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Oliver Looking so good - just love your style of weathering - it brings out the best of the build/details.

John You're sailing through the Whirlwind - looking mighty good.

Mark Great idea for a mojo builder: OOB Armor. You're off to a nice start and in cruise mode which is perfect.

Kev Got ya.

Mike I only wish but being a senior and two cars already, as wonderful and understanding as my wife is, preserving the peace takes precedence. 😉

Dennis, same here 😉

John talk about a speed build - incredible. Looking so good.

Kev Right with Rob, one beautiful build. Yup, your build surely has my 48th scale build juices flowing, as I have a number of both Eduard and Tamiya kits in the stash and right after I finish the T Bird, they will be hitting the bench. Just want to freshen up one of your images in Photoshop and Lightroom, so we can all enjoy the true colors and craftsmanship.

Kev Awesome build and checking out the Finished pics. Holy smokles, N of 300 in the stash - just makes it even harder to decide on the next build for sure.

Scott Nice work on the decals - they are looking real good and proof positive, you're on the final stretch to cross the finish line. I know how you feel about wearing gloves as it is a real pain but for me, it's my best offense. against fingerprints once I reached the painting stages. Sometime, more and more these days, I'll just use a microfiber cloth to pick up and handle a model when decaling and adding the finishing parts, repositioning it in a model stand. And of course, there are times I just plain old forget. 😉

Thanks Mark Getting there slowly but surely. Finally, very close to the painting stages as I've finished cleaning and prepping all the parts.

Thanks, Jeff, for the heads up - always nice to know what to keep an eye out for.

Always the burning - what's the next build ❓

John Nice work on the front ... looks mighty good and completely agree about how poor SH instructions are.

Scott Not sure either and I've been pretty lucky and only a few times over the years, needed to deal with fingerprints in the painting stage. I always try to wear gloves (latex and when decaling cotton) to help prevent fingerprints. A few times, I've rushed it, forgot the gloves and yup, paid the price.

Kev Awesome progress and looking so good.

Scott, Yikes - not good news on the paint issue and fingers crossed the repair work will go well. 🤞 I always try to follow a general rule: after the final cleaning with alcohol or Self Leveling Thinners and once the painting process is underway, if my Tamiya anti static brush doesn't do the trick, distilled water is the cleaner of choice.

Oliver Weathering progress is looking so good and enjoying each update.

Thanks Ernie, one of the best compliments I've ever gotten. Just too bad, at this stage of the game I'm a happy camper when I get up in the morning and nothing new hurst. 😉

Terrific work on the prop and spinner. Looks so good.

Ernie It's easy - just keep the non-detail blinders on and stick to what's in the box. Seems to have worked for me for decades.

Carl Holy smokes, the figure look fantastic and the red Fox details look as good as the Quinta sets. Just wish RF would have included seatbelts with their sets. Keep the ball rolling and let's get the Big Cat across the finish line.

Looking so good.🏆

John Looking forward to following your build and I know for sure yours will be a beauty.

Rob I've been waiting for your car build to hto the forum and now it's here. I'm signed on for the journey and will be following so very close. Nice start and welcome to the 'oldie kits' specializing in long cleanups before the actual construction can start. I'm still weeks into cleaning parts on my simple T Bird build and the worst part wasn't removing all the mold lines and injection pin marks on every part; dechroming all the chrome parts in Easy Off and I just finished sanding off the remaining chrome that would give up the ghost and then polishing the parts back to where they need to be.