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You'll get your modelling mojo back, mate. Everyone gets burnt out at some point. Only yesterday (and today) I started getting the welding done on my 1-1 car in the driveway, it's been sitting untouched for over a year and I almost scrapped it a couple times, even advertised it for sale, but then yesterday I just felt like getting back to it.

Thanks, Chaz. Thanks, Anders.

That's a good idea! Looks cool, I like it.

It's heart wrenching loosing a pet, even hearing others loss is upsetting cos I know what it feels like. Pet is just a word, they're one of the family. Thoughts are with you, she looks a proud old girl.

Looking good. You can see the Malaise era creeping in on these Darts ever more closer on what still kind of looks like a 60's muscle car.

Cleaned up nice, looking forward to seeing it completed. I love this style Corvette.

Nice work there, guys. I like that Ford Cougar II! I did see a method on a YouTube video similar to white glue but I can't remember what it was he used. Might have been nail polish, or something like that.

wow, now that's cool! I honestly thought for a second you photoshopped your model next to the real thing, turns out it's both the same model! It looks real in those shots, I'll have to try this myself!

It was beautiful. He didn't have it for long though, cost a fortune to run! I think it was a mid life crises because shortly after he bought a Renault 21 Turbo, equally as costly and just as killer on the road! Before that chapter in his life he was always a "sensible car" person, Lol.

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys, I really appreciate it. It seems foil under paint is the way to go, I just need to work on the technique of removing it afterwards and using the right products and tools. I'll try all that's been suggested here on my next build and see what works. I'll post an update here of the result.

Very nice work! I see these daily in the UK, very popular cabs.

Looks amazing, very clean build. Love the KW cabovers. I really like the cab colours on this, very nice.

Looks great. My dad had one in white in the early 90's, that thing was an animal!

Nice, great looking wheels and tyres. I like these little Novas, think I'll get one next time I see them.

I have a 1mm Molotow but the tip can get too loaded with chrome sometimes and is a nightmare to remove off the paint. Even the 1mm tip is too big for some script badging. Dragging the side of the tip along the script sometimes works but it depends on how prominent the script is.

Yes, ball point gel pens is what I bought but it didn't work on the smooth surface of the paint. I've seen many people use gel pens and they seem to work great but for some reason they just don't work for me. Maybe there's stricter chemical laws here than the States, many once good products have been watered down here over the last twenty years.

Thanks, Tom. I often wonder what it would have been like to take a driving test in the late fifties, the smallest car would have been something like a mid 50's Bel Air. To us in the UK even those are massive cars! I took my test in a 1980 Nissan Sunny.

Cheers, John. The paint I use is just a generic plain black from Halfords.

Yes, that's the method I used the last couple times but it removed too much paint. Might be the paint I'm using because I really have to scrub hard with the thinners to remove the paint but in doing so it removes paint from around the script also.

ah, rubber ink erasers! I didn't think of using those. I remember I had one in school, they worked.. by rubbing a hole in the paper! Might work on paint though. Thanks, John, I'll give that a try next time.

Yeah, I have a feeling the only way do this is foil under the paint and just learn how to remove the paint, but at the same time not too much! I haven't tried any sandpapers yet so might give that a try next time.

I have had some success with that method but found it's so thinly laid on it comes off with the slightest touch.

My knowledge on arts and crafts is limited, I bought a gel pen on ebay but was basically a ball point pen. Another silver pen I picked up in the market had a fine felt tip but again the ink wouldn't stay on, it was like water.

I like the blacked out chrome against the white body, very clean looking build.

Looks amazing, I love the stance on it.