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Weather you like it or whether you don’t, it’s my turn.

Wow! That's absolutely drop dead gorgeous! Excellent workmanship!

Got a little more detail work done today.

Got the seat painted today. I’ve been putting this off for a long time now, because I’m not very good at masking. I was pretty sure this would get botched, but I’m happy with the results.?

I can’t take too much credit. That Mr. Surfacer 1500 is amazing stuff!?. I’m really getting into the Mr Hobby stuff.

I wanted to try out my new airbrush on something other than the project that I’m working on for my dad. This Mustang has been stalled since the early 00’s, and needed a repaint, so it became the Guinea pig. Shot with Mr. surfacer black to start with. The airbrush was great with the fan cap. Much more even coverage.

Found these two today. Don’t know much about the Studebaker. I think it’s a Johan? Not sure. But it’s in pretty good shape.

I sort of crushed my budget for a new airbrush, but hey! You only live once and you can’t take it with you!

Heck yeah, we want to see them!

That is just awesome. How the heck did it survive all those years??

Sweet ride! That color is perfect.?

That turned out great! You’d never know it gave you fits. Excellent job.?

Outstanding!

Uncomfortable it might be in some ways, but it would certainly be fuzzy.

Thanks man! In the late 80’s I looked at trading for a Yamaha. They build some great bikes. If I remember correctly I was looking at a Phaser 750? Insurance killed the deal for me.

This is my Nighthawk 450. I got this bike brand new in ‘85, and it was my first means of transportation. Still have it to this day, and will until the day I die.

Completion of a model kit is what exactly???

Thanks to all of you who replied to this thread. Your input has been invaluable as always! After reading through the comments, looking at reviews online and watching several videos, I went with the Grex Tritium. Should have it by the end of the week.

Possible outcomes of the above post include joy and poverty.

…and here we are, five months later.? My ‘40 Ford is on hold until the new airbrush shows up (Thursday?). So in the meantime I’m doing odds and ends for other kits. I saw a video by Barbados Rex about making heat-stained exhaust pipes, and I wanted to give it a shot on this kit. Here’s how it worked out. He used Mr. Color paints for his video. I had Tamiya on hand and so used it instead. Also, the body is currently getting stripped. When I painted it originally, I really wanted a metallic orange, but hadn’t gotten back into airbrushing yet, so I took what I could get. Now I’m going for the color I really want.

Bugs are not on the menu today.

Movie theaters are getting some of my money today when we go to Beetlejuice.

Thanks buddy! I build very slowly, and frequently will hit a roadblock that will send a kit into a stall. But for whatever reason I seem to have found my muse with this kit, and things are flowing pretty smoothly. Excuse me while I go knock on wood...?

Looks terrific! I really like your color choices here.?

Wheels are tires are done!