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The HUGH ads are back again.

I'm another one that's not really into Mopar's but your build is looking pretty kewl.

Looking pretty clean on the undercarriage Mike.

David, I have been fighting this same issue since I got back into the hobby a few months ago. I have tried air brushing various brand craft paints and Tamiya arcylic paints, Rust-Oleum rattle cans, and finially Tamiya lacquer rattle cans. Around here the humidity is a little to high early in the morning so I wait until about 9-10 and on a sunny day the humidity is normall below 65%. If it is not a calm day I use my makeshift spray booth outside and for me it does help with the orange peel. I think on windy days I tend to spray it to heavy creating the orange peel. For me.....I have gotten the best results using Tamiya lacquer rattle cans and Tamiya TS-13 clear or Rust-Oleum 2X Gloss Clear. The results seem to be the same with both clears. With the lacquer paint I spray two light coats letting is flash 15-20 between coats. I spray a 3rd and maybe a 4th coat to make sure I have it all covered. Same with the clear, except the last coat I keep the model moving and spray until it gets a very wet look. Be careful as there is a fine line between wet and running. Depending on the outcome I usually just polish with Novus products and Meguiar's Mirror Glaze. If it does have a little orange peel I'll wet sand a little. I try not to wet sand if at all possible. That's just me. The 60 Chevy pickup I just painted and polished the other day. I'm sure others will have different takes on this but like I said, this is what I have found that works the best for me.

Thanks Carl.

That homemade wiring harness is looking top notch Steven. I'm burning that into my memory banks ☺

Yeah....I know what you mean James. I had to wait a whole week until the rain stopped before I could do any painting.

Thanks for the comments fellow.

Thanks Mike.

I got the Tamiya clear on the body this morning.

I got around to polishing the body this morning. I used Novus #2 & #3 then Meguiar's Mirror Glaze.

Panel lines look great James.

The bed looks nice James. How did you achieve that wood look?

Sweet looking little Willy's. Have anymore pic of this one?

Thanks Tom. I thought I would try something a little off the wall. I thinks once I get the bumpers, mirrors, etc. on it will look a little better.

I got a sunny morning with the humidity at 60% so I got the Impala body painted. Since I had to strip the body I decided to go with a different color. I still need to clear and polish it. Color is Tamiya TS-9 British Green lacquer.

Your inspireing me to get mine out and build it. I have the Revell Big John Mazmanian kit.

How's it coming on the 57 Mike?

Nice looking little grocery getter. Nice interior and bed. I have the 60 Chevy truck on the bench now.

NICE. All the detail work looks fantastic.

I'm not seeing the full page ads anymore. Small ads are still there but not the annoying BIG ones. Thanks Dave.

Weathering looks pretty darn good. Looks like something I would have driven back in the day.

Nice looking Model T. I like the Lokar style shifter and the color looks great.

Turned out pretty good. I like the color.