68 Dart DONE

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keavdog wrote:Nah - the paint is really, really bad. It's a good kit for sure. I suppose I got to comfortable with Tamiya going on near perfect. I shot Testors go man go out of the can and got a pretty heavy pebble finish. I've got all the stuff to polish paint, but I cut through on the high spots so often I find it frustrating. Next one of these I'll do with one of the Slixx options - leaning towards Hustlin' Hemi
I've got a can of Go Mango but I didn't shoot it out of the can. I've found that decanting and shooting that stuff through a Badger 350 airbrush yields the best results. Lots better control than out of the can. I'm just not much on Testors paints straight out of the can. I got lucky once or twice but after a few botched paint jobs it ALL goes through the airbrush now. It took me the better part of 3 years to perfect my method but now that I've got it down pat I can't think of another way I'd do it. Perfect results every time.
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I'll go that route going forward for sure.
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Getting there.
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Calling this one done. Lots of mistakes here but here we are
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That looks like it turned out good John. I know you had your troubles with the paint but hopefully the next one goes better for you. Will be looking forward to seeing it. Dragon Lady you say?
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That looks awesome John!
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That looks great from here!
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Looks awesome! I need to get that kit myself. I’ve been holding off on it too long.
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Looks good to me.

I will say I don't understand the fascination with that era of Detroit iron, but I know I am in the the minority in that regard.
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It was all about the horsepower wars. And now we are in a new era of crazy crazy horsepower. Back then 450HP was stellar, now Dodge sells a Demon with a factory warranty, drag slicks and skinnies at 808 HP. Bad ass!
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