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I appreciate the offer but I think I'll buy another kit since Hobby Lobby now has 40% off.

Nice. What color paint did you use on the dash?

I'm curious as well about the Foose chassis matting up to the 50 body as I'm going to have to buy another 56 kit due to the windshield being scatched on my current kit. Love the 50 Fords so looks like a great choice. Which Revell kit is the one you used the body?

Thanks for the advise. I guess I'll wait intil Hobby Lobby has their 40% off again and pick one up.

I had a bottle of the Dawn power dissolver setting in my cabinet in the garage for a few years so I'll give it a go and see what happens. Thanks.

Well...everything seem to be going fine until I decided to see how the windshield fits. I cut the bag and slide the plastic out and started cutting the parts off the tree. That's when I saw it. I do not remember doing this but I have to assume I did. Now I have a problem.

Good point.

Thanks for all the info fellows. Since I'm just painting it looks like I won't need to remove the chrome.

Bainford, Thanks for the info. Yup....I just wanted to prime and paint. Wasn't sure if the paint would stick to the chrome.

I have some Dawn Power Dissolver on hand. Anyone ever use this? I don't want to take the chance of screwing my parts up?

Got a little touch up painting in this morning. I saw someone online had drilled out the ends of the exhaust pipes so I thought I would do the same. I painted the inside semi gloss back. I'm cheap so I have my poor mans magnifying glass for the small detail work.

I've started on my second kit and I choose the Foose Ford FD-100 pickup. This is my second built in 50+ years and the first kit (amt 1950 Chevy 3100 Pickup) went ok but I have leaned from my mistakes and hopefully can do better on this one. This time around instead of using rattle cans which the paint comes out way to thick I bought a Paasche H airbrush. I've practiced a little with it but need more time with it. I have the engine put together to the point were I'm waiting on my pre-wired distributor from Model Roundup to come in.

Well Dave....I'm not trying to pick hard colors believe me ☺ The second pic was really for the truck as it just looks pretty kewl. I think I'm going to stick with the midnight blue and a little black when it comes time to paint. I bought some Tamiya X-22 clear gloss I'm going to shoot over it. This will be my first time spraying a body with my new Paasche H airbrush. Kinda got me a little nerves.

Thanks for the info. I put a BB in my 50 and built the 216 and just sat it in the bed.

Just to clarify fellows. I am not really wanting Midnight Blue, It's just what I picked up at Hobby Lobby since they didn't really have the color I wanted. Just thought I would mix the black with the Midnight Blue to see how it turned out. I'm just playing around with some colors and my new airbrush. If anyone knows what craft paint would be closer to what I'm looking for please give me your thoughts. On a side note....while looking for colors I came across this pic. Nice looking color and REALLY nice looking truck. Still not really sure if this is a model or full size???

Thanks for the heads up. This pic shows the color I was really wanting. Very good looking color.

Thanks for the tip Dave.

Well....I didn't have any windshield washer fluid so I tried Windex to thin the Ceramcoat. Seem to spray just like the Lacquer thinner did. I mixed a little black with the midnight blue hoping to darken it up a little. I sprayed this on wood so I know it's going to be different on the plastic body. It did come out a little darker but just not sure if this is what I want for my Foose 56 Ford. Still playing around with my new Paasche H. Not really planning on spraying the body any time soon. I'm going to stick with this thread since it's the one I started.

Yeah....it may not. I know that the lacquer thinner works well but I want to try the windshield washer fluid. It's raining today so I'll try tomorrow.

Haven't heard anything. Just got back from Hobby Lobby. Their Ceramcoat was on sale 40% off. I bought some greens, blue, and black. I'm going to mix a little black with the blue and greens to see if I can come up with a color for my Foose pickup.

Gotya. I'm cleaning my Paasche H with Lacquar thinner. I did buy some little Proxa Brushes that slip down the little hole pretty good.

Thanks. Does that have to be thinned to airbrush?

Charlie, Is that the Revell Aqua craft paint your referring to?

I'm in the same boat as far as getting away from rattle cans. I'm going to spray my next build with some Ceramcoat Acrylic paint which drys flat so I'll need to clear coat it and I want to use my new Paasche H airbrush that I just purchased. I'll be watching this thread.