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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!

Thanks! The details on the dash are actually pretty easy. Scroll up in the post and you'll see the printed images I purchased to use for the dash details. Bart

Good job with the rebuild of this kit. Always great to see an older model being saved and given a second life! Bart

Thanks, Mike! The dash was actually pretty easy. I bought the dash gauges and displays from BestModelCarParts on eBay. Makes it real easy! For a couple of bucks, it is well worth it. He also sells gauges for quite a variety of other cars. I often check out his offerings before I try to find images and print my own. The ones I print myself are nowhere as clear as his are. Bart

Here is my latest build - a 1994 Corvette! Exterior is Tamiya's Mica Red. Corvette logos for the hood and rear were printed from images I found and were glued on. The recessed Corvette lettering was done using Tamiya's Black Panel Line Accent Color. Dash gauges are from BestModelCarParts. This is actually a bit of a Franken-Vette. In the mid 90's, I built a model of my brother's Corvette. I had to get 3 kits in order to get the right seats, engine, and wheels for it. That meant I had enough parts left over to build 2 more models. I finally got around to putting one of these together - not sure all of the parts are necessarily from the same kit. I picked and chose what I liked best from all the parts I had! Thanks for checking this out! Bart

Looks amazing! Very clean build and excellent detailing! Bart

Thanks for all of the positive comments from everyone! A lot of people have commented on the interior. I have always enjoyed doing interiors and like to add as much detail as I can. Now, if you ask me about detailing an engine compartment, that's an entirely different story. I have absolutely no idea where the different wires and hoses would come from and go to! They are built only with the parts from the kit and are pretty basic looking. So don't be looking for pictures of them!😃 Bart

The model is really great, but your diorama is fantastic! Have you posted information on your diorama somewhere else on the forum? Would love to see some additional shots of it. Bart

Jeff, Thanks, and you may be right that Ford never used this specific pattern. I used some artistic license to pick a pattern from Mr. Model's catalog that I thought would look nice. This was the look I was trying to come close to. Bart

It is embossing powder for the carpet. It is a "brown" I got at Hobby Lobby or Michael's. I did not paint over the embossing powder, so this is its actual color. I do usually spray some flat or semi-gloss clear over it when the glue is dry so that it holds the little embossing powder particles in place better. Bart

Very sharp looking model! Bart

Here is my 1975 Ford Pinto. This is an MPC kit I bought on the internet. It's been quite a while since I built an MPC kit and I was surprised at how well designed it was. I especially appreciated that the side panels of the interior were separate parts rather than being molded into an interior tub. This makes painting the details on the door panels so much easier! The color is ScaleFinishes Medium Yellow Gold - which replicates a very popular Pinto color. The interior is painted with various craft paints. The houndstooth pattern on the seats are decals from Mr. Model. The gauges are from BestModelCarParts. For the side protective moldings, I painted the molding silver and then added a really thin piece of chart tape down the center. All chrome trim and the emblems/script were hand painted with acrylic metallic silver paint. Thanks for checking this out! Bart