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Great point

Thank you so much Curt for the reply. I’ve used other aftermarket brands before but never Keith’s. I just ordered some and wanted to make sure I handled them properly. Have a merry Christmas

Hello all, I tried searching the site including the way that’s been discussed on here before using google & bing ( site:modelcarsmag.com ) so I apologize if this has been answered before. Do Keith Marks decals need to be coated or do they come ready to use?

Happy thanksgiving, there was something funny going on with the site. Sometimes I had to close the window to the site out after I put something in my cart and go back in to keep adding to my cart. Almost as if the site was locking up but ultimately I was able to order everything I wanted, just took a few extra steps.

No problem Rich, glad I could help

Here you go. Should be fairly easy to replicate

Just a thought, but many times race cars aren’t perfect so either distress the paint in a few more places to give it a well used/raced look or use post it’s to cover the general area including the foil work and fog in some more color or even primer to make it look like a real repair in progress. Sometimes I embrace situations like that. If your going for a show car look than the right thing to do would be to reshoot the entire roof.

The gto came out great. I bought an original issue gto as well that was previously built but was complete. I’ve since dismantled the model ,stripped the paint and had the bumpers rechromed. Anyway, I the process of dismantling it I had a hard time popping the hood vents out and destroyed one. I looked for quite a while for original replacements but struck out. I found a guy on eBay that was selling resin repops for the original annual kit which I purchased. They are very ice ,fit great and price was right ($4.99). I’ve included a screen shot of them and the sellers eBay name. Maybe contact him and he could help?

Yes!!! Thank you

There’s a name for when they appear like that but for the life of me I can’t remember the term at this moment. Hopefully someone else on here can help with my senior moment but either way, it looks like they didn’t adhere well to the paint finish. I’d take a sharp blade or something with a very sharp tiny tip and lightly puncture through the decal in random spots. Then I would apply decal settings solution over the decals. This should allow for the solution to get under the decal and allow any air trapped to get out. Gently apply pressure with a Q tip ( I lay it on its side and roll it towards where I want to work the air out ) and work any air towards the punctures in the decal. When the decal appears clear again and there’s no sign of air under the decal hit the decal with a hair dryer to help it finish settling down. You may have to repeat the process but it works very well for me when I’ve got similar decal issues . Hopefully this helps

I gotta say that my main passion is automotive models and my stash is officially out of control but with that being said , I do on occasion drift away from cars to change it up and build an aircraft model or even a big rig. With the aircrafts it started with WWII and eventually found myself building jets as well. My only limiting factor is space for the aircraft as others have said although all of mine are hanging.

Thank you guys for the compliments. Very much appreciated

Thanks for the help Steve. I just picked the sets up on eBay.

Steve, where do you source your embossing powders from and are you using a particular brand?I have silver and black that I use and if needed paint over but I’ve been trying to find other colors locally at various stores but pickings are slim.

I also just did a trade with Ron (Kymdlr ). Greatly appreciated and great guy to trade with. Thank you Ron

Thank you Steve. It was was a pleasure trading with you, would gladly do it again.

Thanks guys. I’ve always had a soft spot for Willys and have more to build. They’re the quintessential gasser.

NICE. ?

That’d be funny if it is, I just pulled this pic off the interweb. I had a 91 5.0 lx hatch. Miss that car terribly

There were two reds that year. A good friend of mine had one in jalapeño red and it’s definitely got an orange hue to it. In that pic I agree it looks more red but possibly that is the other red.

In 1986 mustangs could be ordered in jalapeño red which was an orangish red color. You may be able to find that in a duplicolor can or order it in a can from Napa or automotivetouchup.com

Thank you everyone for the compliments.

I had a similar situation many years ago and I ended up making a superbird funnycar sitting on a shortened revell funnycar chassis but if I were to do it again I’d source a more era correct chassis...maybe polar lights. If I can dig the model out I’ll snap a pic.

Thank you my friend. Agreed it was a great trade and a pleasure.