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Stunning, very nice job. I like how you carefully painted the underside to look like a separate chassis. Nice detail too.

It'll get better, mate, it takes a while for darn sure, not going to lie, but it'll get better.

Fantastic looking paint, and super nice engine detail. Very nice build.

Outstanding build, perfect in every way!

Will do, thanks mate.

That's where you press the foil over the script and fill with resin, right?

Thanks, Chang. Yes, the clear parts are very crisp, it's a very good kit. Will definitely be getting a couple more of these!

Thanks, Carl. Thanks, David.

Funky little cars these Gremlins. Very nice work.

Man, that looks amazing! This is what Sarsky & Hutch should have been driving! Nice work.

I wouldn't know what the BMF you get in the States is like, the one with the blue '57 Chevy on the pack, can't get that in the UK. The foil I had was ancient from my artwork days. I cant remember the brand name it just said modelling foil or artists foil? might have been for clay modelling. I have looked online but cant find any proper BMF. I do have sheets of silver leaf, again very old and haven't used it in years and might be a bit too thin for highlighting badge scripts.

That's cool, looks like an RC car. Very nice paint.

Cleaned the primer off around the script, laid new foil over it and then primered. The primer flaked off the foil very easily, so, foil before primer is the way to go... well, for the type of paints I'm using anyway as aerosols are quite thick, the less paint over the scripts the better.

I use Pritt Stick to glue the foil, I used it on the textured gold chocolate foil for my '57 Ford Fairlane and '57 Del Rio.

It's all very much appreciated. I chose this kit cos it has decals for the badging, so not too worrying if it fails. The decals are grey not chrome so wont look as nice.

True, the paint I use is rattle cans from the motor factors, it can be quite thick, especially if I need to put some lacquer on top. I'll clean up around the script and apply the foil to the bare plastic then clean off the primer and start applying the paint.

Seems to be a million ways of doing this! Lol. Well, I haven't painted the car yet, so there's still time to figure out the best way to go about this. So far, I found the primer under the foil has definitely filled in some detail of the script but not much, but, it's extremely tiny so yes, the less paint in there the better.

The poor fire chief is going to have a soggy ride back to the depo! Love it, what an amazing build, it really sets the scene. Very well done.

Awesome looking build, I really like the paint scheme.

Amazing, what a monster of a build! Even the shelf will need a shelf for this!

Man, that looks amazing! Super detail and I lover the colour, really nice work on those decals.

Very nice work, I thought they were unpainted styrene.

Nice work, mate, she's coming on nicely.

ah, ok, cheers guys. I put the primer on first thinking it would be easier to remove the paint from the foil. Laying the foil on just before the last coat of paint sounds better, thanks Steven. The foil I used is just regular kitchen foil, very thin. It's not bacofoil, that stuff is much thicker. To give an idea, the kitchen foil is thinner than bacofoil, and bacofoil is thinner than the chrome ducting tape I use for trim. I see no difference between branded BMF and regular kitchen foil apart from having to add the adhesive yourself. I'll clean off the area and place the foil on just before the last coat of paint.

ok, decided on my next project to try this on, the '64 Belvedere. The script badges are incredibly small so I had to use regular kitchen foil which is much thinner than the chrome ducting tape I usually use for trim. Even this doesn't really settle into the raised writing that well. I think after a few coats of paint it's just going to look like a raised lump of silver!