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Thanks Buddy. I appreciate ya.

I wet sanded the body & spoon with 2000 grit and did a little test shot with some clear this morning even though the humidity is a little to high. This was just a test to see if the grainy look would cover up with the Tamiya X-22 clear. It looks pretty good and should look better on a day with less humidity and polished out.

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Sweet looking.

Much obliged Dave. Yup, I hear ya man. Wet sanding is up next but I'm going to let this set for a few more days since I have been having a lot of trouble with paint drying. I hear ya. Test fitting saves a lot of handling and getting scratches, finger prints, etc. all over the body. I had my air pressure set at about 20 psi and thought that should have been fine. I was spraying about 6" away. Since this was my first time decanting paint and spraying a thinner paint I'm just not sure. Decanted paint may take a lot of testing which I'm not going to do. If it doesn't work out I'll strip it and go with something else.

Thanks Kyle. I shot a test spoon as well so I'll shot the clear on it to see how it turns out. If it's not to my liking the paint will be coming off.

Thanks James. Yup, it should look great once I get it together.

Well...as you all know I decanted the Tamiya TS-11 Maroon and airbrushed it. After the paint had set for a couple days it was still pretty thin. I did not need to add any thinner to this paint before airbrushing as it was still pretty thin. The body was primed with Tamiya white surface primer and it sat for 3 days before airbrushing the Maroon. I shot 5 coats letting it dry about 5 min between coats. I was up close on the body when I shot it but it has the appearance as though I had my airbrush far away and the paint started to dry before it hit the body. I had the body in the paint drying booth for 6 hr so the paint is good and dry but since I've been having trouble with paint drying I'm going to let is set for a few days before doing anything with it. I'll wet sand the paint with 12,000 grit before shooting it with the Tamiya X-22 clear. The clear will mask some of the grainy look but we'll see just how much. Only time will tell, I may have to strip this one.

Pretty kewl looking 51 Chevy Mario. I like the night pics.

Yup, I like the old fat fender cars. Love those Big old meats on the back. Good looking 41 Chevy.

Welcome back to the hobby Rick. Kind of what I did when I retired in 2000.

Dave puts out some awesome rides. The only thing I have going that may resemble his is the wheels and tires and stance.

Great looking Pro Stock Maverick. I really like the Scale finishes Alcapulco blue. Coming together nicely.

Welcome to the forum Jimmy.

Welcome to the forum Bruce. Love building a Pro Street.

Welcome back to the hobby Francois.

Good looking Poncho. Nicely done.

Turned out pretty nice James. Your right, this is an old kit and the tools are worn out.

Thanks. Nice looking 55 Nomad John.

The body will be all one color.

I got the Tamiya TS-11 Maroon decanted this morning and all went well since it was my first time doing this. I have more than enough paint to shoot the 55 so I'm going to waiting for a more ideal day to paint.

That's a good looking 32 Ford drag car. Very clean looking build. I' really diggin this one for sure.

Thanks for all the info fellows.

Looks great. Any tri-5 Chevy looks good no matter what you do to it.

Very kewl looking 60 Chevy pickup. I love all the mods and especially the wood bed.