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• Another question: What do you do to make the molded in headlights look more realistic. Thanks *NM*
  • I'm guessing you are talking about chromed headlights. What I do is brush some pearl white paint over them. It's not perfect, but it does help. *NM*
    • Yes, the chrome ones. Thanks! *NM*
  • Two or three coats of Tamiya flat clear.. *NM*
    • Thanks, I'll give that a shot. *NM*
  • I use white glue/ Future mixture. *NM*
    • Interesting, I'll have to try that out too. *NM*
  • I do one of two things -drill a bowl/bucket , paint it chrome and add a lense. Other option, take a straight on pic of the real headlight, scale and print it to clear decal paper and lay it over the chrome lens - pic one in here is 1st way, pic two is the second way
    • Both of those look very nice, especially the T/A! I've drilled out chromed lenses and added a reflector bucket and clear lenses. *NM*
    • Those look great! *NM*
  • Re: Another question: What do you do to make the molded in headlights look more realistic. Thanks *LINK*
    • Thanks for the pics of the steps you do for headlights. Where do you get the UV setting light and about how much are they? Dentists' supply stores? *NM*
      • Bondic from Amazon about $15 *NM*
        • Thanks for the info. *NM*
        • Thanks for the info. *NM*
          • Did not get the duplicate submission warning?? Went to Amazon and then came back, could not recall if I sent it or not. Apparently I had... ;^) *NM*
  • The headlamps in the bumper on my snow plow are...
  • Steve Milberry has the BEST headlight tip ever... *LINK* *PIC*