Dragonhawk1066

Pretty cool reflection in the window, eh? LOL. I didn't really notice that when I first found the pic on Google, but it's a pretty cool effect. I've only seen a couple of Duster's with the 500's, and on one they're a little oversized, like maybe 16 or 17", but it's really a good look.

I got the Polar Lights Build 2gether dual kit a couple of years ago. It includes the pre-painted snap version and the glue version. I don't think it came with photoetch and unfortunately no figures☹️. I've only built the snap kit so far, but it's a really nice piece and looks great to me.

I went ahead and put the decals on this morning. Hopefully I can get the clear on tomorrow. A few days after that I'll tape off the areas for the cowl, around the door windows, and top of the fenders to be painted satin black, and then lay down some satin clear while it's still taped off.

Thanks again for the tip, I removed the piece from the bottom of the windshield, then did a test fit and everything fits perfectly (hope I didn't jinx it for final assembly, lol), and I did see where there would have been a problem. I may have to do the same to the rear window (I didn't have that one in for test fit).

Looks good! I agree with Eric and Lee, this could be your best yet.

Well done! I like the color choice! I bought two of these last October with the plan to do one as Dom's and one factory stock, but I think I'll be doing both as factory stock.

I got the interior buttoned up, the front and rear chassis done, exhaust on and engine installed. Now I just have to catch up on the body. I wet-sanded the Go Mango, and it's ready for clear, the black on top of the doors, cowl, and around the windows, decals, and foil but I have to figure out the best order in which to do it all. I'm thinking of doing the clear, wet-sanding it after a few days, then the black followed by satin clear on the black, then polishing the Go Mango with Novus #2 followed by wax, then the foil and decals last.

Nicely done! A great tribute to a great show!!

Very cool customs!! Outstanding work on all of them, and very imaginative use of office equipment, lol!! Seriously though, the shape of the stapler for the cargo area really makes a ton of difference for the custom aspect of this build, well done!!

Very nice looking Shelby!!

All three pieces are outstanding!!

I forgot to post the pics of the look I'm after, except with a white and black interior, and the flat hood. The black around the side windows, especially along the roof and front pillars is going to be fun!

Thanks for the heads-up, I'll keep an eye on those areas.

Very well done!

Nice job Ray! That's a great color! How is the Duplicolor 1K clear to work with? It looks good, did you wet-sand and/or polish it at all?

Thanks guys, this is what I'm going for, except with a white & black interior and I'll keep the hood flat with the 340 Wedge decal. I agree Ray, it's been a nice kit so far, although I haven't really assembled anything yet, LOL.

I just bought a can of the Krylon Short Cuts Clear last time I was there. Eventually I'll get around to testing it over various other paints to see how it interacts with them, what the coverage looks like, and how glossy it is before and after wet sanding/polishing. At $3.99, if it does well enough it might be a go to over the $6 and up Tamiya and Testors clears.

Unfortunately there will always be stupid people doing stupid things with rare and/or valuable objects. Worse is rich stupid people doing stupid things with extremely rare and/or valuable items. I won't post a link, but as an example a youtuber buying a brand new Challenger Hellcat and putting wooden wagon wheels on it and driving it around town....WHY!!!! Just to get some likes and subs on his channel to make more money and do stupider things with even more rare and/or valuable things. Stupid is as stupid does, always, unfortunately!

Here's a quick little update on this one I started last week. I primed the body, firewall, and engine in white, and the rest of the parts in black. I taped off the interior panels yesterday and painted them and the seats in white primer over the black this morning. I airbrushed the exhaust and floor pan in Vallejo Aluminum, and the steering linkage and exhaust manifolds in steel earlier today, as well as the engine in Testors Orange Acrylic. I decided to go ahead and paint the body before lunch too, and it turned out pretty good. I will color sand the orange on this one before taping off the rest of the body so I can paint the top of the fenders, door panels and around the windows black. I sprayed some dull-cote onto the wheels Friday too, but I didn't like how they looked, so I put them into a container of LA's Totally Awesome overnight. When weather permits again (rain tomorrow looks like) I'll get the wheels primed and painted in Vallejo Aluminum.

Looking pretty slick so far!

WOW! What a great start to this one! One of these days I have to try to do a weathered build too, but I'm just so nervous to start one. I have a couple of extra bodies that I might practice on real soon. Your techniques look very solid and doable for me, so I'll probably try to follow them as close as possible. Thanks for the guide!

You're blowing my mind on this one, Steven! These details are crazy, especially the wiring harness. I'm half expecting some shrunken down 3" guy to get in, start it up and drive it away when you're done!

He did good! I was building paint glopped glue bombs at that age, LOL!!!

Thanks Chris. Thanks Rusty! I wasn't 100% sure where the tank started and the floor pan ended, I couldn't really tell on any of the reference pics I could find on Google.

Very cool and very imaginative! Well done!