Dragonhawk1066

Outstanding! Very nice looking Sunbeam.

Very nice build! Great color choice.

Absolutely gorgeous build! Well done!

My new favorite paint job. Just a simple one color spray can job, but I love the color and it buffed out to a real nice shine for me. Testors One Coat Lacquer Icy Blue covered with Testors glosscote clear coat.

Very convincing display. Great job!

Very well done. I really like seeing these what-if cars and yours is one of the best.

Awesome story and some cool builds to back it up!

Thanks Curt. There's probably a lot of folks on this forum that have better ways to do it and can explain it better than me, but I'll try. I'm pretty sure I got the basic idea from someone on this forum anyways. First, I found an empty toy package still lying around the house that had a thin and hard, yet flexible piece of clear plastic big enough to cut the windshield out of. Any clam shell case or even a danish or donut case from your local grocer will probably do. I then put the kit windshield on the plastic and traced around it a little wider than the actual windshield and then cut it out. I then test fit into the frame and eyeballed where to keep trimming to get a good fit and then glued it in. In hindsight I probably should have heated it to get a bit of a bend or curve to it to make it fit better. I had never done this before and it was actually quite easy to do, as even I could do it. It did take me 2 tries as I trimmed too much off the first one, and I also made two extras because I have another of these kits to do and already know I'm going to need a thinner windshield. Hope this helps.

Thanks Donald. Thank you Ray.

Thanks Steve. Thanks Brian. I have another one to do but will probably be a while before I decide to go after it. Thanks David. Thank you Bruce.

Fantastic as usual Randy! Never ceases to amaze me at how clean and nice your builds are.

Calling build #8 done. MPC 1979 Pontiac Firebird T/A. Admittedly not my best work and I will surely revisit it in the future, but I feel the need to call it done for now. It fought me pretty much all the way with a warped body and chassis, a too thick windshield that I had to replace with a self made one for my very first time, and a lot of Murphy showing up, lol. Since it's the old 10th Anniversary kit with 3 color options for the decals instead of the Anniversary decals, there was a lot of flash and the same problems that were present, as memory now recalls, when I did said Anniversary kit some 30-35 years ago as a teen. Anyways, the color is Testors One Coat Lacquer Icy Blue and the interior is done in a custom shade expertly mixed by my wife. Rustolem Satin Black was sprayed on the chassis and the usual Steel and Aluminum to round out the details. I decided to paint over the basic blue that I had painted the engine with using Pontiac Engine Blue that is rather thin, so not the best job there. The interior mold is not very well detailed, but I did what I could with it and I think it turned out ok. The wheels are from my Revell '67 Chevelle kit and I had a little trouble getting those to work with the kit parts. I also added plug wires for the engine. When I revisit this one, I will concentrate on adjusting the windshield, fixing the stance and center the wheels in the wheelwell, and a couple of more details that I overlooked like the front emblem and door handles. Well, that pretty much sums up this one. Thanks for looking.

Looks great! Great choice on the wheels!

Excellent! Thanks for the info, sir, I have used four of the One Coat Lacquers so far and love them.

Thanks, I love using the Tamiya sprays as they lay down real nice. I built the diorama out of 3/16" foam board. Even the shelves are foam board. I cut the signs out of various catalogs and the brick and floor are scrap book paper that I got at Hobby Lobby. It is a pretty simple and basic dio, but I think it looks pretty good. Hope this helps.

I like these Vettes also and it builds up pretty nicely. To answer question #1, although most will scream sacrilege, I am pretty sure I used Model Master Ford Engine Light Blue #2726 from the bottle. #2, The tail lights come clear and are molded nicely with grooves for the rings molded on the inside of them. I first used a toothpick to carefully paint the silver ring , on the inside two I then painted the center white, then the red last. I used enamel for the silver and white and used acrylic for the red to avoid reacting with the silver. It was actually pretty easy and you will see what I mean once you get going on them. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the compliments guys!

Very cool! Nice job!

Sweet car and a super slick paint job! Top notch!

Looks fantastic! Nice paint work!. I don't normally care for red, but this paint job might just change my outlook. Would you care to divulge what particular color/brand paint you used?

Looks great, nice job!!

Nice job! Very clean looking build. Well done!

Thanks for looking.

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

Calling build #7 for the year done. The Revell '78 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car 1/24 scale. Paint is Tamiya TS-55 Dark Blue over their white primer. Interior colors are a custom mixture that I tried to get as close to the factory Oyster color interior option as I could. Outside of the initial failed interior paint, this was a pretty trouble free build. Everything went together well and made for a nice fun build. I will definitely get another one of these kits and actually do it as a Pace Car next time.