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It's so old the can says Medium Acrylic Reducer, I got it when I was painting my (real) Vista Cruiser with Dupont Centari. So yes, it is for acrylic enamel.

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I too have a thing for blue. All my cars are blue, (except the white one with blue stripes).

Although, I have never been a big fan of Le Mans blue, I've always preferred Marina Blue over it.

I'm wondering if it isn't a tad too light after seeing the real car this paint was used on, but at the same time I think it will work in my favor on the smaller model.

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The kit provides a ’67 console, (on the right); the ’68 used a different style. I slightly modified a console from the Revell ’69 Camaro (on the left) to fit the ’67. I also used the shifter boot from the ’69 and cut off the shifter. I made a Hurst T-handle and shifter when I was making the console assembly for my ’73 and cast a resin copy (far left).

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I used the decals from the ’69 for the gauges and hand painted the wood accent. I also made a Hurst decal for the T-handle.

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In ’68 the rear stocks were staggered, ’67 were not. This is the way the kit comes.

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I changed the rear shock mounting points on the left side and filled the hole for the left shock and mounting holes for the stock exhaust.

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I modified a pair a of traction bars I copied from an MPC ’76 Nova. I made the rubber snubbers from pin heads.

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Just keeps getting better. When I was a kid my uncle had a 68 RS/SS 396 4 speed aluminum head chambered exhaust convertible. It's a very rare car now. It was dark blue with black interior black top. White stripe across nose and down the door. I'll never forget that car. I know where it is. The guy won't sell as his son died working on it ( gassed). I keep trying but understand the situation

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If you want to darken your blue up a bit, use a black base coat before applying the blue, using a black primer and adding some medium lacquer thinner and shooting through an airbrush you should get a smooth enough finish to use it like a sealer, and no need to sand before top coating with your blue.

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I don't want to darken it. I think the slight lightness will compensate for the smaller size. Gray primer is speced for the color to look correct in 1:1, I'm using a lighter gray primer to hedge the color, and diminish some of the flake.

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After I installed the engine I fitted the exhaust to line up with the body and pinned it to the chassis then made the pipes from the manifolds to the Y-pipes. The Y-pipe will come off and be installed after the body and chassis are assembled.

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You can actually remove some of the coarsest flakes from the paint by using some nylon screen from detailmaster, they have a couple of different size meshes, just cut a square and using a finger tip to push some down into a bottle to make a funnel of sorts, then pour the thinned paint through the strainer, and voila! Just the finest metallic, almost scale size is what will be left.

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Coming along great. I am working on the New Revell 67, and had some Marina Blue mixed up for it...... only because the paint shop didn't have a code for Madeira maroon :(

  • 4 weeks later...
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This is the same kit Mike, I'm just changing it into a '68. I personally prefer the Marina Blue over the Le Mans Blue.

The dash is done.

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And the interior tub is built.

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  • 3 weeks later...
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Thanks guys, I'm doing my best to make something my friend will really like.

I shot the body with Dupont Le Mans blue last night and foiled all the trim this morning.

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