Jonathan

Apologies for posting this in Under Glass earlier. Recently started work on the Salvinos JR Grand Prix. A little bit of black masking tape for the roll bar padding, and nearly one full can of Tamiya Camel Yellow later, and here's what I have so far:

Recently started work on the Salvinos JR Grand Prix. A little bit of black masking tape for the roll bar padding, and nearly one full can of Tamiya Camel Yellow later, and here's what I have so far:

The digital camouflage is perfect for this kit. Very cool. One of my favorite kits, actually.

Late to the party on this one - I love seeing this old kit built. I think it was one of my favorites when I was a kid. Nice work!

Very clean build! I like it.

Excellent build!

Thank you for the kind words. I find painting black (and other dark colors, really) to be very challenging.

This is a beautiful build!

Thanks, Mike. For me, I find the battered paint job easier. Well, sometimes. In this case - Tamiya primer, followed by Tamiya Red Brown (Acrylic), with lighter and darker variations of the Tamiya Red Brown misted over the body with the airbrush. I sealed this with Testors Dull Cote (lacquer). This was followed by hair spray. Once dry, I sprayed the blue over the hairspray - again Tamiya acrylics. Added some white and misted that over the upper surfaces for faded paint. Next, I scrubbed and dabbed at it with an old, damp paint brush. Sealed this with Dull Cote. Lots of Tamiya Dark Brown and Black panel liner. Masked and painted the yellow door - dabbed at it a little with some light dirty browns. I used the kit's stripes for the decals, but I pulled them up with wads of masking tape - feathered the edges and blended some with pastel chalks. Windshield streaks are Testors Dull Cote lightly misted over two circles of masking tape that were laid on top of each other to mimic the wipers motion. What little chrome is present was striped and I used Alclad II. Next time, I'll add some rust holes. Maybe even open a door and rehang it slightly off-kilter. Maybe ....

Thank you - I cheated - laser tape measure pointed at the scanner when taking the picture.

This thing gave me more fits than I expected - although I think pretty much every bit of that was my fault. Tamiya Lacquer for the black - stripped once after over aggressive polishing. Tamiya acrylics for the interior. I did fabricate some floor mats, seatbelts, and seatbelt hardware from tape and fine wire. I used embossing powder for the carpet. Scanner effect faked with the ol' Lowes laser tape measure. Even using the phone camera, you can really see the defects. I realized the T-Tops weren't properly seated only after looking at the pictures.

AMT / Round2 evergreen 1970 1/2 Camaro. Still going strong sometime in the late 80's or so ... Tamiya paints used throughout, although I did use Testors Dullcote for the final clear finish. Kit decals used - although rather abused with tape and sandpaper. Rust effects accomplished by raiding wife's hairspray. Comments welcome.

Beautiful work! Seeing that takes me back to days on the farm with my Granddad!

Wow, that looks great!

I think these have always been curbside kits. That is, the entire series. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hasegawa-cc-9-porsche-962c--188762 They can look great on the shelf; but they really are an exercise in paint and decals.

So very cool. Nicely done! Sure wish I had an unstarted one ... *sigh*

Hello All I recently picked up the reissued AMT (Round2) USA-1 Monster Truck. Like so many kits, the sidewalls of the tires have no text/script. Is there an aftermarket set of tires that would be appropriate that include the 'Goodyear' lettering? Or, maybe they aren't Goodyear - but that is what I assume....

This is beautiful and really looks as if the factory might have churned these out. Since you asked, I actually like it better without the fender skirts; and I think fender skirts are really cool in general. Regardless, this is an epic build! Really love seeing this take shape.

Nice work. I've always thought these were beautiful cars. Looking forward to seeing your work...

Bumping this to the top - I like your build. The white on the decals looks nice and opaque - you used just the one sheet that came with the kit? (besides adding your own sponsor decals, as you mentioned?) It looks great!

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Beautiful build!

Looking forward to seeing this build. Very cool!

Hello All. Seems to be the best place in the world to ask. What would be a good source for dually wheels, tires (and axle, even!) if I were looking to convert any of the AMT early Chevy or Ford pickup trucks to a dually? Like, for a camper or hauler, for instance? Not the tandem wheel setup of the reissued Racer's Wedge, but side-by-side dually. thanks!

Very cool. You cold sell those, probably