Shark
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I wish when AMT got in the nascar business, they would have went with 1/24 scale. I liked the look of their Gran Prix better than Monogram, and the more accurate Olds.
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I'd say it's more satin than flat. When I use it for tires, I'll spray a little dullcote on them.
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Who's car are you building? I am finishing up a Labonte Skoal Olds now without modifying the body, but have another kit that I would like to try that on. Thanks for sharing this.
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I'm impressed with what you did with the windshield. The whole thing really, but what you did with that is something else
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Early C3 Corvettes. They had a very distinctive body that you wouldn't confuse with anything else. Engine wise, you didn't have to go to a high dollar specialized mechanic for any repairs and performance add ons were abundant.
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The twisted forged axle looks like it could still be used, although the track width would be narrowed.
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Don't look bad standing still and concentrating on it. Always heard this was a finicky kit to build
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I vaguely remember the Cheesecast trans kit, it preceded the Accurate Miniatures kit, so that's why the scale difference. They used what was available at that time, being the AMT kit.
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Liking what I see so far. Where did the tires come from?
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He could use your 1/43 sheet for reference, but I doubt the quality would be good doubling the size.
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Excellent job, as always. Lots of folks bash the Polar Lights kits, but I happen to like them, you can use them on so many different cars.
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Look at Drag cars WIP section of this forum, High Anxiety, go to page two, second entry shows several STS made decals.
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STS Scale Model Decals. He's working on some for me now, a repeat customer.
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" this is the AMT "Old pro" nova kit.being a rather poor kit with many known issues"
I don't know, I kinda like this kit. Like the AMT 40 Ford, everyone has built at least one, sort of a right of passage to becoming a car modeler.
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I keep mine in the house where it is not subjected to temperature changes . But it does have a shelf life like previously mentioned and 2-3 years is a long time for hardener to remain usable.
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I never had much luck tinting windows.
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I know the guy who made those masters. Next time I see him I'll ask what he did to create them in case you want to go that route.
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Model Car World made the regular wheel base, altered wheel base and a long nose altered wheel base. Don't know if he still shows them on his website, but he still has the masters.
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The ones I have seen are more "street" versions, the picture you show is more of a drag configuration. This might be blasphemy to you Mopar guys, but that looks a lot like the GM intakes on earlier Monogram Nascars. Jayes Model Garage 3D prints the GM Nascar manifold that is open under the runners.
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Like Steve mentioned, automotive lacquer is my go to on any paint job requiring more than one color. Did a nascar body with 5 colors one time. As soon as I cleaned my air brush, re taped and on to the next color. Done before lunch.
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Maybe if you did a ton of body work that might ghost thru when using a hotter paint. I tend not to use a sealer. A lacquer silver acts as a sealer for plastic color bleed thru.
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Certainly an unusual engine choice, I like it.
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I usually will wet sand with automotive 3M papers, for something like that 800-1000 grit, lightly with a couple drops of Dawn regular dish liquid in the water.
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Look at the paint window for recoating. Some products like Krylon say something like you can add a coat up to so many hours in between coats or else you need to wait a day or two for additional coats. I would wait a couple days, lightly scuff it up and put a couple more coats on it. The previous coats will act almost like a barrier since Krylon paints can be a little hot.
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Good product in my opinion. Sam does some different and welcomed stuff. The decal film is a little thinner, which is what I like, but they do have a tendency to bond a little quicker. Some sheets you have to layer some different colors like the old Fred Cady style decals. You can use setting solutions with no ill effect.