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Cool project. I'm looking forward to seeing how this one goes for you.

Sweet mustang!

I fall into the "if you can see it, paint it" camp.

Oh man, I had completely forgotten about that one. I had one of those back in the day too!

I just went through all my paint and organized it. I've had some of this stuff for years & years. Found a couple of bottles that had Belmont Dept. Store price stickers on them. Does that chain even exist anymore? Not around here anyway. Some had stickers from a LHS that's been closed for over 30 years. And I remember getting kits and supplies at the local Murphy's Mart. Remember those?

Gorgeous color! Great build too!

Both really cool, but that BMW... Wow!

I know what I'm doing for next July 4th!

No idea... But that's REALLY COOL!

Words to live by...

Nice looking build. Very clean. Love those Mustang II's.

That body turned out great! Gorgeous color choice.

Whoops! I think this one gets put on hold till I get more decals.

I know exactly what you mean. I'm half afraid to clear coat anything anymore. We just have to keep plugging away and trying until we get it right.

Thanks Wayne! Oils are on my list of things to try out soon. I picked some up recently to try to simulate wood. May have to try thinning it out and giving a wash a shot too.

Thanks guys! I have to say, this project has been pretty fun and educational for me so far. And you guys have been a big help there. Much appreciated! I'm gonna need to spend some time experimenting with the wash. I picked up a few bottles of Testors CreateFX acrylic black wash at Hobby Lobby on clearance for about a buck a piece. If you try to wipe it too early, it seems to take all of it off and it you wait too long it won't come off with water. I didn't want to try anything stronger because I didn't want to remove the Future. I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out in the cockpit, but that's not the same effect I'm gonna want on the frame. I know I'm still quite a ways away from that step. Just thinking ahead. By the way, there will be no seat belts here! I guess the pilot will just have to be a little careful.

I've been thinking about going this route for a while now. Currently most of my tools and some of my paint are in a small toolbox. Some are in a little 3 drawer roll-away storage bin and a bunch are all over my bench. I'd like to get it all together into one unit.

Fantastic. What a cool plane.

Here's the completed cockpit. Let me know what you think.

Just a small update here. Motor is finished now. Also, I ended up stripping all the Future off the body and hood. Came off pretty easy with Windex. The only problem I had was one small piece of decal must not have been properly set. Took a small chunk of it off, so now I need to find some more decals. Then I'll decide if I go back to the old stand-by of Testors lacquer or try the Future again. Anyway, here's the finished motor-

This is starting to sound like a re-occurring theme here but, slipped with an X-acto knife in the late 70's and nailed the side of my right hand pinkie finger. I still have a fairly deep 1" scar from that one. Lesson learned: never pull the knife toward you when cutting. Or maybe we should all start using these-

If they're passing out keys, I'll take one of each please!

Wow. Love the look of the foil there. What a great project.

Beautiful build. That color looks great!

Point taken. I stripped the hood just now. All I can say is Future is awesome stuff! Came right off, left no trace it had ever been there, and the decals look great. I kept rinsing it off just to be sure, but I didn't see any issues at all. I'm gonna strip the body this weekend. This sort of makes me want to really dial in my technique with the stuff. If you screw up, there's no trip to the purple pond. Just clean it off and try again. Thanks for your input gentlemen!