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Wow, can’t believe I haven’t touched this one since last August. Better late than never? I shot the frame parts and fire extinguishers this past week and forgot to post updates. These were the first real parts I painted with the new airbrush booth. It’s great to have an airbrush in my hands again after so many years. Paint is all Testors square bottle enamels. I’ve always had pretty good luck with airbrushing this stuff. Still needs detail painting on these parts. It’s got a long way to go, but at least it’s not totally forgotten.?

Started laying the chrome strips and overlap for the vinyl roof. This is my first attempt, and I was pretty nervous about doing it. I kept putting it off, but now that the paint is here, I don’t have any more excuses.? I used Tamiya extra thin cement. Once it cures, the strips will be trimmed and lightly sanded. Am I missing anything here? Seems to be going pretty well so far.

Finally got around to ordering some MCW paint for this and it arrived yesterday. There’s a pretty big difference between the MCW and Scale Finishes paints considering they represent the same color. MCW is on the right in both pictures. Here are the two test shots side by side. Grey primer was used for both. My opinion, both look terrific. Both spray really well. I do prefer the flake in the MCW. But I think the Scale Finishes shade looks closer to the real car I posted above. That’s the one I’m going to go with.?

Today is your day bro!?

Attention to detail could mean trophies at a model show.

Matter of fact, yes she does.

Bit by the Johnson’s dog again, the mailman limped to the next house, cursing as he went.

Like, whoa dude…

Milk does a body good.

Cherry pie, anyone?

Rite you are, Bill.

Here I am!

Along one is bigger than ashort one.

Word on the street is that the one sentence game is rigged.

Banned and band are very different things, unless your name is Ozzy Osbourne and you’re in Texas.

It has occurred two me that eye might bee using the wrong words two…?

The new one is an Avanti I picked up cheap at Harbor Freight. My old airbrush is a Testors Aztek A480. I did some more experimenting yesterday. I think it’s mainly just me getting used to the difference between the two. Operator error.

Effort is more than I have the energy for this morning.

A few of us did some tests with fingernail powders a while back. See here: https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/171639-finger-nail-powder-chrome-works-great/. My trials were promising. The product was very durable, but too thick to brush on. Airbrushing might do the trick though. I just wasn't set up to do it at the time.

Great job Jeremy! These look so cool when done well.

Possibly my all-time favorite kit! Great job.?

Fired up the airbrush and painted a few small parts today. First time in around ten years! Man I'm out of practice. Also, not sure about this new airbrush I picked up. It's probably my technique, but it seemed like it used way more paint than I remember. Felt like it was spraying full throttle or not at all. I'll keep practicing, but I might switch back to my old airbrush.

On with the show!

Isn’t it?

Man that looks great! I always thought these were really cool. Nicely done!