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I have been using Future Floor Polish on grills, bumpers, and even windows for a long time with no problems. This is something I learned from another builder here on the forum a long time ago. I'll clean the part to be sure there is no lint or anything else on the part. Then dip the part in a small dish of floor polish. I use small alligator clips with a mounting rod made from cut lengths of old metal coat hangers. This provides me with a way to control the part I'm dipping and use the rods to mount the parts to a wooden board that I have drilled holes to hold the rods until the parts can dry. I suggest using a paper towel to lightly dab the edge of the part to remove the runoff from being dipped. Usually it will take at least an hour or more before they are dry enough for handling. You might try this a couple of times with a left over part to see how it works for you.

In addition to saving many lives his equipment minimized injuries for many others.

I was watching your build early on but haven't checked in for a while. I think it's looking good since that era of race cars never had the finished appearance we expect today. If you should want to try to build a correct '51 Ford at a future date check out Star Models. They're listed under the After Market/Resin section on the Forum. They offer several different versions of the '49 thru '51 Fords. I have built a couple of his Crestliner trim versions with the sedans longer roof. He also has a '51 Ford Custom line with the longer roof, correct Grill and Dash and Interior. As a young man I owed a couple of '51,s and for me the tip off on your original picture would have been the Hood Ornament as well as the driver's front fender trim. The Dash and Steering Wheel in the '51 is very different than the '49 or '50 also as well as the Grill. All needed parts are in the Star Resin kit.

Great looking paint job. I like the blue color also.

Great looking Bronco. I like the way you did the exterior trim and the seat inserts good also.

Beautiful looking Corvette. All of the trim looks so clean. I can only remember seeing one of these in that color in the wild, it really stood out just like your model.

So many quality builds. I like the very clean looking finish on all of them. I remember watching the build on the beige '36 ? Ford pickup and the blue chopped Ford pickup.That silver little '32 is really special also.

Well respected and admired as a person, race car driver and later a team owner. His teams won the NASCAR Championship three times with Cale Yarborough in 1976, 1977, and 1978. Also three times with Darrell Waltrip in 1981, 1982 and 1985. Other drivers that drove for him at different times were Terry Labonte, Bill Elliott, and Geoffrey Bodine who would eventually purchase Jr.'s team. Besides being inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame he was involved in many ways that helped NASCAR behinds the séance including obtaining R.J. Reynolds sponsorship for the series for many years.

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Very creative modeling here. The Big Wheel made me smile. That actually looks very doable in 1:1. Please post pictures when you build it.

You really don't want to mess with a Racoon. They may try and get away but they will stand their ground and can be very aggressive if cornered. I had a neighbor who went on vacation for a week and left the doggy door into their garage unlocked. Their little dog wasn't much bigger than a Racoon so these guys had no problem getting into the garage. After they damaged just about everything in the garage they could chu on they started chu their way into the house. They went through the wall board and insulation right into the kitchen. They got into just about every cabinet in the kitchen and ran sacked everything. Like I said, you don't want to mess with these little guys.

Great looking build. I like the paint treatment as well. I've seen these on You Tube Vintage Rally racing. They are still the terror they always were.

Very nice redo. You mention the original builders paint work. I doubt that the builder used any primer and as you mentioned additional coats of paint would have helped. The paint they used is very thin around the edges of body panels.

I remember following your build on this. I think it turned out great and a major part of that in my eyes is the paint treatment. I recall the work on getting the tailgate area to look the way you wanted. I think since this was a Kustom type build from the start that doing this paint style works sell to show off the different body lines.

Very clean and realistic looking build.

Glad McNally was victorious in the shoot out. A little paint touch up and all is good.

I should clarify what I meant by driver. That would be the driver running into the Pinto in this case. The person driving the Pinto would have little or no control over what happens when hit from behind. I also agree with you about the people that are effected or even killed because of the other drivers error.

Very ornate looking Christmas Trees. I wonder what the source of the scale cars would be ?

I always thought it was the responsibility of vehicle drivers to not run into each other. Some drivers just can't be saved from themselves I guess.

While I'm not into the Si Fi Figures I still recognize the detail painting work done on these and think it looks great.

While this is only my opinion and I understand that others may feel differently about it. I think in the end they will lose many readers/viewers with this change. Their advertisers should also take notice as fewer people will look at their adverts on line than in the magazine. I can understand how this could lower their cost of operation by going digital but is it really providing the same or better service to their subscribers ?? I'll try it for a while as it seems that since I have been a long time subscriber to many of these listed titles I will be getting "free ?" viewership.

Great looking engine. I'm not trying to be a kill joy, but you might want to relook at your engine references. The Vacuum Advance unit on the Distributer I think should be on the passenger side of the Distributer and the Ignition Coil would be mounted on top and to the rear of the Intake Manifold. As mounted the Coil would contact the Firewall. Looking forward to seeing the seat insert decals.

I like the chopped top and the '32 Grill idea, except that it is higher than the roof of the body.

Great looking Pin Striping. You could hang out at car shows and make some money.

Looks like an older Show Truck that has fallen on hard times.