Chris D

Hello all, After a bit of reading and searching, I think I am more confused than I ever was about this subject. Years back it was a bit more simple with just lacquer and enamel, however, there are a bunch of new paints that I am unfamiliar with. My concern is which paints can be applied over which without worrying that the top coat will wrinkle the bottom coat. In the "simple" days, your base coat could be lacquer and you could top coat with enamel. However, if your base was enamel and you topped with lacquer, the paint would wrinkle. Currently, my main go to paint is Tamiya acrylics. I am expanding my horizons by also using model master acrylics, enamels, lacquers, etc. The inevitable will happen that I will top coat over something with the wrong paint and ruin something so I ask, what paints can be sprayed or brushed over the others? I suspect there isn't a clear cut rule anymore, but any advice would be helpful. Chris D

Scott, The vinyl roof is for a 1968 firebird kit from revell Krazy Rick, I suspected heat would help soften the adhesive but wasn't sure how to go about it. A heating pad sounds like a good solution, I will give that a try. Thanks guys, Chris

Hi all, I purchased the vinyl top kit (actually 4 of them) from Model Car Garage. I installed the first one and while it turned out ok and looks good, I had a heck of a time getting the vinyl off the backer. Was this unusual? If it is normal, what tricks have you guys come up with to get the vinyl and backing separated without worry of ripping the vinyl roof material (which happened twice for me) ? Chris D

WOW! I just paged through all 182 pages of this build, it took me two days and I only looked at pictures! I am absolutely amazed at the attention to detail and the dedication to building this model. This thread started in March of 2011 which means this is well over 3 years in the build! Aside from my wife and a few jobs I have had over the years, I have not been able to stick with anything that long! Chris, you are an amazing artist and craftsman, your dedication to perfection is second to none. Unfortunately, I don't really posses the words to describe how great this model is, all I can come up with is "WOW"! Thanks for sharing this project and showing me what real dedication and attention to detail is all about. Chris D

Thanks for all the responses guys, Relating to the looper tool, I picked up a kit at a local swap meet. It does work good, but the thing is, you have to have a lighter or some other fire source to burn off the built up glue. Since I quit smoking about 6 years ago, I don't have any lighters around and have not bought one so I use matches. Chris D

Hi all, First post here (I think), great forum! I picked up a set of photo etched parts which are emblems and such for a car I am building. They are very finely detailed and I really like them and think they will look good. I have sanded off the molded letters and emblems and primed the body. Found out that sanding off the existing molded details is trickier than I thought! Before I spray the color coat, I started thinking about these photo etched parts. Do I attach them now and then sand off the paint later? Or, do I glue them on after the color coat? Using that "looper" glue tool, I am getting pretty good with gluing on small details without too much mess but am still concerned about these small photo etched parts. Chris D