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Are you sure? Beware of your thoughts, my young padawan: You can also see hundreds of Corvette models at ScaleCorvettes.com Here are some of mine:

Hello, The body has been polished. I LOVE LACQUER!!!!!! The paint effect is weird. It looks bright red pearl in direct sunlight, wine color if it's a bit overcast, and purple-ish in artificial light. I am very happy with the polishing process. slightly overcast under shade direct sunlight On this pic you can barely see the pearl effect in the C pillar. Unfortunately the model will not be ready for the show this weekend. What do you think? Thanks,

Blab, blep, (let me wipe all the drool) COOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!! That's a cult car here and you made it justice. I absofreakinglutely love the wheels and the color... Darn it, now I want to make one...... Thanks,

STOP ME BEFORE I HURT MYSELF!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks,

He he he he... I'm liking this silly thing........ Thanks,

That's so cool! Seeing a 3D rendering of an illustration is awesome. Thanks,

That turned out beautiful! Great job. Is that 1/8 scale? Are all Pocher's 1/8? Thanks,

Hello, This is the first time I try something like this. Not terribly bad for the first time. I approve my own model What do you think? Thanks,

WOW! really cool dio!.....

That's beautiful. Very nice! Great color on a great kit of a great car, built by a great modeler..

Actually, the Jalpa was the Silhouette's replacement. It had a bigger engine, better interiors, different fender flares, wheels and engine lid. But the chassis and suspension are basically the same, and they both come from the Urraco. Rocky's car was a Jalpa. The Silhouette is very rare. Only about 50 Silhouettes were made in '76-'77. The Jalpa was made from '82-'88 and about 400 were made. Thanks,

Cool GTO! Nice job! Thanks,

Cool! Interesting, I think this is the first time I see one of these finished. From your description, I can see why. But you kept going and did a great job! Thanks,

Very nice! Your color choices are excellent!

Randy, That turned out BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE it! I especially love the silver lower trim rather than the gold. You have inspired me to take mine out. Thanks,

Went to my LHS to talk to the guy about the make and take. Something I like a lot is that he will sell your stuff on comision. Somebody brought a pile of older mags and these followed me home Thanks,

Bill, It is such an honor that part of such a gorgeous build was once in my hands... Thanks,

1/72? cool! Now you can do a matching aircraft to go with it

Not much more to add to what has been said. Very nice! I'm glad there are more MODERN vehicles modelers out there. I may try a Mopar after all Thanks,

Two more suggestions I forgot to mention: When I did the white stripes on the GS Corvette, I did a light coat of clear on the blue base so if there was any bleed thru, it would polish out easily without affecting the base color. I have also heard (but haven't tried myself) that after you lay down the tape, you can apply a coat of clear so it will seal the tape and prevent bleeding under. Once the stripes are painted you carefully go over the tape edge with a new #11 blade. One final comment: Overspray gets everywhere. Remember to mask not just the surrounding area but the whole body as well. It will save on cleanup later. Here are some pics of my Grand Sport C5 with painted stripes. Hope this helps. Thanks,

Hello, As a rule of thumb, if you can smell it it not quite ready yet. Lacquer dries fast but I have no idea about a dehydrator. I have done that in lacquer without a dehydrator within a week but I'm sure it is less than that. As for the tape itself: I use Tamiya tape for masking over paint. I have heard people using bare metal foil. I've also heard 3M fine automotive tape is also very good for this. Whatever you use, make sure it is properly laid down to prevent bleeding under. Thanks,

Cool pictures! Thanks for posting!

I'm not the only one! Hurray! Either this is more common than we think or there are more of us "weird" then we think In my case I keep doing a mental list of pending tasks on the current project, and how to do them. Sometimes I find myself running mental "experiments" on ways to do this or that. I have also found this to be good company in my rather lonely commute which can take up to 2 hours each way. Thanks,

Hello, I would like to coordinate a modeling Make and Take activity for the Cub Scouts pack. We are quite a big pack with about 65 kids. How are these things run? Who do you involve? Where do I start? Any suggestions on how, what and where to start? Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks,