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Looking good, but I think it will look loads better after you lean the windshield back; more like your inspiration pic. Can't wait, do more stuff!

Washes tend to work better over glossy, smooth finishes. I'd seal with a gloss coat, wash, and then dull coat.

That's a nice metal finish on the F-5; I meant to ask what paint you used, or is it foil?

Very realistic paint/weathering. Nice build!

You are really transforming this old kit into something to be proud of!

Nice paint work!

Is that a Matchbox kit in the first pic? F-5, I think.

Cool to see this one built other than stock. You've made a very cool model here.

Love it! Nicely done.

Sweet! That color really flatters the body lines. May I ask what paint/color you used?

That interior is NICE. Great build.

Very nice snapper! I just picked up one myself, probably will ditch the figures, though; not my cup of tea!

So they did! I had in my head ( a bad place to store anything) that the removable side cover was an indicator of the smaller Hydra. Backasswards again!

The B&M Hydro used the GM case, so appears pretty well stock from the exterior; the B&M magic was internal, so this should be a viable option for your purpose.

Clean build, and not a particularly easy ship model, so well done!

+1 on the color choices; just beautiful.

Perfect hot rod!

That's a neat little bird! Nicely done!

Very nice little vette!

Very nice work here, keep it up!

Nice tip on that paint; that's a lot of 1/4oz bottles for 8 bucks! Should go ahead and get a quart of white and a quart of black, and you can mix tints and shades to your heart's content.

The photos look to me like there is clear covering the decals; there is no clean, sharp demarcation at the decal edge as you would have with the decal on top.

Yep, the Revell "club" had a cool little magazine, and you gained status by the number and variety of kits you built. I think you had to send in photos of your finished kits, and were then awarded a certificate that was a step toward "Master Modeler" status. I also recall a continuing fiction story that involved some modelers and situations that required specific Revell models to overcome some adversity; the models were built and rendered real by some grand device that allowed the good guys to triumph every time.

Wow. That Charger looks even worse than I expected. I expected very little.

Yep, my younger cousin next door was signed up, and I got to help him build. This had nothing to do with Revell or Monogram, and in fact what I remember most is that I had never even heard of most of the kit brands at that time, the one standout exception being Aurora. One of his kits was the Aurora viking ship. This probably where I learned of Pyro, Lindberg, Palmer, and other dirty words. Several comic books of that time ran the printed ad to get you signed up. You just didn't know what you would be getting! Ooooh, but you got a sweet set of Pactra'namel paints. I was jealous.