Dominik

Thanks! I think, this kit is a homerun. I work "a little bit" on the interior. That means, i finished the dashboard, built a rollcage and racingseat with buckets: Also i completed the head-/rear lights, painted grill and enginebay... (paint is already wet) At last i made a lid for the bed with the rest of the decals: Ready for the finish line

Wow Tom - looking great!

you didn't know, how rare this kit is - also in Germany very hard to find. This year (i have an eye on it) there were only two at ebay...more collector grab them and nobody build it. I will watch your progress. It is a really cool kit...like your work so far. Go on Buddie

Nice to see you here Jürgen. LOVE this car! Hervorragend!

Also an awesome paintjob man...that shiny black is outstanding!

Trent, who did not collect more kits than he could build? I broke my hunting and collecting (hard work)-...it hurts one time, but now i feel much better Like your detailwork on the engines! Looking fine. The GTX has the same color like my convertible i built time ago. Like it most

very nice color and awesome paintjob. Love it!

cool built!

the details on the engine are great.

very cool - well done! I also think, the decals were a pain...great job on it!

Amazing work and pictures - WOW!

Thank you Damir, i only work with Schmincke colors for this kind of weathering. The colors are "Pigment"-colors, they do not cover much and are very good to dose. First i bleached with whit and sanded only the parts, i want to see at the end from the decals. Then i painted with Umbra more and more to cover and get some different color strengthen. I love this colors - "plug and play" (only fill in and paint without thinner), water based, no smell. This dotted look on the fender is the result, if the color is not dry enough and each layer painted wet. It is difficult to hold this progress firmly in the picture. If you will watch the hole progress of this model, follow the link: '55 Chrysler 300 "Tim Flock" - a barnfind

To this point, i was happy with the result. Like before, i painted with Schmincke Sienna and a little bit of umbra. before... ...after: the same from the backview - before: after: for example a closedup before: After: I think, that works better. some more weathering coming up, than its ready to complete. Thanks for attention

... what to do? I sanded all the "weathering" wet and made new layers of clear coat: In my view it is important, to seal step by step with clear coat. So i had the chance, to do it again without ruin the decals, bmf and what ever. Now i put the body by side for some weeks to dry and start again. Second (and winning) try. After sanding wet, i bleached the body more then the first try: Couple weeks ago, i sanded the bleached parts safetly, to "see" i little bit more from the decals. for example the roof... ...and the drivers door: After that the body get back for drying and waited for my courage, approached me again to venture. i brushed the places similar before i sanded the first try off.

Thank you Lanny - i agree, simply forgot to work on the "new looking" wheels. Thank you James. Plaes, can you explain "Wish you could do something with all the left over sprue knob pieces..." ? What are srue knob pieces? More progress. Time is running, i'm very slow with the updates.... Couple weeks after painting ivory, it is time to do the BMF on it. Felt after hundreds hours, it was done and painted with clear coat: Looking good so far. Also after a weeks the paint was certainly dry, i fit the decals on...they are really good to work with! Only the first decal i needed to get the feeling, how to work with it, is broken and fixed again... ...and now - at this point - my girlfriend said, it is too sad, to make it old and weathered. She's right, but there is no turning back. Lets do the weathering. In the thread "about weathering decals" you can read my mistake, now a short version of events. I used colors from Schmincke. There is white, umbra and sienna: First try, i forgot a thick layer of white and painted as always some bleeched parts with whit, then sienna and some highlights with umbra. The result: a closeup The fault: i used not enough white. In my view, the decals doesn't look as old as the rest of the paint. The decals are too dominant. ...

realy cooooool! Looks great!

Here is a "little" Progress on my Lightning Ford. I had a goooood run this weekend on it. I painted most of the parts and completed the Chassis: Some parts missing, i know. After painting the body white / black i finished the work with the Decals: Clear coat (to cold and wet yet), a cover for the bed and the body is ready.

Wow!

outstanding built so far!

your streetscene is cool Sam! How big is it? Can you show an overall view?

*tumps up* Ira - very very cool built!!!

wow! looks fantastic!

those wheels looking perfect on it! What kit is it? i dont know it - never seen a chevy pickup with this frontend.

...more progress. i removed the right valve cover and cutted the fittingholes out: because the hemi has the sparkplugs between the valves and camshaft, i drilled holes on place... ...and made some really small tubes. I used ear chopsticks (?), i have over a flame and pulled. To fit it in place, i took my inexpensive.... ...and put them in the holes: for wiring, i used on this engine a aftermarked distributor... ...made the plug caps and glued them: sure, i painted all at the end. Last update for today, i made the connections for aircondition and heater on the firewall: Why aircondition? the reference car i used, has those hoses and i first made the holes only for heater on wrong places - think so.

While the body is drying, i made some details on the enginebay. My goal is, to show a despoiled engine - because the details from Moebius itself are amazing. in short form: flange for water hose on the engine... ...on the cooler: gland from the brake reservoir lid: hosepipes from the powersteering and vacuumbooster: fuelline from the fuelpump: brake line from the brake master cylinder: next step, i cutted the belts - (the steeringpump/alternator was mounted off) and removed the rest of the belts on the pulleys... ...to have "real pulleys, i clamped it in my Dremel tool and made a slot: After attach on the engine - nobody sees it, but i know its there... ...more coming up...stay tuned.