Dragonhawk1066

Very nice!! It looks like quite the challenge, to say the least!

Very nice and well done! Hard to make a 4-door Taurus look cool, but you aced it!!

Very nice, especially for being that old! Foil from a Nestle candy bar wrapper, now that's using some resources!!

I like the color! I didn't know Testors made Turquoise in the Extreme lineup, it must be new. Is that the Greased Lightning kit?

Nice looking Roadster! I'll get around to mine whenever I figure out a color, lol.

Excellent work! Very nice details!

Thanks everyone! While the plug wires are admittedly just a tiny bit overscale, I don't consider them egregiously oversized, especially considering they're the same 30 AWG size most everyone else uses. They may look like the same size as the heater hoses, but they are not. I do admit the heater hose diameter is on the small side, but it's the kit supplied heater hose assembly that I chose to use.

Nice save!

Very nice! I'll have nightmares about foiling that car, and you're the one that built it, lol.

Looks good!

Very nice, love the color!

Thanks guys! Much appreciated!

Finished this one up yesterday, more pics in Under Glass.

Here's the Revell 1968 Dodge Dart GTS. What a fantastic kit! Everything fit great, and I had pretty much no issues at all with the build, although I did have to shorten the rear axles to fit the wider tires inside the stock fenderwells. The color is Tamiya TS-53 Deep Metallic Blue over gray primer, and was cleared with Tamiya TS-13. The red stripes are decals from the Revell '68 Charger 2'n1 kit. The seats, door panels and dash are Apple Barrel Gloss Black craft paint. The engine is a mixture of Folkart Dutch Aqua with a touch of Apple Barrel Laguna craft paints. The wheels are from Morgan Automotive Detail and were airbrushed with Molotow Chrome. The rear tires are from Fireball Modelworks, and the fronts are from the parts box, although I'm pretty sure they came from the Revell '68 Chevelle kit. I did the trim in Bare Metal Foil and added door locks, valve stems, and ignition wires for added detail. Again, what a great kit, I really enjoyed this build. I included both indoor and outdoor pics to show how the metallic paint pops in the sun. Thanks for looking!

Very nice looking pair of GTO's!!

Incredible job!! Very well done!!

Nice work, looks good! That's a pretty decent kit, and my favorite body style Camaro.

Very nice!

Nice looking wagon!

Nice, clean looking build with a nice paint job!

The trim got Bare Metal Foiled on Monday, followed by a wax with Meguiar's Cleaner Wax. I got the interior finished up this morning, and also finished the motor. It's just setting in the chassis for now, and it looks like it needs a few touch-ups and I have to paint the oil filter yet. Next up is to get the "glass" in the body and get it ready to mate with the interior and chassis.

Very nice! I love the color!

Nicely done!

Thanks guys! Thanks Andrew! I thin the paint with a "homebrew" thinner that I got from one of the Facebook groups I'm in. It consists of 3 parts distilled water, 1 part 91% isopropyl alcohol, and 4 or 5 drops of glycerin (per 8 ounce batch) as a flow improver. I had been using plain blue automotive windshield washer fluid until about 6 months ago with decent results, but really like using this homebrew thinner better and I think the results are better as well. I start the ratio at about 50/50, but usually end up at around 60-65% thinner, maybe even 70%. I now mostly use my no-name dual action airbrush with a .3 tip at about 20-25 psi. Start with real light coats, then go to medium, and finally a few heavy coats, depending on how well the paint covers and the depth you're after. I've sprayed as many as 8 coats, and as few as 3. The Mustang took about 7 or 8. I've used a few different clears from Pledge Floor Gloss, which can be airbrushed straight from the bottle or brushed on, and Decoart Duraclear Gloss Varnish (Which is a polyurethane and I found after 4 or 5 days can be wet-sanded) that I airbrush on. For the Mustang, I used Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear with 2 light coats, 2 medium coats, and a heavy coat. The Tamiya clear has by far the best results, but the other clears are pretty good too, depending on the amount of shine you're after. Most craft acrylics do dry to a very matte, or flat finish, and the metallics to a matte to satin finish. You can thin craft paints with Pledge Floor Gloss for a better shine once dry. I've used it to thin from time to time with mixed results, so I really don't use it any more, but others get really good results with it. Barbatos Rex on youtube has some great paint how-to's and tests using all kinds and brands of paint, including craft paints. It's a very good and informative channel.

Thanks! Yes, the first set is the wheel of choice on this one, and it's just going to be a black interior. I thought about white seats and door panels, but all black suits the general look I'm after.