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It did Ray. Thanks.

Yup. I don't want to go through that again for a while. I think the next one I do will be my 66 pickup that I have in my stash.

Thanks James. I thought it came out pretty good. I be likin it ☺

Haha....that's a good looking little grocery getter James. I knew you would get it done and it looks great. I wish i would have added the wheelie bars to my 56. Great job man.

Ok fella's. It's 37­­­° outside with 27% humidity. I have the temp in the garage at 62°. Both the body and the lacquer have been in the house (68°) since last night. I took the can of Rust-Oleum lacquer out to the garage and sat it in a container of warm water for about 5 min. Once the can was warm I brought the body out to the garage and stepped outside the back door of the garage and shot a light mist coat on the body. I took it back into the garage and put a cover over it to keep dirt off the lacquer. I waited 20 min and repeated the process. That's all I'm going to do. One this cures for 3 days I'll polish it with Novus 2. If I was going to wet sand it I would have sprayed a couple wet coats. It actually looks better than when I spray the lacquer in the summer time. It turned out great so I'm a Happy Camper. I was so worried that the cold weather was

Man that sure looks sharp. Gotta be proud of that one. Nice job.

Thanks Cliff. I appreciate it.

Not sure if the floor polish would have done that. It was probably the glue. I use Mod Podge ever since I had that happen on one of my builds.

Looking good John. You could add some black plug wires and run them over the valve covers. That would add a little contrast and go along with all the other black on the engine.

Thank's Dave. Going over what paints I have on hand for the interior colors. I have some white and mint green that might work.

Thanks for the tip Mark.

I'm going to start 2022 with my AMT 1953 Ford Victoria which I'm currently working on. The others will follow in no particular order. Still haven't decided what else I may build during 2022.

That is looking super sharp. I just love the two tone paint.

I brought the 53 body inside for the night to let it acclimate to the temperature in the house. I have my physical early in the morning but as soon as I get back I'll be hitting that flat white top with some clear lacquer.

Haha....yes in deed.

Haha....we are all just boys playing with our toys ?

Yup...that's why I don't remember it. I was only 9 in 1963.

Thanks for your I put Jim. I've decided to leave them as is for now. Dave I appreciate your input as well. If it can be done with a steady hand it would not be my hands as coffee gives me the shakes to much. I don't remember anyone in my neck of the woods coloring the letters on tires back in the day but sounds like it was a mess

That might work but I just got through looking at 53's online. I didn't see a one that had the letters in any other color but white. So, with that being said since this is a stock build I'm going to leave them as is but I do appreciate all the input.

I hear ya on the black Buddy. Just not sure yet. If the area was down in the plastic it would work fine but the letters are raised. I'm thinking the wash would just slide off the letters and make a mess.

I'm getting ready to put the decals on the hub caps. I noticed it says Firestone on the whitewalls. Anybody every try to highlight the letters? How would one go about that???

Could be to thin I guess. I thin mine 50/50. I always have a paper towel that I test spray before I start shooting a body. On my Paasche that's about half way open with my 3.0mm tip.

Nice looking drag car. Decals look great. Nice job.

Looking pretty nice there Riley. The ole Flatty is looking nice.

Great looking models. That 29 surf truck looks nice.