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Great step-by-step, Steve!! Thanks, bunches for that! Another question for ya...how does the lacquer thinner work on enamel color coats? This is one of those threads I'll follow!

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Steve, what do you use to clean the paint off the BMF, and at what point do you do that after painting the car body? All your "chrome" trim looks fantastic. I'd like to give your methods a try.

I have both on the bench, and I find that I use the toothpicks WAY more often!

I built the "Bad Actor" version many moons ago. Strictly an out of the box build back then.

I wonder if those nozzles will fit other brands of paint? If so, it would be nice to find a source for buying just the nozzles.

I have a kit like the one in the first post, but haven't started it, yet.

I like all 3!!!!

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Ditto!

That Caddy is super weird!!

Great work times four!! I've not seen many white '79 T/A's, and this one makes me wonder, "Why not?"

Nothing wrong with BIG Muscle! 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst! Moebius could do one each of these!

Absolutely beautiful work on this intake! I may have mentioned it before, but I think you could display this Plymouth in an uncompleted, exploded view display and come away with some bling!! LOL

A few years back, I received a phone call from a model builder in Illinois. Of course, we talked about building 1/24 and 1/25 scale models. The discussion got around to him asking me about how much detail I put into a build. I told him I might add a moderate amount of detail, but not much "Super Detailing". He seemed to be appalled that I wasn't going to use the right scale size wire for a carburetor throttle return spring. Also, according to him, the firewall needed the bulkhead connector for all the engine bay wiring I was supposed to stuff in there! There were other comments made, including the fact that the kit engine was slightly smaller than 1/25 scale. I told him that adding those details were absolutely great for builders of his caliber to add to a build, but my level of modeling skill was not that high. I add wired distributors, sometimes heater hoses, and sometimes battery cables, but every little whiz bang that goes under a hood would drive me even battier than I am, already! LOL I built the car to my liking, and it is still shining on my shelf. I haven't heard from him, since. I really admire the skill levels of the fantastic builders hereabouts, and I do use their build threads for education. It has helped me build better models, but I'm still not at the "Super Detail" level. I have a tendency to become overwhelmed with detailing, sometimes, and that's when it goes on the back burner. I have a full custom build that I started back in 2009, and it might be near the 50% completion stage. Some things I've tried on that build bogged me down, and rather than fling it across the Hobby Room, I shoved it to the back! LOL Looking at the builds here will help me complete that build, eventually. But, even at that, I'm trying to keep it fun, and build it for me. If other builders, whether they are more advanced, or less advanced than myself like what I have built, then I'll take that as a compliment. As far as critique, I openly welcome comments on what I do. Most times there will be a morsel embedded in those comments that will help me become a better builder. Critics sometimes try to come across as experts on the subject matter. That's okay, too, but as Steve mentioned in an above post, he was told the taillights were wrong on his build, only to have the statement retracted at a later time. Bottom line for me is, I try to keep it fun, no matter how much I put into it.

Fantastic details, and the paint looks great!

A real beauty! What color did you put on the Shaker scoop? It looks great!

Very well done!!

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I painted this Mercury with Duplicolor primer, two different colors of Tamiya spray can paint, and TESTORS Wet Look Clear: The odd thing about this build....the clear was smooth as glass on the green, but came out grainy on the blue....even tho I sprayed the clear over both colors at the same time. Wet sanding got it to this point. Not perfect, but it's in my display case!! LOL If you have a natural break point between colors, such as the chrome trim shown on this Mercury, careful masking gives you a choice of which color to shoot first. I was able to not overlap the colors on this build. Time will tell if the clear cracks, but for now, it looks very good. There are about three coats of clear on this build.