TransAmMike

Keep it going there Geoff, your doing this '57 Chevy lover proud??

And without stating the obvious (LOL), what is the best solution to the dulling problem. Or is there really any solution other that just paint and deal with.

Yeah Geoff, I forgot about that nasty sprue attachment for the hood trim. I broke mine fooling with it so had to glue it back together and as you did BMF'd it too. Since I had another kit to use I went ahead and used the new one (and of course had to touch up the sprue attachments). Now building a Street Gasser and using the repaired one on it but I'm thinking about painting it the body color.Hmmm.

Wow, thats one BAAAAD looking Camaro!!

I actually had trouble getting the chrome trim to fit right on the bonnet(LOL) on the last one I built and wound up breaking it. Grrrrr!

Looking for this, actually just the hood:

Same here in Columbia, TN. Kinda like not restocking much. I'm also wondering about the Testors paints.

Welcome Mike from a relatively new member.......from another Mike. There sure are a lot of Mikes on here LOL!!!!!

I forgot to mention, I found the best way to do the emblem is with a pointed tooth pick.

The emblem looks fine to me. I've done 3 of them and it definately takes some finessing. I didn't look back at the thread but how is the hood fit....always an issue on this kit.

Gonna look cool. Interesting about the flattened tire to make a lower stance, certainly a first for me. Look forward to further updates Eric.

Love it, such nice cars. I special ordered 1:1 a '70 Cutlass S with the W-25 Ram Air hood and always regretted selling it. Gonna ask here if anyone has the Jo-Han 70 kit they wanna part with??

"Huge block" , good one Kurt.???

Waiting for a less than 40% day in below the mason dixon line is a rarity. I'm just south of Nashville and seldom is there what you could consider an ideal day. It just so happens today is perfect and I'm out of paint and can't get more until Monday. Oh well. That hood is perfect and a beautiful green. Cool looking Olds too.

The can doesnt't say anything about having to clear coat but your're right, clearing would have solved the issue. When I had the first can I bought that was messed up I tested a panel that I sprayed that had dulled out. I just brushed on some old Future and wow, it definately had a deep shine. It just so happens I sprayed a custom VW I'm building and forgot to paint the front and rear bonnets (I guess that how ya spell it) so have to buy another can so I'll see how that comes out. i

Looks like I really got you guys' going with my question about scale. I was hoping someone would post pictures of same year cars in the different scales and you did Pat.

Did it and came off great.

Great looking builds there Tony, and the subjects are a great choice of models.?

Wow, I better get to it then. Thanks.

I'm sure I saw this question before but can't find it. Did my first two tone paint job and masked the two different color areas with Tamiya fine line tape. The paint is Duplicolor which is of course laquer. Any suggestions for how long I should wait to pull off the tape. Thanks in advance, Mike

Yay!!! Reprayed the trunk lid that was dulling out. At first sprayed with temp in the garage in low 70's but humidity was showing 55. Still was dulling out but with some shine in spots. Than I opened the garage door and got the temp slightly lower but the humidity at 45 percent. I put the can in hot water for about 5 minutes and sprayed again after previous coat drying about 30 minutes. Got perfect shine. So i'm guessing 45% humidity with warming the paint a bit is the answer. But who REALLY knows.

Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ta minute here!!!!!!!!! Is that the real car or a model?? ????

Been following your '57 build (probably my all time favorite autimobile) and your BMF foil method got past me. Now that I've seen it I'm gonna try it today on my '57 Gasser project. Cheers!! Mike