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You are a lot closer. It's the same method as spraying Alclad only it's a lot more durable and looks nearly the same as chromed parts.

You just use an airbrush and apply light mist coats of the chrome over black similar to spraying Alclad Chrome over a black base coat? I didn't even see you are in Brooklyn. You're close to me. Yes as I always say I can urinate, poop, shower in, and drink the same tap water. Well not all at the same time. lol

It's expensive but it looks incredible. Have you tried the Chrome Can 12 oz? It's $89. With the Base Coat Can 12 oz. both come out to $138 and you get 12 ounces of each instead of 2 ounces in the hobby kit. Would the Easy Chrome work over Alclad Gloss Black Base Coat? Does the clear urethane base coat require a hardener?

Have you used this and if so is it durable? Does it need a clear coat? Where can this be ordered?

I sent Dale some parts a few years ago. I know some of the chrome platers closed down and didn't know he was still in business. Thanks for the link. I'll reach out to Dale.

Is there any chrome platers around now? I know some have closed down.

Does anyone chrome plate resin parts?

Does anyone make an Edelbrock Victor style intake manifold in 1/25 scale?

Can you post here or send me some pictures of the MCW '65 Olds 442 interior and front and rear bumpers?

A friend has a 1965 442 and wants me to build him a model of his car. He sent me a Lindberg '67 442 and an R&R Resins '65 442. The R&R Resins body is warped a bit. With the upcoming release of the Round 2/AMT '64 Olds 442 I'm thinking of getting one and modifying the body for the '65 build. It looks like most of the body panels of a '64 are the same as a '65 with the exception of the front of the hood and fronts of the fenders. I have the bumpers and grill from the R&R Resins '65 442 that I can use. I suspect R&R Resins and MCW used the old AMT '64 Cutlass hardtop to make their '65 442 kits. Am I correct in thinking most of the body is the same between the '64 and '65 442?

Is this definitely happening within a month or so?

Did you use the Intermediate Gauzy Agent by AK Interactive over Molotow on the wheels of the '62 Corvette Roadster?

Have you used it on car bodies? Does it require polishing? It says it's acrylic but is it an acrylic lacquer or urethane?

In person does it look like chrome or more like polished aluminum?

Do you have any pictures of parts painted with this?

What brand is the Damask Red?

R&R Resins makes a '65 Cutlass and MCW makes 65 442. Which is the better kit?

What paint/color did you use on the interior?

Thanks guys!

Thanks for the compliments. I'm glad I finally got back to finishing this build.

Thanks guys for the compliments. I love the look of the McBurnie Daytona and feel it was the better car for Crockett on Miami Vice. I really enjoyed building this one and learning more about the car.

I finished this one. It only took 8 years. I scratch built the rear view mirrors and the exhaust system. The mufflers are from an AMT 1970 Chevelle. The exhaust has a strange shape on the driver's side which is how the real McBurnie 'beauty' car from Miami Vice looks. They routed it along side the passenger side exhaust pipe to go into the cutouts of the chassis cross members which sort of makes sense. The exhaust tips are the ones from the Miami Vice Daytona kit. I made the windshield and the front 'plexiglass' headlight cover from acetate. The Corvette's clear windshield is very thick and looked out of scale. I sanded down the thickness of the Daytona kit's clear tail light lenses and painted them with Tamiya X-27 Clear Red and X-26 Clear Orange and sprayed clear lacquer over them. The tires are from Fireball Modelworks. I painted the underside floors by first spraying Tamiya XF-19 Sky Grey and then misted Tamiya XF-63 German Grey over to sort of look like a Corvette's fiberglass. It doesn't show in the picture but is more noticeable in person. Below is a link to more pictures in the 'Under Glass' section of the forum. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/164757-mcburnie-coachcraft-ferrari-daytona-replica-miami-vice-style/

Here is a car I started in 2013. I put it aside for a while to work on other projects and then took it out and painted it last year. It's finally done. This is built using a Monogram Miami Vice Daytona and a Monogram '78 Corvette. The Daytona kit uses the Covette's Chassis and engine but the body represents a real Ferrari 3654(Daytona) so it's not accurate to the McBurnie replica used on Miami Vice. I attached some progress pictures at the end to show some of what I did on this. Below is my build thread that describes in more detail the modifications and a bit about the differences between a Ferrari 365(Daytona) and the McBurnie Daytona replica's body. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/78841-mcburnie-coachcraft-ferrari-daytona-replica-miami-vice-style/

Here's one of the last things I did. I made the support to make this resemble a 1981 Corvette's rear end. The beauty car used on Miami Vice was built on a 1981 Corvette.

Is there a glue that works on stainless steel? I need to glue a stainless steel rod into a styrene tube. Will JB Weld or a regular 5 minute epoxy work?