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One of my favorite kits, Revell's 67 Chevelle. Paint is Testors Bug Yellow (no longer available) decanted from the spray can, and airbrushed, then 3 coats of airbrushed Testors Boyd's clear enamel, and polished out. I lowered the suspension and used the wheels and tires from another Revell kit, but I can't remember which one. The first two backgrounds are from an old calendar.

Mark, I was at the Hobby Stop maybe 3 months ago. I got one kit and a couple cans of Tamiya TS-13 clear. The cans had a nice layer of dust on them, so I know they'd been there a while. All the kits had been there since the last time I went there (6 months), except for the Revell 69 Camaro snap kit which I bought. They have only one small section for plastic model cars now, BMF is old stuff, and I saw no aftermarket parts anywhere. When I asked about decals and aftermarket stuff, they looked at me as though I had 2 heads on my shoulders. Maybe ownership changed hands. It's basically all R/C now. Someone else mentioned John's Toy & Hobby, but I don't get to Gastonia often. It's easier just to mail order instead of driving all over. I appreciate the heads up about John's though.

Incredible work, gorgeous paint, let me add my wow to this one.

Really nice, I like the color and vinyl roof, well done.

Actually Mark, my wife and I moved up here from Florida 3 years ago, so this kit came with us from S.Fl. About the only thing I can get at the Hobby Stop is a few cans of Tamiya Lacquer, and once in a great while a kit. They don't stock a whole lot for us model car guys, it's mostly R/C, and usually they get the latest kits 6 months or more after they are released. I mostly have to mail order kits and supplies these days, since there's no decent hobby shop close by us. I was aware this kit was a sort of hybrid, but I call the finished model a 68.

Harry, it's not necessarily a problem at the user's end, as most people assume. Many web sites, especially message boards can be extremely slow, no matter how new or fast one's computer may be. I've noticed another message board I belong to that uses I.P. Board software is also extremely slow, yet, other message boards that don't use I.P. Board software zip right along.

Bob, I have an Intel 2.2 Ghz processor, 2 gigs of RAM, WinXP SP3, and I update regularly. Of course, I can't Log In without activating cookies, so I have cookies activated. I'm very computer savvy and clean up my disk and cache regularly also. Thanks for your response.

I'm not sure this is the correct forum to ask, but why is this message board so slow? I'm using a fiber optic connection with 12mps download and 6mps upload, yet it can take a full minute or longer to open one post for viewing. I'm not complaining, just wondering why the board takes so long to open a post for viewing. I was excited when I first joined the board as a welcome relief from the other model car message boards that seem to be populated by immature people, but I don't post nearly as much as I had hoped to because it seems to take so long to accomplish anything. I've checked all my settings, and can find no issues on my end, not to mention this seems to be the only website where this slow response/performance occurs. Maybe someone can enlighten me as to how to speed things up.

Very cool stuff, love those paint jobs.

Scott, I've had the same problem with those decals. All of the issues you've described, I experienced also. In all cases, the decals I tried to use were brand new in the local hobby shop. I've tried Micro Set along with Micro Sol, Future, Micro Scale decal film, everything I can think of and I've never been able to successfully get them to work. I like the appearance of carbon fiber, but I just don't bother any longer.

Very well done, one of my favorite racing Corvettes.

Looks good to me. This is a great idea.

I seem to have misplaced this one Revell's 80's Caddy in Plasti Kote Kustom Effex Kameleon Kolor; Copper to Green Revell's 66 GTO An old Ron Cash chopped Mercury

Man, I love lead sleds. Beautiful.

I'd heard they were working to resolve the problems. One has to wonder why these problems cropped up to begin with, nevertheless, it's good to know these issues have been resolved. I certainly had my share of half useless sheets over the last couple of years. This shows they actually care and listen to the folks using their product. Thanks for the heads up.

Awesome. That is really well done, very nice. Gotta love a late 50's two tone.

I think it's excellent, certainly out of the ordinary, very cool.

Wow, you can tell a lot of work went into this one. The color is perfect, really well done styling cues.

Nice clean build. I really like this color.

Man, I love a nice lead sled. Great color, great stance, well done.

Amazing. Simply amazing. I love this build.

Thanks again everyone for the kind words. George53, yes, I got the idea for the paint scheme from seeing photos of the Mercury S-55.

This has always been one of my all time favorite kits. Wish I would have had the good sense to buy a couple when I was a kid. Can't wait to see this one finished.

This is the old AMT kit, airbrushed with House of Kolor Red Pearl and Black Pearl, along with lowered suspension (easy to do with a metal axle kit), and Pegasus wheels and tires. Thanks for looking.