Dragonhawk1066

Looks great, well done!

I pretty much only use Stynylrez anymore, it's great stuff. I have used Rustoleum 2X, Touch 'N Tone, Brite Touch, Testors, and Tamiya with Createx and craft paints. Pretty much any primer will work for them.

All are outstanding!

Excellent work on all of them!

That's some mighty fine work on those!

I mostly only use craft paints and Createx anymore and always use primer first. The craft paints especially do not adhere well to bare plastic in my experience, and rub off fairly easily. I'm not sure if sanded plastic would make them adhere better or not, and I've not really tried Createx over bare plastic. To save myself from any problems, I have used primer over pretty much every part and body I have ever painted these last 5 years I've been back in the hobby, whether it's under enamels, lacquers, craft paints, or Createx. The only way to truly know is to try it on a spare body or hood.

Very convincing replica!

Very nice! The outdoor pics are fantastic!

Very well done! I really like the body color/stripe combo!

Very nice, Bill! I can hear the theme music in my head right now, lol.

Excellent!

Nicely done!

WOW! That's getting out of control!

Nice looking T-bird, that one is on my to get and build list.

I take no real stake in these inflation calculators nowadays, as inflation has gone crazy since Covid, especially this past year with the Russia/Ukraine conflict being the top excuse for that. Last week for instance, my wife and I bought eggs for baking by the 1 1/2 dozen package for $3.69, which was previously $2.99 a few months ago and $1.99 pre-covid. That same carton of eggs today is now $5.09, so no "inflation calculator" can be taken seriously right now. Kit prices are where they are right now because they can be and we, as general hobbyists, are still buying them, although I'm not at regular retail.

Very nice, and very realistic with your background!

It does, Thank you! I was hoping it might have a bird for the hood included, even though one wasn't offered from the factory. Doesn't change how bad I want this re-issue, though!

Any chance we can get a pic of that decal sheet? Many thanks!

Nice looking Beetle! I really need to build mine one of these days, lol.

Very nice!!

Outstanding! I love the color!

Very nice Pantera, well done!

Very cool custom, nice work!

Thanks guys!

My next step was to fill in the inside headlights in order to re-drill new ones closer to each other. I cut a couple pieces of .010" sheet styrene to cover the holes from the inside. Then I used a hole punch to cut out several circles to fill in the space. Three on each side pretty much did the trick, followed by some "sprue goo" as a filler. Some quick sanding and a coat of primer to see where I'm at, and not too bad. Probably some more sanding and then the scary part of drilling new holes in the correct spot, lol. The next step was to glue the front end piece onto the body. I did one side at a time to line everything up correctly. I applied more "sprue goo" along the seam and sanded it down after it dried. A coat of primer shows it looking pretty good.