Bainford

It’s a matter of personal preference, it can go on either way. I find it looks better when applied after clear coat. Good luck. I hope it goes well. It can be frustrating until you get the hang of it. Some guys really dislike foiling, but it’s one of my favourite parts of the build. The model comes to life once the foil is on.

My first thought, also. The texture seems a bit coarse for general painting/weathering, but might just be the cat's meow for a vinyl top.

Looks great. Those decals must have kept you busy for a while.

Cool project. This will be interesting to watch.

The lady seems impressed. I must agree with her. Nice looking Pontiac. Green save.

Right you are, Mark. I forgot about the Moroso valve covers. And yes, it made for a funny looking SBC. I ended up shaving the letters off mine and using them to make a Moroso air cleaner lid... or at least, tried to.

The Jaw Breaker dragster and John Milner’s dragster used the same chrome tree.

It’s coming along nicely. Interesting subject. You are certainly sweating the details.

That’s exactly what I do when I need a small circle of BMF. I keep a selection of small brass tube punches for that purpose, and others. Some are sharpened on the OD and some on the ID to get a larger variety of sizes. They are handy for punching.005” or .010” sheet plastic, circles of masking tape, punching a circle from a decal, etc etc

I'm not sure I can subscribe to the wisdom of a paint booth design that pulls all of the air born dust in the room past the model while painting it. It may be effective for fume control, but would seem to exacerbate dust issues. The model is on the wrong side of the filter. The logic is flawed. Has anyone experienced this problem?

About 10 years ago or so I found I wasn't making enough time for modelling. There always seemed to be some pressing chore that needed doing, which made it hard to justify bench time. So, I designated Wednesday night as model night. My job on Wednesdays is to build. Took away the guilt of building instead of chores. I try to take off from work an hour early that day, grab something quick to eat on the way home, and at the other end, push bedtime back an hour so to enjoy maximum bench time every week. During the colder months, I also spend a Saturday or at least a Saturday evening at the bench as well. Some years I find myself with an extra week of vacation time, and I'll spend the entire week at the bench from after breakfast right through to bedtime. I love those weeks. There was a time a few years ago when the company was working on a large project on which I was working a ton overtime, and unable to take much vacation, for a couple years. I took most of my overtime pay as vacation time as well. The following year I took 4 separate weeks of vacation just to spend at the bench, and the next year I took five separate weeks of bench time. I had a big project going on. Loved it.

I like it! Nicely done. The build has a great old school type look to it. This kit often gets slagged in the forums, and I can see why, but it has been one of my favourites since I was a kid. I built two back in the day, both the Macho Mustang release, and they were two of the coolest looking models on my shelf.

Cool build. Very nicely done. I love these pulling machines, and really should do a build sometime. I have a set of those same Hot Wheels monster truck wheels that I kept for this same purpose. I see they really look the part.

That's coming along nicely. Nice attention to detail. I wasn't aware of the extra row of head bolts. Very interesting.

Nice work on this classic, old kit. Looks cool.

Nice looking GT-40.

Nice work. Cool subject.

Very nice! The paint looks great. Such a lovely design, and your build captures it all nicely. Well done.

Classic. Nicely done.

Nice work. Looks good in silver with red guts. I can understand why you left the bottom open. It's a shame to hide the accurately rendered chassis behind the belly pan (which, though molded in clear, presumably so you can see the chassis, has been given a frosted appearance, preventing you from seeing the chassis). It seems like a great kit, and I can wait to get started on mine.

Looking good. The gunmetal looks right on the transaxel case.

I got away from this build, but just spent some time catching on the last few pages. Very impressive work Daniel, especially the heavy weathering. This was an enjoyable project to watch. Very well done.

Yes, that's correct. This kit was first released sometime in the 60s, and has been reissued many times since. The tooling is worn so a fair amount of clean-up of parts is needed, and some parts are poorly depicted. As mentioned the engine is very weak (it's a throw-away). However, the Henry J kit provides the basis for a very cool gasser type build, as do the other Revell kits in this series. It's a good kit to populate with parts from the parts boxes, or kitbash with a better gasser kit, such as the newer Revell Willys, which could provide the engine, suspension, interior parts, etc.

Looks good. I like it.

Very nice! I like the colour. I picked up one of these myself. Nice kit, looking forward to seeing this one come together.