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OH, now the pressure's on Shane! LOL, I gotta say, this one is testing me a bit. The line I have IS too small. So I have to rethink the injection for the moment. It just looked wrong. Good eyes PRG. Up on 4 wheels at any rate. Bob

Slixx makes sets for that car Dave. I'll update soon. Bob

It's actually 32 gauge craft wire Roger. It does look like solder though, but it's a bit brighter. Thanks. Bob

A WIP by the big Kahuna eh? I'll be watching this one fer sher. Signed The Central Scutinizer.

If it's not spot on in size it's darn close. I've used this line before for hardline injection and was complimented about the scale of it. It works for me. Bob

Sorry to hear about the "pink" nose there John. I laid down some trial masking a while ago and it looks good. I used Testors classic white laquer so it's nice n bright. I'll mask again for the red. I thought doing it that way would be interesting and it looks like it'll be a snap. Got the rest of the fuel block lines in and am about to bend em up. Just gotta check the hat clearance first. Bob

Decided to get cracking on this kit. I bought this for 10.00 at a Flea Market close to my house. It was opened but the bag was sealed and the decals were perfect. As typical of Monogram kits of this era, the windows were a bit scratched. I got em polished up god and am ready to take on the rest of the kit. I'm doing a full detail on this so that means full fuel and electrical, or as close to it as I get. Here we see I've already gt the chassis painted Metalizer Titanium. I REALLY need chassis shots of this car and cannot find any ANYWHERE. I have plenty of outside photos and frankly didn't need any. But the motor and chassis is something I really need bad. I've done about 4 hours of careful searching and begging on the NHRA boards but nothing yet. This car won the 1985 Championship so it's not like some also ran car and driver here. It's frikkin Kenny Bernstein!!! I'm doing hardline for the hat and port injection. It seems to me they sometimes used hose up top and hard line on the port but I like the look of the hardline going under the hat so that's what I'm doing on this. I fairly certain he only ran one Mag on this car but I cannot be sure. These were the days when chrome was realized for what it was in NHRA racing. Useless bling, so I dechromed the appropriate pieces. Got my first fuel block 1/2 done and made a quick reference point on my paper to make the bends so they all come out even. The port will get the same with much longer lines and angles going into the manifold. This is a superb vintage kit and Monogram did em great back then. The body is in primer and awaiting the white for the graphic portion of the decals, then it's bright red. This is fun. Bob

I don't think he uses the solution Charlie, just the jar and basket. Bob

I honestly think Amonnia is better at stripping chrome guys. I suggest you try it. Bob

That red paint is burning my eyes it's sooo bright. Very nice build. Bob

I have done a very thorough internet search and cannot find any descent motor and chasis shots. Wasn't this car in Hot Rod or C Craft? Bernstein did win the 85 Championship with the car so it's significant. Any help is appreciated. I have TONS of exterior shots at this point. Bob

Looking real good Len. I didn't realize that model has what looks like an accurate Don Hardy chassis in it. I'm going to buy a couple just for it alone. That's going to come out schweet. Cannot wait to see it finished. Bob

What can I say Mike? They dry in my hand in these temps bro. At this rate Ill complete 5 cars a month! LOL It has been dry here so humidity has NOT been a problem. I spray Duplicolor from cans [No airbrush] and they are VERY particular to temp and humidity. As for the rest..... It's been a lifelong dream to get these done and OUTTA the way to focus on other builds. Next up? Kenny Bernsteins Tempo Funny Car! Full Detail.......... That, and to finish my Reher Morrison Build. One kit at a time eh? Bob

Submitted for your approval...... Snake N Mongoose. Natural enemies in the wild, and on the track....... Bob

Beautiful finish Marcos. MAMA strikes again! Bob

This was a 3 day "It's too hot out there!" build. I started with the AMT/Model King reissue kit. Sean S made some killer decals for this issue and I put them to work. To bad I sprayed on Metalizer instead of clearcoat to my first decal scheme. I stipped the decals sanded the body a bit and re-sprayed it. Good tip. Always look at the can you are about to spray with. Since I had 2 decal sheets left over from my Mongoose and Snake AA/FD builds and they had these cool flame decals in the set, so I used one for the hood and cut the other in half for the sides. Made it up like a local guy trying to run with the big boys and this is what you get. It was so hot when I sprayed the enamel clear coat that the next day it was polished and BMF'd by the afternoon. Other than the decals it is OOB. Bob

I took some pix to show the technique Im talking about in detail. This particular application will need another coat but that's the beauty of this, it can handle multiple handlings and coats. Ultimately you want the panel line to be smooth and blemish free with no odd or angular edges Here's all you need: Tamiya [or any acrylic based paint] in the color you want. A model in neeed of panel line definition. A #11 blade [i like using old ones with broken tips for some reason]. Some ammonia based glass cleaner [it's diluted so it's not as strong as straight ammonia]. A little piece of old T-shirt. The finer the material, the better your result. I'm just making an example so I used what was handy. I scribe the panel a little to get rid of any foreign materials and give the paint something to bite into. A light touch is all you need Paint the panel line. Neatness does count a wee bit here since you don't want to clean up a mess. But, no need to be picky either. Take your cloth that you cut out at about 3" x 3" and fold it till it's tightly packed. Spray window cleaner onto the cloth till it's relatively moist and rub the panel line at and angle to the panel line and not parallel to it. The result should at least look like this if not better. This panel needs another go but it's already shaping up. The beauty is neither the acrylic paint nor the glass cleaner will mess with your finish and you can do this as much as you like. Dont like it? Spray on the glass cleaner, wait a minute and run under water. The panel will clean up and you can try again till it's to your liking. Hope this helps. Bob

For panel lines like that I use Tamiya semi gloss black or a color alomost the same but darkened, but always Tamiya. I try to be careful but I also make sure the panel lines are full. Then, I go back over the car with a cloth with Windex soaked on it and carefully wipe the panels down. Comes out POYFECT every time. BTW, nice car. Bob

Just beautiful......... I was not a big fan of this body style before today. You changed my way of thinking. Bob

Stunning paint! You are skilled indeed. Bob

I remember a post I wrote quite some time ago complaining of mold and parting lines on completed model so I won't dish on that again. However, I always take the part off the sprue and clean it up. How can you test fit parts without taking them off in the first place? Sanding parting lines is a simple but effective way of turning mediocre OOB models into show stopping little treasures. Use the painting tips most have outlined here [i use many of them] and you are good to go. The idea here is to recreate a 1:1 item and those things don't have the lines the kit has due to the molding process. There are exceptions of course like transmissions and the odd intake manifold. As always, you the builder must decide how much effort you wish to put into a project to see the end result you seek. Bob

Reissue or re=make conversions for both Grumpy Jenkins cars. Bob

Very striking color combo. Very nice indeed sir. Bob

As nice a short tracker as I've ever seen. Nice detailing as well. Bob

STUNNING Black Beauty.... If I said I watched this when it first came out on TV, would that show my age???? Gorgeous model with fine details. I can see Bruce Lee behind the wheel of this one. Bob