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I'm partial to the VW. I really like the color scheme.

After all that I expected to see a disaster, but this looks great. I really like the vinyl roof, the texture is very nice from what I can see and seams are perfect. Very nice job!

You really hit it out of the park on this one! Paint, chrome trim, and interior all look fantastic.

I'm usually of the opinion that people don't post enough photos of their work! You spent all that time (and money), show it off a little.

All five look great and I love the shop. I can almost hear someone yelling "That door skin in the corner's gonna fall over and get dinged, better put it on a stand". How did you photograph these? Did you use an slr and /or any special lighting. I'm trying to figure out the best way to take pictures with an iPhone. I want good pics but I don't want to be bothered with slr settings and lenses, blah, blah, blah.

That's a whole lotta RED! Looks good, very sharp.

What do you mean when you refer to lacquer as being hot?

Looking good so far!

With a lacquer I would use a clear coat. Not using one might leave the finish looking flat. If you want, you can spray the color and wait until it dries to see if you think it needs it. It doesn't need to be cleared immediately. There are several pros to using a clear coat finish. One is that it will help give the paint a nice deep shine. Another is that if there are any imperfections (dust etc.) in the paint you can scuff the clear with very fine sandpaper and compound it to remove it without going through the color. The only cons I can think of are the cost of the clear and a little extra time to do it. Depending on just how detailed you want to get on this one I wouldn't worry all that much about correcting small imperfections especially if they're not really going to be seen without looking extremely close at it. Once you're finished with this one and move on to your next couple models you're going to find a ton of things wrong with this one and things that you would have done differently. You're going to learn a lot on this one as it is that you can apply to the next ones. That's how I would look at it. Do your best but don't sweat it. In addition to a warm area to spray it you also need good ventilation. If you don't have a respirator you may want spray it outside if the temperature is above about 60-65 degrees and less than about 70% humidity. If you plan on continuing using lacquer or enamel on more models I would suggest investing in a decent respirator. Lacquers and enamels contain very harmful chemicals that you do not want in your lungs.

The Ice Blue is a really nice color, I'll have to keep it in mind,for the future. I like the wheels too. Did you airbrush or brush paint the trim? It looks sharp.

I don't have a closet full of kits yet so at this point I'm buying whatever I feel is interesting. At this rate I'll have more than I can build in a year in no time. Unless something drastic changes things I don't see price being an issue for me.

Hi James! It looks you have a good start going. I just have a half dozen models under my belt, but a there's a few things I can tell you. Read, read, read the threads on this site, there's tons of helpful info here. You can also go YouTube and watch some video and that will be a great help. Ask questions here, many nice people are willing to answer your questions. However, if you're like me you won't want to wait to do that in order to get started. So here's a few tips. First it's not entirely necessary to have all the correct colors. You will at least need some black as that's used a lot. Use your imagination after that. You can get some ideas for colors by doing a google images search for this car and get some help that way. Second, you will want to paint the body off the car before it's put together. Aside from that you'll see a lot of different opinions on how to prepare for painting. One thing most do first is wash with soap and water. Then take care of all body work fixing scratches, dents and such. Next I'll sand the entire body with some sandpaper between 600 and 1000 grit. I'll then spray with a couple coats of primer. Thin coats, it's better to have to give it 3 passes than go heavy and load it up or even run it. Spraying with cans is a little difficult as it is tough to control the amount of primer coming out. Let the primer dry completely. Check out your work, if it all looks nice and smooth you can move on to the paint. Again, nice thin coats, move your hand quickly and evenly along the body. Make sure you have everything covered well. It's not good to find light spots when you're placing the body on the chassis. It's tough to correct them then. I'm going to guess that the paint you have is a lacquer since I can't tell from the picture, so depending on the paint you've chosen you may need to put a clear coat over top of the paint to make it look proper. That I would do a couple hours after letting it dry if the color requires it. Some people will apply the decals after the color coat to seal them in, but you don't have to do it that way. You can then apply the clear after that. If you'll want to do it that way, let it dry over night before you do. Once it's all dry you can polish it. I hope answers some of your questions. Somebody can add to this for anything I've missed. Feel free to ask more here or make a post in another section of the site.

I don't think I can add anything more. I can't imagine what else you could do to make it more realistic.

Now THAT is a funny car. Beautiful job!

Looks good. The lower profile and black cove with pinstripes gives it a different look than other ones I've seen. Cool!

I think if you look at the tires this one seems to be coming off the line which would start to lift the front end up. At first glance I thought the one in the pic James posted was also doing that because of the height of front end. It looks a little "unnatural" to me but if you're trying to replicate that car then that would seem to be that. To me, it would be cool if you could wrinkle the rear tires and make it look like it's coming off the line the same way.

They're going to need more tools than that for this one.? Great job!

Excellent detail, I like it a lot. I like your avi too. Bob's Burgers rules!

You hit every mark, I couldn't find anything you missed. Nice weathering, looks like a working truck. Very nice!

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I love that the stripe continues into the dash and rear shelf. I haven't seen that before. I may have to use that one day...once I can get a regular paint job down with my airbrush. I'm interested in how you did the chrome also. Very nice work.

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I love it! A little bit of weathering and some signage and it would be about perfect.

That's wild! Great imagination.