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Major subassemblies nearly done. Had to fabricate landing gear gearbox. Kit gearbox MIA.

Red White and Blue is always a winner in my book! PS. I served in the Navy.

I own two of these stands but found a better holding method. I CA glue a thick chunk of sprue right where a dome light would be. I then use a bamboo skewer with an alligator clip attached to it. I can the hold the body in any direction I want to paint it. I then can poke the skewer into the top of my paint booth or... a box full of corrigated cardboard chunks to help to quickly move on with painting other items. The pic below shows how it allows me to paint 4 bodies in less than 10 minutes.

Gorgeous glossy finish on your paint job.

Richard, My procedure is almost identical to Pete's above. I made my own piercing tool from a stainless steel turbo intake clamp and an old clamp on automotive refrigerant can piercer. Once pierced, I can throttle and direct the propellent flow with the valve and the hose. I let the can sit for half a day to outgas. I then use a strong pocket knife to cut he can open and pour out the paint into a jar. I too save the marbles. I have learned that the shelf life of decanted paint is limited to less than a week unless you want to keep adding paint solvents to it. Just have your parts ready first and then decant the paint a day or so before you want to paint them. Below is a picture of the tool I made. The tool greatly reduces the risk of making a mess.

I like what you have going on here.

Thank you Dan.

Thanks Sam. It has been a long term project with lots of problem solving. Thanks Greg. Thanks Ian.

Very nice build. Thank you for sharing. I was on the hunt for a new ride in '85. A mid 70's Monte was on my short list. I found a dark blue one for sale but the front suspension was bent bad due to an encounter with a ditch. I passed on it. I do have the 77 snapper in my stash and it will be done in dark metallic blue.

Man, I am loving the looks of this build.

I want to see this through. Following.

I love your creativity. That Autocar cab looks right at home with the mixer. It has a more industrial feel than the KW has.

Wow! You did it the hard way. I would have just made decals from scratch like I did for this.

I always attach the front and rear pieces to the body before paint. Makes for better results. If the chassis needs modification to fit after the fact so be it. Here is a 67 GT I just finished this year. The hardest part was stuffing a 427 Cammer motor in the little engine bay. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/165233-427-cammer-in-a-67-mustang-gt-aka-platinum-pony/

That turned out pretty cool. The clear hood is a nice touch. The nose has a little Corvair look mixed in with some 67-68 Firebird. Was the injection intake part of the kit?

I too wish to continue to encourage you. Once I see how it can be done I may be brave enough to attempt it myself. I have 3 unbuilts in my stash. Here is a link to the only 2nd gen Camaro I have done. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/147573-1970-rally-sport-454-camaro/?tab=comments#comment-2167878

Time to make some headers. Cut and crimped the ends of some electronics solder. Gorilla glued and taped them into some styrene tubing. I hope they turn out as well as they did on my Platinum Pony Mustang.

Painted my decks with flat tan to simulate wood. I debated with myself as to whether on not to highlight the molded in woodgrain for more realism like I did my lowboy. The challenge was the differences in how the woodgrain was embossed onto the parts. The front and rear decks have the detail indented into the deck. The added-in deckplate has the woodgrain detail raised. After determining that two different techniques were required and the trial and (and mostly) error that would likely result, I decided to forgo the attempt. So... I masked off the pieces and sprayed the mostly gloss black onto the underside and perimeter of the decks. I also sprayed some matt gloss onto the mud flaps. It sprayed like doodoo but still gave the effect of mudflaps made from recycled rubber.

Thank you Carl.

Dang that is sweet! I wish it was mine.

Nice wheels! They look very similar to the ones on my 1:1.

Enjoying all the details you are adding.

Very nice Chevy. I suggest you roll up the windows...

That is quite impressive. It looks like a genuine Rustang. If it were real, the gas cap would be long gone.

Thanks for sharing. ? My favorite is the 4cam 66 Pontiac. Those wheels... MAN O MAN!