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08-02-09 Been working away on the Mustang.    The chasis is in two main parts actually, the lower part forms the underneath on the car withthe suspension and so on, and hte upper part is the interior of the car.   Then I masked off the body work and sprayed the chrome around the windows and across the doors. Disaster strikes!! Didn't notice until too late that a drop of glue had fallen onto the interiro of the rear window!!  About an hour later, after prayers and sanding ....  She's now safely under protection while a new coat of Klear cures!! Phew! Liam
Mesa called Jar-Jar Binks. Mesa your humble servant. I don't know. Mesa day startin pretty okee-day with a brisky morning munchy, then BOOM! Mesa gettin' very very scared!  I am the Rules Police. It's better than being the Thought Police.
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Looks really good Liam.
What Kit is it?
James
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 Class looking Liam, interior very clean looking and the body has a nice deep shine. Did you stick with your own process of polishing?
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Ciaran_dub wrote: Class looking Liam, interior very clean looking and the body has a nice deep shine. Did you stick with your own process of polishing? Nope, I think i followed your method...primer, sand, polish, spray paint, sand, polish, paint agian and so on. Then a coat of Klear. It needs another coat of Klear to try blend the touch ups, which I will try to get done Sunday. Thanks for the kind words...it was my first "real" car. Liam
Mesa called Jar-Jar Binks. Mesa your humble servant. I don't know. Mesa day startin pretty okee-day with a brisky morning munchy, then BOOM! Mesa gettin' very very scared! I am the Rules Police. It's better than being the Thought Police.
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01 03 09 Finally finished the car.....    Only problem is that the kit has two rectangular door mirrors. They useda single round shaped door mirror in the movie!! Anybody got a spare?? Next mad idea is to make a figure to represent Steve McQueen, sorta!  this is waht I started with. The figure on the right is a work in progress and kind of looked like the one on the left unitl I cut him up. Both figures, kindly donated by Col. from Britmodeller, came from a racing car pit crew set. They are both posed to be carrying or dealing with equipment so some surgery would be required to pose the chosen one suitable to be standing near the car. The more upright bloke was chosen, but as he was too tall, I cut off his feet and the area where his overalls cuffed in over his shoes and also removed the area around the belted waist. Bit of careful sanding and the two halves (on set on the feet) give him a height that looks more appropiate to the height of the car when looking at still from the movie.  I have started to remove the excess of clothing folds as McQueen seemed to wear straight jeans and a polo neck. The shoes seem ok as some of the stills seem to show him wearing what look like brown suede shoes or something, but definitely not boots. Liam
Mesa called Jar-Jar Binks. Mesa your humble servant. I don't know. Mesa day startin pretty okee-day with a brisky morning munchy, then BOOM! Mesa gettin' very very scared! I am the Rules Police. It's better than being the Thought Police.
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Did you finish him yet?
I'll bring my (unfinished) '67 Stang to compare on Sunday if you like!
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