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Thank you David, I'm glad you like it.

Thank you Dan.

That's a cool model of an underrated car in real life IMO. Great job on the engine you are doing. My approach would have been to get a 1/24 scale Bburago model (they could be found really cheap) and get the engine out of it and detail it. They are not perfect, but are a very good starting point.

Thank you Mike. Now I have to deal with the lights, which are proving to be a handful, thanks to the omission of the decals for the US kit.

I am glad to announce that my repair turned out just great. Also I want to share a rather unpopular opinion, that you don't have to wet-sand your model for days with every grid known to mankind. This is what the body looked like after just one round of 1500 grid wet sand paper followed by very light passes of dry 3000 grid sponge from 3M. And to be honest, I don't even think I used the 3M everywhere. I honestly see absolutely no reason to start any lower or going any higher. Or using anything in between for that matter. The way I see it I would be just risking to rub through the clear for no reason. Next I buffed the body with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound. All the products used are available in most auto-part stores and in most Walmarts. The Ultimate Compound is just some kind of black magic. Years ago I used their Scratch-X, but the UC is even better. It will bring a 1500 grit sanded clear coat to a shine with minimal to moderate effort. I use regular microfiber towel. Here is an important thing to remember when wet-sanding clear and buffing it out. Especially 2K clear. Always sand in straight strokes and then cross them in different directions. But never in circular motion. Then when you buff it, go only in circular motion. This would give you a lot better results with a lot less effort. Pretty shiny, I would say. And no trace of the peeled paint.

Thank you for the kind words Ken

Thank you Oliver. I try to build models as "inspired by" rather than "a replica of". The main reason is that when I try to replicate something, I get obsessive and then go down a rabbit hole which usually ends up with the model never being finished. Where when setting off to make "a tribute" model if you will, you can maybe get as close as you want to the real thing without making that commitment and therefore not running out of interest.

Thank you Tim. And you are right about the 1:1 car experience. It can do miracles for inspiration. Believe you me, this Deuce has quite few areas, where I could have done a little better.

Thank you Carl. I believe the color was Modern Mint or something like that. It was a Rustoleum spray can from Walmart.

Oh, you made my day. I said it was lavender and was trying to explain to my wife that purple would be exactly what the Tamiya purple is. I know that we should not sweat the petty stuff, but pet the sweaty stuff. LOL Still I will get great pleasure to tell her she was wrong, fully aware there is going to be a price to pay. ?

Thank you Chris.

Very cool. i was looking at the kit at my local Hobby Lobby and almost bought it. But I have two Mustangs on the bench and I managed to walk away. I like the blue tint strip on your model. Yellow is nice too. Not an easy color to paint.

Very nice, but I need some help with something. We are having an argument with my wife. Is this considered purple?

Super cool. Looks like it just came out of the original Mad Max remake.

Wait...whuuuuut?!?! There is a Lagonda kit out there? No way. Is this 3D printed or scratch built?

You havn't missed much. It's a Rob Zombie movie, which is the only reason for its somewhat cult status. But other than that it's mid at best.

Where do you get this stuff, man? Really cool models.

Never even heard of the kit. As a matter of fact, never even heard of the car. But I am glad you showed it here. It is really cool. I have to say I have never seen Tamiya gold looking this good.

Maaan! This thread should come with a warning label. I need sunglasses! '70s Mopars had the best colors. Very nice build. Squeaky clean. I bet those hinges were patience testers.

Never seen this kit before. Not very familiar with the real car either. I've been to a lot of car shows, but I don't think I have ever seen one in the flesh.

This thing is just sweet.

That red Buick is just Bad A$$

Awesome orange! And the Foose wheels and tires suit the model very nice. The pictures are really cool and because of the colors, both cars just pop out.

So simple, yet so cool. I love them both. These kits are so nice. except when you get one with a warped frame that is. Seeing all these cool yellow cars on here makes me want to build something yellow.

Nice. Second picture does not open for me tho. I am a sucker for details, but the overall look of the car has to do it for me too. Your model is really cool. I don't understand when people make all this body work and then leave the car with no inner fenders in the engine bay for example. Or when they dump a bucket of aftermarket parts on an engine and then have crappy painted trim. I've seen a couple models at shows years ago, where everyone is raving about how the whole thing is scratch build and how many hours and how many machined parts and blah, blah... And with all this and a perfect paint the thing looked like BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH, design wise and in real life would be undrivable.