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Wow! Very nice body work.

Very cool.

She's a beauty!

John, I already commented on this build. Today I looked at it again and it just amazes me. You didn't just sloppily put a lot a detail into. You painstakingly detailed it to a level that looks absolutely real. I couldn't resist a second compliment. You deserve it.

Another great build Geezerman!

Very well done. The detail and paint look great.

Torinobradley Have you purchased anything from this site. I started to purchase the tweezers, but at checkout the only option was "bill to phone." I prefer other means of payment and it raised a little red flag. I'm curious about whether you or anyone else has had good experiences with the merchant. Rick

Very cool build. I can smell the diesel fumes coming from my laptop. Also, congratulations on the trophy.

That's pretty funny to me too. I didn't think it would function. I thought you were adding the shape of a bulb. But, I took a look at some xenon replacement kits like http://hidugg.en.made-in-china.com/product/VosnOqkPLihH/China-Ugg-Hc-Xenon-Headlight-Bulbs.html Now I better understand the look that you were after. You already accomplished the impression that the bulb is already in there. Keep it up Bro.

That's one nice work area. I'm a novice airbrush user, but I've experimented with 3 different airbrushes. The first was a plastic Aztec, which broke after using it only a few times... I think it was about 5 times. Aztec was very good about repairing it for free. But, I only got two painting sessions out of it before I had to send it back. A lot of people swear by Aztec, but I won't use one again. My second airbrush was an Iwata Elclipse, which DamnCranky and other have praised. I love the Iwata, which is a double action airbrush. It has a gravity feed with a relatively small paint cup. The Iwata atomizes paint better than any of my other airbrushes. It's perfect for painting details and the gravity feed allows you avoid wasting paint that suction type airbrushes waste. But, I found that for spraying large areas, like car bodies the spray pattern was not wide enough for me to get the coverage that I wanted. Also, I had to stop and refill the cup in the middle of painting session due to the cup size while using the Iwata. Please be advised that my issues with the Iwata were operator error. Others have used it to paint bodies with spectacular results. But, I thought that you might like to hear the perspective of an airbrush newbie. I bought a third airbrush with a %40 or %50 off coupon from Hobby Lobby... the single action Badger 350. The Badger is a suction type airbrush, which allows you to used varying sizes of paint bottles. I used the medium and large heads, which give me the wide spray pattern that I sought for spraying bodies. I also find that the wide spray pattern of the Badger makes it easier for me to avoid tiger stripes when spraying metallic paints. I find the precision of the Iwata and the wide spray pattern of the Badger indispensable. If I had to pick one as my first airbrush, I would probably pick the single action Badger. Also, remember that the tool is only as good as the talent of the operator. In other words, whatever you decide to buy... practice, practice, practice. I hope this helps.

I use Duplicolor Paint Shop Primer BSP100 Gray, which comes in quart sized cans and is available at many auto parts stores. You can find it online here www.jcwhitney.com/paint-shop-primer/p2020561.jcwx?TID=100DF&redir=k232270 for $21.00. The quart cans are more economical than the spray cans in my opinion. But, you will need airbrush to spray it.

Keep up the great work Bro. I'm very curious to see how you make the bulbs. You have over 20,000 views on this thread. I wonder if that is some sort of record? Does anyone know?

Absolutely stunning! Looking at your photos, I would swear that it was real. Well done.

Brilliant!!!

Thanks Zoom Zoom.

Very twisted and very cool.

The engine detail looks fantastic!

Did you find it at the Hobbytown on Barrett Parkway or some other location?

I generally don't thin it if I decant it. However, if it requires thinning I use lacquer thinner. As for the ratio, thin it until it has the consistency of 2% milk. Good luck.

Thanks for posting this Harry. I didn't know the effects of temperature or solvent absorption on orange peel.

Nice!

It's hard to say anything about this build that was not already said. No I'll just say beautiful work Bro. You flocked the floor without the rollbar. How do you bond the roll bar to the floor after the floor has been flocked.

Nice work so far. The stripe looks pretty clean for hand painting.

The paint and the wood grain look great.

Great fix on the wheels.