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Cutting and slicing at its finest. Well done. Pretty color too.

My techniques are very similar. I do not prime, unless I have had to do body work. I like the white Tamiya primer but it does not go far economically. I like decanted enamels and lacquers and also hobby bottled enamels. All thinned with hardware store lacquer thinner. That is up until I started using Mr Color Leveling thinner. I HATE sanding so I will generally skip it unless have to. I do not polish my paints, but Steve's results have me seriously considering doing so. For clear, I have 11 cans of Testors Wet Look Lacquer. Though, I still usually use Future because I know it will NEVER have a reaction with any of my paints and screw ups are easily removed with household ammonia.

Way cool. I am a fan of those Cutlass high parts count chassis too.

After seeing all these pics, I am a fan of these big beauties too.

All of the above. It took a good look to not see a real car in those 1st few photos.

Wow! Excellent result! Do you have a link to a WIP thead?

My wife has converted 2/3s of our back yard into a garden. We get daily visits from a pair of yellow finches to decimate some of the variety of sunflowers we have.

I too like to look at builds in my display case. Usually at least once a week. More often when I am actively building. Though I need to get better at keeping the doors closed when I am sanding. Nobody in my circle of people care about them, but that is ok. PS Thank you Steve for motivating me to be a better craftsman by sharing what is possible.

If I am following somebody, amber is safer. If the car is pleasant to look at and is not simply a transportation appliance. I like the cleaner look of NOT having amber lenses. Less colors on the palette is better.

Because of my generally Day 2 builds, a modified engine is part of the fun. I love kit bashing and working with what I have. I have only built one, no-engine kit into one that did. I was still more fun than work and I was pleased with the results. (see pics)

I graduated HS in 79. Every guy wanted wide rear tires but nobody was doing rear tubs (Not in the budget generally) The common option was 15x10 Cragars and N50-15s. Some cars got fender flares. A few were tasteful. Many were not. Air Shocks were all the rage then too. A couple of hours at the tire store and you were set.

I am curious as well.

I always remove them. I like trimmed, detailed parts. For painting I will build sub assemblies that shall be all one color. For everything, I CA glue a stub of sprue to a hidden portion of the part which gives me full 360 degree access while painting. This includes bodies. They are easy to snap off later.

I have run into the same scenario on occasion. Super Clean always first. If it struggles, then brake fluid. Sometimes back and forth.

That turned out SWEET!

Excellent build Carl. Thanks for sharing.

I give you a 7 for the concept. As someone who has been on the roof of a LOT of Burger Kings, your accuracy is way off. But I will not hold it against you. Nice effort. Throw some more detail at it as you see fit.

I have never seen any of those before.

Pictures would be handy...

Subject matter for sure. I just did a brand count of my inventory. It seems I own slightly more Revell/Monogram but AMT is a close 2nd. However, I have built significantly more AMTs due to the subject matter. (Muscle cars and Semi trucks).

Nice modifications and pretty color too.

Beautiful result. Well done!

That is SWEEEET!!!!!! I wish it was mine.

That is quite stylish. I wish I had that much imagination and skill.

That is a pretty cool dio. I quite enjoyed making mine a few years ago.