69 Shelby GT 500

by Bryce Sat 21 Jun 2008, 9:26 am

Here's an older pony. Revell kit built box stock with a lowering job and some minor detailing. I had my usual problem with the decals on this one - the gold wasn't gold and they feel apart as I was putting them on. I find that decals tend to be the biggest let down when it comes to American kits...

by Andy Sat 21 Jun 2008, 9:31 am

Nice job Bryce.. Great engine detailing.. you're gonna have to pass some tips over one day

by stevegt738 Sat 21 Jun 2008, 11:12 am

Nice build Bryce. The first one of these i built had Gold decals, but every re issue since then has been that horrible brown Mad

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by tezza43 Sat 21 Jun 2008, 12:19 pm

Bryce wrote: I find that decals tend to be the biggest let down when it comes to American kits...

I had similar problems and tried spraying the decal sheet with a thin coat of artist's pastel/pencil clear fixative (Crystal Clear), and that did the trick. It added a new clear coating to the decal sheet and held the decals together. I know Bill Hamer (Roodecals) also experimented with hair spray on old decals and had good results, but you have to try it first on a test piece of decal sheet.

The model is darn good too!

by Bryce Sat 21 Jun 2008, 12:38 pm

Andy wrote:Nice job Bryce.. Great engine detailing.. you're gonna have to pass some tips over one day

No sweat mate - whadda ya wanna know?

by allan Sat 21 Jun 2008, 1:55 pm

cool looking pony car,tops.

by Pete Sat 21 Jun 2008, 5:48 pm

G'day Bryce, thats probably the most realistic looking engine bay I've yet seen even on this forum. Bloody good job.

by Bryce Sun 22 Jun 2008, 11:09 am

Pete wrote:G'day Bryce, thats probably the most realistic looking engine bay I've yet seen even on this forum. Bloody good job.

Thanks for the compliment Pete - I actually created a bit of a rod for my own back with this one as when I went to put the bonnet on and finish the job it wouldn't close because of all the crap I'd put in there! Here's another couple of pics for those with interest: