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I took an extended break this summer, so it wasn’t the most prolific year, but I am enjoying the slower build pace quite a bit - 4 to 6 cars per year definitely scratches my model itch, while also allowing me to see some sunlight 😂 I nearly snuck in a fifth build, but still have a bit of work to do. Hope to have it done and photographed in the next couple of weeks. Happy 2024 everybody! On to the cars… Monogram Packard Boattail Speedster AMT ‘66 mustang Aoshima ‘68 MGB AMT ‘60 Starliner In the shop…Revell ‘62 Corvette

nice job! i need to find one of these kits asap

amazing as always. beautiful build!

amazing as always. beautiful build!

looking good! i'm building one of these now too. nice little kit! any issues dropping the ride height? that's up next on my to do list....

Beautiful job

yep - very similar. I bought it mainly for the curves and it works like a dream. give it a whirl!

beautiful job! not sure what you use for scribing panels, but i just got a great little tool from hasegawa that makes super shallow lines much easier to deepen. here's the link https://a.co/d/09yI7JG i do a few light passes with the hasegawa prior to breaking out the bigger tamiya panel scriber, and now i rarely slip out and scratch up the body. it also helps keep the lines nice and straight and bump free. probably the most useful tool i bought this year.

very very nice. great work

I just bought the blades and use the regular exacto holder. Didn’t even need to cut the ends off. Super cheap too. I got these… just be careful - I’ve definitely learned how sharp they are the hard way 🤦🏻‍♂️

Thanks! thanks - they were painted then finished with the scale motorsport interior pattern decals set. they needed tons of microsol and had to be finished with matte clear coat, but i really like how they came out.

Thanks! The outdoor pics are all taken with my iPhone. I bought a large cork bulletin board and painted it with matte black primer then weathered it up a bit to make it look like asphalt. For the photos, I just walk around nyc until I find a spot with a good back drop. Then I put the cork board on something high enough (It’s usually a garbage pail haha) that the items in the background start looking in scale . Other times I just hold it up in my free hand and take the photo with the other one. It’s so much fun to play around with perspective like that. Here’s a look… the white background shots were done with the same camera but I used a cheap light booth I bought on Amazon. It’s a collapsible 24”x24” box that comes with different background colors and led lights. So far I really like it. Here’s the starliner zoomed out

thanks duders!

thanks! Thanks! I just took a look at yours too! Great minds...! I think your emblems look just as good... And I actually prefer the way you did the seats - i painted mine similarly, and bought the seat decals thinking they were patterned over a clear backing so the color on the seats would come through. I didn't realize until i started applying them that they had a white background. then i had to pivot a bit. they looked pretty blah until i hit them with some matte clear, and now I'm pretty happy with them. as far as the wheels go, the ones that came in my kit were in rough shape (it was "used") and i didn't want to paint the white walls. Thieving from a kit I probably won't be building any time soon seemed like a much easier option haha. thanks! taking the cars down to the river for a photo shoot is literally my favorite part of the build, so i'm glad you like them!

beautiful build and i love that color! where did you get the carrera emblem from?

thanks! the gauge cover and glove box emblem are model car garage photo etch pieces. the rest is just bare metal foil and paint. thanks guys! appreciate it.

dang, dude - that is a thing of beauty. amazing work.

hahah thanks! thanks alot guys!!

Thanks guys!! I really had fun with this one. Taking the pictures at the end of a build has become the part i look forward to most!

Ok - so, I’ve had this one in the stash for awhile but was hesitant to tackle it because of the intense foiling session I knew it would require. Foiling was hands down my biggest weakness on so many builds and I didn’t want to ruin this beauty of a kit. Then, a few builds ago, I tried some new things with my foil application that has totally changed the game for me. First of all, the new bmf is much easier to use than the Covid-era product. This stuff sticks and burnishes down as it should. Next, I made the switch from using #11 exacto blades to #11 surgical scalpels. This was probably the biggest difference maker. The cut lines are 1000% smoother now, since it takes literally no pressure at all to cut through the foil. Additionally, any cuts you make once the foil is in place will be nearly invisible on the body because the blade is so thin. It also holds an edge phenomenally well - no more slipping or sliding and chipping the body. Also, I now try to cut the foil as close to shape as possible, prior to application. This reduces knife-on-body time and minimizes chances for an errant cut. You just line the foil up as straight as possible along the most visible edge of the part you’re foiling, and burnish it down as you move along. If you need to make additional cuts afterwards, you can just trim along the less visible edge until it looks right. This reduces adhesive residue on the body as well. I can’t tell you how much easier those little changes have made the job for me. I should also note that I used to avoid wet sanding the trim/edges because I didn’t want to burn through the paint…but recently I asked myself, why? If the edge is getting foiled anyway, who cares if it burns through a little bit? Now I just carefully sand them too, and it leaves me with a nice smooth surface that won’t show as much texture under the foil as it used to - sounds like common sense but it only just dawned on me 🤦🏻‍♂️ Anyway, if any of you are struggling with foil like I did, give those things a try…it just takes practice and patience Build notes: 1. Lowered the front end by 5-6 mm 2. I used the model car garage photo etch set for the emblems, grill, dash 3. Headlights were built with different sized aluminum tubing, styrene, and the kit lenses 4. Seats were done with scale productions fabric decals and tons of microsol 5. Carpet is adhesive suede 6. Antennae is aluminum tube and music wire. Exhaust pipes are also aluminum tube 7. Rv mirror is a bent tailor pin and some aluminum sheet with hasegawa mirror finish 8. Tires are from an AMT Impala kit (I think) 9. Engine bay had a bunch of stuff added but it honestly would have looked fine without it. Might be the nicest engine I’ve seen in a kit. 10. Ext. paint is Splash Paints evening orchid (body) and tamiya racing white (roof) under mr color clear 11. Int. Paint is a tamiya acrylic grey/red/blue/white mix on the seats, gray/blue/black mix and Alclad silver candy base on the door panels, and evening orchid on the dash and tops of the doors under semigloss clear The body did need quite a bit of sanding and putty but I really can’t complain. Beautiful kit. Here are a couple more pics 😉

Just wrapped up an AMT ‘60 Ford Starliner. This really was an awesome kit. Can’t wait to build another. Sorry if the pics are a little hazy - there have been some veeery strange skies in NYC lately… I’ll post some build details below 🤙🏽

wow that is awesome! looks like a real car in those pics. great job!

really nice job!!

thanks guys - i can't recommend this kit enough. i'm itching to build another one but i have a an xj-s and a few e-types i need to tackle first. good luck on yours!

100% i shot it over black on a 69 chevelle and it’s my favorite paint job to date 🤙🏽