1970 Super Bee

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On 11/24/2021 at 5:22 PM, Tuffy's Garage said:

One of my favorite Mopars I keep wanting to do one in Plum Crazy with Steel Wheels

one of my favorites also, thanks for your interest.

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14 hours ago, espo said:

The color, as well as the paint finish, look great. I like the look of the flat hood without the scoops. 

thanks David, I like the look also but it's going to get the scoops.

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14 hours ago, FLHCAHZ said:

Wow. That looks great 

thanks Chaz for the kind words.

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13 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

Wow Ken, thats a beauty and that engine compartment.......?

thanks Mike it's coming along.

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10 hours ago, Mattilacken said:

beautifull! what did you do to the lights?

thanks Anton, the headlights were painted.

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tail lights have been completed, rear bumper put on and the tail pipe extensions finished. hood scoops will just about complete this build.

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I got the exhaust tips blacked out and the hood scoops painted and mounted. this build is now finished, back to the stash for another mopar. thanks to all that followed and commented. one last picture of the finished build, I like the way the colors work together and highly rate this kit. it builds up quite nicely.

[Misha]

That is a stunning build Ken! The colour fits it so well, eye candy. 

On 11/23/2021 at 5:46 PM, Bronzekeg said:

I managed to get window trim painted, window glass installed and the stripes put on today. it's been a decent kit to build so far.

I was curious about your great execution of the window trim, what paint did you use, or is it BMF? It looks great and with the recent issues with BMF, I am looking for alternatives.

Enjoyed following your build from day one, cheers Misha

[Bills72sj]

Dang! That turned out SWEEEET!!!!

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8 hours ago, Misha said:

That is a stunning build Ken! The colour fits it so well, eye candy. 

I was curious about your great execution of the window trim, what paint did you use, or is it BMF? It looks great and with the recent issues with BMF, I am looking for alternatives.

Enjoyed following your build from day one, cheers Misha

thank you Misha for the kind words. the window trim is testors metallic silver. the last time I ordered bmf every sheet was ruined with wrinkles. if you have any old junk car bodies they are perfect for practicing painting trim. once you get used to it and decent at it, it goes quickly. one of the secrets is a new brush and new bottle of paint. experiment with different brush angles. once done correctly the results look better than foil to my eye. the top brush is the one I use for trim.

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4 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

Dang! That turned out SWEEEET!!!!

thank you for the kind words Bill.

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Thanx for the details on your chrome trim technique Ken. I’ve been successful with semigloss black window trim on Porsche 911s for example by using Tamiya tape masking followed by air brushing LP5, so experimenting with the various metallics being brought on the market I hope to find a decent chrome look.

Cheers Misha

[bisc63]

Looking GREAT! Love the realistic stance.

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15 hours ago, Bronzekeg said:

thank you Misha for the kind words. the window trim is testors metallic silver. the last time I ordered bmf every sheet was ruined with wrinkles. if you have any old junk car bodies they are perfect for practicing painting trim. once you get used to it and decent at it, it goes quickly. one of the secrets is a new brush and new bottle of paint. experiment with different brush angles. once done correctly the results look better than foil to my eye. the top brush is the one I use for trim.

Back when this was about the only way to "chrome" the trim on a model there was a trick that we would use. I don't even know if this would work today, but what we used to do was brush on a pretty heavy coat of the silver paint. Wait a moment and then gently blow on the still wet paint and then set it aside to dry. The builder who showed me this explained that blowing on the paint would somehow make the heavier silver pigment in the paint settle and the clear chemicals would come to the surface and leave a shinier finish. We used to think it worked anyway. 

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21 hours ago, bisc63 said:

Looking GREAT! Love the realistic stance.

thank you Rusty for the kindness.

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13 hours ago, espo said:

Back when this was about the only way to "chrome" the trim on a model there was a trick that we would use. I don't even know if this would work today, but what we used to do was brush on a pretty heavy coat of the silver paint. Wait a moment and then gently blow on the still wet paint and then set it aside to dry. The builder who showed me this explained that blowing on the paint would somehow make the heavier silver pigment in the paint settle and the clear chemicals would come to the surface and leave a shinier finish. We used to think it worked anyway. 

thanks for your input David.