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I absolutely would love to see what you have worked up!

I got a nice set of wheels very similar to these from an E Bay seller names Forward Resin. Narrow front, deep rears. Ive ordered a couple times from him and am happy with his products and service

Great start! Impressive work. Where did you get the tires and wheels?

I have ordered a few things from B-N-L., carbs, truck steering knuckles, batteries. I was happy with my order, had good communication and reasonable delivery time. I would certainly order from them again

Wow, that looks really different without the rear wing. I really like it !! Good job on your build

I think you should build all the options you listed.

That is a great idea! Thanks for showing us how you did it. Im off to find a book

You didnt say what size or what they are going on. But Scenes Unlimited (http://scenesunltd.com/) has a good selection and good customer service.

Ran across this today. It does run

I saw this one and kinda had to take a few minutes to think about it. While I truly appreciate the thought and effort that went into putting that engine in that truck, its not my cup of tea. But I absolutely love the body work. Put a straight 8, or a V-12, I dont care a SMC , put a hood on it and some side covers. Now your talkin'!!

Wow! Really nice. Ive always been a fan of early to mid 60's cars. Yours is a fine example of them. I look forward to seeing some pics of the interior, engine and chassis

For those of you with a MIG welder, or know somebody who has one, the wire from the welder works pretty well

Ive had one of these for more than a year. I dont move it around, so I duct taped all the corners and hard lined the exhaust. I spray enamal and lacquer all the time. Like GeeBee, I clean the filters and motors fan, especially before painting bodies. I think its a great paint booth and well worth the money

Eloveless, Hang in there. We have all been through what your feeling. And we are our own worst critics. Believe me, your first build is WAY better than my first build. Dont compare your first build to somebody elses 20 or 30th build. Use this as a learning experience. Your off to a good start The next build will be better, and the next one better yet

Good luck with this one. I think if you do a thread search, you will find answers to your concerns. He makes some great stuff but good luck getting it.

I have one of the these. Bought it on ebay for the same price. Ive had it for almost a year. I really like it. Since I dont move mine, I duct taped all the edges and corners. That helped, giving it some more rigidity. I blow out the filters every couple of weeks and its good to go Highly recommended

You could try doing a polish, just like on a paint job. I've had good luck doing it this way

A big thank you for all the efforts to answer my question. I really appreciate it. Steven- I thought about doing another light over all coat of paint. Ive got 2 concerns with this though. My thought that another coat will just darken all the paint and leave the variations. And the doors already fir tight, with the amount of paint on the car. More paint will make body parts fit tighter. So, I guess my choices are strip it or live with it But I learned from this, and thanks to all of you, Ill do better next time Thanks again

Thanks for the replies, guys. MrBuick- your thinking the color will even out after clear coating and polishing? It has been my understanding that you can't polish metallic paints, as it will "flatten" out the metal chips in the paint. Ace-Garageguy- you make a great point about painting everything all together. This is a lesson learned and will follow it next time I spray metallic. 1 question though. When do you paint the hood edges, door jams, etc?

I am building a Aoshima 1998 McLaren F1 GTR. Yesterday I painted the body, with Testors One coat lacquer (Fiery Orange). The models comes molded in black. I primed all body parts with Tamiya white primer. The Testors paint was decanted and allowed to gas out for a couple of hours. All parts were painted at the same time and the paint all came from the same rattle can After about an hours drying time, I noticed that some of the body panels were a different shade from each other. It looks almost like there were different base coats. I can't get my camera to pick up the difference but in the daylight, its obvious. So, short of stripping the body, anybody have any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks

Very cool build. The cycle fenders is something you don't see a lot, especially on the rear, but I really like it

Thanks for the feedback guys. I didn't see, on FB, where he was closing. I did message him through FB. We'll see what happens. Thanks again, everyone

Any one here have any dealings with Detail Junkies? I wrote to them 2 weeks ago about some parts and haven't heard a word. Any thoughts on their quality? Thanks

If your looking just for NY plates, you should take a look at Best Model Car Parts. I've ordered from them a couple of times and I'm very happy with the quality of their work.

I have done my best to not speak badly of after market companies on the forum. But in this case, I will make an exception. I ordered from them several months ago. I waited far longer than any other order, from anyone. I e mailed them several times and never got a reply. I also got e bay involved and boy, did I get a letter from them, then. After a couple more weeks of waiting, I got my order. I ordered 3 different sized off road tires. Not one of the sets are usable. Blems all over the place, sidewalls distorted. Useless There web site shows great stuff but they dont seem to want to work or reply to customers. If Im not mistaken, there is a thread about this company already and not much of it is good