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Lovely Camaro, Roman. Very clean build, and classic colour combination. The engine weathering looks right on. This may be the nicest stock build I've seen of this kit. Well done!

Cool to see this kit built as a regular road car. I like the colour choice. Nicely done.

Nice Porsche. A brutal road beast. Looks good in matte finish. Well done.

Cool barn find, and no one has pinched the blower yet. Lucky, that. Cool build and nice weathering.

Nice looking Deuce, despite the troubles. A classic, modern, full-fendered rod. A perfectly fine shelf model. It is builds like this that make us better builders. cheers.

Beautiful Torino. Nice clean build, and love the colour. It's cool to see these old, classic kits built. Very nicely done.

Oh yeah, that's really looking the part. Looks good up on its wheels. Nice tire/wheel set. You may be right, though I did build a 1/20 scale Winnebago kit when I was a kid. Not near as nice as this scratchbuild, of course.

Welcome to the forum, Pascal.

Welcome to the forum, Kelly.

Welcome to the forum. I appreciate the problem of too many hobbies. It can be hard to find time.

I'm glad to see this project back on the bench. Nice work so far.

It doesn’t leave any mark on the chrome, but sometimes it sticks pretty good and can take a little picking to get an edge lifted to peel it off. I paint it thickly around the back side of the piece so I can pick at it without marring the pretty side. The stuff really thins out as it dries. I goop on two or three coats. The thicker the dried coating, the easier to handle and peel off in one piece when removing it. Though I haven’t tried it, I have thought about sticking a small tab of paper, or maybe a thread, into it when applying the stuff, to serve as a tab to pull off the dried coating.

Metallic black, like all metallic paints, has some degree of translucence to it. I’ve never painted metallic black, but if I did I would shoot it over black primer to ensure good ‘blackness’. It may be that the paint covers any colour very well, but that’s how I’d play it.

The Mach 1 turned out nice. Love the grabber green.

I use Tamiya wax for cleaning finger prints etc from chrome when building. If I have a chrome part that will be handled a lot, such as a grill or bumper that is being modified or detailed, I will give the part a coat of liquid mask to protect it. I use Microscale brand, don’t know how well other brands work with chrome.

Cool project. That Duster looks mean already. Are you going to keep the black steelies on it?

Lovely stuff, Francis. These beautifully detailed components are even more impressive as the assembly comes together. I’m enjoying the ride.

The IMC/Lindberg Little Red Wagon has something similar.

Somehow I’ve missed this one. Beautiful work on this old kit. Nice clean work. That grill looks fantastic.

Oh yeah, that's looking good! I love everything about it. It's got all the right bits, and man, it looks oh so right. Nice work getting the boot lid shut-line in the roundel. Very cool model. Where did you source the tires?

Man, that's a ton of work. It's looking fantastic.

Good looking Chevelle. Nice clean work, and the colour is brilliant. Nice work.

Good looking mock-up. I can't tell from the pic, are those wide steelies on the back? If so, that's wicked cool!

Looking good, Gareth. You've got a good handle on what this kit needs. Curiously, despite its problems, it is one of my favourites, too. Though I haven't built one in many years now, I have built more MPC Chargers than any other kit. Of course, many of them were in my youth, before we realised how bad these kits were. Back then, they were just models.

Cheers, Erik. That makes perfect sense. I think all these 'chrome' products will have their place. Some will work where others don't do so well. As you mentioned, the Hasegawa stuff looks great for mirrors, which is good as my stock of mirror material is dwindling, and I've been looking for a suitable replacement. Thanks again for the effort to compare these products.