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Looks good.

Looking forward to more, I really like the paint choice.

I like it, can't wait to see more.

Holy cow! Your wife builds better models than most of us!

Man, it's tough to watch racing this good and out of control and then go back to modern NASCAR, I don't think I've watched a race all the way trough in ten years. Great video, thanks for posting.

Very different and I like it.

Looks great.

That is a huge blower sticking out of that hood! Nice job, looks great.

Looks awesome, I'm going to have to show this one to my wife, she's a big Beatles fan.

Looks great, hope your wife is doing better.

If the front end is damaged I can't see it from my house, looks great.

Duplicolor goes on a bit thinner than Testers but shines up about the same. The Duplicolor does seem to be a little hotter than the Testers. Over the cheap $1.00 can of flat black from Home Depot Testers wet look looks great but the Duplicolor reacts with it. So far that's the only issue I have had with it.

This is the re-issue of AMT's 3 in 1 kit, http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/105292-new-66-ford-galaxie/ It goes together pretty good although mine had some damage on the left wheel wells front and back and I've heard of others having the same issue, and some of the details in the body like emblems and the louvers, or vents, or portlights, whatever you call them on the B pillars were so shallow as to be almost non-existent.

You know, it has never occurred to me to actually build the box art. I may have to try this sometime, thanks for posting.

I know, in the song it's a '73. This is a 1966 Galaxie 500 kit with flocking, M.A.D. distributor, BMF, Redline tires from the parts pack, and solder exhaust from the mufflers out. I also had to scratch build a hurst shifter as the kit supplied shifter looked like it was meant for a 1/32 scale car, and since the kit didn't come with a mirror I had to build one so Harry wouldn't scold me. The paint is Duplicolor pewter metallic with Duplicolor clear. We have a similar looking '67 running around here that I drool over every time I see it but its more of a sea foam green, or maybe mint green. Someday I am going to have to get an airbrush so I can start doing more colors. I still need to give it a final polish, and a few details and touch ups, and I didn't realize until now but I forgot the drive shaft. Thanks for looking.

Some of the evergreen siding could be used to simulate books on a shelf and can be ordererd with different groove spacing.

When I first wanted to make decals I thought it was some sort of voodoo at work but after researching it (google), it turns out to be pretty simple. Printers don't print white so either avoid white in your decal our you will have to use the white decal paper and match the non white portion to the color of your car. Or you paint the area you want white and conceal the transition with your decal but that makes the colored area look funky. Buy the decal paper for the type of printer your using either ink jet (most common) or laser jet. Buy some decal bonder spray. Most clears will supposedly work as well but I have only used the Testors decal bonder. Lay out your decal sheet in the program of your choice. I use a combination of Paint Shop Pro and MS Paint but I'm sure there are many programs that will work. I save mine as a JPEG file. Print a test sheet. If I am happy with the test sheet I tape the decal paper over the printed area and print it again after changing the settings to other photo paper. A couple of thing to keep in mind: if you print it as a JPEG (I do) then print it from your normal photo viewing/printing program, un-select fit to screen, that can throw off your size. Most drawing programs (word also) have an option for a ruler and a grid, use them. I try to fill up an entire decal sheet every time I print by adding license plates, inspection stickers, under-hood decals, racing decals, gauge panels, pin stripes, etc. Once you've printed your decals let them sit for an hour or 2 for the ink to dry a bit. I've seen people recommend to let it sit longer but an hour works well for me. Give the sheet a couple of mist coats of the decal bonder. After awhile (10 minutes works for me) give it another couple of mist coats. Let dry for at least a few hours, a day would be better. I have used mine within an hour of spraying them but I prefer to wait a day or so. If you can see finger prints in the clear areas of the decal sheet, its not ready yet. Cut close to the decal with good, sharp scissors. Unlike kit decals these will not easily slice with a xacto blade on door gaps so plan accordingly. I have not used micro-sol but I have used the Testors decal setting solution and it works fine. Here is a link with info about the testers kit, I haven't used it so I can't speak for the software. http://www.testors.com/product-catalog/testors-brands/testors/tools/decals/ I think the software is in addition to the kit. Next to detailing engines, making decals has become one of my favorite things to do in this hobby. Good luck, and don't forget to post your work, I'm looking forward to seeing it. If you don't have a printer that will work for you, some people make a disk with their decals and go to a print shop and have them printed for them.

Very nice and original. What paint did you use ? I really like the color.

Cool.

I'm not usually a fan of the big giant wheels but they work on this, I like this.

Thanks everybody for the kind words, Steve, you've got me thinking about that black and silver combination, my dad had a 79 F-250 painted black and silver to match his fifth wheel camper and I have a SuperStones kit on the shelf, maybe I should move that over to the bench.

Cool!

Absolutely Beautiful!

Looks really good. Nice job on the wheels.

Looks good.