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These are the Daisy Wheels I know of. In 1:1 they are American Racing Wheels 200S.

Good to see you are back at it again. I have been in a slump as well. Started at least 5 projects but none of them made it as far as paint. I am currently distracted as I am rebuilding my spare 1:1 455 Pontiac engine for my 72 GP. I will be following your progress.

One of my favorites was Firefly. I actually bought the DVD set.

I guess you were taught to respect other people's (and your) property early on in your childhood. Kudos to you parents.

I am still old school. Scrape paint carefully. Mix Testors red tube with Plastruct liquid and apply sparingly with a toothpick. Model stays together with out losing parts for going on decades.

That is pretty awesome. I love it!

Very nice! A unique combination of billet wheels retina burning paint.

I am along for the ride. I have dreams of making my L700 into a short tanker. Like the septic tank cleaning type.

That turn out quite sweet.

Thanks. I long ago I determined that stance is WAY more important than wheels that actually ROLL. So I tend to build suspensions stock in relation to the chassis. I then painstakingly glue the tires to whatever is available. I do so in exactly the position I want them to be located in the wheelwells. Do I get misalignment from the ends of the suspension? Sure, but I do not have anyone in my life flipping my models upside-down to give me any grief over it.

Other than the "Sad eyes" of the outer headlights. That Amigo kit can turn out pretty nice. I converted mine to a 69 Boss 429.

I have gotten stuff from Keith before. He has a quite a few offerings. I have not contacted him for awhile. I could make the decals at home but I do not have the artwork files. A hi-res scan would work but you have already applied yours.

That turned out sweet. What was your method for doing the emblems?

Way cool build. I have the 70 Jo-Han kit and a resin hood. What I do not have is the decals. Any leads?

Dual tires looks much better than dual axles.

After max detailing my big girls interiors, I would do so if I wanted the best possible interior.

Way cool. I was attending the 1987 Car Craft Nationals and we parked next to a couple of guys with a wagon that had the full on RoadRunner treatment to it. I thought it was pretty cool. It was the 1st Muscle Wagon I had ever laid eyes on.

I have both books. I have read the Muscle Car collector version cover to cover 7 TIMES!

That is correct. I have not yet painted with acrylics. I have a lifetime supply of lacquers and enamels.

Are my eyes deceiving me or did you extend he sleeper?

I do that to all my truck tires. It is sad to see nice builds with the tires beads not seated to the rim. I use 3/8 backer rod. Sometimes, I slice it lengthwise if it is too bulky (AMT tires)

I have that 54,55,57 Chevy kit. Every once in a while I open the box, look at the parts, dread the complexity and close up the box. Been going on 20 years now.

I have taken to laying a 6" strip of 2" wide masking tape just to my right directly onto my bench. I will mix Testors red tube and Plastrut Bondene to make the consistency thinner. This combo is used for styrene to styrene connections. Learning from Steve, I have increasingly been using 2-part 5 min epoxy. It works on many different materials and does not fog shiny surfaces (Though it is a little stinky). I use Testors "window maker" (i.e. Canopy Glue) on any clear parts as the wicking action works well to fill gaps. Any glue I do use, is dabbed on the desk tape and applied via toothpick. To your original inquiry, on parts like photetch, I use Future floor polish. It wicks well and is completely transparent. It has no solvent capability and will never harm any finish. And if you screw it up, a cotton swap in household ammonia makes it disappear allowing do overs. On particularly finicky things like Freightliner COE mirrors, I used Testors/Plastruct for bonding strength then wick in window maker to smooth the joints and add in additional slightly flexible strength. A little Molotow returned the various joints to chrome. I had to build 4 of those finicky boogers in less than a week. They are still holding up great.

At Steve's suggestion, I have purchased the quart cans of black. It airbrushes really nice and cut with lacquer thinner, it dries fast.

SaWEET!!!!! Superman decal. Nice touch.