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After wet sanding and a good cleaning I sprayed two coats of primer . After drying for 24 hours I sprayed two coats of Meadowlark Yellow . After another 24 hours it got two coats of clear . The scoop is just sitting in place for now . I'll spray a couple more coats of clear after the stripe decals are applied . While things were drying I had time to work on the wheels and tires . To be continued . . .

Thanks Carl ! I've done several builds like this so it's not a real surprise anymore and it's easier now to make adjustments .

Beautifully done , it looks perfect in that color !

Just came across this build Bob , really sharp looking truck ! It looks great lowered with the bigger tires . I used to always spray a light tack coat before spraying the wet coats but found that Tamiya doesn't like that , always ends up a but grainy . Now I only spray wet coats .

Thanks much guys ! I finished pepping the body and got some white primer on it a few days ago then sprayed the color yesterday . Hoping to get it cleared this weekend and post some pics !

What a great idea and very very well done , it definitely captures the spirit of those early Monogram kits we all love !

Looks really good to me , great job Scott ! I suspect the engine assembly and frame were probably meant to be the same color , just a guess . P.S. - Tom's son is Kelly .

Well done Ray ! You're being too hard on yourself , I think you nailed the look !

Well done Anton , really like that color ! Back in the day I owned a '74 Laguna and it's ride height was exactly like that .

Well done Bob that's a great looking sleeper and I really like that Root Beer (?) paint !

Not bad , a really nice looking coupe !

I like your approach to this one Stephen , building to match your 55 year old survivor was definitely the way to go ! Very well done !

I was looking through some photos to see if I missed anything and realized that the seals around the door glass really stand out against the light yellow paint , so I added them using some .040" half round strip . After paint and foil I can brush paint them with some Tamiya Rubber Black .

I've always loved the yellow version of the Big Deuce and you did an excellent job recreating it as the Little Deuce ! Your attention to detail by adding the correct parts that Monogram left out of the kit really puts your Little Deuce above all of the others . Awesome work Craig and the perfect addition to your collection ! PM sent .

Absolutely . But I would take it a step further and remove the entire radiator support and replace it with a fabbed piece and use a separate radiator . Thanks for the input Steve !

Wow that's really sharp Ken , both the Shelby and the trailer look great !

Beautiful paint and some really great photography !

Now that's some excellent work on the interior , very realistic ! And I really like that Ginger Bronze Poly paint !

Thanks Steve ! I don't think I've done a full detail build since my '71 Roadrunner so it's definitely time for one . . . but it won't be this one . Maybe the next one .

I've been collecting as many sets of clear headlight lenses as I can find so this morning I decided to tackle upgrading the molded in headlights . The front grille/bumper was successfully stripped a couple weeks ago so I start with the small round burr on the left . After I have the headlight removed I use the grinding stone to carefully shape the headlight bucket . The last step is to carefully ream the inside with the drill bit , this leaves a small step for the clear headlight lens to rest against . The white plastic is hard to see under bright lights so I used a Sharpie to highlight the rims , that way I could see what I was doing . The next photos shows the finished buckets and then the clear lens set in place . Time to start prepping for paint . Thanks for looking !

Thanks much David !

Check out this '32 built by Kruzn , he used a twill fabric from Hobby Lobby that looks very good . If you scroll down to the bottom of the first page he describes it .

One thing I always do is to pre-fit the windshield-dash-interior and chassis into the body , seems there is always some sort of interference that prevents the chassis from fitting into the body properly . In this case there was definitely a problem , turns out that by shortening the wheelbase a scale three inches some of those molded in bumps moved forward and were pushing the interior upward . After some selective grinding and a little trimming where the rear wheel housings were still hitting the bed everything slid into place . You can see in the photos that the windshield and dash fit nicely and the chassis now sits even with the rocker panels like it should . I probably messed with this for an hour or so but it was time well spent .

Thanks Ray ! Thanks David ! I hope it helps . Thanks you Al ! Thanks Carl ! I don't do it all of the time but the ones on this body were molded so poorly I figured it would be worth the effort .

That is super cool and realistic , very well done ! I can imagine something like this actually being built to be used as a farm truck .