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Looks cool man, nice to see someone else doing one of these, love the color you chose!!!

That thing looks awesome already man, nice progress!!!!!

Thanks Tony, coming from a talented individual like you means a lot!!

The front of the hood in the real car also has a piece of chrome trim. I scribed this also, if not, once I add paint this would have been gone!! As you can see, you guys can't blame me for choosing to build this kit, the box art alone made me do it!!! I will try to have some mock up pictures of the model with the tires, rims and body later.

I am going for a '60's custom look and will be using these Modelhaus white walls and rims. Since they are a bit wide I had to trim off some of the axle ends to accomodate the meaty Modelhaus tires. Here is the original one and the modified axle, I happened to have 2 other Starliner kits and will be using them for mock-up purposes. I also had some issues with the fit of the hood that had to be worked out. As you can see, the fit was horrible. By using the other Starliner kit you can see clearly how irregular the fit is. I went to Michael's about a month ago and bought this heat gun for about 20 bucs, it went to good use immediately on this hood. I had to be very careful though, the heat out of this gun is no joke, it "WILL" melt the plastic if not carefully used. I still have to play with it a little longer but it's way better than before!!!

When I purchased this model I was still playing with the idea of putting together the newly released Revell Nova, don't know what happened but when I opened the Starliner kit I just had to decide and build it, I think it's time to do a Ford. The first think that I noticed was that the chrome molding around the wings and around the entire car is very faint, no way I was going to be able to BMF all this chrome trim without a visible line. I had some thin masking tape laying around and decided to use it in order to have at least an idea where I was to scribe my new lines. I just used the back of an x-acto #11 blade and very lightly scribed the lines following the contour of the tape. Here, you can notice the lines by adding a bit of Model Master Metallizer paint, capillary action helps when using this watery type of paint. Now I will have something to aid me when I am ready to BMF. I ordered the photo etch detail kit and will be using it to finish off the model later. Looks like a great P/E sheet and I love the fact that it came with separate gold colored trim for the "starliner" emblems.

Just sweeeeeeeet!!!

Good to see you back my friend, I will be following this one closely, it's one of my favorite kits also!! Just call me if you need any paints or whatever ok!!!

I don't know guys, if you can only see that Nova in person like I have you will be convinced that it's the best one here, then again...... Randy sure builds them neat!!!

Can't believe I forgot about the meeting!!!

All masterpieces, but you know how I feel about that Nova!!!

Top notch work my friend, they all look phenomenal!!!

I love it man!!!

Thanks Raul. For '09, don't have specifics yet, I build as I go, by going to my meetings and the shows I pick up whatever strikes my fancy. Probably will start on a custom Ford Starliner soon but that can change!!! You will know as soon as I start the proyect w/ progress shots. One model I would like to complete some time this year is definetly the new Revell Nova, should be on my to do list for this year.

WOW!!! Lot's of cool stuff there Peter!!! Love 'em all!!

You can put a beam in the front and use it as a guided missilie!!!!

Question??? I don't know you but, what took you so long to join us here?? By the looks, seems that some of the guys here know who you are. It's the best place for modelling man!!! Welcome....

Cool stuff my friend!!!!

The dragster looks intimidating the way the picture was taken, cool work my friend!!!!

Phenomenal builds Tom, you are a very talented builder!!! I loved the Nova!!!

They are all cool but I pick the Impala as my favorite!!! Cool stuff Raul!!!

Whoa!!!! Didn't notice that signature either!!! We might just have the first plastic terrorist on the forum!!! Just make sure to look under your models for any suspicious explosives before picking them up!!!

Thank you for your comments! The Charger does have a dab of black on the wiper blades, it's just difficult to see it from that angle, I usually do it with a Sharpie marker!!!

Yes it is, make sure you come by, I am sure you will be back in the mood very soon!!!