Bbo1974

Great looking build! Its good to have something to make you smile about your fun day!

Beautiful truck. I had a rampage as my first vehicle. I wrecked it but always dreamed of getting another one and converting it to a Shelby Rampage like this.

I didnt realize how many decals there were on this car! I probably shouldn't have stressed over the paint job as much... most of it got covered up with decals. It was definitely good practice for the upcoming Viper paint scheme.

Revell 2000 Ford Taurus (Dale Jarrett UPS) with 3 Amigos decals. Continuing my Bill Elliott builds (#17 of 21 complete). The kit went together great with hardly any modifications needed. I lowered the front a little and added Model Car Garage grille. Used Krylon paints with Duplicolor primer and Krylon clear coat. I have had some trouble with those paints but wanted the color to match my other McDonalds cars so I decided to stick it out for one more car. Thanks to some users on here for tips with the paint applications. I typically don't clear coat over my decals but with the 3 Amigos decals you pretty much have to apply clear coat as they have a dull finish (paper-like) after application. That said, they went on really well, they were thin enough to adhere to the contours but not so thin that they easily tore (in fact I never had a tear at all). I would use 3 Amigos decals again (and probably will if I decide to do a Mac Tonight Tbird). Next up for me will be the 2002 Dodge Intrepid. Since it is practically the same as the 2001 and 2003 models I am going to do the Viper SRT-10 paint scheme (decals by JWTBM... another first for me).

Decals have been applied. As soon as I get a warmer day I will apply a final clear coat. Then put the windows in and call it done.

Thanks for the feedback. We have had some nice weather the past week and I was able to get this done. Followed everyone's advice by painting red then black then silver last. A little sanding then a coat of clear today. Looking forward to the decal work!

Very clean build! Nice looking cars!

I purchased a 1/18 scale Road Signature Pontiac Solsitce to fuel my daydreams until warmer weather when I can get the full scale model out of the garage. But I like to daydream in detail so the silver Solstice that I purchased on ebay needs to be repainted with the correct (for my model) Black with Black interior. It looks like it will be a fiarly striaghtfoward job, everything disassembles easily (no broken parts yet). The one thing that is bothering me so far is what I am going to do about emblems. There are 5 pontiac emblems as well as the Pontiac and Solctice lettering. Has anyone had success with removing the decals or have a good source for replacement details?

Good looking model and a cool story to go along with it!

I feel your pain! At least all your hard work on the chassis was not in vain. I look forward to seeing plan B, the Red Baron cars were always lookers.

Looks good! I have never seen this car built before. I agree with Volzfan, those Olds are good looking!

I am getting ready to paint my 2000 Bill Elliott McDonalds 25th anniversary Taurus. In looking over my collection of Bill Elliott kits, this is the only one that has three colors (other than a stripe). My question is this... what order should apply the colors after my primer (white)? I was thinking silver (all over), then red (front) then black (top). I also gave some thought to masking it off and doing each color separately but I am trying to minimize the raised edges between colors. The yellow areas are all decals. I am using Krylon ColorMaxx. It is difficult to work with but I think I have it figured out now. I have used it on my other McDonalds cars and I want them to match.

Very nice build! I enjoyed the model and the background material as well. Thanks for sharing!

Very nice build. Those Skoal cars make good looking models and the old Regal body style has always been one of my favorites.

I thought the same thing about the price. I had several that I was watching on ebay but they were too pricey. I finally got a special offer from one seller that put it in my price range.