I have decided to put my future builds in one place - here.

I am busy with making seat belts again.
They are made from Tamiya type tape and wire bent to shape. A bit of plastic for the buckle.

Meanwhile I had a yearning for some American Muscle. Here is a 1/25 AMT 1967 Ford Mustang GT Fastback.

Seatbelts and Mustang look good Dave.

Sorry but, 'Wheely good models'.

I struggled again to get a decent finish on the car at the end - note to self, more patience required, leave the body shell a few days after the final coat. As usual, I rush and want to see the finished model, calm down and carry on!
Photos show the finished car - It is a 1966 Chevy Nova Pro Street by AMT in 1/25 scale.

The photos make the paint job look ok, but it really isn't!

Those rear tyres are WHEELIE wide!

I have decided to go down the route of stripping the chrome parts and the re-chroming them in some way (more later).
I am fed up of the bits left when you remove the chrome from the spruce, ok you can touch up with the Molotow pens but often the chrome looks very toy like and overdone.
So, first to strip the chrome, I intend to try beach to see how this works, I used to do this when building motorcycle models many years ago, of course there is more chrome on cars.
Wish me luck, progress reports as I go along.

I will be doing this with the Revell 1/24 65 Ford Mustang 2+2.
Bought from Mighty Lancer in Bridlington.

Stage 1, cut off the sprue and place in bleach in a sealed container(Jam Jar).
I thought this may take 24 hours or so, low and behold in 10 minutes all the chrome had gone.
Then it is a wash and then onto cleaning the parts up.

In the mean time, the car is supplied with a distributor but no leads.
I decided to make my own complete with leads from wire. This is the same diameter plastic tube as the original distributor with the 8 wires for plug leads inserted into and and held with superglue.
Slightly larger insulation was placed over the wires to act as the caps for the spark plugs(painted red).

After cleaning up and a bit of scraping and sanding, the next stage is a coat of black gloss.
Method 1, I used this Green Stuff product from Mighty Lancer - recommended by Nathan.

Method 2 was similar but using a different product, I may try this without the gloss black at some time.

Method 1 looks more like a dull chrome and method 2 looks very silvery.
So the jury is out.

I have tried without the black gloss undercoat and it appears more chrome like.

When you have perfected your methods can you come and redo "she who must be ebeyeds" full size car please pretty please hohohoho

Quote from: MSea on March 12, 2025, 04:36:42 PMWhen you have perfected your methods can you come and redo "she who must be ebeyeds" full size car please pretty please hohohoho

Think he needs to look at your 'Spullchucker' first......?  Hohoho