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You also just missed modelfest in Ventura a few weeks ago. It's usually held every February.

I concur with Bob's points. I will also add that Mr. Hobby primers are much easier to strip than Tamiya primers. Tamiya paints strip very easily, but their primer can be extremely tough. Tamiya primer is a great product, but Mr. Hobby is much more versatile.

Well done!

I'm looking for a replacement tailgate for the newly issued Chevy C-3500 Dually kit. I'm going to assume that the C-1500 tailgate is the exact same piece and will work just as well. I'm not sure if there's compatibility issues between the 90's versions of the kit and the newly tooled version.

That's looking really good!

Thanks for sharing! I live a few miles away from the venue but unfortunately was out of town that day. I was itching to register some of my stuff for the first time.

Great, I would definitely be interested if you're willing to part with it.

That is correct, sir!

Does it lay on thin?

Thanks! Do you have a link for the mopar paints? Is it spray paint? Thanks Carl! I got just the color shade I wanted.

Guys, there's now a thread for the Camaro:

A lot of it depends on what type of paint you're trying to strip away. I primarily use Tamiya lacquers and I've successfully used 91% isopropyl alcohol to strip the paint from resin, just as if it were a styrene kit. The only difference is that with resin, I pay attention to how long I leave the resin soaking and minimize the time as much as possible.

Like Les, I highly recommend the Tamiya sanding sponges. Unfortunately, they only run up to 3000 grit, so they're mainly good for body work as opposed to pre-polish wet sanding. But I have wet sanded with them and they work fine. For final detailing prior to polishing, I use GodHand sanding sponges. They are available in various thickness and are very flexible.

I did some quick research on what the stock C-3500 front dually wheels looked like. I ran into a lot of stock-looking aftermarket wheels on google but found what I was looking for: I went back and painted the lug nuts black and placed the center cap decals found on the kit's sheet: As you can see, the kit's center cap decals are undersized. I would recommend painting the rest of the area black to blend in the decal with the paint. Nonetheless, I'm happy these decals were included. I painted and cleared the body using Tamiya TS-33 Dull Red and Mr. Super Clear UV Cut gloss, both out of the can:

Another great build!

I'm looking for something similar to this. The steering wheel from the MPC Dodge Van kit, Dodge D-100 kit, and the Revell Dodge Ramcharger kit should fit the bill. Thank you in advance.

I believe the Mustang bodies were 40-60. I can't recall as it's also been quite a few years for me.

Good news on the windshields, thank you for that! I like your second statement. I shouldn't have used the word "politics," I just appreciate that including those decals is clearly not problematic for Round2, as so many other things seem to be these days (in general, not just for R2).

I have MCW paints and I like them a lot. However, I have my first baby on the way so I've had to greatly reduce my space - which meant bye-bye to my paint booth for the time being. I'm trying to wrap this project and one more up with spray paint before the baby arrives. I think the red will be just fine You should definitely get on it! It's a very easy kit to build that I've admittedly made a bit more complicated than it has to be.

All parts have now been primed and wet sanded with a quick 3000 grit pass. I did a quick test fit and everything sits level and flush.

Which is funny since California is the last state that would allow that flag to be on a patrol car. It says more about Round 2's politics, which I appreciate.

A screenshot of the decal sheet:

Some more progress, sort of. I moved on to the side mirrors. For the life of me, I cannot understand why AMT decided to once again use incorrect S-10/Sonoma side mirrors on the dually kits, just like what they had on the 90's versions. You would think that a newly designed kit would have solved that. This is what the kit comes with: And this is what I need: Luckily, the AMT 1992 C-1500 Silverado companion issue to the C-3500 has the correct "aero-style" side mirrors: Some primer and Tamiya TS-14 Black and voila, I have the look I'm going for: I never intended on using the aero mirrors for the project I have in mind for the C-1500, so no big loss there. Next up I moved on to paint, and this is where the "sort of" on my progress comes in. In my initial attempt to go for something close to Light Stellar Blue Metallic, I went for Tamiya TS-10 French Blue: The blue was a little too dark and rich to match the real thing: I don't want to paint the truck white or black, so I looked at my existing paint collection and found what looks like a winner: Tamiya TS-33 Dull Red with a clear coat to make it shiny. This looks like a fairly close match to GM's Dark Garnet red color for 1996. There's rain coming my way this upcoming week. When it lets up, I'll paint the truck.

Thanks! Too bad it's unavailable now

Very nice work so far! Sorry if I missed it, but what color did you use for the body?