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Cool. Thanks Kevin. No real updates to speak of yet. I've done a (very) little bit of filling and sanding of a couple pieces. The seat has a big notch molded into it for the pilot that needed filling. Filled in the hole for the belly tank. And filled the seam on the prop assy. That was a bit of a pain. Gonna check out the finger-nail files at wally-world tonight to see if I can find some better sanding tools for tight spaces. I also bought a ton of military paint. Can't wait for that to show up. So it's not stalled, but it's going pretty slow right now. Couple minutes each night. I'm cool with that.

Cool combo! Love that Mustang.

Just gorgeous! Very cool subject matter too.

Tom, I know exactly what you mean. I have a '59 Impala I'm afraid to touch right now, because everything is going perfect. It's by far the best work I've ever done, and I know I'll screw something up soon...

Awesome idea. I love that plane and that graphic will be killer on it!

To tie in with the thread on percentage of kits you complete, why do your kits end up half finished and back into the stash? You know you have some of these. I have WAY too many stalled projects. Mine get stalled for one of two reasons primarily: 1) I get to a point where the next step is something I don't know how to do. This, for me, is the most common reason. The project then goes back into storage until I gain the knowledge I need to get the job done. Hoping to change that now that I found you fine people! 2) I screw something up and either don't want to deal with it at the moment or don't know how to fix it. So lets here it. What's your excuse!

That's a trickier mod than I'm ready to tackle, but I'd love to see it done. Never seen a model of this body style with the lights open/on. Anybody up for it?

Man that's just stunning.

Thank you gentlemen!

Beautiful motorcar. I can't wait to see that Packard now!

Really cool build. I had one of these when I was a kid. Nice trip down memory lane. I don't know why, but I really dig Mustang II's

Here's another project that I built long ago in a galaxy far, far away. '65 corvette built from the Monogram 'Black Rat' Street Machine kit. As I recall, this was one of the first kits I used BMF on. I think this was done with rattle-can Testors Silver with clear coat airbrushed on. Rims were parts box items. Looking at it now, I can see a few things I would do different (a little black wash here & there, hood could fit a little better, etc.), but all in all, I'm still pretty pleased with the way it turned out. Enjoy! This is the kit I built it from:

Think I dated her back in school...

I wouldn't want to guess at a percentage, but I'm pretty sure it's low. Seems like something always stops me. Either I get to a point that I'm not sure what to do, or inspiration will strike with another kit and whatever I'm working on gets put on hold.

Thank you all, gentlemen! Think I have a pretty good idea of what I need now. One thing that's becoming clear to me: I'm gonna need more military paints if I'm gonna pursue building more planes. I only have a couple. I'd have no problem if I were doing this in car colors. Have tons of that stuff. Hmm... A candy red or british racing green P-40B? haha! Snake: Thanks for posting that on hyperscale. Those pics are fantastic!

Yup. Me too. I don't have a good place to display more than one or two at a time, so the rest get put it 1 gallon zip lock bags and put back in the box. I usually put two in a box, so the bags keep them from getting scratched. And then when they get old and parts start falling off, it's all right there together and nothing ends up lost.

It's very cool, but I like the old one alot better.

Wow! The whole car is fantastic, but that grill is out of this world!

Oh, so that's how it's done! Great workmanship Joe. I love that snake decal. Must have scared the heck out of the enemy!

Interesting. I'm glad I held off on any painting today. I'm gonna wait and see what develops at Hyper Scale. Some really good info coming in so far. I have a bit of filling and sanding to do while I wait anyway. Hey Joe, I'm joking about pressure. I'm actually looking for you guys to steer me in the right direction and keep me from screwing this thing up.

Just checking back in on this thread. There is alot of killer gear posted so far! Here are a couple of my guitars. My main player. If the guys come over, this is most likely what I have in my hands. It can do just about anything I need. I'm kinda partial to this one right at the moment. Been giving it alot of attention. You can't really tell from the pic, but the finish is transparent. This one may not look like much but I'll take it to the grave with me. This was the first guitar I ever built from pieces. Plays like butter.

That Chevelle looks like it's soaking wet! Amazing paint job.

Oh great, now I have pressure! haha! But seriously, thanks. I'm much happier with it now too. The detail on that panel is so light coming straight out of the box. I'm just glad the BMF trick worked. Don't think I could have dry-brushed that one. And I'm to cheap to go with aftermarket parts. Gonna move on to priming and painting the rest of the cockpit, wheelwells, and other surfaces that get zinc chromate today.

Just a small update. Scuffed a little more of the black off the gage bezels. I also added a little color to a few of the knobs and some Future to the bezels. Can't see the Future very well in the pic (or the color for that matter), but it looks decent enough in person. Also did a bit of dry brushing on the side controls. Yeah I know, I'm obsessing over details you won't even see in the finished product. lol! But I'm gaining some experience and having fun doing it. Can't beat that! That being said, these babies are done. If I keep messing with them I'll screw 'em up & have to start over.

Thank you gentlemen! @Snake: thanks for the links. A couple of nice looking builds there and some good info too. That's what I was kinda wondering about. In that pic it looks huge and shows every imperfect detail. But with the naked eye, it looks pretty good. Not perfect, but... I may look around for some pics and add a bit of color here and there to replicate whatever is there in the 1:1. Also thought about putting some Future in the gage bezels possibly, but I don't want to over-do it. I'm hoping to get some primer and start the rest of the cockpit this weekend.