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I bought the Paasche H off of eBay (Chicago Airbrush Supply) for less than $25. It was the brush only and I had to buy a fitting to mate it to my quick disconnect line and also bought a couple of the metal 1/4 oz. cups.

Great! Can't wait to see the completed car.

Yeah, I've heard that but I've also heard folks on here say they've never had a cracking problem.

I use Dr. Pepper plastic bottles with double-sided tape on the cap to hold my bodies for spraying. I add a few stones to add stability.

My first airbrush was a Badger Patriot 105. Dual action, easy to handle, clean and sophisticated, at least for model car painting. I've used it for about 3 years and it's a fine piece of equipment, capable of doing very professional art work and model cars too. But after a while and much research, I decided that it was just too much for me. I got several decent to nice paint jobs with it but couldn't spray acrylics or Future through it. I think a good analogy would be a story that a sage racer told me when I started 1 : 1 racing. "The more complicated you make a race car with multi-adjustable suspension components, finely tuned engine and complexity of operation, the easier it will be to get everything out completely out of whack and the harder to utilize the car to it's fullest potential. I'd read many times on the forum that people were using relatively simple design airbrushes, usually single action designs. I decided to spring for a Paasche H and I can't believe the ease with which I can spray Future now. I've tried 2 bodies so far. The first was just a test to see what techniques might work best. On the second attempt, I primed a Cobra with Tamiya white and then shot Future on it. Here's what I came up with. No buffing or polishing done yet. I'm pretty satisfied with the results so far. My advice to anyone wanting to try a airbrush, get a simple one.

Beautiful!

What about just buying a small amount of balsa wood and making a real wooden "fire wall".

Thanks, Bill! I love a mystery and all things James Dean.

I have this one and the Mercedes as well, Keep us posted on the progress.

Jurgen, that's a great job! How did you replace the louvers? Where did you get the wheels and tires?

One of my all time favorite actors. Just recorded 4 programs he did in the early to mid 50s that were n TV, Never seen them before. James Dean was taken from us 60 years ago yesterday (9-30-55). Now, Bill, please elaborate on the 550s remains.

Yeah, I'll say it again, that's a beautiful model! I've got one of those that will be on the bench real soon. I hope mine looks half as nice as yours. Any suggestions or tips?

I hope someone can answer your question. I'd like to know about this myself.

Nice work! I had a 69 2 dr. HT but it wasn't a GTS. Had to replace the freeze out plugs during the winter of 79-80. The high for the 2 days it took was 31 degrees. Had to pull the tranny to get at the two behind it. It was a miserable 2 days work but I still liked the car.

I've heard people mention here that they use artist or graphics tape for masking their models. What brand do you use and where do you get it?

It's hard to tell that it isn't a real car. Beautiful!

+1 It's a fact that there are more female owners of Mustang convertibles than MX5s.

Beautiful!

Beautiful work!

I'd love to find a bugeye kit and replicate one of my old race cars.

Thanks! It is a fairly easy kit to build. You will enjoy building yours.

Here are the different Plasticote primers. http://www.plastikote.com/products/Primer/Sandable-Primer.html

Here's a link to some pictures after I finished it.

Another example of man gone crazy.

2000 Mazda Miata Special Edition