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I think my first attempts were a little messy. I believe I pressed the solder flux into the bezels, and likely should have cleaned them well before pressing them. This is another attempt using 26ga (.015) wired, rolled, pressed and the ends trimmed, no solder this time, and the silver finish is intact. I intend to fill the cavity between the inner and outer rings with X-27 clear red, as well as the centers of the inner and outer lights.

The REAL Daisy wasn’t blonde.

Slaters across the pond sells it at a reasonable price. https://slatersplastikard.com/assets/pdfs/EmbossedFlyer.pdf

Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”. Easy one: “It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.“

Super. Nice clean looking truck.

That is just fabulous! One of my all time favourite cars and you did it justice.

Olson Brothers makes a nice SM465 and NP205 t/c. https://www.resincastmodelparts.com/store/Other-c42971920 The AMT crew chief blazer (‘71 or ‘72) has one also.

Nice if you could find a Daisy Duke figurine to go with it. ?

The pics are extreme close-ups and they look a little better to the naked eye.? I was hoping to save the nice silver finish, but they may need to be painted or molotowed. They did need to be squashed between two very smooth surfaces, as any texture will be pressed into the surface. Also it takes extremely little pressure to squash them into a flat faced bezel. Make lots of extras because there are a few rejects...and some will wind up going awol!

I have been fiddling with making some tail light bezels for a ‘64 Chevy. These are .020 wire wrapped around a drill bit and very lightly squashed In a vise. The nice thing about this is that any diameter or width of bezels can be made just by varying the wire size, drill bit size, and the amount of “squash”.

No, it is a 1936 Atlantic, of which only four were made and were inspired by the one-off Aerolithe from 1935. The Aerolithe body was Elektron (90% magnesium and 10% aluminum). The Atlantics were aluminum. The original Aerolithe was only around for 10 months(?) and then disappeared. Edit: Apparently, the second Atlantic which was made specially for Jean Bugatti disappeared also in 1938... and has never resurfaced?? https://www.bugatti.com/media/news/2019/the-bugatti-type-57-sc-atlantic-a-style-icon/ Jay Leno and David Grainger https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bugatti+aerolithe

I agree, these are great for burnishing foil. Also, hold the hobby knife at as shallow an angle as possible...less chance of ripping the foil and less pressure required.

This seems like a good place for this. I am working on some taillights and came up with this. It works great, but I think that anything like a quart jar, yogurt container, coffee can, etc. filled with sand or something for weight, would work fine for front or rear end work.

How about Dabbing them with a brand new sharpie?

I only have these two that I bought at a yard sale last summer. And the Willys stakebed that I am working on.

Thanks Guys. I am still not pleased with the tail lights. They are just huge looking to me. Unfortunately, all the clear red sprue I have is too small in diameter to make new ones out of. I may have to make a trip to the local auto wrecker tomorrow and find me a busted tail light lens?

I have the door handles With integrated mounting pin pretty much finished, maybe a touch more sanding.? Why don’t they cast them with a pin on the back that you could use or snip off if desired??

Welcome. Too bad about the scratches. Some clear coat over that “marbled appearance” would look pretty cool. You’re getting good advice here, try again.

I would hang the piece over the edge of your bench and file the angle you need. Use a very large flat file held at the angle you need and file inline with the edge, not across it. This will give you a flat and straight angled edge. Cut the second piece wider than needed and glue it on protruding a little above the top piece. When dry, sand the edge down flush. This way, you are only dealing with one angle. Someone may have a different method? Good luck.

Thin flat strips can be overlapped and Chopped at the inside and outside intersections to get a symmetrical joint...if that’s what you’re after?

Super slick looking.

They make a quick setting version that is my favorite.

Braided fishing line may work?

I would also use Tamiya extra thin. Rather than trying to glue two thin edges together, I lengthened this hood by glueing a wider strip flat to the back edge, forming a “T”. Once it was thoroughly dry, I filed and sanded the inside and outside down to the same thickness as the hood.

That is truly an exceptional build...amazing!