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Kinda reminds me of what they did to the preppie boys car in the movie Bachelor Party. gus

Nice one. Now that's a true highboy. gus

Wow! What a paint job. gus

Beautiful . This is going to be a classic kit. It's one of those kits that looks great every time. gus

Another nice one! The paint scheme almost makes it look like it has been sectioned. gus

Looks like you did good with this kit to me. I don't care for the stripe though. gus

Nice Deuce gus

I love these cars and yours is a good rendition. I've got one in the stash that I'm going to do in Inca Gold with a red interior. Did you do anything to the rear tires or wheels to make them fit better? gus

And now: I like this! Are those Pontiac mills? gus

OK, no more joking around. This is the real me. Does the Irish heritage show just a wee bit gus

Good idea Mike. gus

I feel for you Terry. My advice is to drink heavily . Just kidding and hope you get well soon. gus

Depending on how the wheel is molded it should work as long as the sanding process doesn't destroy the wheel center. gus

Nice work on the engine and interior . gus

Well yeah...that's what I meant by making them easier to paint. I was just using this wheel for demonstration. Here's a finished one on my Revell Cuda convertible. Please ignore the poor job I did on the fender gills. gus

Hey Mike, check the tutorial I just posted in the tips and techniques section about Mopar rally wheels. Might be useful to you. gus

This may be old hat to some of you but I thought it may be useful to some of the modelers on this forum. This is a technique for improving kit rally wheels. I am using a wheel from the Revell 71 GTX to demonstrate my method. You want to begin by sanding the backside of the wheel with some fairly coarse sandpaper to speed the process. Here I am using the coarsest grit that comes in the Testors sanding film packs. Sand until you begin to see the holes in the wheel from the rear and keep sanding until you can pop the center out of the trim ring. Be careful to keep the wheel flat on the sandpaper so that you don't sand more off of one side. Now you can paint the center without worrying about getting paint on the trim ring. Now glue the center to the wheel back being sure that it's centered. This also gives you a realistic gap between the center and the inner edge of the trim ring as well as making the wheel slightly deeper looking. . If you don't need the Mopar wheels you can use the trim rings on something else(if they will fit of course). If you need a shallower trim ring just sand the back down some more. I hope this is useful to some of you. gus

That's a very nice model. Good paint work . gus

Do you mean like this? gus

Another top notch build from you. gus

Scratching the glass is my biggest fear George and I have learned the value of changing blades often. A dull blade is more dangerous than a new one. gus

Another way to do this is to sand the back of the wheel until you sand through and the outer ring separates from the center. I have done this several times with Mopar Rally wheels just to make them easier to paint. gus

That isn't the only AMT kit with this issue. I wish they would just give us two different hoods like Revell does. With your skills I'm sure it can be fixed. gus

Has anyone tried foiling window trim after the windows are already in? gus

Thanks for the small review Pat. Always wondered what was in those kits. gus