lot of older kits.

You just reminded me, I'm planning to use a '68 RR chassis under a JoHan '69 Road Runner--best of both worlds. I'll prolly take the "leftovers" and make something from them, too. I'm so cheap I hate to waste anything, and I love seeing what I can make from castoff junk.

I have a model airplane friends who's a dedicated brush-painter who recently did a couple model cars that way and they came out great, but I would NOT recommend it to anyone else. IMHO, you'd be much better off just polishing that Monogram Chapparal's white plastic than trying to get white paint on it any way but spraying. White is a notoriously difficult color to do, even spraying. You'll definitely be fighting an uphill battle trying to do it the way you suggest.

As someone who's built this kit several times in the last 40 years (I'm currently completely rebuilding one I did as a teenager), I can tell you that you did a nice job on this. That kit has real issues--both accuracy and fit/assembly--and it's not easy to make even a halfway decent shelf-sitter out of it. For example, after putting a LOT of work into getting the kit glass installed (twice), on this one I just gave up and used a Squadron vac canopy. I'm planning to build one more of these, incorporating everything I've learned about this kit since 1970 or so. And I'll definitely be using vac glass on that one, too. BTW, I've also built 1/48 F4U-4s from Hasegawa, Heller, and Academy.

Kinda a little, but not really. I've done that a few times and it looks great but my way is even easier.

I answered this for you back on page 1. See post #18.

Not only that, but AC was obviously an important influence on Gaga's career, especially in her early years...right up there with Madonna, Bowie, and Elton John (and Elvis, Little Richard, Cher, etc etc).

Looks kinda like the love child of a Bf 110 and a B-25! I think I like it!

I've come up with a way to VASTLY improve old-school molded-in door handles for virtually zero cost and not a whole lot more skill. My first such project is in the paint shop now. Hold on for a tutorial, coming soon to a model forum near you.

Sounds like the old Matchbox kit. Cool thing about Lizzies is if you don't feel like painting camo, you can do one in all-black or all-silver. I think there were even some target tugs in black and yellow zebra stripes.

I'm planning to put newer chassis under a few old annuals, including '64 Olds Cutlass, '66 Skylark, and '69 Chevelle. Haven't actually done it yet, though.

Very interesting color! What's the paint?

Not today, but the last non-car model I bought was a Tamiya 1/48 P-51D, the Korean War version, on consignment at a LHS for a VERY reasonable $15. Score!

I think stuff like that has been done. I know old Hilborn injectors have been rebuilt with modern guts, and I think Weber carbs, too. Anything is possible if you throw enough money at it.

Who--The Seeker.

I like it when someone gets one of mine. It means they appreciate good music. When one of mine stumps everyone, I'm a bit disappointed.

I think I first heard that around 1971 or '72.

Anyone have any experience with Krylon Fusion Gloss Clear? Saw a nice model elsewhere that had been finished with it so bought a can yesterday at Walmart. Ran some quick tests--looks like it attacked bare plastic (I expected that) and wasn't especially glossy over paint. Looks like it will need polishing. Anyone use it?