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Beautiful car. I have the convertible version should be done later this week

I like these cars A LOT. Got one in my long to do pile

I mixed some clear pearl with some silver and white ( its more clear pearl than anything) and went over them with that will add some Elmer's clear glue over them maybe today. But so far I like the contrast. I'm not after 100% perfection . just something that looks better them chrome.

Anyone have any tips to help the looks of the molded in head lights on these older kits. ? Drilling them out is not an option at this point ( chrome was already re-plated when I got the kit )

I put a new blade in my knife on every BMF job I start. And I have a knife I use for nothing but BMF work

Ok, I broke down and tried allcad for a change. I sprayed a set of hubcaps, some small parts and a windshield frame. The hubcaps and such look real good and I can definitely live with them as is . But the windshield frame isn't as shiny as I would like. Do I buff it once dry , or did I do something wrong. Its not hate full and I MIGHT be able to live with it. But If I can fix something now that I should have done better . I would prefer it. All of it has the same base coat of a duplicolor gloss black

I have one of the Harbor Freight $9 air brushes . I like it. Its not a crown jewel by any stretch. But it was less than $10 ,,,,,so my expectations weren't that high to begin with. IF something should go wrong with it or I need parts. I'll throw it away and go get another one . But I keep thinking I might try the $20 one and see what it gets me . I rarely used an AB in the past but I'm finding a need for one more and more as I dive into these old annuals and OE stock colors

Thanks. Ordered the ts56 shown. Ts54 is a medium blue

I like it, Looks exactly like some home brewed racer would have built back in the late 50s early 60s

Very cool, And NOT going to be an easy OR cheap build to do I know the song well. And now its gonna be in my head for the rest of the day ( Not a bad thing though )

This one is airbrushed and is only maybe the 2nd or 3rd time I've used my airbrush in 5 years Normally I use rattle cans. But,,,,I was after a unique color so I had this paint mixed at Smythe Automotive in Florence Ky. it was $16 for a 2 oz touchup bottle . And he gave me the reducer for it at no charge . . the clear is from Upol rattle can urethane clear sprayed right out of the can. I use it because A - its convenient B- it polishes out REALLY nice and slick with reasonable effort . I've had some builds I didn't polish it at all . Its usually lays down nice C - its convenient . KOI and Smythe both have it on the shelf Be advised if u use it,,,spray it outdoors as it does have a strong odor to it. I use one of the paint masks when I spray it in my garage .

Yep, on her car out in the sun its a very in your face bold yellow. And its not a real common color on the 1/1's . Unfortunately It just doesn't have quite the same effect indoors and on a model car. But I had it here so I decided to use it . (i'm looking for one of the old Neon promos to repaint for her to put on her shelf ) This is going to be a quickie all box stock to get me back in the saddle so to speak . I might try to get the interior painted today ( gonna be black and yellow )

I've seen a few restored examples on all them they were either black ,,or white on some dark colored cars

Hold it under pretty hot water, ( at least as hot as your fingers can take ) , correcting the twist ( maybe even over corrected slightly ) then have an assistant switch it from hot to cold water ,, all the while keeping the body in the water stream . You may have to repeat this several times to get what your after. How well this works depends A LOT on how bad its twisted. DO NOT under ANY circumstances use the oven in an attempt to correct a twisted body ,,, Or a hair dryer or heat gun , or open flame of any kind ( trust me on this )

Are you sure about this color. ? Seems like all these cars I've seen it look orange to me I picked up a can of Camel Yellow this week, and its most definitely not orange . I have one of the re-issue Monogram kits on my very short list to do

Does it have both a Magneto and a distributor ? I did some work on an early 30s General Monarch Firetruck a few years back that had the dual ignition. It had a BIG 6 cyl Buddha engine in it

Thanks all. Its in the case for a few weeks to gas out + dry. I painted the interior yesterday but I'm not real happy with the color. So I am going to try and find some different tan colors to try again

I've had this on the bench for nearly a year sitting in primer. Its one of those kits I built as a kid . And when it got re-issued a few years ago I snapped a few of them up for old times sake. With the nice weather around here this week it seemed like a good time to get it in color. Paint is the same as on my daughters 04 Neon, called Solar Yellow. In bright sunlight it has a a very small amount of a pearl look to it. And I thought it would fit the bill quite nicely. This will be a quick fall build to relieve my yuth ( lets see who gets that ) Thanks for looking

Agreed, although I've never seen the actual color in person . So all I have are monitor pictures I've found. My paint guy couldn't find a mix formula for something this old so we found a color that's close and he played with it using different tints . In the bottle it looked pretty close ,,,but to be honest I think once I sprayed it out we should have put more purple tint in it. But I'm happy with it and it looks amazing in person. I thought about it,,,,,,,but I was afraid the sharpie ink would run when the clear hit it ,,,causing all kinds of issues. And I REALY didn't want to have to strip it. So I decided to leave it till last ,,right before it goes in my case. I did it this same way on my 58 Imperial build and its still a nice gold color ,,,nearly 5 years later

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Had an Ebay deal go south a few years ago. Sold some guy 3 dealer promos for the total sum of $450 . Once he got them he kept saying they were damaged , but never sent pics to prove it . Kept giving me some song and dance how his email was blocking out going or my email was blocking incoming picture files. Finally after about 6 weeks he filed a paypal dispute . So I told him to send them back . What I got was 2 cars worth about $20. But because he insured them for the $450, He sent them airmail and without seeing who the box was from or what was in it,,I had to sign. Paypal refunded him his money. Burned me for the full amount , no matter how much I argued with paypal via email or phone. Sent them pics of what I sold and of what I got back in return ,,,,,,,,, I got screwed. Shortly afterwards I closed my ebay sellers account and haven't used them to accept payment since, and never will . Now I just use ebay and paypal to buy ONLY .

Got clear on it this morning. and it really REALLY brought out the plum / purple tint to it. I'm super happy with it. Problem is my camera will not capture the color right either indoors or out. And a better picture of the scripts. This one turned out so much better than my previous attempts . Thanks to Mr Annual Steve Guthmiller for the tips Now is goes into hiding to cure , for maybe a week or 2 before I handle it again. Till then time to paint another one.

I always wanted to build one of these ,,,but having a few of the old promos I never did. Plus the odd scale turned me off I've driven several of them ( used to work at a Dodge dealership ) And these cars are an absolute blast to drive. Both on the straights and in curves. The all wheel drive is amazing

Doing research on the right tan interior for a 1960 Lincoln.,,,,And I have 2 pics of what I can only assume are 2 different cars and the leather is definitely 2 different shades any ideas to which is correct , and what paint is best to replicate the right one

I wasnt 100% sure of the color, in some pics they look gold, in others they look chrome . Either way my plan is go over them with a yellow sharpie once the car is done. I think the Mark V emblem on the rear quarter is also gold correct ? I think the emblems came out outstanding. My phone camera didn't want to focus in on it that close. but you can easily read them both . I'm stoked