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As Nick said, install the PE emblems and such after the clearcoat has been polished. I use clear enamel paint to glue them on. If you've ever fought with a jar of paint to get the stuck-on lid off, you know that dried paint makes an excellent glue. I use a toothpick to apply a tiny drop of the clear paint to the spot on the body where the part should go. Then I place the part onto the drop of clear paint and position it properly. Then LEAVE IT ALONE UNTIL THE PAINT DRIES. If you didn't use too much clear enamel, no paint should "squish out" from under the part and you won't see any. This is the method that has worked best for me.

That looks really great Todd.

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Very nice colors Steve. This is looking like another winner coming from your bench.

Great job Yuri. I love your color choice.

Yeah, they were a favorite band of mine "way back when". I agree with Harry about the tune KICKS.

This one should come out looking really cool in those colors Steve.

Good job Jim. I like the interior.

Juergen, that looks really great. All of the "people" really bring it to life with all the different poses. Good job!!!

Wow...... What the heck is it??????

Thanks very much Carl. I'm hoping to be able to complete this car some time today. We'll see how that goes.

Nice start Harry.

Tom, could you try using some pieces of half round rod, sanded down a little, to make your own shallow center humps on the floor? Steve, the glass on this Chrysler promo isn't quite that thick. It's actually pretty close to "normal" kit glass. I scratched lines on the sides of the glass behind the vent window uprights and along the front of the rear pillars with the tip of an XActo blade and then cut and sanded just to that line and then sanded the edges to thin them a bit. I polished the front & rear glass pieces with Novus 2 Plastic Polish after that.

Thanks Tom. The only thing I've had to reattach going through the side window is one of those dash mounted mirrors on a Mopar that hit the window at final assembly. You're right about it being like a "ship in a bottle". This Modelhaus interior does have a very slight center hump in the floor... not much, but it's there.

Good to see you back in model building mode again Harry. I guess you successfully (?) completed all of your fair weather, summer chores. We look forward to more of your great building and detailing.

I finally finished up the resin (Modelhaus) '59 Dodge interior that I'm using for this car. The carpet & rear tray are flocked Brown and the seats and side panels are painted brown and tan. The dash is painted Tamiya Red Brown and detailed with BMF, chrome silver paint and black detailer. I added a piece of straight pin to the steering column for a turn signal stalk and added resin window cranks and door handles which were painted chrome silver. The promo's front & rear glass has been glued in. I separated the front and rear glass from the one piece promo glass unit with my razor saw, and I carefully removed the side glass using a Dremel cutoff wheel and sanding wheel. I prefer not having any side glass as I feel it makes the interior easier to see. Once the glue on the glass is fully dry I can install the interior bucket and then complete the final assembly on this car. Hopefully tomorrow I can post Under Glass pictures of this completed car. Stay tuned, and thanks for following along.

Aside from the Italian Job with Edward Norton playing the bad guy, have you seen the movie The Score, also with Edward Norton as the bad guy. Robert DeNiro and Marlon Brando in what I think was his last movie...... Jeeze, he reminded me of Jabba The Hut in that movie... he was HUGE...!!!

Christian, this s a very cool car. Unless you are really a stickler for accuracy on the movie car, I'd just leave the mirrors as is...... besides, that'll make Harry happy

Not a bad show today.... Some great models. There didn't seem to be as many vendors as last year and the aisles didn't seem as crowded either. Had a great time chatting with Jeff396 & "Z" man.

Thank you Peter, and I will try to correct any wheelbase problems.

Yep...... see you all tomorrow. There are even a couple of friends I know from the LIARS Club on Long Island in NY who are on their way here for the show. It'll be like a reunion for us...!!!

Ken, those colors are gorgeous.

I try to do the same as Art and Steven but those pesky, thin straight pieces usually give me some trouble.

Thanks very much guys. Doing the BMF work was very tedious.

I have trouble foiling the thin straight piece of vent windows and usually just paint them with chrome silver paint. As Steven does, I also touch up any bare spots with the chrome silver paint too.