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same deal...made no changes whatsoever

I deleted it.

I wish I had a tenth of your talent, Randy. That is FANTASTIC!

Thanks but I have no clue what's involved with 3D printing nor do I have the equipment to do so. I mean I get that you buy the files and then either print them yourself (IF you have a decent printer) or find someone to print what you want. Seems that very few people will print on demand these days without charging a ridiculous price. That's why I was looking for someone that already does the width that I want. Texas3Dcustoms goes out to about 10" and I have not really seen anything from Iceman that I'm looking for. I also am not a fan of 3D printed rubber tires as they are a bear to clean up the support blemishes that remain.

I typically do Hot Rod/Custom model cars and looking for rear wheels and tires that are 20" in diameter and 15" wide with corresponding tires that are NOT thin "rubber band" style tires. It can be either Resin Cast or 3D Printed to include the tires (not a fan of the 3D Printed Rubber tires). Here's an example of what I am talking about...

very slick! Great work!

Man...that looks great!

I agree, they only had a handful of model kits for sale and most of them at crazy prices! Lots of RC Cars, Trucks and Boats, tons of Gundam and loads of G.O.A.T. Guns...again at some crazy prices.

I was at Hobbytown in Frederick MD the other day and was interested in the Revell spray chrome until I saw the price… $60????? ah…no! Alclad works fine…

so some more work done...fixed issues with the body, fixed the hood and re-primed... started working on the interior. Took out the back seat, altered the side panels and scratch built a waterfall console. Had to do a little filler on the console but coming along...

I watched that entire video on the mustang last night...that build is outstanding and he makes it look so simple with basic tools and materials. Outstanding!

That's what I ended up doing!

Well, slow progress on this but finally a first shot of primer and only a few minor spots to be reworked… unfortunately, however…the hood didn’t fair as nicely. Popped it into Dr Drybooth and apparently had it just a tad too hot… to be fair, the hood was quite thin in the front so it would sit correctly on the body. Another hood is on order and I wasn’t totally happy with it anyway so now I have the opportunity to do it more like what I wanted in the first place. Here it is before primer…

Incredible! Your attention to detail is unsurpassed, Randy!

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I have to agree...this is one of my favorites, as well. That said, after seeing the talented work that Len is doing, I could never do this car that amount of justice. I'll probably still build the Del Rio at some point but I'll have to use some imagination in another direction.

Just...WOW, Randy...WOW!

I believe that Scale Motorsports has a different manufacture than what Norm had. I'll see Norm next week at our next model club meeting (MAMA's) so I'll make sure to ask him.

maybe i can resize the kit photo for comparison well, not perfect but it helps. I did crop and flip the PV photo.

I have no clue on how to replicate the trim but in looking at the rear wheel well on the PV car vs. kit car...the PV wheel well looks cut higher into the quarter panel than the kit car. Maybe it's just my eyes but...

Well, had some time to get back to work on this. Mounted the engine on the chassis so I could dial in the opening in the hood a bit better… Since I was playing in the engine bay, I decided to remove the molded in washer bottle, battery and so on then smooth everything out with nothing but access filler neck to the washer bottle. Still planning out where heater hoses, a/c hoses, battery cables and so forth but you get the picture… Need to fill the holes for the hinges and debating if I want to use Doug Whyte’s “floating hinges” in conjunction with magnets or just fill those areas and hide magnets to hold the hood in place. slow going for now, more as I go.

I like the idea of using the foam but the stitching aspect seems out of scale. Maybe better if you used a finer tooth saw blade for that.

While I like MCW paints for airbrush (even though I prefer Splash Paints), I tried their "Brush" enamel paints when looking for a replacement of Testor's Model Master brush paints. I do not recommend their brush enamel paints as they are too thin for decent brush painting (streaks) and too thick for Airbrush. I purchased 3 blacks (Gloss, Semi-gloss and Flat) as well as a couple of silver shades. When attempting to brush, they fill in the deep spots on parts like a thinned out wash or accent paint but the high points of various parts seemed nearly transparent. It didn't matter if I put a second coat on the part or not as the paint turned out "uneven" and just did not flow well at all. I also wash all parts and prime first (I prime everything with Mr. Hobby surface primer that gets painted even down to smaller parts) before painting. Just my opinion.

Very cool! I'm loving it!

This is great! Great fab work indeed! One could even say it's FABulous!