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Love it man, nice job and color choice!!!!!

I like these bikes, got one done about 5 years ago and one day I will build another one. Welcome to the forum man!!!!

Thank you fellas, I finished painting it 2 days ago and will be doing some polishing tonight. Decided to finally use the Tamiya clear so I hope it buffs nicely. I will be posting some pictures soon, I have been kinda lazy these last couple of days around the workbench.....

I think the metallic flakes are way out of scale!!!!

I like drilling them out and using Model Car Garages' gauge sets to do mine.

Believe me I am sorry I was not there, sometimes we have to take care of some things but hey, bring it to the next meeting again ok!!!!!

Undoubtely a nice project, good luck and please keep us updated .....

Can you guys post a picture of it for all to see?????? Thanks....

Looks like a winner to me man!!!!!!

I am sorry I was not able to attend, looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Congratulations to the winners.

It's been with me for about 4 years, don't remember where I got it but it is a beautiful kit that I just had to put together.

Stupid question???? This is one of the best ones I have seen asked in the forum Surely a topic a lot of people will be looking and learning from!!!!!

I decided to start work on this 59' Impala Custom from Revell, I will be painting it Pearl White from the Tamiya line of paints and Testors' 50's Aqua for accents. It will be pretty much an out of box build but I am not too crazy about the decals so I am still undecided!!! Started on the bodywork and found out that a lot of bondo and primer had to be used for the trunk area as it was full of indentations along the edges of the fins. One of the things I noticed was how ugly and out of scale the antennas for the rear are. I cut them off, saving the base of course and drilling holes to accept needle pins for a sharper look!! Started taking some chrome off the side trim because the car will have lots of BMF and I wanted everything to match!!! Decided to use the BMF under the paint trick and I was pretty impressed with the results, just had to make sure I took my time doing this..... I will be using some photo-etch leftover emblems I have in my PE parts box from previous Impalas I have ecompleted. Like I said, I decided to use 50's aqua to see how the 2 colors will come together at the end, hope it works out

I use Odds and Ends Clear, $1.96 a can, what you really want to do is master your polishing technique, everything else will fall into place......

Grerat job on that Bob, love that year Impala also!!!!

POUR ON!!!!!!

I have about 300 up in the attic and another 150 in the basement ready to be moved to the attic also!!! I just hate it when I need a specific model and have to go through the boxes to find one. I do have them catalogued also to make it a little easier!!!

Hey my friend, I did 2 similar to what you are doing, that is a nice kit you got there, wish I could get one but I know how rare they can be. Good luck on yours, you are already on the right track!!!!!

It is actually 40% off not 50%. My only gripe is that they have the same old stuff and the prices are high vs the variety of models offered.

http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/mmm...down%202-23-08/ A few more pics!!!!!!

WOW!!!! Impressive work!!!!

Thanks Randy, I will be getting in contact with Lyle tonight, hope to see you there tomorrow!!!!

For the guys that are planning on going, is it still on???? I am suppose to be going with Lyle Willits and wanted to know if the guys are still going!!!

Outstanding man, very clean and nicely painted!!!!