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Thanks, looks really good. You might say it's a perfect match for your '48

That does look good- what paint/color did you use?

Beautiful- nice job.

Not necessarily- some enamels intended for 1:1 automotive use could still contain thinners hotter than a hobby lacquer can withstand. Does Scale Finishes recommend a specific primer for use with their paints? Failing direction from the paint supplier, a good automotive lacquer-based primer (Duplicolor, Plastikote) would likely hold up well. Spray some test panels on a junk body with mist coats and a wet coat to see if that sorts things out.

Lacquer paints work in a specific way- they mechanically bond to the previous coat (be it the primer, or another color coat) by melting the previous coat. It looks like your wet coat was a little too hot, and that melted the primer and the plastic underneath as you waited for the solvent to gas off, allowing the grain of the bare plastic as-molded to show through into your colour coat. You could strip it and start from scratch, you could sand it and re-apply primer, or you could sand the color coat and mist on a few more light coats on top and let them cure, and then hit it with a few more mist coats plus a wet coat that hopefully won't bit into the previous coats and bring the grain of the plastic through to the surface again. Was your primer compatible with the top coat you used?

Thanks for that- will look for one to add to the modelling toolbox

What kind of pen is it? :interested:

Also by phone. Great products.

The natural look of your finished "A V-8" belies all the work it took to get it that way- great job!

I've wanted one of those forever- was looking at one on modelroundup.com (Hendrix Manufacturing IIRC) but something looked a little "off", including the price tag . Checked Morgan Automotive Detail's site and didn't see it listed.

If you want the first ones in styrene, they were included in the "Hot Rod" boxed version of the Revell Model A pickup- minus the spinners. http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/k1IAAOSw241YUt-u/s-l300.jpg That was a dark time for Revell- quality of parts and chrome was pretty bad, but with some clean up might serve as a "roll your own" resin master.

Beautiful paint. Nicely done- a "how-to" would be interesting.

That looks reaaaaaaally gooooooood

That looks really nice- great job

A truly evil looking pair of Deuces- great job on both

That is a very good-looking 3 window. http://s286.photobucket.com/user/basicxj/media/Little ones/323window.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1 I was going for a similar era with one of my stalled projects using the same rear tire combo, and you are nailing this so far.

Thanks- if you are talking Testor's lacquer, I have a can of that kicking around that I haven't tried to spray yet.

You picked a beautiful colour- nice, small metallic particles in that one and you got it to lay down smooth. What does Duplicolor call that shade?

I don't believe there is.

I agree with the kudos- nice job. Good looking long roof. ^^ this photo illustrates what CometMan was getting at should you want to change anything

Modified re-issue suggestions based on Revell's existing tooling I would love to see: '29 bodied Ford Model A roadster/5 window Stock height '30 Ford Model A 5 window '40 Ford Tudor Sedan '48 Ford Tudor sedan '57 Ford Ranchero any later-model variants of the Dodge Dart/Plymouth Valiant '87 Olds Cutlass RWD '90 (or other model year variants) of the Fox platform Mustang with corrected roof height Station wagon versions of almost any recent tool Modified re-issue suggestions based on AMT/ERTL/Round 2's existing tooling: '41-48 panel truck based on '41 Ford woody tooling '55-57 (or even '58-'59 variant) Chevrolet or GMC panel truck or Suburban Tahoe or Yukon 2dr based on their late 80's and 90's truck platform Stock or drag (flip front) version of '75-'76 Datsun pickup :no monster truck: * more parts pack issues (new tools), especially an all-new Ford flathead with vintage speed parts cheater slicks hot rod big & littles with vintage mags, pie crust slicks

Can't speak for Moebius specifically, but if the sprues and bodies are packaged too quickly without having enough time to cool out of the mold, warpage becomes an issue.

I didn't mind the way Revell used to do things not too long ago- a stock release of a certain kit, followed by a custom release, with re-issues sometimes being a "2 in 1" combining both stock and custom parts in one box. I used to buy what came available if it piqued my interests, and if something really pressed all the right buttons, I'd buy a few more when later versions got released. With some pending new releases (the 48 Ford stock-height coupe for example), with some kit bashing from various versions you could probably do stock and custom or rodded versions of the convertible, woody and the coupe. If that is a profitable formula for the manufacturer to keep releasing new kits + modified versions of older releases, count me in for many more purchases.

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Well done! Beautiful weathering job- can't wait to see more.