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Beautiful build, love the color and that pinstripe on the trunk...where is that pinstripe from?

Looks good..where are they from?

I've been using a light spray of Alclad chrome or aluminum over a black gloss undercoat, but handling the chrome parts during fit up tends to tarnish them. I'm now using AK super chrome which is really good stuff. The air cleaners and little moon hub caps are metal aftermarket parts.

Worked on chopped 32 Ford grill with PE insert, trial fit major parts. Had to mask over body shell for gloss (Testors Wet Look) spray.

Well done.

Did some more work on this one. Headlights, tie rods, and windshield with rear view mirrors

Thanks David. I see I posted a pic with the bare metal foil mask still on the bubble top...here's a better picture. You can see the blue is a bit uneven...kinda foggy. The lighting in each picture also creates a hot spot on the bubble top, making it less blue, more clear in each picture. Never tried to polish it out after my experience with the first try.

Fantastic work here, and a great tutorial,

I need to try a good tinting method myself...even with an airbrush it took several tries on these Roth bubble tops, using clear Tamiya bottle paint. Orange on the Road Agent bubble top came out ok (probably because I was adding clear yellow over the kit supplied pink bubble top to make it orange - (like the real car), but the blue on the clear Mysterion bubble top was frustrating. I overdid the paint trying to get the blue color to show up, ended up with too much color, and an annoying orange peel surface. When I tried to polish it smooth, I took off too much paint and it was so uneven in hue I ruined the first one. Definitely a trick to it, to get an even balanced hue across the surface. Guess that's why I haven't tried a candy finish yet...like Cany Apple Red

Thanks much...so far, so good. I need to detail the headliner - red trim lines between the roof pleats. Need to add some things....(now where did I put my Mooneyes gas pedal.......and the fuzzy dice. ?)

I think I have a use for that old pack of bare metal foil. Check out the carpeting. Read somewhere Geoge Lucas and film crew used that reflective carpet it to get uplighting on the film actors. ? Didn't see that carpeting on the Milner '32 coupe ........and that interior is darker.....all black.

My first experience with MCW enamel, after years of Tamiya rattle can (very good paint) and Testor's enamel airbrushed using lacquer thinner per the Don Yost method. I like this MCW paint, thinned with lacquer thinner and added a drop of their hardener - it airbrushes nicely. With hardener, it tacks up quick, so the chance of attracting dust is lessened. After shaving off door handles and other trim - applied two mist coats over airbrushed Tamiya white surface primer, then wet sanded. Dried three days. Then light wet sanding. First wet coat just applied. The sheen isn't quite as glossy on this first wet coat as Testors enamel w/ lacquer thinner (that method gets a real shiny finish - but stays tacky longer, attracting dust). This MCW doesn't orange peel as much either. Should polish out real nice.

Some more work on the interior. I see some clean up on paint edges is necessary. I'll post some reference pictures soon, the details on the real movie car are interesting...like the carpeting in front of the interior.

Great paint job...what brand of paint and color is it ?

While we're on the brief subject of the Pharoahs....Shuichi Sakamoto , a modeler in Japan, created some 1/25th scale Pharaohs figures to go with his American Graffiti car builds. The likeness of each was really incredible. Does anyone recall what modeling magazine featured his figures? Did an internet search, only found 1999 Fine Scale Modeler (November vol.17 #9) that featured his '32 Deuce Milner hot rod build.

Very groovy to see the 1:1 scale.

Thanks...I'll keep at it, though painting has never been my forte...and this subject does depend on it.

That's a real bummer. Happens more often with distracting smart phones....I got rear ended last year in my Avalon special edition...the repair cost got it totaled by his insurance co.

Just what I need, another nice car to model. Nice job on that car. Did you put a scratch on it? Not a big one needed, as "it's ain't the size here..... its the principle" LOL "that '56 Desoto that belonged to some friend of the Pharohs that whats-his-name "scratched" while leaning on it....." The infamous "you scratched Gil Gonzale's car" scene...the look on Ants face at 2:23 is funny as hell. Every time I watch AG I notice another cool car, the one I can't figure out is the pickup at Mels diner that has a drag chute on the tailgate....its also at 1:20 in this vid.

Thats the one. : )

Thanks, I'd like to do those five and a couple of others I liked that had brief appearances...the custom painted Tom Hoker '40 Ford coupe and the black '39 Ford.

Yes, one of several American Graffiti builds. BTW, Nice job on your Milner '32., looks great. I'll get to a '32 eventually, chopped the roof and added bobbed fenders to the body shell on a 5 window I also started the modifications to a '49 merc to make it a '51 "Pharoahs" Merc. Looking to finish this '58 impala first.

Needed to re-scribe some areas and get it primed for paint.

While sourcing parts for another project and waiting for paint to cure on others, I dug up this older build. After emptying out my Evergreen half round plastic supply and gluing in the individual pleats (two hundred and forty-three pieces total) , I had to set this build aside. Picking it back up. The second picture shows the stock kit interior and also the interior after tuck and roll pleats were applied. got 327 and six strombergs.mp4

work in progress.