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Tonio, those K&S cutters have varying quality. I have one from 20+ years ago that I continue to use to this day. Its worked perfectly the entire time. Well I went ahead and bought a spare about a year or so ago just to have on hand and let me tell you the new one is a piece of junk. It just sits on my modeling desk collecting dust. I also have a very small one from the hardware store as Dave mentions which works very well. Perhaps yours is a "good" one ... lol, no telling until you try it.

try 90% rubbing alcohol. Either the purple stuff or 90% alcohol will pretty much take off anything.

Agreed with above. Just use a circle template, cut out the circle using scissors, then carefully sand the edge to your trace line. OR you can buy a hole punch set, however larger diameter punch sets can get costly.

Steve, you really did an impressive job on this one. The details are outstanding. Probably my favorite Challenger I've seen built so far. I keep looking but cant find anything I do not like about it. Very kool build and cant wait to see what you come up with next. Thanks for sharing.

Now that is a work of art! Super job Michael.

Marc, looking good. Glad to see you back at the bench. Mustang is coming along great.

I'm going. Great show.

Billy Joe, where is the store moving? I stop in there from time to time.

Maybe he'll put an ABC Stores sticker on it? Nice so far Gregg!

This will be finished Friday then? Kidding....good luck with the new project!

Hi Chris, awesome build you have going on here. Keep up the great work. I'll be tuning in for more progress.

Davin, nice job on those valve covers.

Bill thanks for posting this. And great job by the way.

Cesar your doing great as always. Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Super job!

I avoid polishing kits. You can get the same finish w/out the risk of seeing sanding marks on your model by using a mild rubbing compound and scratch X (plus its easier and much quicker). Heck I've posted before about using ONLY scratch X to polish. About 4 "rubbings" of scratch X and your finish will be glass smooth. Lets remember here that your paint and gloss coat need to be really smooth in order to do this though. This is not for that paint job that your trying to save by polishing the bejeeezus out of.

Thats really awesome. I missed the build up thread but glad I found the finished build. Very nice!

Charlie, any chance of these being offered on the rubber backed material (unfretted)?

Awesome stuff in here. Very nice!

Thats pretty tasty. I particularly like the switches on the console and dash. Nicely done!

Mike that looks really great. Any issues sanding the micro balloons / 2 part epoxy mix?

Mike, I have his price and shipping info. I was asking for a recommendation on the decal film overcoat being used. Dave Z. thanks for your reply I'm going to order some up and play around with them.

At 15 most kids are building out of the box? An outstanding contest in the middle of nowhere (Montgomery, IL) back in the day had a couple hundred KIT BASHED builds in the novice class. At 15 I was at the Hot Rod Model car Nationals at the Hoosier Dome. Out of the 22 or so kits you could build from the unlimited category allowed kit bashing. Any builder could do LOTS with all of the kits on the list.

Simply amazing!

Thats all fine and good by you haven't told us what YOU are using as liquid decal film overcoat to "do it right."

I'll raise my hand. I'll say that the "skills contest" wasn't on the "up & up." No problem. Could I be wrong? Sure. But lets see.... I'm not the only one to state that "they" (Revell/Judges/whoever) most likely picked "average" type builds as the "winners" ... that does seem to be the feeling here for some. As many have stated, picking highly detailed builds or as some say "above average" builds as the "winners" would have discouraged builders from entering in future "contests." As one gentleman said "most people are average builders...." Sooooo, I conclude that IF true than that friends is NOT a legit contest. There is no "contest" at all when picking the best of the "average." Too funny. You guys are amusing also. Lots of people stating it was a fabulous marketing campaign to promote and sell kits and attract future, younger, more modelers back to the hobby. So it achieved THAT but little few entered? Limited audience and advertising? This is posted in every hobby / toy shop around the country. I dont get it. If it were such a wonderful thing for the hobby and great for Revell PR where are the entries? 28 in one category? Really? CALLING it a SKILLS contest? Yet NO heavy detailer/scratchbuilder entered this contest in the ENTIRE COUNTRY? You believe that? I smell fishy fish fish.