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Awesome work Raul, love the look of the seatbelts and the colors chosen between the interior and the body, very cool!!!!!

I will predict that you will be the winner if it's a contest you are placing it in!!! Color choices are bad on this thing!!!

That's very cool man but, how do you keep the caravan of people heading to the cemetery under the speed limit???

I don't use anything special, I just use a small brush and dump it in the paint pretty heavily and just let the paint run once it comes in contact with the surface. If you look at the picture below you will notice where the points of contact of the brush are when I peformed this on an 86 Corolla I did sometime last year. That is the reason to make sure you burnish the tape really good once you paint the car. You can always use a waterbased paint if you don't want the risk of the Metallizer paints chemically attacking your paintjob or use The Detailer, a product used specifically for this and other similar purposes.

Thanks Abe, the rims were part of the Tamiya kit, I love them too!! I like to use Model Master's Metallizer paints in between the body lines but I usually do it before painting the model, not after. In this case, I found that the panel lines on the doors of this kit were quite large so I didn't want to scribe more than I had to. What I finally did was use my preffered Tamiya masking tape, put it over the lines, follow the lines with an x-acto knife after burnishing them, burnish the tape very well again and just dip the metallizer paint right into the lines, capillary action will help you with this but you have to make sure to burnish that tape very good since the Metalizer paints can ruin your paintjob. Leave the tape on for about 15 minutes and then just pull it off, not straight out but in an angle towards you, never pull the tape straight out in any situation.

This is one I did about seven years ago or so, I made several mistakes on this one that I wish I could have corrected but overall I think it wasn't that bad cosidering that I am putting more effort on my models nowadays compared to that time. If I recall, I think I also used the same color and paint!!

Well guys, here is a bit more progress on the Stallion, installed some mesh and started working on the black trimming around the car, these are the details that are really going to give it some life since there is so much yellow!!!

It's suppose to be a pastelike substance, not liquidy, at least that's what I have experienced with mine. I would use a toothpick to draw out the amount I need instead of just spreading it directly from the tube, sounds to me that it does get watery if not used after a while.

Thanks Jay. For the mats I searched in my photo-etch spare parts box and found some Corvette emblems, turned them upside down, glued them and then shot my textured paint over the entire mat, this created a slightly lifted surface to accomodate the decals that I had laying around from another Ferrari that I had in my stash. I knew that the decal was not going to cooperate and conform to the flat and rough surface so I used some Future floor wax on the raised surface first, laid my decals and after they were dried I brushed a little dull coat paint to reduce the glare left behind by the wax.....Hope I made myself clear!!

Welcome, you German guys always build great stuff and are very talented when it comes to modelling, certainly welcomed here!!!

Awesome!!!!

Looks great, you did a terrific job on this man!!!!!

Some more pictures on Ron's beautiful 'Cuda!!

Interior work in the car!!!!

More of Gordon's work here with a HRM correct engine done and available for this kit. Can't say enough about HRM, real good quality and again, you won't meet a nicer guy anywhere, between him and Norm Veber of Replicas and Miniatures this club wouldn't be what it is today!!!

You did a great job on this thing Ron, I really enjoyed it at the meeting!! Thanks for bringing it!!!

I love Mopar!!! Nice stuff there my friend!!!

I built this thing about 8 years ago, used same kit you are using, hopefully some inspiration for your build, good luck, I think you have something good started here!!

3 words!!!! Work of art!!!!!!

Stop it fellas!!! I am going to have to start a bike project on top of all the ideas I have in and around my head!! Cool work though!!!

Can't beat Harold Bradford's stuff when it comes to quality, his stuff is worth the money everytime and there is no nicer guy out there!!!

A lot of things you could have done better??? What's wrong with you man!!! This thing is awesome!!!

Welcome to the best model car website in the universe!!! You already made a great impression with your clean builds, I think we are going to like you here!!! One thing at a time my friend, it's the best way to learn!!!

Hey scrooge!!! Nice work and you didn't have to break the bank on this one you old cheapo!!! Hey Bill, he did the same thing on the roof with the black gloss paint that you did on your Vette, it isn't smoked, right Iz??? Correct me on that and be nice enough to explain unless you don't want to waste the ink on your pen or the electricity that keeps your computer going!!!