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Very nice! The exterior color and the vinyl roof are well done. Bart

Thanks, Rusty! When I looked at photos of the various color combinations, the gray/white combo really caught my eye. I thought it looked pretty sharp, and the gray was not a color I had used on any other models - an important consideration for me as I don't like to have too many models on my shelves that are the same color as others. Bart

David, Thanks! Actually doing the lettering with a toothpick is actually pretty quick to do, but it does definitely require steady hands and a light touch. The window trim and side trim is all done with a brush. I like using acrylic craft paint for these areas since you can use a sharp toothpick to remove any stray paint that gets where it doesn't belong. I often don't even mask off these areas - a steady hand and a toothpick to remove unwanted paint usually works for me. The acrylic metallic silver may not be as shiny as BMF, but the ease of applying the paint is the determining factor for me. Bart

Here is my latest completion - an AMT 1/25th scale 1957 Ford Fairlane 500. For an older kit, it went together very easily without any issues. The exterior colors are Tamiya Base White and ScaleFinishes Platinum Gray. The chrome trim is all hand painted - using Metallic Silver Craft paint for the window trim and the side trim. The script was hand painted using a very sharp toothpick dipped into paint from a Molotow-style chrome pen. The dashboard gauges and details are from BestModelCarParts. The kit featured doors that opened and closed, but I glued them in the closed position. I've never felt that the opening doors look that great and often don't close flush with the body. I have used magnets before to hold the doors closed on other kits and have had mixed results when doing that. Thanks for checking this out! Bart

Looks great! Bart

Len, Can you post some pics of the item(s) you airbrushed? I've got a bumper that need to be done and am wondering if airbrushing the bumper would work. Did you use a gloss black paint as an undercoat? Thanks, Bart

Looks great. All of additions you made look fantastic! Glad you found a pristine kit - nothing about that box would suggest otherwise! 🙂 Bart

An excellent job on an unusual kit! Bart

For fine details (usually chrome trim on a body or interior), i will use a craft store acrylic paint. I'll brush it on using a very fine brush, but there will still be spots where the paint is and shouldn't be. While the paint is still somewhat fresh (or even after it has dried somewhat). I will use a toothpick that has been sharpened into a really fine point to remove the paint from along the edges of whatever I am painting. Sometimes I will wet the end of the toothpick a bit to help with the paint removal. The toothpick can follow the edge of the edge of the detail and pretty cleanly remove the unneeded paint. If too much is removed, just apply more paint in that area and repeat the process. While I have never tried this on a firewall, I imagine it would work for firewall details, too. Bart

Monty, Here's what I get when using my iPhone and Safari. These screenshots show how I get to the Search function on the site. I am guessing that the 3 Horizontal lines on the left side of the screen is the 'hamburger' you referred to. Be sure you have the phone in "portrait" position (narrow side is up) to be able to see the whole menu that appears. If you are holding your phone in "landscape" position (wide side is up) , then you won't see the whole menu and would need to use your finger on the phone to scroll down on the menu. Bart

Windows 11 and Chrome look like this. It will be interesting to see what Monty's screen looks like! Bart

On their Home Page, in the blue bar at the top, there is a magnifying glass that you can click on to open the search window. It appears just to the right of their phone number. This is pretty common on a lot of websites, so be looking for them! Bart

Thanks, Bill Paint filters are now on my shopping list! Bart

I was airbrushing the gray portion of the two-tone paint on my 1957 Ford Fairlane yesterday and noticed the little black specs appearing quite frequently. I am using ScaleFinishes paints which I have always been pleased with. Wasn't sure what was going on, but then I remembered that when I received the bottle that there was a fairly solid black "ring" around the bottle near the bottom. I shook it by hand before using hoping that this black was just some pigment/coloring that would disappear and get blended in. When it did not, I used my battery powered paint stirrer but the black was still there. It looks like the paint stirrer sliced through the black in places. When spraying, I stated noticing small black specks appearing on the model. After I thought about it a bit, I figured that these specks in the paint were from the black ring that had been loosened up when I use the paint stirrer. Does that sound like what happened? Bart P.S. I am also reaching out to the vendor to see what he thinks happened.

Looks great!