Dragonhawk1066

Thanks Mike, the black Charger does have to be one of my best paint jobs. I actually used a variety of cheaper spray can primers for these as I took advantage of being able to spray outside. I don't remember which one I used for which car, but I used Rustoleum 2X White Primer, Brite Touch Gray Primer, and Touch N Tone Gray Primer. I used Rustoleum 2X Black Primer for the Black Charger. I have used the Stynylrez a lot in the past, and I really like it. I just bought a new white, gray, and black 3-pak last month and will use it throughout the winter months.

I finished decaling and clearing the last of the bodies I prepped for cold weather building. Now they'll sit in their boxes until it's their turn to get built. Ironically, my next project is the Revell 1969 Boss 302 that hasn't been painted yet because I am going to try to mix up a batch of Calypso Coral for it using some craft paints. First I have to finish Dom's Charger that I've been slowly working on during this painting process. I just finished wet-sanding and polishing it with Novus #2 yesterday, and put on a coat of wax and applied the BMF today.

Same here, blows my mind that a corporation that big still has their cashiers hand-ringing items on the register. Infrared scanners are not that expensive, and one person can handle on sale/off sale maintenance at store level. Saving on price guns and labels, and extra man hours to mark items seems like it would offset the cost of updated checkouts.

I'd buy all of those!!

It's pretty sad that they don't care about that area, the money they could make if they did. I worked retail grocery for over 30 years, so I know how things work and in the grand scheme it's peanuts to a corporation that big, but I've also seen the top dogs sweat over 25 cent ink pens.

Ha!! So basically, "It's none of your business how we run our business, we do what we want, how we want, and when we want so just deal with it! Thank you for spending money in our store, now go away!!

I've only seen mine stocked that well once or twice, and that was before the regular 40% off kits days. I should have bought the Big Rig Semi Trailer when mine had a few some months ago, as I haven't seen it again for about 6 months now.

Thanks for the pics and all of the info! I wasn't necessarily interested in this one, but now I may just have to pick up a copy.

Thanks Mike, I'm getting them clear-coated yesterday, today, and tomorrow. I'll have their shiny pics up maybe later tomorrow.

Same here unless I want doubles of any one kit, but I had to have the Wedge, lol. I have actually not seen my store do that, I keep hoping it's for a shipment of new kits that never materializes, lol. To their credit, they usually seem to make sure to keep them organized and not just "fill holes to make it look full" like other places do.

I took the 5 1/2 mile trek back to HL this morning and lucked out and did find a Racer's Wedge truck on the bottom shelf. When you're on a budget, $20 compared to $33 makes a big difference as far as buying or not buying. I took a few pics of the selection at the Flint, Mi store so you guys can compare to your store if you're interested. Also there but not pictured because I didn't get the top shelf was the AMT '34 Ford Pickup Customizing kit, and the Revell Special Edition 2 'n 1 '68 Dodge Charger with 4 copies available. Awfully tempting to grab another one of the Charger's, but I resisted the urge, lol.

Picked up my copy of the MPC Racer's Wedge at Hobby Lobby today for $19.79 plus the state's cut. I also got an 8 oz. bottle of Anita's Gloss Black craft paint for $2.99. My Hobbylinc order came in yesterday containing two cans of Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear, a can of Tamiya TS-87 Titanium Gold, and a bottle each of acrylic clear red X-27 and blue X-23. I also grabbed two cans of Krylon Short Cuts Gloss Clear (my initial test of this clear was very favorable) and a can of their Flat Black to try for $2.79 each at 30% off last week.

Check out his store. He's currently offering a Nissan body and Bronco body that are in halves. Try filling the seams on the Nissan, lol!!

Nicely done, especially in such a short time period! I always liked those cars.

I was in the Flint store on Thursday last week when the kits were off sale and found a Racer's Wedge and a Fire Chief Impala. I "hid" the Wedge behind a Batmobile kit hoping it would still be there Monday morning so I could grab it for 40% off. I got there at 9:05 on Monday morning and both the Racer's Wedge and Fire Chief Impala were gone. Now, I'm pretty sure nobody came in earlier than me and bought them, so to me that means someone paid full price. Or shnockered a cashier over the weekend to give them the sale price. Kind of a head-scratcher, unless the buyer was not very informed about models or the every other week sales, as to why one would pay full price for a kit there when there is a sale every other week. It did look like a few kits got re-stocked and the section got straightened in-between my visits, and I looked behind everything to no avail, so I just kind of shook my head and left empty handed. I don't know when or how often they get stock in, so I'll probably check again on Thursday or Friday.

Pretty nice for a cop car, lol!

Nice work on both!!

Mean looking truck! Beautiful black paint job!

Very nice looking truck!

Classic color combo, very nice!

Nicely done!

Very cool Torino!

LOL, Thanks! My spray finger and forearm are getting pretty sore from all the spraying though, lol.

Cool looking Dart!!

Very nice!