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That is nice!

I see you went with the RS grill. Always thought that grill made the Camaro look sleek and stealthy. But seeing a red Camaro ragtop, I had to do a double take: If you've seen Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, then you've seen this, er, *colorful* host's '67 SS convertible:

That movie takes me back! Remember how the car rocked back and forth? Maybe you could make the model's stance look like the suspension is shot.

That is one incredible Mach 1! Love the opening doors/deck and 'grabber' orange.

That point could have been a little more tactful in it's delivery, but it is a good point: post some pictures! Some of us are curious to see these builds happen!

Chicken-n-biscuits that's sweet! Nice looking shelf model indeed.

Man that is on mini Mini...

Looks like something a guy would see in the paddock. The diorama you've got going on there is pretty sweet too.

The way I'm to understand it, primer is a bit different in its make up. It basically sticks the paint to the plastic and prevents future problems when the paint completely dries. For example, if you paint your deck in the spring with paint only, without primer, by summer it is already peeling. If you use the primer, the paint job lasts much longer. Same thing goes for any surface be it wood, plastic or metal. Primer is also thicker/grittier, covers all the blotches and fine scuffs from body work and sands smooth so you can lay a nice, even, paint job with no blotches from your body work showing underneath. All in all, paint however you want. As long as it look the way you want it in the end, it doesn't matter how you did it.

Thanks for the kind words everybody! It's true, every car in that movie was bruised and battered beyond recognition! The City Chevy one was probably a heap of scrap parts by the time Paramount was done with it and the Superflo car is probably still scattered across several states. I think the Mello Yello car was left in the best condition out of all of 'em! You know, if you over look the ripped air dam, mangled quarter panels, tire scuffs, twisted bumper, busted tranny linkage, 'sticky' gas pedal, probably a burnt clutch and frosted in a 1/4" of dirt, oh and a *hot* engine if you know what I mean. "You're late!" "... We had car trouble. Ain't that right, Cole?"

They probably messed it up in editing because we all know they had to stop the cameras and remove the phone books Cruise was sitting on he could reach the pedals.

That is sharp looking! Did you use a black wash for some of the details?

From one of my favorite movies as a kid. Still like it to this day. Back in the day when Cruise wasn't that creepy midget that jumped on Oprah's couch and Nicole Kidman was at peak hotness. But more importantly, it was a movie that we could watch that didn't have Kevin Costner in it! I kind of rushed this build and it shows, but all in all it looks good on the shelf.

Sweet 'Stang with a great choice of color.

That... is... INCREDIBLE!

Oh baby, did somebody mention Kraft Dinner? Canada, she's a beauty, eh?

The Homer! Classic episode.

Warning: bad taste alert! Farrah Fawcett went to heaven and met God. God: "Loved your work on Charlie's Angels. I have pinup of you in that red bikini in my workshop. Tell you what, since I like you so much, I'll give you wish." So Farrah Fawcett thought about it. She liked the idea God was liking her so much, so she wanted to impress him further. Farrah: "I wish that every child on Earth was safe." There was a flash of lightening and Michael Jackson appeared beside her. *rimshot*

I like it

That's a good looking build!

Yikes! I made that mistake once, a lacquer based paint over top of enamel... mine ended up looking like a dried lake bed afterward. Rule of thumb says lacquer goes on the bottom, enamel can go on top of it. Next time decals give you trouble, here's a couple things I do: Microset: bush onto the application area, apply decal, lightly press out the liquid with paper towel as you normally would, and then brush some more on top of the decal and leave it. The decal will tighten over that surface. Might give you enough bonding, or at least stick it there until you clear coat. Would get rid of some of the silvering too I bet. Dave's suggestion of sealing it on with Tamiya acrylic clear. I've used it to seal edges of decals that did not bond to satisfactory results by dipping fine tipped detailing brush in some acrylic thinner, putting a little bit of the clear on the tip and just outlining the edge of the decal. Polishing the surface area as smooth as possible will give a better surface for greater stick 'em too. That also eliminates most of your silvering right there as the decals can sit on more even surface. I've used Tamiya "Fine" compound to smooth out slight pebbling in my paint before applying decals. The 3M polishing compound is popular, but I've never tried it. For glass like finishes, I use the Tamiya 3 step: Course, Fine, Finish compounds. I've made paint jobs that looked like golf balls to [near] glass like finishes. Hope some of that is helpful. I'm still learning these things through trial by fire!

Holy detail Batman! That interior is looking like you took an ACME shrink-ray to a 1:1

Less yakkin', more buildin'... I wanna see some progress pics!! Looking forward to the lambo and the highway patrol firebird!

"Hit the pace car!" "What for?" "Because you've hit every other !@%$%#@* thing out there!" My personal favorite: "We end up looking like a monkey &%^@$%* a football out there!" Chassis has more detail (suspension and exhaust dumps remain), Engine, rims. Left the plating on the rims, but sprayed them with a wet coat of TS Flat Clear. Got the effect I was looking for quite well. As for the engine, I wanted to experiment on the headers in anticipation for some future NASCAR builds. Layered some metallic brown, gun metal and "titanium" gold. Some dry-brushed metallic blue to simulate the weld joints. Looks good in my opinion, but not sure if it's accurate or not. *shrug*

Looks just like the Monte Carlos still being driven on the streets of my home town. Same condition!