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  1. Cool Hand
    Side cutters as they are the first thing that gets used after opening a kit. Followed by the hobby knife and sanding sticks Really like the God Hand drill sets excellent quality and use them a lot. Painting clips for holding small parts. And cant build without toothpicks.
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    Yep, that looks awesome Steve. The flat clear really changed the look of the paint finish, looks anodized. Cant go wrong with any Mr Hobby products. Keep at it man nearly there.
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    Well I am glad the foil work is done. Pre scribing around all the trim certainly helped make it a bit less challenging. But was still quite the task to achieve, 8hrs to get it all applied.
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    Looking good with some colour on it Steve, almost looks like you are getting a bit of colour shift depending on the angle of the light.
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    Sprue frames/trees are a great source for material that can be chopped up and made into stands. I usually put some tape over the bottom section to hold it steady while attaching part's.
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    Appreciate all the comments thank you very much. Its great kit and knowing your build style Im sure you will have a lot of fun with it.
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    Started the foil work on the 59. Got 2 sheets on the go, New Improved for curves and fine trim. Chrome for straight flat trim Cant do it all in one session, as I need the daylight coming in through the window to see what im doing. 4hrs just to do trim on the hard lid, front and rear window, roof and top of bed.
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    All good Pat, Im lucky to still have some of the old New Improved BMF. 1/4 sheet and full sheet. After the 59 I will have to be very selective where I use it and minimize the off cut waste. The sheets of current batch of BMF is usable just very challenging, so I can understand everyone's frustration with it.
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    Small update for the 59 El Camino. Applied some 1500 surfacer's and painted a few parts.
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    Good to see. Its all in the practice and learning mate. Last count ive painted 40 cars black, so you could say ive done a lot of learning and practicing LOL!
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    Good to see you progressing with the paint work. Yeah would look bad ass black, but as you stated the chosen colour is going to be way better as seen on the 1:1 inspiration. Sounds like a plan, look forward to seeing what subject you chose to coat in black.
  12. Cool Hand
    Interesting build so far. Like how you done the wheel arch flares using the quarter round. Nice repair work on the wheels.
  13. Cool Hand
    Great idea for a topic, one of my favourite parts of the building process. Mock is essential to check idea's, fitment of parts and monitoring progress. I can see myself posting a lot in this thread. And I will always bring something different. The kit. The wheels.
  14. Cool Hand
    Surprising how well the Nascar chassis fits, that will cut down on the amount of scratch building.. Looking forward to seeing how you fully adapt the chassis into the build.
  15. Cool Hand
    Impressive build, looks great that colour and well done on all the detail work.
  16. Cool Hand
    Thank you for all the comments. Thanks mate, got a bit slack with other detail work on the under carriage. Figured doing the air set up shows how it could stance that low and maybe inspire other's to add same detail to there low stance builds. Yeah they are very cool wheels I like them a lot too. Two version's available 5 lug and 4 lug, or as they are called 4 hole and 5 hole. I did mod them, the inner lip was cut off, which I do most time's when using the Aoshima 14's. Would have been nice to be oob the way I built it, would have saved me doing all the mods and work LOL! Nah, can be fun and rewarding to succeed in making an idea a reality sometimes.
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    Thanks David, Erik and Mike. Appreciate your comments very much. I dont do the Social Media's, so this forum is the only place to share my builds and be inspired amongst like minded people. Thanks. Cant say the idea is my own, seen a couple other builder's use that technique. A lot of what I do, has been learnt from others over the many years of being involved in the hobby.
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    Done well doing all that trim. It certainly looks the part, can barely tell the difference between paint and foil when it comes to reflectivity and brightness. The GSW chrome is an excellent product, near on the same if not better than Alclad.
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    Impressive amount of work gone into this build, reminds me of the builds you use to see on LayItLow model car forum. Well done, great to see this type of detailed build on the forum.
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    Next up on the bench from the parking lot. Have dreaded doing the BMF ever since it was painted, probably why it stalled. But after completing a few builds recently I feel confident to tackle the foil work now ive had a bit of practice.
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    Another stalled build from the parking lot completed. Here is some of the WIP Where I live its called a Ute so to me that is what it is. Feel free to call it what you like depending on your location. The Kit. The wheels. Usual Tamiya TS-14 Black and TS-49 Bright Red combo. Scratch built wheel tubs and modified raised bed floor. Back half rear frame scratch built. Aoshima spare parts modified driver side view mirror. Scratch built air system. Exhaust chopped and spare parts hot dog.
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    Thanks Bill, always try bring something different and do it my way. They are Aoshima wheels, that I get from Plaza Japan.
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    Very unique custom for sure. Well done Gary.
  24. Cool Hand
    Great job on all the custom work and paint. It certainly has all the elements of your build style.
  25. Cool Hand
    As seen else where the Sunny is complete, just need to do a photo shoot. And as per usual teaser pic before Under Glass.
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