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I love this car. the paint is excellent. and that is a great looking engine.I also checked out your gallery pics and I like your style. if you have more I would love to see them . keep up the great work!

I am extemely impressed . I have seen TKM bodies before and what you have done is incredible . My hat's off to you. I like the buick .

Ken is one of my all time favorite builders . thanks for the history lesson I eagerly await more.

I believe they came from the boat amt released back in the 90's via the ssp program .

love it so far

I always loved that one.

I wouldn't kick it out of my garage .I also think the front could use some decluttering.If I saw one on the street I would probably think it is the cooloest thing in the neighborhood,but looking at it on the computer it is really easy to be nit picky.

I wish your wife a speedy recovery.

I got mine too .It makes funny noises when I use my dremel on it ,it cracks me up, bonus!

I'm too excited to sleep.

If you are able to remove the clear parts you can polish them back to clear using a polishing kit or you can try a finger nail polishing block it has like six different colors each a different grit .you start with the coarsest grit and work your way through to the finest grit you can follow it up with some model car wax or novus plastic polish. also the parts you describe are relatively flat parts that could be duplicated by tracing them onto a piece of cardstock then using that as a template using just about any clear plastic (packaging,waterbottle,plastic sheet from local hobby store.)an additional pointer use white glue for your clear parts . hope this helps

Thank you. What are cloth clips? Im going to a scissors, clamp seller that I see at the flea market this saturday. Then its on to the Hobby and craft stores in the area to look for a cordless dremel tool. Thanks again! Drew from S.C.

Thank you .It is more helpful than you know.

Nicely done sir.

I love it .I would love to learn how to do a flame job like that!

re printed without permission Ok cool. Do you have an airbrush? It is seriously hard to accomplish this without one. Cans put out way too much paint in my opinion but it can be done. First I think it's better to go from light colors to the darker. Specifically after masking paint the whole flame area white. Then fog on the yellow, orange and finally the red at the tips. Forget the individual flames themselves when fogging the color on. Paint the yellow as if the mask didn't exist, then the orange then the red, sort of like bands of color across the pattern. That will give an even fade to the colors from flame to flame after removing the masking. Old skool flames were usually pinstriped in blue. This was done to hide any masking/spraying errors. A few other tips too. Flat paints will go on thinner. A good gloss coat over the whole body will tie it all together and help hide any booboo's such as paint build up on the edge of the masking. That's it in a nutshell. G

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Thanks Agent G. Thank you Mike. Steve I was hoping that this would become a Flames tutorial .

welcome! some good advice above ,I would just add that your tools are just as important as the models so try to plan on picking up tools as you need them . I had thirty kits before I figured out I needed more than an x acto knife and toothpicks.

If you are looking to paint model cars, spray cans are the way to go for starters. I would recommend testors lacquers or tamiya spray paint hobbytown should have those .as far as primers go ,duplicolor or plasticote are good ones.another place to find a good selection of spray paint would be auto parts stores .your post mentions a huey which I would imagine you would want to paint in flat olive drab or something similar which you could use enamel paints .perhaps a sporting goods store with a hunting section may have those colors. yes michaels does sell model cars and you can sign up online to get coupons for upto 40% off which is a good way to stock up .as far as glue I would recommend liquid cement from ambroid,tamiya or plastruct,applied sparingly with a brush. I have seen a few customized hot wheels cars around here but mostly 1/25th scale cars and trucks .good luck have fun and welcome aboard.

here is what I have come up with as far as lay out of the flames . when starting, start from the back and work forward. the mantra being skinny "s" little "c" if you are drawing it,the tips should be red then orange then yellow then white for that traditional look. for areas like the hood a template should be made placed on your masking medium and folded in half so you can duplicate both sides .that is about all I have for now like I said I am getting ready to start the experimentation but this is where I am starting.

Hi Steve ,Zed showed how he did his panel paint job on the second page of the mild 58 custom .I found it very helpful just to see how he approached that style of custom paint as that is the style I am looking to attempt . the flames however have not been covered in a manner that is as easy to digest .

I have the basics down but could use some pointers or advice to minimize rookie mistakes .I finally figured out how to draw flames and am ready to attempt on some practice bodies .I am aware of Zed's tutorial and learned a lot from it but I know there is more than one way to skin a cat and would like to hear more suggestions.

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