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Only place around here now that sells Testors model paint is Michaels. Last fall the rack was almost empty. Last time I was there was a couple weeks ago but the rack was almost full then. As I understand it, they, like many other companies had just ran low on materials so they had to halt production for a while on most paint lines and the "Extreme Lacquer" sprays were dropped.

They probably just buy it from Testors.

Love it Gary. Right up my alley. ???

finished the paint and foiling but still need to run some black around the window openings before I install the glass. ,,and this is the final combination of parts for the engine. Just the stock assembly with the finned valve covers and I molotow penned the intake manifold and air cleaner. I think I'll drill out that snorkel on the air cleaner later.

The detail decals, especially the ones on the interior look photoshopped but definitely one of the better box art builds I've seen.

I can't honestly say for sure but I think I glued the firewall to the body when I built mine. One thing you might want to consider if this is to be a factory stock build, and it may be too late anyway, is wide white walls were last offered from the factory on cars back in '62 so the tires as is would not be correct for the time period. The white inserts on those tired was meant to be painted black and the raised ridges scraped off to produce a couple nice sharp twin white stripes. But, hey, it's whatever the builder likes, right.

Yes. Been there, done that. In fact, you can spray the smoke right over the clear red also.

I don't really know what you're referring to Les. I don't know anything about that particular Mk1, just the best pic I found with the wheels on it. The "maybe my next Mk1" is I have built 2 of the AMT 1/25 Rabbits/Mk1s and have a couple more in my stash to build yet. I do plan to do the next one in light blue and those wheels would be naturals on it.

Only thing I can think of that would be even remotely similar are the '65 Chevelle wheel covers. They're in the AMT '65 Chevelle wagon and Elcamino. BTW, is that your Firebird, Steve? look to be in really good shape.

Both are fantastic. Shows you don't need a 300 piece super detailed kit to build a great looking model.

Not really the same design wheel. These are much more of a genuine racing wheel. They look like an LM used my some Porsche race cars.. And when I said "big American iron, I was referring to the Thunderbird and Chevy pickup kits those RS wheels came in. Definitely not in the same class as Big Red.

Yes, definitely more at home on a European fwd car, not big '60s American iron. Humm,, maybe my next Mk 1 ??? ?

AMT '72 Chevy pickup. The '66 Thunderbird has a set of those in it now too. Here's a link to a page with some BBS catalogues. https://vintagewheelcatalogs.com/bbs/ also a google search for BBS mesh wheel. https://www.google.com/search?q=bbs+mesh+wheels&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjG_vjN0e72AhU4lXIEHS0ZAJ4Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=bbs+mesh+wheel&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgAMgUIABCABDIGCAAQCBAeMgQIABAYOgcIIxDvAxAnOgQIABBDOgQIABAeUIcUWKE3YJlEaABwAHgAgAGpAYgBoAmSAQM2LjWYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=mbhEYobOBriqytMPrbKA8Ak&bih=688&biw=1455 BBS is one of the larger wheel manufacturers worldwide and has made hundreds of wheel designs over the years.

I think you'll be OK with the dark blue. I've only had problems with "hot" colors like red, orange and yellow. Never had a problem with blues or greens. BUT, a good blocker is a good idea. Never hurts to have insurance and do try your paint on the sprue or an unused part to make sure it's OK. This MPC '81 Z-28 was molded in dark blue. I sprayed Duplicolor white lacquer directly over the bare plastic. That was about 35 years ago and it's still just as bright as the day I painted it.

Not sure about the Jimmy grille but I do have a grille here from a '70 Blazer. It's a bit too wide to fit the pickup cabs. Maybe 1/16" maybe a touch more. I'm thinking since the Jimmy and Blazer kits use the same bodys it would be the same for the GMC grille.

Got this AMT '70 in a trade with fellow board member MK 11 this week. [Thanks again Mike!] Really glad to get it and I plan to start on it as soon as I finish up the 2 cars I'm working on now. Gonna need some body work in the rear 1/4s and a few other parts that I can source from a common AMT/MPC '69 that I have. Biggest thing missing is the front bumper/grille assembly which is pretty hard do come by but I have a resin "cast off" coming from a member of another board. Not perfect but I should be able to work with it. Plans are for a basically stock build in Grabber blue and black.

They are a different kit, Jim. And those '23 roadsters are getting hard to find now. I wish I had bought a couple when they were available. But, the chassis from a Revell Buttera T kit should fit right under that with little or no problem.

This is what I've used on the '61 T-bird and '64 Pontiac I'm working on right now. Don't spray it with lacquer clearcoat though. It acts like spraying lacquer over enamel and wrinkles really bad. What I do since I'm using lacquer clearcoat over it is mix it in my clear and then it won't have that reaction,, usually, at least not yet for me.

There's another thread on this topic that explains exactly what parts went where. We even compared parts from all 3 kits, the AMT GMC, MPC '72 Chevy stepside and the "newer tool" AMT '72 Chevy longbox. Seems most of the newer tool is in fact the AMT GMC in spite of that would have been a lot easier to make the exact same kit by just adding the new box to the MPC Chevy and keeping the GMC as it was. I'm surprised Casey hasn't put up a link to that thread yet. So, Carl and all those others yearning for a rerelease of the GMC stepside, Sorry but it can't happen now short of a lot of new tooling. And if they did that, they might as well go all out and do a whole new kit.

It's not the size that's the problem, it's the wheel itself. The full size wheel with the 5 on 5 bolt pattern has a 1-peice front. The smaller wheel with the 5 on 4 3/4 is a 2-peice. Much like a Magnum 500 wheel but with the spokes curved in instead of out. It may not be a big difference to some but it is to those of us trying to replicating a car we owned. BTW, the midsize wheels were available in 14 and 15 inch sizes. BUT, the wheels on most models are made to fit the tires, not the other way around so those Monogram 1/24 "14 inch" wheels actually scale out to around 16 inches in 1/25.

Depends on the kit. I'd rather have the parts plated and remove the plating as needed than to need it plated like bumpers and headlight buckets and have to send them out. It's a lot easier to take it off then to add it.

"Candy paint" is basically just any transparent paint over a base of another color, usually silver or gold. But you can use any paint as a base. Since it's your first experiment with this and your using Tamiya spray cans I'd recommend their transparent red over the metallic red ,, the one that looks like metallic pink, That will be easier to get a consistent color with less light and dark areas then using strait silver or gold as a base. Use light mist coats to build up the depth of candy you want then clearcoat it after it's dried a few days. That's basically how I did the paint on this truck only using Duplicolor instead of Tamiya.

It's "Metalspecs" transparent blue over Tremclad metallic silver with more Duplicolor on the roof but with a much finer flake that looks more of a pearl finish. It looks a bit more to the purple side in these pics then it actually is. And a shot of the 409 sitting in the mocked up engine bay.

Very sharp ?