My current build. Not Nascar but very close

[MarkJ]

There is a light in the tunnel and I don't think it's a train. Making great progress. Keep those updates coming.

Thanks, Rick. Will do.

[MarkJ]

I was going to start repainting the body, but I got to looking at it and realized I had removed the door handles which the real car had an had done the park lights wrong. So, I started to fix those before I can repaint the body.

[18degrees]

Mark, i know i am late with this response but what did you decide to do with the chrom painted pieces?

I do empathize with you on the painting/handling process with it, i put together a 1974 Roadrunner and used it on the wheels and bumpers. They started out with the reflective mirror shine to them and by the time i had them mounted on the car/in the tires, the finish was horrible. Pretty bad results for something that is as expensive as it is...

[MarkJ]

Mark, i know i am late with this response but what did you decide to do with the chrom painted pieces?

I do empathize with you on the painting/handling process with it, i put together a 1974 Roadrunner and used it on the wheels and bumpers. They started out with the reflective mirror shine to them and by the time i had them mounted on the car/in the tires, the finish was horrible. Pretty bad results for something that is as expensive as it is...

Thanks for your question, Dave. It's good to know I wasn't the only one who has had this problem with Revell chrome. I went ahead and put future on the wheels which did not hurt the chrome appearance on them, and I will try to redo the air cleaner with Revell chrome and then future it before I start handling it again. Revell should put on the can you might want to clear whatever you're doing with this product before you handle the parts you paint with it.

[MarkJ]

More work done on the body.

[MarkJ]

Got some stuff from micro-mark. Thought I would get a real cutting pad to work on and some other stuff I can't get locally.

[MarkJ]

I had to make the park lights a little less wide. They needed to be 5/16 of an inch to be the proper scale size. Also finished the left door handle. Now I just need to add a raised border around the park lamp openings before I can begin the final sanding before priming the whole body again so I can repaint the body.

[MarkJ]

I needed to round up the corners of the park light openings before I make a filler for them.

[MarkJ]

Finally got the park lamp opening inserts finished. Will paint them black and install them after the body is painted just like the door handles. Should help to make a cleaner looking build which I fall down doing a lot.