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Thanks for the info Lee.

peteski, it's mine. I just got into modeling about 3 months ago so didn't even think about it. What is a good putty to use to fill cracks, dents, etc.?

Hey Mike.....how you doing on that double nickel?

I like it. Black turned out fine. Love the ole Flatheads.

Nice. I use the Rust-Oleum 2X primer. This is the magnifying glass I use.

K. I just airbrushed some of the Tamiya acrylic for the first time and bought a can of the TS-13 to try. Care to share how you sprayed the TS-13? How long of a flash time between coats etc.

That looks pretty shape dude. Great build.

Really nice looking. Great job. Love the engine detail.

Love the old school look. Nice.

Love those Gasser's. Great job. Did you spray TS-13 over that Tamiya light pearl blue Paint?

I'll be watching this as I have not tried BMF yet. I'll be giving it a go when I get to my 41 Willy's.

Haha....you've seen my paint jobs right ☺

I hear ya Mike. My problem was a lot of times I'd have it 180 degrees out.

Along with all the paint issues I did manage to get most of the parts murdered out. I also tried my hand a plumbing the master cylinder. Turned out ok.

Thanks Trevor, I primed the body with Rust-Oleum 2X Gray and then airbrushed it with Ceramcoat acrylic Bridgeport Grey. I shot Rust-Oleum 2X Gloss over that. Yep.....lots of goodies in the clearcoat due to airbrushing outside. I plan on wet sanding it tomorrow to see if I can improve the look. Just don't know at this point.

Yeah buddy. It went down a lot better than the craft paint. This is the first time using Tamiya acrylic paint so this was a test.

Just thought I would post a couple pics of my High end Quality controlled spray area. My spray area is what I like to call "Sun-Ray Max lighting" with a REAM GRAPHIC PAPER Spray Booth along with a variable wind-speed environment. Price to fit all.

Thanks John, I guess everybody has gone through this but man I just don't have the patients to stick it out. Came back from the local Hobby Shop earlier and bought some of the Tamiya acrylic gloss and flat along with the TS-13 Gloss. Just got the 65 Impala test body airbrushed with the Tamiya X-7 Red Gloss paint as the body was already primed with Rust-Oleum gray primer. I thinned it with Lacquer thinner 50/50 and this paint seem to flow out of the airbrush a lot better than the craft paint and it turned out pretty good. I'll let it set overnight and shoot it with the TS-13 gloss hoping for better results.

I saw a guy on YouTube explaining how to do it this way. I like it, it's quick and looks good.

This is a pic after the top coat and gloss.

Thanks for the comments fellows but looking through my eyes I don't like what I'm seeing.

Well fellows.....after airbrushing the topcoat on yesterday morning I sprayed the 3 coats of gloss on yesterday afternoon and this morning when I pulled the plastic tub off I was surprised at what I saw. I'm going to give it a full 48 hrs to cure but I just don't like what I see. Once I try and wet sand some of the BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH out and polish it I'm going to take a step back and figure out what I want to do. I have done a lot of testing and I have tried different acrylic paints, rattle can & airbrush, and 3 different gloss finishes and I can't seem to get anything to look good at all. One thing is for sure.....I'm giving up on the craft paints. Not sure what to try next if any at all. At this point I'm just frustrated. I think I'm doing ok on the detailing and have learned a lot from a lot of fellows on this site but it's the body painting that has always been my downfall.

Like Mike said.....looks like an acrylic paint that all spray out flat. Hit it with some clear/gloss of your choice and see how it looks.

As far as your plug wires and distributor, I started out buying the pre-wired distributors but from the advise from the good ole fellows on this forum I'm now making my own with the distributor that comes with each kit. Sand the top of the distributor flat, dirll a small hole, twist 9 wires together at the end (30 gauge) and super glue wires into the hole. Takes me about 5 min to make one up.

I knew better.....just wasn't thinking. Thanks man.