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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.

How messed up is this. My first WIP on modelcarsmag.com and it's a plane?! Anyway... I said I wasn't going to do one for this project, but I just finished the instrument panel and it came out pretty cool, so I thought I'd share and hopefully get some tips/feedback. There will be ALOT of first on this project for me. First plane model for starters. I'm going with the full on "Flying Tigers" paint scheme. Lieutenant General Claire Chennault was one of my childhood heros. Another first: camo paint. Here's the kit: (swiped this pic from the web, but that's the box I have.) Ok, so here's yet another first for me. To do the inst. panel, I put matte aluminum BMF over the whole thing, painted it all flat black, then lightly scuffed the raised surfaces to relieve the foil (a tip I learned on here for doing scripts, thank you very much!). This is the first time I've ever tried this technique on anything and it worked pretty good. Although I did get a little heavy handed on the right edge, but it'll never show once assembled. Check it out! This pic shows WAY more detail than you can see with the naked eye. The actual size is closer to 5/8" or so. So... While I am pretty pleased with this, I'd like some input on how I could make it even better on the next kit. Tell me what you would have done different. I want to get this right and keep improving. I'll probably be asking for alot of advice on this project. I know it won't show when finished, but I like things to be as good as I can get them and still keep it OOB. Thanks for looking!

Nice collection there. I know almost nothing about canam racing, but I love the cars.

I'm pretty sure I'm going thru this now (just within the past six months or so). I can see distance fine, but it takes longer for my eyes to focus when I switch to something closer. I catch myself pulling reading material down to arms length a lot lately. And if the lighting isn't good, sometimes un-painted white plastic is just a blur. Guess I'll be investing in something pretty soon too.

Really cool. Love WWII warbirds.

Never seen that kit before, but that's awesome. Really came out great.

Do you mean to tell me that chicks won't dig me because I build models?!?!

Beautiful! Great color combo too.

Bill those both look great! Really nice builds. I do see what you mean about the body sculpting. Kinda funky looking. And I noticed the headlights looked better on the box art of the Revell kit. But you know how box art can be sometimes. So far I'm leaning towards another Revell kit. Always had fun with that one. I probably should have started this thread in the "Reviews" section. My bad. Mods, feel free to move it if you want.

That's hilarious! And perfect timing. I needed a good laugh after the drive into work this morning. Icy roads and blowing snow! Joe: I probably won't do a WIP on this one. I want to see if I can even pull it off to my satisfaction or not at this point. This is new territory for me. But if I can make it look half as nice as your Corsair, I'll be happy. Sorry for hi-jacking this thread. I get sidetracked pretty... LOOK! A BUTTERFLY!!

Looks great! I'm just getting into building planes (working on a Monogram P-40B currently), so I appreciate the warning about this kit. But wow, you'd never know you had issues looking at the finished product.

Thinking about building another one of these. I've built the Revell kit (twice actually) over the years. The last time I built it was about 15 years ago, and looking at the finished product, I can do much better work now. So, how does the AMT kit compare to the Revell kit?

Great build and great paint!

Just awesome. Wouldn't change a thing.

Very cool! That stands up to about anything being built today and yet still looks vintage (a good thing in my opinion). I have a couple from my youth I need to restore, but nothing this nice.

Went to Hobby Lobby and Micheals today and picked these up for 40% and 50% off:

I don't do resolutions, but when I do... wait a minute. I'm starting to sound like a beer commercial. As was said above - "build more, build better." That's been my only goal all along and that's why I'm here. I guess I'd also like to look into building a WWII warbird in plastic. B-17 maybe?