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That's looking great, Phil. That assembled chassis shot is pretty sexy. Just found this thread, but I'm watching it now. Your attention to detail is paying off. My story exactly. Been wanting to do one of these for many years, but every time I look at those pinstripes...

Available as an AAR Cuda as well.

Wow, what a great build. Very fun and very creative. Lots of cool details. The more I look, the more I see.

Love the 40 Ford, Keith. Classic period build. Exceptionally cool, and well built. I love it!

Nice looking modified. Good, clean work.

Great looking build of my favourite F1 car. Nice detailing. The stripe and nose paint looks well done. I love it.

Nice work, Todd. The detailing looks very convincing and well sorted. Nice use of weathering/paint textures. Lovely build. Like the others, I would love to see pics with the body panels mounted.

Nice build. You nailed the period look. Well done.

Stellar build, beautiful Buick. The large wheels look better on the Boat Tail than on most other cars of the era.

I think you made the right decision regarding the deadline. I've rushed projects for a show deadline, only to regret the errors caused by rushing. Especially since I usually miss the deadline anyway, and have to rip the thing apart to do it right. The van is a cool concept, and coming along nicely.

Nicely done replica of Junior's Chevy. That wonderful era when stock cars were still (sort of) stock. Nice period detailing. Great looking model.

That's looking the part. Nice replica.

That's cool, and very creative. The big limo looks cool on big wheels. Nicely done.

Nice little Pinto. I really like the early, thin-bumper Pintos. Cool model.

I have had the same problem with Tamiya tape, once on Tamiya white lacquer and once on some vintage Color Match lacquer. Both times it left an alligator skin texture in the polished paint surface, and had to be colour sanded out. The tape had been on several days. I love Tamiya tape, but I also won’t leave it on a painted body long at all.

Good looking Mini, MIke. Classic.

Beautiful GT. The colour looks great, and the less-than-super shiny paint looks just right (I’m not a fan of over-shine). Nice work on the glass. Very tidy build. I like. Makes me want to break out my own GT and have at it.

That's a nice, clean looking print.

I haven't checked in on this build for a while. It's coming along very nicely, Dennis. Nice, well thought mods. It's going to be a mean Mustang.

Nice style. Nice lines. Lovely paint. Very cool!

Yummy! I'm watching this one.

Looking good, Mark. Nice mods so far. 66 is my favourite Comet.

The more I see what people are doing with these things, the more I think I need one. It's apparent flexibility in cutting lettering and masks is incredible. Judging by Jim's example above, the possibilities seem endless.

Thanks for the timeline, Helmut. I had often been curious about the origins of this kit. Cheers.

Cheers John, I appreciate the good words. I have considered doing the coloured piping as you suggest, and I think it could work well, especially on black seats. I haven't tried it yet, but I think it's worth a shot. I have also thought about painting the seats in the piping colour using one type of paint (say, acrylic), then painting the seat in another type of paint (perhaps enamel), then using a small, pointed swab dampened with thinner to remove just the paint from the piping, to expose the colour underneath. The trick is finding a thinner that will cleanly remove one type of paint without effecting the other. Some experimentation is in order.