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Lucky you; it's been about 95-98 degrees here for the past month and a half; everyone feels like they're hibernating from the heat, staying indoors in the A/C. They say it may get all the way down to 85 here over the weekend. Promises, promises :roll: :wink: And a food dehyrator really is an awesome tool; drying paint, primer, putty, warming cans of paint before spraying, drying off a model after washing, drying decals. I can't live w/o it But your model should be fine after a few days, Tamiya dries pretty rapidly. If it were Testors enamels I'd say you could deal with it by October.

Tamiya sprays dry rapidly; but I use a dehydrator so I'm not sure if you are letting it dry in ambient conditions. In this summer heat overnight/24 hours should be fine. If you can still smell it, it's too wet. Put in a warm, dry spot and you can work on it in no time.

Very nice 8) I thoroughly enjoyed the one I built. Your display is really cool! Hope we get a chance to meet if you get to Atlanta this September

Ken, you didn't do anything wrong whatsoever; you were "played" like everyone else by that identity thief and his malicious prank. Don't feel bad for doing what you felt was the right thing! Even though most of us haven't met Darin, he's like a great friend and family member from his contributions to our hobby. That anyone would take advantage of Darin and all of his acquaintances like that is appalling to me.

You and me both! And wouldn't it be cool if it was 700hp??!! I think I've heard that it might happen.

Darin, from the bottom of my heart I am so grateful that it was only a prank and that you are still with us! And that you continue to display a great level of humor over it. I hope the person who did it pays the proper price for doing what they did to you personally, and to all your friends and extended family in the aftermath. I'm appalled that it happened and I really hope that it results in better security for all who participate there.

Now he tells me.

Thanks; I've bought some of their stuff at a show and agree-they're supposedly coming to our show in November, so I can wait until then (I would have to wait for the order anyway considering all I've heard...).

Looks great! I should have gotten this kit instead of the Crusader. I'll probably combine parts between the two.

Well, whydontcha email Leon and tell him you want it!! I'll bet he's already planning it. I told him awhile back about someone spotting Plum Crazy and Sublime Charger Daytonas at the factory, he got his info. and found out they are '07 colors, and they're on his list 8)

Sorry, but it's the truth. I have several of his models; wish I had gotten more. I've built his Phantom Corsair, and have his BMW 3.0 CS and Alfa LeMans to build eventually. I wish I'd gotten the Jaguar XK 120C and a few others. He was working on a Mangusta and Alfa Canguro show car. Sad that he's OOB Last year in June Guido Fiew from Scale Kraft took a vacation to Europe. He was hiking in Belgium and had a bad fall; he nearly fell off a cliff and when rescued he had lost all but two units of blood. He nearly bled to death, and that's on top of his other injuries. He wasn't able to go back home to South Africa until nearly September, and was laid up/recuperating and considered an invalid until March of this year. His injuries, perhaps permanent, kept him from being able to make masters or continue with Scale Kraft. He's closed the business and is back to being an architect for his living. So far his attempts to sell the business haven't panned out. We lost a lot of very interesting models when Guido shut down Scale Kraft

So far nobody has done those decals. Hopefully someone will at some point.

While AMT is attempting to cash in on the Monte Carlo (and Mustang) from the movie, they didn't exactly do anything meaningful to the Monte other than to reissue the model (and apparently not w/the promised stock parts, but lowrider parts by mistake :roll: ). Anyway, are there readily-available sources for a resin cowl-hood, wheels/tires (stock car kit or ??), and perhaps seats? I can handle the rest, and could make the cowl hood if necessary. Here is a site w/some good detail shots of the movie car. I really dig the attitude of this Monte Carlo http://media.cars.ign.com/media/835/835567/imgs_1.html

Beautiful; nice replica-most people don't use the figures and I think they give it a lot more character. Nice work 8)

Good luck; I have had no luck sealing Alclad chrome without losing most of it's reflective quality. And that was using Future or clear Acryl over well-dried Alclad (and Spaz Stix; similar stuff w/great reflectivity before coating). If you want that great polished look, you're not going to keep it when you clearcoat over it. As for steel, you can clear over that because it's a more typical metallic. Soon I'll be testing Mirra Chrome's new "Killer Chrome" which comes in a spray can; not sure how it will react to clear, but it's made to be overcoated so we'll see...

Wow, the fine details and weathering are amazing! Nice job 8)

Neat trick! I'm tempted to try it out to make opening "safari" windshields on my barely in-progress ratty singlecab. Almost...since I'd have to remove the molded trim from the body and then make the trim on the windshield parts themselves. Decisions, decisions

Thanks for the reply Steve! Yours and Peter's excellent buildups and improvements should help anyone interested in building these models. I'll save it for reference if/when Trumpeter does a G-body that I'm interested in :wink:

It's amazing how much more I prefer this car w/just the addition of simple hubcaps! Nice work!!

Chevy site shows only the following 5 colors on an '06 Z06: Velocity Yellow Victory Red Machine Silver LeMans Blue Black Though I think I've seen pics of them (maybe '05's??) in Daytona Sunset orange.

Looking good; however correct me if I'm wrong-is the firewall on these cars curved like that? I had a '78 Grand Am coupe (wish I still had it, wish it was what Trumpeter kitted...) and certainly spent enough time under that hood and never remembered the firewall being curved like that. I can't think of any car that has a firewall that is curved to match the windshield contour and the rear edge of the hood. Again, please correct me if I'm wrong!

I've never seen the resin bodies warp once they're assembled; with glass and chassis and assembly they seem to hold up just fine, at least with my experience; but they're kept in pretty "friendly" conditions inside a showcase. I've had a few bodies get a bit warped from improper storage, but nothing that hasn't been fixed w/some hot water. I have a Shawn Carpenter '62 Grand Prix, one of the nicest bodies I've ever gotten, and it warped inside the box after I got it because a couple of parts shifted and the body wasn't sitting squarely in the box. I fixed the warp and repacked the kit carefully in it's box; I checked it recently and the warp has not returned at all. I'm a lot more careful now w/storing the bodies.

Tastefully understated; it bridges the gap between traditional lowrider and a mild custom. Very nice 8) I see Revell didn't engrave the rear fendercaps/fillers between the fenders and the vertical bumpers. Someone clever needs to build a ratty version of a Caddy missing those fillers :shock: :wink:

Great restoration! Looks real. Early '60's Mopar cars remind me of "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"