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I've used those touch up bottles from dealers for a couple Subaru's. a VW and a couple of my Porsche's. It takes about a 1:1 mix with lacquer thinned to prepare for the air brush. They all worked well.

That IS a smoothly done chop!

Welcome to the forum .. that spill sure sounds nasty.

I haven't used AutomotiveTouchUp before but probably because they don't seem to have the paint colors I want. I do mostly cars I've owned and get TouchUp paint from Paintscratch.com. I've has good success with their paint and use cheap lacquer thinner to make airbrush ready. I've recently been buying their aerosol paint which has gone on well.

Welcome to the forum, Howard. Your '29 pickup is beautiful and something you should do in model form. I believe most is available and would give you areas to learn from.

My friends N-scale railroad has been calling and I'm doing another 1/160 vehicle ... my first car, a '51 Plymouth. I'm in the middle of doing a 1/20 version that can be seen here. This is a Classic Model Works 1950 Plymouth. I'm going to round out the nose and hood to represent the '51 but the trunk was switchable between them so everything else stays as is. Hopefully I won't go blind doing these micro models! I got everything apart and the body is sitting in 91% isopropyl alcohol.

Welcome and you're starting just as we all did, so keep going.

I have a lot of fine wire and should have something that would work, but I DO appreciate the offer .. and suggestion. I'm going to let it sit a bit as lost parts seem to have a way of "materializing" after a time. The missing headlights would give me the most heartache as they are distinctive and very small for these old fingers to fabricate.

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Pretty much done with the stripping. The Iso got most everything but I had to chip away at the last thick spots. You can still see dome orange in the photo .. the camera is the best inspection tool on my bench! Bad news: I lost the grill/headlight piece. Its smaller than a 1/25 coil. Hope is shrinking after two sweeps of the area.

I really like the stance and look in the last photo. Will be tuning in to watch ..

interesting build ..

That is a World Series save!

I just spilled my whole bowl of hot popcorn .... !

Been keeping an eye on this .. looking good!

You probably did! Too bad they don't sell online but a railroad model shop not too far away is listed as a dealer. Will have to see if they can get one. Did you see they even have PE mirrors! The HO scale trucks look really good ... probably worth a try.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't like using epoxies for body work. Most are a tougher consistency than plastic and it makes blending tougher. Bodywork is my favorite part of model building and I HAVE made some epoxy parts. I use auto putty as my go-to body filler but have used many other things .. like plastic wood in the late 50's ehehhe I'm going to just putty and blend the grill in. It's nice that it's painted red like the truck.

That's interesting, they look very similar to Classic Metal Works truck but I do see some differences. They do claim to make all their own masters and have been in business for 25 years. Cool that there's another N scale company doing such nice work. Their trailer at that link is exactly what I need for this. Thanks for the link!

I'm not sure what to do to the trailer. It's a bit contoured around the top ... seems a bit flamboyant for a trailer. The one being modeled is very simple.

I've considered this at one time and it may be the time to try. The windows are tiny and it should be perfect for it. The windows are recessed quite a bit due to the plastic thickness so doing it from the outside will help hide that. Thanks for mentioning this.

The pieces spent a day in the purple pond with not a speck of paint loosening. So it went in a 91% Isopropyl alcohol bath for a day and the paint slid off in large sheets on the trailer. I was surprised to find another paint scheme underneath. This brushed off pretty well. The cab and fenders needed hard brushing and all went back into the tub for another day. The wheels still won't pull off the axles easily. There may be a boss on the outside. I'm a bit nervous to pull on the tires too hard.

That masking job is the best! Not an easy one to do and looks great on the truck.

This is the Testors 944Skit. It had the correct front for the '87 I had. Only the engine block and valve cover is left from the turbo after conversion to normally aspirated. This link is to my Under Glass post for it The Hasegawa is the best 944 for sure.

Wonderful engine bay!

DITTO! The whole truck fits in a flat plastic container ... about 3 x 2 x .75" eheh Parts have already visited the carpet before the box.