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Thanks. I guess it's my nature, to trigger people. I know people like to keep their vehicles clean, but my feeling is they look too toy like, adding real life grime fakes you out, especially if the picture is taken in a life like setting. There was a famous diorama builder, who made really nice dioramas with die cast cars, very convincing but too clean IMHO.

That's the main reason I'm doing this project! I weather most of my projects, with a minimal dusting at the back and tire/wheels, bug splats, road grime, perhaps rubber specks if the car would ever drift, rally cars would really get dirty, and if a kit is bad I will make it a junker. I'm going to use the product that I used on this diorama, in that case mixed with tan acrylic paint. My evil plan is to mix grey paint, and some ground up charcoal. So stay tuned!

Nice looking model. The headlights look real, a detail that can make or break a model.

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... drive up to a gas station. Thought there was a joke here. These look really nice. The F40, that box stock, or you convert into a race car? The mesh looks good.

Windows are done! Next major step is the headliner. When I made the interior door window frame, I could not measure how much I needed to go below the window, so I guessed, and found out I should have made the gap larger, grrrr. It's getting so close to looking finished. These pictures are the first time I have put the body on the chassis. Funny how the lighting angle, and perhaps editing of the pictures, looks like two different versions of the blue. I made the vent wing in the open position. Just a few kit parts left to glue on. Pet peeve, why didn't Tamiya include the wipers on the chrome tree? The paper I chose for the headliner, was hoping for a cream color, but this has a nice texture. I'm having an interference issue with the engine deck lid, might need to revise the parts I added to the engine. I also want to do something with the hinge, so the lid stays up when opened, thinking of a cam with flat steel spring, but it's at the laying awake when going to sleep stage.

Ok, thanks!

I have the Hobby Design EJ20 kit, this the same but different brand? It also has the radiator, battery, strut brace.

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That's what I thought, seems no different than Testors gold. Yes on smoked clear plastic. Someday will experiment on parts box glass, thinking of adding some gold to the chrome now.

Cool subject! Looks really good to me, I know silver is a pain to do well. I got his Auto Union Vandrbuilt kit, understand the "not shake and bake" comment.

That's the look I'm talking about. The project I am thinking about, the BMW Nazca, the greenhouse is gold tint. I got the Alcad gold, tried on a parts box window, not thrilled. Did you thin the Alcad to do that?

It's great that you got back on it and finished! One of my favorites too. I did the 1/12 when I was a teen. I have this 1/20 kit, got it recently.

Looks like a fun project! I have a few military kits to do for a break from shiny.

I did the original multiple colors for the interior, think I masked 7 times (I don't like brush painting). Looking good!

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Small things today. I got the license plate, speedometer, and Wolfsburg crest printed at Sir Speedy. That is the number, year and state, even added teeny tiny photo-etch screw heads. I took screenshots of pictures, of the Badge and speedometer, had them sized to scale, with extras at 5% larger and 5% smaller. I hated how I painted the speedometer, think this looks 100% better. Started on the door windows. No, it won't roll down. I did think about making the driver's vent operable, but I better not. Molotow pen used for trim, BMF left adhesive and when cleaning off, the foil came off.

Thank you! If you look at factory paint, it's not Future shiny. I always tend to wet-sand through the high points and screw up such a job. Plus I am weathering it as the very first picture shows. So yea. Thanks! I need to stop thinking of new things. LOL Appreciate it. Cool, another Bug owner, really appreciate your comment. I'm amused at all the comments about the wheels, thought putting giant Dub wheels and slamming a car was the thing to do.

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Thought I would take over this topic. I am using another food package plastic, it's not as "dirty" from the vacuum-forming process, used a clean area to cut out the glass. I also didn't want to risk gluing it in, and have it pop off after buttoning up, made aluminum retainers.

I wanted to try a mirrored type of tint, but it's flat, and don't see how it can form to curved windows without getting crinkled up.

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