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Worked on the bug problem this morning and this is what she looks like: As I suspected, there is a light spot where I sanded but I'm leaving it as is. Not too noticeable. Front pan and rear spoiler painted and clear coated: On these parts I tried an experiment and shot some clear on them almost immediately after the color coats. It helped level the paint. Should have tried this when I painted the body. Now back to the Yenko car: Two coats of clear over the decals. I'm not getting along well with the Testors clear as It is thick and syrupy almost like the old enamel glosscote. I have used Tamiya paint exclusively on my last three or four builds and it went on much thinner and smoother. I went with the Testors because I can get it at the local Hobby Lobby whereas i have to mail order Tamiya. Hobby Lobby only carries Tamiya primers. Next step is to put the stripes on the 68 and clear coat it. Anybody think I will have a problem using Tamiya clear over Testors lacquer?

Every model in this thread is fantastic!

Wow! What a beautiful black paint job.

Thanks for the encouragement everyone. Got some paint on the 68 today after work. It's two coats of Testors Mystic Emerald lacquer which looks to be close to Rallye Green to my eyes. Now for the setback: She was looking great and then I got a rattin' sprattin' BUG! Now I am quite familiar with the behaviour of translucent metallic paint having learned the lessons when I was a young and naive modeller. If I sand this out there is no way i can blend this in with the rest of the paint for it WILL be a lighter shade. I really don't want to do a repaint so now what. I'm not a total perfectionist as all of my paint jobs have a few specks in them that I just ignore but this is too obvious to let go. Any suggestions?

I think I can explain things for you Clayton. Round 2 used the same chassis for the Wynnscharger and the Young American kits but the Wynnscharger has a different front axle that doesn't fit. The original Wynnscharger chassis has a different torsion bar setup. You can widen the torsion tube or just use the axle from the YA kit although it won't be accurate for the Garlits car. The YA uses radius rods to brace the axle and the Garlits car doesn't.

I like it!

Been waiting for more of this one.

Got the basic interior painting done. For the 68 it will be classic black and the Yenko will be classic black and white. Not worried about the big ejector marks on the floorboard as they will be hard to see anyway. Been fiddling with the 68 body for the last two days.Had to strip some of the paint and removed the lower window trim per snakes tutorial. What you are seeing is bare plastic that is finely etched after I stripped the too thick primer. I won't reprime as i think this will be a good surface for a coat of paint to adhere to.

If you are lucky I have used enamel that took months to dry. Nice work so far.

That is just beautiful! That interior color was called Parchment back then.

Looks great! I remember an article in Rod and Custom back in the 60's showing how to kitbash parts to model this car.

Got a day off work today because I have to work Saturday to make up for the slackers who have to have the entire three day weekend off. Got the decals on the Yenko: They were nice and opaque and settled well with some Microsol. Next step is to get another coat of clear on her after the decals dry for at least a day.

Well, it looks like this has turned into a double build. I got the Round 2 68 Camaro for the flat hood to go on another Revell 69 Camaro that I plan to build but the kit is so nice that I have decided to build it as well. Body in white primer: Engine painted with MM acryl Chevy engine red and Humbrol gunmetal enamel: Chassis painted with cheap Walmart flat black: Man, that is really flat! A few other details: I've gotten in the habit of priming everything on the sprues. Next step is to get the decals on the Yenko car and give it another clear coat.

Great work on one, no make that six of Revells all time great kits

A '27 T would be great but I would really like a modern detailed '50 - '51 Ford coupe with chopped top and a couple of engine options. I think it would sell well enough.

The classiest of all the bluesmen.

Nice work! I have always wanted this kit but just can't bring myself to pay 35-40 USD for one. Does it come with any chrome parts at all?

Thanks for the tip, and that's not black but a color you should be familiar with - RLM66.

Outstanding work sir!

Beautiful!

Words fail me. This is just fantastic!

Now this is nice!

Your dash looks great. Paint that Challenger badge in the grille with a toothpick.

Now that's nice!

There's a WIP thread on this that goes back five years but I won't try to dig it up. Here's where it was at back then: Painted with a custom mixed red orange from little bottle Testors enamels and carb is gold with a flat coat. Exhaust was done with a silver Sharpie. Couple more details: Finally painted the body last weekend: Model Master fathom green with one coat of high gloss clear. It will get another coat of clear after decals. Getting them done while my mojo is still happening.