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For years I had a '91 F-150 regular cab/short box with custom trim (which means rubber floor mat, bench seat, and roll-your-own windows). It was 4x4 with manual locking hubs and 5.0 v-8 with 5 speed manual. EFI, but otherwise quite basic. But the best feature was it still had the dimmer switch on the floor, the last year for it. In '92 it moved to the steering column stalk. I always joked (well, half joked) that my '91 was the last proper Ford pickup made because it was the last with the dimmer on the floor.

Nice work. A good solid start there. Keep it up.

For decades it was Testors and Humbrol, and later Model Master when it came around, because like you, that's what was available. I still like to spray them, though I thin them with lacquer thinner now. Over the past dozen years or so I've been playing with mostly lacquer for car bodies. I am growing quite fond of the Tamiya LP lacquers in the jars. A couple years ago I started thinning them with Mr Color Levelling Thinner 400, which is good stuff. They spray very smooth and lay down nicely. Compared to enamels, they flash off quickly allowing to recoat in a few minutes without the danger of sags, and they 'tighten up' nicely as they dry, preventing loss of engraved detail. I also get far less incidents of orange peel with lacquer, though a lot of that may be due to improved technique and the purchase of a new airbrush. I do wish the Tamiya colour range was more broad. They are nice paints, and readily available, but colours are limited. I have yet to try the boutique brands like MCW, Scale Finishes, Splash, Gravity, etc, but I will eventually. A fantastic range of colours is available when all these are considered, including very many specific colours for race cars and factory stock builds.

These are the '57 Chev wheels.

Very clever build, Greg.

Good looking old workhorse, Mario. Top notch weathering. P.S. Did you paint your camera?

That's a good looking Funny. Nice and clean.

Nice work, Kevin. That is one super tough Nova. Good clean work. Nicely done.

Very sorry to hear of your paint/body woes. That paint was looking great, but I agree, too dark. The new paint looks great, too. Glad to see you recover from the drop. It can be tough sometimes, but I'm glad you stuck with it. This is going to be a fantastic old racer.

Looking very nice, Bruce. I'll be watching this one come together.

Great project, and nice attention to the bespoke details. Very interesting. I've been a GT-40 fan my entire life, and I never knew this.

Very nice! That's good foil application there.

Beautiful Ferrari, John. Very clean work, and well-done on all of that masking, glass & trim. I really dig the colour, too. It looks surprisingly good on a Ferrari. The first 550 Maranello I saw was painted this colour, and I was stunned at how good it looked.

It's coming along nicely, David. It looks like a very nice kit. Nice work on the tool tray, and I'm digging the tool kit of the 1:1. Is that spare valve springs in there?

Looking good, Tim. It's good to get some of those lingering projects taken care of. It helps to quiet the little voices in the head. The ones that needle you every time you walk past that cabinet of uncompleted projects. A little housekeeping of the soul by way of the model bench. Niiice Sounds like you have a lot of interesting old stuff in that cabinet. Looking forward to see some more of them.

Wow! very impressive. They look great. That just may be the thing that justifies me getting a 3D printer. Decent tires can be the toughest parts to find for a build project.

Nice tip Greg. I use similar brushes, and for far more than airbrush cleaning. I keep one chucked in a small cheap pinvise that lives permanently on the beach. It is immensely useful when scratch building small stuff or fettling small assemblies to clear away dust and debris, especially clearing swarf from small drilled holes or from inside small tubing. I am constantly reaching for it. I buy them without handles, and have found them in a couple different sizes. These ones are GUM brand.

It's a matter of personal preference really, and how easy or difficult the skirts are to install without messing up the paint work. I prefer to paint them separately when possible, to give them the distinction of being separate parts. However, in many cases the skirts may need some finessing during install, so installing them before paint is the best advice.

I love everything about this build. A wicked period street prowler, and the shiny black paint makes it look all the more mean. Nice detailing, too. Very cool!

Yes, I hope the aftermarket kicks in. I'd love to build a '57, and I'd love to build a panel.

You could fill the hole with something superficial, pull a mold from it, and make a new one from fibre glass without the hole.

Cool dragster!

Nice build. I really like the greens you used. Nice colours and they work very well together.

Great Daytona. You nailed the look. Nice work.

Simpler times. Everything seems so conspicuously analog. Also, the modern eye almost cringes at the numerous safety violations. Just business as usual back in the day.