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One of the nicest builds I've seen of this kit. Your colour mix looks nearly perfect, and is perhaps the most hansom colour for Mopars of this vintage. Very cool Challenger.

Agreed. That colour combo rocks.

Very Impressive, Francis!! I only view your thread when I have the time to properly absorb the details. Always a treat. Cheers.

Welcome to the forum, Adam.

Welcome to the forum, Don.

Welcome to the forum, Charlie.

That's a neat looking machine. How big (small?) is it?

Lovely little '32. The colour suits beautifully. Nice work.

Nice, tidy 40. Good looking street rod.

I appreciate the problem, here. It is my practice to eliminate all body detail features such as door handles, wipers, door locks, etc during body prep (scripts and detailed side trim excepted) to facilitate cut & polish of the paint, and re-create them later. There are a couple of options for replacement 'printed' rivets, both self-adhesive and printed on decal film. I would be tempted to (or at least, tempted to consider) remove the rivets and develop a solution to restore them onto finished paint. There is no doubt this would be a huge nuisance, and one would have to consider carefully how to proceed before beginning (such as experimenting with the various rivet sources available, mapping or photographing the existing rivets before removing them, develop a method of installing them accurately). In the end, that all seems a bit much. One might only do this on a high-end project, and is probably much more work than 99% of builders are willing to undergo.

A Torino with a Cobra Jet...Cool!!

Yes, as Joe says, the hoods don't open, no engine included. And chassis are one piece. Generally speaking, that goes for all promos.

Stellar! This is how one sweats the details. Excellent work here.

I always use white primer under red if I want the red to be bright. For more muted tones I use gray primer.

Welcome to the forum, Mark. Beautiful builds.

That is one tough looking Countach. The printed details really bring this model to life. The printed details are impressive, and nice work all around.

Nice old roadster. These old kits can be a lot of fun. I had no idea this kit had posable steering, which seems like significant feature from a Monogram kit of this era (or any era). The Indycal decals look to be quite well done, and really bring this old racer to life. Good work all around.

Welcome to the forum, Anthony.

Welcome to the forum, Mark.

Nice clean work. Good looking Lincoln.

Welcome to the forum, Steve, and welcome back to the hobby.

Nothing wrong with second guessing. Heck, I did it three times just this evening at the hobby store.

From your photo, it looks like your attempt to cut and polish has been successful. I don't see a problem with it. If it was mine, I would carry on.

If the model is assembled, you might be up a creek. If the windscreen has been heavily waxed, you might be able to scrape it of with a chisel shaped toothpick or similar, though in my experience CA adhesion is not affected by wax. The only real CA removal method I know of is to sand the glass until the glue is gone, then polish back to clear & shiny. Obviously, a clean job of it can't be done on a finished build.