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Looks as good as new.

Thank you Garry, David, and Jeff. I'm glad I inspired you to dig the kit out Jeff. So many people in this forum have inspired me in so many ways over the years.. I recommend this forum to every I meet. And I want to thank each and every member here. Thank you!

These arrived today.

Finished this today. I used the GMC front from another kit as I liked it better than the Chevy front.

A scam. Knew it the moment I laid eyes on it.

Pretty in pink.

Is that a metal frame?

I think you nailed it Mark as I saw those cans of primer in Ollies for $2.99 so I bought 2 cans. Oh well. With state tax. $7 wasted. Could have been worse right. I could have bought a case LOL!

Thank you Carl. And I found the glass for the blue Fleetside. ?

Now I have to locate one Carl. I could have sworn it was there. Found it. ?

I shake my paint for around 10 minutes. The only thing that has changed is a new can of primer. And at $16.99. It should be ok. I could try and take it back but I'm sure they would give me a hard time and tell my that's not what that primer is used for. Just seems like everything in the model car world went South during and after covid. Did they change the formula to save money? I've used that Dupli-Color primer exclusively.

What irked me? Almost finishing this build and then realizing there was no glass in the kit. Ugh! Found it. Whew!

This is what happens. Primer. Paint. Then clear. Won't polish out either so it's in the purple pond right now. It was special ordered paint from the parts store. My Caddy and Oldsmobiles were fine. Same paint. Different batch of primer.

I usually do a few light coats of primer within a half hour or so, Then spray paint them the next day. A few light coats. But like I said. The paint looks great for a few hours and then starts looking bad. Mainly in the top surfaces of the car/truck. And how do you know if it's enamel or lacquer primer? I use the duplicate-Coloe in the sort can which is more expensive that the taller can. The short can or primer and paint are up to $16.99 where I live.

That is a beautiful build.

I did some searching and they seem to be Jimmy Flintstone resins?

Thank you Jeremy, Larry and David.

Thanks again. A lot of info here I didn’t know.

Thank you for explaining it to me guys. I use the Dupli-Color primer in the short can. I didn’t have good luck with the taller, cheaper can of Duplicolor-Color primer. It seems every time I used that under lacquer it wasn’t strong enough to keep the lacquer reaching through to the plastic. Now I’m finding the same thing happening with the more expensive Dupli-Color primer I normally use. The paint looks great but after a few hours it looks rough and looses it shine.

Thank you Mario and David. It was an old, old can of car spray paint. The last of that can. No name on it anywhere. I picked it up at an estate sale years ago. Actually surprised it still worked.

Just wondering if anyone has tried this for primer?

The Micheals near me closed a few years ago due to theft. A friend works in another store as a manager in the same mall and is quitting after 15 years because of theft and harassment by the thieves. That whole mall will be closed in a few years. Our local Price Chopper food store had to put special boxes on all their shopping carts that registers the cart went through the checkout before leaving. If not it sets off an alarm and camera because of theft. And you wonder why stores are locking everything up.

It looks great.

Looks fantastic.