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Jeez…all that work and they couldn’t extend the side trim.?

I agree, it looks great!? Makes me want to start mine.?

That was a beautiful paint job…too bad about the clear coat.?

That is one fine looking Corvette Louis!?

The hardest part when scratch building exhausts is getting left and right pipes that look like mirror images.?

I prefer to use the foil under paint technique if it hasn’t been painted already. I have also filed badges down slightly to level them and then applied the decal. Then it sits a little proud and doesn’t look as much like a decal.

LABLE??

From a link on that site…some more neat rail cars.? http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/inspection-cars-for-railroad-inspectors.html

Don’t I know it.? I’ve had some practice with second tries…so I hope so.? Thanks Steve. The interior is Vallejo Air Russian Blue 71.333. I could have maybe salvaged it, but I would always notice the transition and it would bother me greatly.? On the upside, I managed to save the hood.? Back to square one…dang that Tamiya primer is tough to remove.?

Looking mighty fine Steve!? I love the whole thing, including all the little details like the water bottle.?

I’m watching. I’ve already picked up a couple of tricks I can use on my ‘32.?

Nice start Bob. The wheels look good.? Check the fit of your hood with the grill in place. I don’t know if I did something wrong, but I had to add to the back of the hood to get it to line up at the front.?‍♂️

I can’t recall for sure, but I think it would be Tamiya gunmetal or light gunmetal.

Very nice…looks like Tamiya pearl green?

I don’t think I’ll ever use it.

I believe I used Tamiya racing white for this interior. I should have given it a coat of flat clear??

Very Nice!?

Beautiful John…just Beautiful!?

These easily made tools may be of help if you want to re-scribe the trim and mount a windshield on the inside. I made up these pointy scribers for deepening the trim lines evenly. The scrapers I’ve used to put a recess on the inside for a glass mounting channel. Made from s/s welding rod and just a coat hanger.

Bought this today at Michaels with a 40% off coupon….just for parts.?

That’s a good idea.?

Two steps forward…six steps back.? I only had the antenna left to install when I dripped some CA on the roof. I tried filing and sanding it off and went through the paint.? I had given the entire thing a coat of Revell acrylic gloss, so no chance of just spraying another coat of Tamiya lacquer. So I tried stripping just the roof.? Eventually I decided to strip the whole thing.?

I have some of the plastic boxes, but those are mostly for un-used or excess parts. I bought a bunch of different sized small zip lock bags at the buck store to store parts in once they are off the sprue. I will put left and right parts in a separate baggies with their number if they are different. Then everything gets piled back in the original box between sessions.

Here is a pic I found on a GTO forum.