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Nicely done. Good work on the decals.

Sweet Impala. Love the look. Colour and wheel choice are perfect. Very cool.

Superb work. Looking great. Very impressed with the hood vent work.

Yes sir, I’d say you’re on to something. Nice work. This shows real promise. There’s a lot of possibilities with this stuff; door cards, convertible boots, tonneau covers, to name a few. I’m intrigued buy your method of soaking the leather in the glue solution. Did this have an effect on the final appearance of of the ‘pretty side’ when all was dry? How well did the leather pieces stay together when prying it away from the seat frame?

Looks good up on it’s wheels.

Looks good. It’s coming along nicely. I enjoyed the video, and appreciate that it must be difficult to build the model in such a way that you can record it. Nice work.

Cool! Never knew this existed. I’d like to see a reissue of that as well. Is the chain part of the kit?

Very nice custom work. Cool style, and a perfect name.

The Revell ‘53 & ‘54 Chevys have a tool set with a decent set of vise grips.

Nice paint. Wheel choice looks good.

BMF would be your best bet. I never tried painting over Molotow. Not sure how stable the surface is, but I would give it lots of time to cure (a few days), then try a clear red or clear orange over it without working it too much. Definitely try it on scrap parts first.

Very nicely built. You did a great job on this. One of the nicest looking Turbine builds I've seen. Yes, I believe this to be JoHan's finest offering, though a bit finicky. In 1978 I was 12 years old, and just got my hands on my first Auto World catalogue. This was the first time I had heard of JoHan kits. In this far flung part of the world I live in, no one carried JoHan models. I was curious about them and their 'off the beaten path' subjects. The Chrysler Turbine seemed a cool car, so I ordered the kit. When it arrived I immediately declared JoHan kits to be the most awesomely detailed and intricate kits available (haha, clearly I needed more data points). I was very impressed, though I didn't really do the kit justice, and eventually cut the top off and made it a convertible (ahh, the innocence of youth). In later years, after owning more JoHan kits and re-evaluating them in terms of outright detail, I remained curious about why this kit in particular was engineered so much differently than their typical kits. Presumably Chrysler had a lot of input in the designing of this kit, and likely funded it for promotional purposes as well, though I don't know any of this for certain. I've been looking to get my hands on another one and perhaps do it proper justice next time around.

Cool rod. Digging the Fronty.

Fantastic Caddy. Perfect colour. Well done.

Stellar! Nice looking paint. All round great build, and a very nice replica of the 1:1. Well done.

Wow. Some pretty impressive stuff going on here.

Nice weathering. Thanks for showing the process. How is the salt originally applied? Is it just stuck to wet paint?

Absolutely gorgeous. Lovely car, and a very well executed build. Love it!

Ah, right. Honda Odyssey. I was thinking conventional ATV, which is a very different machine.

Very innovative. Nice combination of design elements. Well done.

Looking good. Those wheels are impressive. Interesting construction methods around the door hinges, presumably faithful to the 1:1. I don't envy anything involving correcting the shape of the resin body parts.

Excellent projects, both the 1:1 and the 1/8. I am seriously impressed with that brass body work. That's a skill I envy.

Interesting. Never heard of this stuff. I've been skiving thick leather to very thin dimensions for belts. This stuff could make life a little easier. How flexible or pliable is it? I'm wondering if it is too soft and stretchy for belts and straps, though I would think these are exactly the qualities you want when doing upholstery. Edit: just did a quick google search. There is a whole world of materials and techniques out there. When I have a little more time, I'll have to do a little reading. Many different types of leathers, parchments, and papers.

I wonder if it would have mixed the metallic flakes with a couple BBs tossed into the bottle.

The 4 wheeler didn't exist until 1982 when Suzuki released the first one, and would be extremely uncommon until later in the decade. In the early 80s, the 3 wheeler was still king.