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Rudy, Welcome to the airbrushing club! Once you paint a car body in an actual car color with the airbrush, you'll wonder how you ever painted without it. Plastic-models.com has an amazing selection of airbrush supplies, and some ready to spray paints. The 1/2 pint Testors enamel Airbrush Thinner is a pretty good deal. Use that thinner with the square bottles of paint and they'll spray pretty good. Paint should be thinned to approximately the consistency of 2% milk for airbrushing. Practice mixing and spraying paints is really the way to learn airbrushing. There is allot of science to it, but mostly it's an art. The moisture trap is a must, and so is lacquer thinner for cleanup. (The cheap Wal mart/Home Depot stuff.) I hope this helps. Jameston

I like it. The red frame will set that cab off nicely. Jameston

Fresh from the paint shop!

If I can explain this without too much confusion, I think I can help. Disclaimer: I have not tried this. This is from my memory of a magazine article. 1. Get a Tupperware container. Fill it with enough water to dunk the entire car body in. I doubt you will be able to reuse the container. 2. spray or pour the oil based paint colors you want to use on the water. Oil based paints will float on top of the water. Testors enamels will work for this. 3. GENTLY stir the paint on top of the water until you have the design you are looking for. 4. dip the body, and you will see the paint adhere to it. The oil based paints will not react to the water. slowly pull the body out of the water, and Presto Change-o you have a "Tye dyed" car. I Hope I remembered this right, it seemed easy enough when I read it. Hope this helps. Jameston

Tamiya? That is hilarious LOL! I found it online. It's Scalefinishes.com Ford Sapphire Blue Metallic.

Ron, Welcome to the board. Can't wait to see some of your builds, and good luck. Jameston

Thanks for all the positive response. Chris, I used the cheap Walmart red primer for the chassis. Dave, thanks I always thought it was... Unique that Ford wouldn't dip the entire control arm. The engine bay will be painted black, and the Gold Hertz decals go on today. Here's another pic. Thanks Jameston

The chassis is complete. After I get the body mounted I'll get the front tires on. I will paint the body colored over spray when I paint the body. The final details will be taken care of after the body is mounted. This car will be Sapphire blue with the gold stripes.

Try sourkrauts for the roof lights http://sourkrautsmodeltrucks.com/?page_id=...p;page_number=7 A 45 degree angle cut on stacks are easily accomplished with a small miter box. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/disp...temnumber=37022 Hope this helps. Jameston

Okay, I'm finally building a Ford. So far I have all the body work done, and the chassis started. For those of you that are familiar with my work, this is going to be OOB and NOT painted black/gold. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Jameston

John, I use a 10/0 fine paintbrush to paint tire details with Americana acrylic paints. Americana paints are sold at Michaels, and are on sale frequently. The color selection can't be beat. I hope this helps Jameston

I love the research. Finding out as much I can about the model I'm building, then using all that knowledge to build something a little more authentic. I'm that way about everything, not just models. Jameston

Same here, But I use Methyl Ethyl Ketone. (MEK) Jameston

El Camino, I almost have the bed floor made. I'm waiting for a 62 Chevy model before I build the sides. As soon as I get the interior done I'll post more pics. Jameston

WOW, that is stunning. Wonderful workmanship. I love the color. LOL. Jameston

Or maybe an El Camino bed? Hosted on Fotki This body was really nice and needed a very small amount of cleanup. Jameston

Buba, All those pulling trucks look like they're simple, short wheelbase 10 wheelers with daycabs, and a weight box over the drive axles. The placement of things like stacks, rear fenders, and what motor/turbo combo seems to be up to the owners. I say tear into a kit, build it how you like, and have fun with it. Those guys are. Jameston

BBC reported this morning that Fuji Heavy Industries is pulling Subaru from WRC competition. What will WRC be without Subaru? Jameston

I cannot find an exact name for the blue the #24 uses, but it will be a DuPont hothues color. If you are looking for 100% accuracy, any good paint shop should have a selection of hothues paint chips to choose from. Tamiya has some dark metallic blue paints that should be close. Good luck. Jameston

These are so cool, I just ordered one. As for the he back. It looks fine to me, but It would be easy enough to rescribe a trunk. Robert, how about building the 789? I would definitely buy one of those also. http://www.n2amotors.com/index.html I can't wait to build the Bellagio. Jameston

Nate, I can get that color for you and will be ALLOT cheaper then paintscratch. Scalefinishes.com Jameston

If Revell is no longer making nascar, then WHERE'S MY ZR1? Everyone here has seen the posts about what we want the model companies to make. Hopefully this is the first step in making some of those kits a reality. Who cares about NASCAR anyway? A V8 carberated, RWD Camry, Okay. IMHO. Jameston

Standard US plates are 12" X 6" making them 1/2" X 1/4" for 1/24th. Jameston

I use the plate maker from http://www.licenseplates.tv/ then just print them to size, cut them out, and glue them on. Mostly older plates, but a great selection of European plates. Jameston

Count me in. I'm a sponsor for OOB automotive! Jameston