Building a miniature Fast and Furious American Muscle car: Dom's GTX from Fast 8 Step by Step 

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Comes with all the parts to make a stock version as well, including non lowered front suspension and stock rims. A decent build that can also be detailed out nicely if desired.

Thanks Bryan.

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Thank you. Yes some parts didn't glue so well.

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Thanks mate, black is not an easy color to work with and I learned a lot on this kit. I have a knight rider build coming up and I wanted to get the paint on it just right. This was my experiment!

@@ScaleAutoGarage I think you got it right lol black and white paint jobs always fight me

Thanks for the high praise! I appreciate it.

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Good call. There is a decent kit by Revell I think that would work nicely.

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Yes, I have enjoyed the movies myself as well!

Thanks Shawn, I appreciate it!

@@ScaleAutoGarage your welcome my friend

Thanks James, I actually considering making the hood pins from scratch so that they had more of a 3d effect to them but the easier decals won out in the end. haha. Now if this was a show car, I would have scratched the entire pin set up. The cords help to add to the look of the car for sure and it was pretty obvious on the original movie car.

Thanks for the info. I had no idea. Haha. Guess I should have checked my reference photos better. 😂

I believe in a video by Phaedon's Garage he mentioned that the 71 GTX is on Revell Germany's list of releases for 2021. I would assume it would be the same kit but maybe without the Fast and Furious branding? We will see what happens.

The kit comes with 2 different front suspension pieces. This one is the lower one and there is a stock height one as well. Only 1 set for the rear but it works out nicely.

An acquired taste I think.

That was a molotow pen. They come in many sizes and the one I used is the smallest one. Hope that helps.

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The process for the shine after the clear is several bouts of sanding using various high grades. I start at 3000 grit and go through to 7000, wet sanding the entire time. Afterward I would use the Tamiya polishing compounds, course, fine and then finish. If you really want to go all out Tamiya also offers a finishing wax that helps to keep the shine for a long time. The process is the same for full size cars and you can also use things like automotive polishers but I like my hobby tubes from tamiya myself.

The seatbelts are from Detail Master, an american company I believe. They do tons of smaller photo etch stuff. This seatbelt set is pretty cool as it is just these common buckles and latches and some of the buckles even have GM or the Mustang logo molded into them. There are 24 sets of belts with the set so one set can do several cars.

@@ScaleAutoGarage very nice! Especially if that is your main era of car!

The product I use is called bare metal foil and can be found here: www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.sunwardhobbies.ca/bare-metal-foil-company/&ved=2ahUKEwj20ua5sObyAhVBA94KHSPaAn8QFnoECCUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3Sl1Js1yDK69Ipzf-kBRFt&cshid=1630794917738 Some also use aluminum plumbers tape but it isn't as thin and doesn't always show details.

Tamiya light grey primer.

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I bought a spool of wrapping wire on amazon. The spool has many colors, black, red, yellow, blue, green and brown all on the single spool. It is 30 gauge and when you strip the plastic you get the single malleable wire that I used for the hood pin wires. It is great for plug wires, brake lines, vacuum hoses and more.

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Thanks for the sub! I hope you build was as fun as mine was.