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Thanks guys, I've busy lately. Great links. Luckily I saved a lot of my aftermarket detailing supplies. The prices have soared. However I'm getting geared up to building something..soon?...

I checked out the link to your build. It's beautiful. Great job!!

I prefer to apply BMF after clearcoating my paint job. I don't use Future, as I prefer to apply several light clearcoats and wet sand between each. I polish the last coat and apply BMF right before installing the glass. I don't like the look of a clear coat over BMF whether it's Future or paint. It seems to join the paint and trim in an unnatural way. I like the trim and paint to have different textures. BUT, that's just my opinion. Do whatever YOU think looks best.

I have them tucked away somewhere. I'll try to find them and send you a few scans.

Thanks. As far as a "how to". What part of the detailing would you be interested in.

C'mon, c'mon..peel that tape off..let's see. The hardest part is waiting for things to dry to find out how they turned out. Looking good so far.

Does anyone know what happened to S&S Specialties? They used to make great photoetched parts. And where are you buying model kits. All we have here is Hobby Town, with not much of a selection.

Brings back old memories. I had 600 kits and kept them on 3 out of the 4 walls in the room i used to build in. But, when I had all those kits, I found it hard to decide what to build. Too many choices. On the other hand, you pretty much had any part you needed. I hated it when they had to go.

Yup, Very clean build. And I consider a CLEAN BUILD the ultimate compliment.

Nice clean build. Looks great.

Thanks guys!! When building the car I tried to make sure everything was detailed properly and "looked right". I had the car almost finished-engine in and plumbed, wheels and tires on, brake lines on, when I realized I had the front directional wheels on the wrong side What's worse is that I used epoxy to set them in place. I had to literally tear them off and rebuild part of the front end to fix it. Not a good day.

Some of the AN fittings were aftermarket (the ones that look good ) and some were scratchbuilt. I decided that this was the kit I was really going to let loose on. If Charles Carpenter wasn't the man he is, I would never been able to do what I did. 8 months of I can't wait till I see this finished. On a tip from Kenny-http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9834.I built a light box to take the pics in this post. I had a box and tissue paper, spent $1.06 for a sheet of white posterboard. Worked like a charm. I did a lot of searching on different groups/forums, and this is the place to be. Some classy stuff here.

Thanks! This was a "passion project" for me. When Charles told me the kit was coming out I couldn't wait to get started. I used pics taken in his shop to get the wiring and plumbing right. I even mixed custom Metalizer colors to match the engine colors. I would walk in the front door and ask Charles if I could take a few pics and he would remove body parts from the car to let me get pics for detailing the model. Truly one of the nicest, genuine persons I ever met. This model is my favorite, and, the last kit I built.....scratch..scratch..got the itch again.

It's amazing that when you're hooked on building models, everyday objects are seen as what they would represent in different scales. I looked forever and tried almost everything I could imagine to find a material that matched a parachute tether cover for my Pro-street project. I went into the closet in the house we we're living in at the time that had a pull string for the light. BINGO!! That was it! It was immediately replaced with a newer and better pullstring. Oh yeah, the tarp idea is EXCELLENT. Good Eyes.

This is my favorite build. I knew Charles and built this kit back in the late 80's. I had access to his shop basically anytime I wanted, and took 100's of pictures to use while building. This is the most detailed model I have ever built. Took 8 months from start to finish. The scratchbuilding was challenging to say the least, but the most fun I've had in building a model car. A few pics......and thanks for looking.

Nice clean build. Good job.

A NASCAR kit I put together years ago. Not a big NASCAR fan, but I liked the look of the car.

Patience, Bare Metal Foil, and a bunch of sharp #11's. Exceptional!

Nice job! Very clean! Excellent scratchbuilding.

Thanks Gregg, I've got a few more finished models I'll post after I take pics. Right now I've got nothing started as I have no bench When I did my building years ago I had a 400 sq ft. room filled with nothing but models and equipment. Since then we've had a child, moved to a new home and traded model building for 3D computer graphics. I don't have a kit picked out yet, but I'm thinking about it. Thanks for all the positive comments guys!

EXCELLENT! Nice paint work and a clean build.

I believe it is too. I edited the title and the message. Thanks

Hi, new member here. I have not done any model building in the last 15 years. When cleaning out a closet I came across the last bit of model kits I decided to keep when I downsized my collection. I kept around 30 out of 600. I'm thinking about building another, and decided to check this forum to get a pulse of the industry. It looks alive and well! These are a few pics of my '67 Chevelle Pro-street.