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I completed my 1960 Ford Thunderbird - a 1/32nd scale AMT kit. The exterior is Testor's Honduras Maroon. Only 20 parts to this kit. All of the chrome details were painted by hand. The hardest thing about this kit was the white plastic tires - painting them black while still leaving the base white color of the plastic to represent the whitewalls. Thanks for looking! Bart

I completed my Polar Lights model of the USS Discovery NCC-1031 from the TV show Star Trek: Discovery (of course!). It's a 1/2500 scale model, with over 70 decals that needed to be applied! Overall length is about 12 inches. It looks good with the USS Enterprise I recently completed. Thanks for looking, Bart

It's actually 1/2500 scale. About 8 inches in length. Bart

I finished my Polar Lights kit of the USS Enterprise (as it appears in Star Trek: Discovery). A nice looking model - with a lot of decals!

Is the Krylon Paint that you used their "Premium Metallic" product? I looked at the Krylon site this was the only one that showed a "silver foil" color. There were only a few reviews for the product, but several mentioned that "the paint was a beautiful smooth finish.....until it was touched. It leaves a dust like residue that wipes off on anything it touches" and that it easily loses its shine when touched by anything. Have you had any issues? Thanks, Bart

We may have the same model - here are some photos of what mine looks like at the moment before any restoration work. I'll be waiting to see what your 67 Impala looks like when it is done! This also has a friction motor in it. My 66 Impala also had a friction motor, too. So, neither one is a true promo. These were built-up kits AMT made that I purchased at my local hobby shop when I was a kid. Bart

Thanks for the suggestion. I often do remove the molding lines on kits that I will be painting. However, I didn't do it on this one since I was leaving it the original molded color. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get the shine back after doing it. What process do you use to do this? What grit sandpapers do you use, and what polish do you use? Several people have commented about the polishing I did - but, I actually did NOT polish the kit. I pretty much just stripped the paint with Oven Cleaner and then washed in dish soap and water. As I recall, those old promos had a pretty good finish on them to start with and I was glad that this one still did after it was stripped and washed. Bart

Finding it wasn't too hard - it was already part of my collection of some of the kits I had accumulated in the 60's when I was much younger and saved. Some of the other promo kits I have that will get the same treatment are 66 and 67 Ford Galaxie 500's, a 66 Fairlane 500, a 70 Ford Maverick, and a 67 Impala SS.

This is an AMT 1966 Impala SS promo kit that I had worked on as a kid. I had painted the interior completely black, and did my best as a kid to paint the chrome and logos. I have included 2 "before" photos to show what it originally looked like. I stripped the paint repainted the bumpers using AK Interactive Extreme Metal Chrome, and applied BMF for the first time. I left the body in the original molded plastic color. I also had to create a new rear window due to some cracks in the original window. The fender emblems and script on the trunk and sides were hand-painted. Thanks for looking! Bart BEFORE PHOTOS AFTER photos

The windows came tinted. Makes it pretty hard to see the black interior! After I completed it, I wished that I would have cut the "door windows" out so you'd be able to see inside the interior better.

When you look at your photos, you often notice something you forgot to do. ? In this case, I had neglected to paint some black on the ends of the exhaust pipes. This has since been corrected.

I agree. It was a well-engineered kit. One of the other AMT kits from the 90's that I recently built was their Dodge Viper. That kit was well-designed, too!

Finished an AMT Jaguar XJ220 kit that had been sitting in my stash of old, unbuilt models. Paint is Testor's Model Master Lacquer Bright Platinum Metallic. Thanks, Bart

Thanks! I saw the red one you completed in another post and it looks good, too!

Thanks! The kit was molded in yellow and I intended to leave it that way; but when I painted the black on the underside of the engine compartment lid, it visibly showed through the plastic and darkened the appearance of the yellow on the outside. So, I decided I needed to prime it and throw some paint (some shade of yellow from Tamiya) on it to prevent this. Painting it Ferrari red briefly crossed my mind, but I thought that the yellow was more eye-catching. I am glad I stayed with yellow!

The completed model is about 6-1/2" in length. I'd say it is close to 1/24th or 1/25th scale. It sits in a display case with other 1/25th scale models and it looks like it fits right in. Bart

I got inspired by some recent posts from others who built the Revell Lightning McQueen snap kit. It looked like a fun kit to build and add to my display case. A quick build for me, but it turned out well. Thanks, Bart

Some photos of a Ferrari F50 I just completed. This is an old Tamiya kit I finally got around to building. Thanks for looking! Bart

This is a clever topic! I started building model cars almost 60 years ago. Back then, my cars were brush painted ( or Q-Tip painted!). They looked good to me as a kid. I saved a number of my early builds and plan to strip the paint and restore them all someday. This is a 61 Buick Invicta pre-built model that I painted. This is a 64 T-Bird - brush painted. If you have a good imagination, you might even be able to read the poorly painted Thunderbird script on the side. This is a 1960 Lincoln Mark V - originally built in 1960. This is one that I stripped the paint from a few years and rebuilt it to look like this. These are some of my more recent builds- a 59 Caddy Eldorado, a Ford GT, a 2010 Mustang and a 58 Edsel. I think my skills have improved a bit! Thanks for looking! Bart

I agree - the smoked finish for the headlight covers was a bit of a disappointment. I had tried to make a mold of the covers to try to make my own clear covers, but never was able to come up with anything remotely satisfactory.

I bought this Dodge Viper kit back in the 90's and it just sat in the closet in an unopened box until recently. I finally decided to tackle this kit and here is the result. I think the kit was one of AMT's better kits; a lot of detail and the parts fit together very well. Thanks for looking! Bart

Thanks for all the kind comments on my work! To answer one of the questions, I used Tamiya TS-39 Mica Red as the color for the body. The actual color on the model may be a bit darker than how it came out in the photos. ...and for all of you who mentioned you have one of these kits and haven't built it yet, take your time and be patient. It is quite a bugger to build! Bart

Here is my completed Polar Lights USS Enterprise 1701-E. This is the kit that is about 7" in length. The hardest thing about this kit is applying the million or so decals (OK, I am exaggerating a little here!). Everything that is not light gray on the ship is probably a decal. The decals are so thin and often cover large expanses of the model that I found they were prone to breaking apart as you worked with them. I ended up needed to get a second set of decals from Polar Lights. Thanks, Bart

Some photos of my recent Cougar II model. I remember building it as a kid and wanted to try it again. I pretty much disabled all of the features it had (windows that went up and down, retractable lights, opening doors and truck, steerable wheels, etc.) since I remember that they seemed to be pretty finicky and never worked all that well and I felt they detracted from the model. All in all, I am really satisfied with how this kit turned out! Thanks, Bart

I painted it using Tamiya TS-50 - Mica Blue. Used Testor's Wet Look Clear Gloss, also. Then a lot of polishing after that.