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Is the silver on the hood for the cars with silver accents flat or semi-gloss? It's very hard to tell from pictures. I think it's flat (was going to use Tamiya AS-12 Bare metal for it) but I am not sure.

That model looks like the real thing and you called it a "palate cleanser." May all our palate cleansers be so stunning. Great work!! I love those little MGBs.

Does anyone know of a resin caster or printer doing the louvered hood for the '71 442? The ram air hood in the kit is very well done but I'm thinking of something a little bit different. Also, these decals seemed to be unique to the non-W-30 version of the car.

This is an old Jo-Han promo-style kit I bought as a built-up. I stripped it down and repainted and reassembled it. I also added wipers, mirrors, and ariels and houndstooth decals.

Got some better pics of the Coronet this morning. I’m very happy with the way this turned out.

This one is compete and in the Under Glass section.

This is the new AMT/MPC kit in Seafoam Turquoise Metallic. The kit goes together beautifully. This one is box stock. More pictures when the weather here improves.

I did a quick mock-up to check progress, she sits a little high in the front but I suspect that can easily be adjusted in final assembly.

Chassis is done. The instructions aren’t clear on this; make sure to install the exhausts before the rear suspension. I did not, and had to do some careful manipulation to get them in.

I have started on the new '68 Coronet kit. I'm very impressed with the engineering put into the assembly of the kit so far. I'd love to see more of these style of kits come out. Just some early progress here. Everything will be box stock, I don't have time to add lots of detail parts or kitbash. I like the challenge of making something look good right out of the box. Engine is together, painted Chrysler engine turquoise (don't know if that's entirely accurate, but I like the way it looks). I messed up painting the body so no pics of that yet, it will be a Seafoam Turquoise Metallic (a '69 color but I like it on this). Black and white interior with turquoise surrounds.

I am struggling with MCW enamels lately and am wondering why. I have a Paasche Millennium double action with a side feed, and I usually don't have trouble with lacquers or Tamiya paints using it. But with these MCW enamels I can't seem to get them thinned enough to flow smoothly through the airbrush. Either I thin it 25-30% and it comes out dry, or I thin it 40-50% and it comes out far too thin. And with metallics I can't seen to keep the metallic particles suspended properly. Is there an airbrush you guys might suggest instead? Should I spend the $$$ and get a Grex trigger action airbrush?

I hope they've updated the decal sheet. The original sheet lacked the Cyclone 390 graphics and the "GT" in the stripes.

I got it yesterday, thanks Steve!

I used Tamiya AS-21 Green. It goes on semi-flat, but I was able to gloss it up using Tamiya polishing compounds.

LOL I think I bought one of them from you. EDIT: Yup, I sure did. Seller in Dracut.

Built upon a commission from a friend. Salvino's Buick kit, Powerslide decals, Tamiya paints.

Congrats again Mark, it's a beautiful model and you worked your way through it with gusto.

Of course, I didn't mean to imply that they did. The bodies are all new.

That body looks really excellent in primer. I'm very impressed. Salvino's also fixed the roof rail on the driver's side. I believe Jay is using one of his built chassis to display these bodies, Salvino's has said the Camry kits will have a full dash pad included in the kit.

I chatted with a producer of 3D printed resin bodies and he said he could print up 2022 hoods for the Camry when it is released, so it will hopefully be easy enough to backdate.

All that work paid off! Fantastic job!

Great job! I can't wait to get mine!

I think they'll be waterslides. IIRC they've switched to Cartograf printing so the quality of the decals will be unsurpassed. With plenty of Microsol and heat they'll likely lay down just fine. Jay Savarese has done some amazing work with complex decals and uses that method.

The upcoming Toyota kits and I believe some of the new Mustang kits will have the dash panel and switch plate included as parts. I haven't had a warped body yet but I did have one warped chassis floor. I heated it up to remove most of the twist and then glued the body down to the chassis which removed the rest of it. I have found that for me, the best way to assemble these kits is to use liquid plastic welder on as many of suspension parts as possible before painting any of them. I trade off some detail painting for increased strength and ease of build. That seems to work pretty well for me but of course everyone's mileage may vary there.

I'd think you'd have to paint the car gloss black first. Or the car will come molded in black. Then the decals will go over that. There's enough black on it where I suspect that's the way they would go. I'm going to build Bubba's Kansas winner with the first Toyota I get so it's not as much of an issue for me, but I can see how those Truex decals can be intimidating.