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Nope, the bonus is really just about the waterslide decals.

I fully agree, the snapper is a nice kit! Built box-stock by my son (11) some weeks ago: I'd just make sure to get the black boxart "MAX" kit, as that contains both the self-adhesive and the waterslide decals. I wouldn't bother missing the flame decals, but the Chevy decals are important.

VERY NICE!

Nice build, beautiful color! If I'm not mistaken, you drilled out the "chrome" headlights and replaced them with clear lenses? Clever move!

Just excellent work! I have that kit on my to-do-list... Normally I'd say that blue is the color to go for with this kit and I saw some painted in green before, which didn't fully convince me otherwise. But yours is looking great, especially the combo with the tan-colored top!

Thanks Jerry! The color is is Tamiya TS 54 spray on light grey Tamiya primer. I once used that blue color before on WHITE primer and it came out as a totally different result.

No worries Steve! I'm not taking this the wrong way and I fully agree with your attitude on what it takes to improve. And thanks to you and the other guys for your compliments. @drodg: I use a very small amount of spray glue which I apply before the first primer coat. Marcos Cruz shared this method on this forum some time ago, my first try was on the '68 Firebird resto I did earlier this year. It basically worked from the get-go, even though I had to learn about how to properly mask the vinyl top and which styrene strips to use for making the trims and seams. You will find the thread here, it is also including some WIP pictures and the link to the Marcos Cruz tutorial.

Thanks to you all for your feedback. To be honest, I have absolutely NO IDEA how this "blackout" could happen. As usual I picked some google photos to show me the way to go. It might be that by mistake I looked at a later vintage car ('71 maybe), those do not have a fully straight trim but a little curve in it, to follow along with fender's contour probably. However, it's a mystery to me why I placed the trim that high, by the time of the build I could have sworn it was correct, especially as doing it correctly (and straight) would have been a lot easier too. Very annoying, I must say, to have done such a bad job on an important detail. However I truly appreciate the objective criticism!

Hi there, I got this one finished recently. Mostly built box-stock apart from some smaller changes like the vinyl top applications and the antenna. The air filter has been modified in order to match the non-W 30 configuration. Fireball decals have been applied to the kit's tyres and the engine has been wired. And yes, the awful kit's steering wheel has been replaced with one from a Revell '69 Camaro kit...

I agree! At the beginning of the build (in your post on Oct. 6th) it looked to me as if you would go for drilling the molded-in door handles open. Now they are gone. Have you changed your mind and use separate ones instead?

Great resto! Beautiful build of a cool car...

Hi Ludwig, as was to be expected from you... this turned out VERY nice! Rare but beautiful choice of color, great paint and foiling job. Nice details on the rear part and the white color on the headlight bezels. Using a different set of white walls added a nice touch aswell. Those precious old Jo-Han kits are in very good hands with you, good to know you still got some more!

IIRC from reading in Tim Boyd's book, this was to be the last NEW (formely unreleased) kit to be introduced under the MPC label.

Good to have you back healthy, Matt! Best wishes and model on!

...which is the same kit like the AMT kit I'm currently building, if I remember that correctly from Tim Boyd's book... I'm looking forward to see you start painting, Steve!

It IS indeed, many thanks, Steve! I have already corrected the part that should be black. Although it's not my favorite act to mask off and spray-paint a body that's basically fully painted and foiled - but it did work out. I will take care of the chromed windshield plate aswell. I consider using two different kinds of BMF for the wipers and the plate in order not to make it all look like a big piece of chrome...

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COOL idea, well executed!

I hear you! I foiled mine yesterday and they look okay to me too (they look pretty similar to the Jo-Han kit IMHO):

Wow - what a HUGE coin! Very nice model... I have both of the Monogram Ultimate 1/43 scale kits (Cobra and '67 Corvette). Did the Vette back in 1990 when those kits were just released and it looked okay with the PE parts for the exhaust etc. Some years later on, I took the chance when both kits were on sale real cheap. I guess 1/43 scale still is more of a collector's than a builder's scale. Though there are some fine kits out there. Long story short, if I build mine one day, I'd be happy if it would turn out somewhere near as good as yours!

Nice build, interesting color. Always nice to see someone cutting that hood open and adding nice engine details. I was crazy enough to open the trunk aswell...

Fully agree! @Steve, may I ask: are you keeping the molded-in windscreen wipers or are you going to sand them down and use aftermarket stuff?

I had the same problem on an resto model... I believe the denting was even a bit worse on mine. Anyways, I decided to sand down the emblems and fill the dents. IMHO, the kit emblems are way too wide compared to the real ones. Plus a lot of the cars don't even carry them.

Hi Steve, great detailing work! I am myself in the final stages of completing the '69 AMT Olds 442 kit, but not remotely to a level of detailing somewhere near as your build is. Great idea and inspiration to use Evergreen stuff for making door panel details. I will definitely use that method in the future, thanks for sharing!

Very nice builds! Not so easy to overcome the "opacity problem" when using the white tail stripe on the Daytona. When I'll build mine, I guess I'll try to use 2 white stripes on top of each other (should I manage to find a second sheet) - or go for the black one.