I would suggest applying the decals before the clear coat. Many have different opinions on this but this is mine. I have only used "The Treatment" model wax once and while it will give you a shine in my experience it turned out to be a little more aggressive than what I needed at the time and went thru the color coat in my case. My thought is that if you used this product after the decals are applied it may damage the decals. Will be interesting to see what others suggest.
To each their own. I would be embarrassed to be seen even close to it, but that's just me. Others may look upon it and get excited, although I don't know why.
Sort of their answer to the fiberglass T Bucket kits or even the Myers Manx type kits, only cooler looking. Not much weight so the small engine may make this an interesting Play Toy.
There has been a lot of discussion about the rear Bumper position on this kit. When I look at it I have to agree that the Bumper should sit higher or closer to the Tail Lights and rear Body Panel based on what I see in the pictures of 1:1 cars here. What I have noticed based again on these pictures is that the rear Bumper doesn't come all the way down to the bottom edge of the rear Quarter Panels. Looking at the pictures of both the blue Chevelle and the lt. Metallic Green SS395 it appears that the lower edge of the Quarter Panel is actually lower than the rear Bumper. Depending on the angle in my mind it looks as if you could draw a line from the bottom edge of the body panel and it would align with the rear most edge of the Bumper. This would put the leading edge of the Bumper just above the body panel where they meet.
Looks great and I like the Hugger Orange color, I had a '69 Camaro the same color. The dark Saddle interior goes perfect with the exterior and show off the interior details better than if it were Black.
They turned out great. I watched your build on these two and I can understand how it would get tedious doing the same thing twice. I also like how you left off the rear deck spoiler since it seems like everyone else including myself use the spoiler.
For the most part yes. I use the TS line of spray paints and they don't really state on the can weather or not it's Acrylic that I can see. The brush bottle paints are Acrylic thou.
I have used the Tamiya Accent paint on engines, chrome and chassis and drive line components and have been happy with the results. The only thing is I use almost Tamiya paints only and this may be the difference.