bobss396

I was at a show some years back and Revell was there with test shots of the '49 Mercury. I looked it over and told them, that they had screwed the pooch by not coming out with a '51 Mercury. They were not pleased with me. Granted it is a great kit that we needed. The AMT version still builds up well. I built my first one in 1963.

With all the great parts we now have, these are fun to build

1959 Ford Custom 300. The 223 6 is long gone. Now it has a 355 SBC that was in my Nova stock car. M20 Muncie 4 speed, 3.89 posi rear.

I changed the hood at the last minute to the one with the hole in it. I opened the hole to .687" on my mill.

The factory '41 to the '46-'48 post-war cars were quite similar in the 1:1 world. I would consider doing one. Now if someone would make up a 3D printed '42 grille...

I did a wheel alignment on a Grand Am back in my car fixing days. It was a '74 or '75 with the 455 H.O. and a 4-speed. Needless to say, the alignment required a longer-than-usual test ride before and after. It had the shaker scoop and was FAST.

I just made up a red sauce, 6-7 quarts worth and it came out great. I put in 4 large chicken thighs (browned first), a pound of hot sausage, 24 or so pre-made meat balls, a package of pork neck bones. Of course around 10 cloves of pressed garlic, one large onion grated, 2 peeled carrots to cut the acid, oregano and basil, bay leaves, a grated large jalapeno pepper, 4 anchovies chopped. 2 cans of tomato paste, 4 cans of crushed tomatoes. I brought some over to my girlfriend;s house for Sunday dinner, she made pasta and I picked up a loaf of bread on the way. I am freezing the bulk of it and using the rest this week. I need to pick up some mozzarella cheese, I have a Jones for shrimp parmesan. I have a set of little pyrex dishes I use for things like this.

VCG Resins makes a couple of nice 3D printed quick change rears that would work well on this kit.

Check out Iceman as well. I buy from him on eBay.

Thanks. This was my late-stage stumbling block last year. I HAD a radiator, painted up and I lost it, it will turn up. I have a box that I call "Future Modified" full of modified parts and sub assemblies. I picked out a radiator from that. I had split the radiator off from the coil-overs and needed another way to hang the radiator. I had to attach it to the "bridge" I made up between the coil-overs and the crossmember. It went together fairly easily and once painted it looked good.

I had bought out a lot of Duplicolor paints at a parts store that had changed hands at 99¢ per can. This was close to 20 years ago and I'm still using them. This formula was very forgiving, not like their current crop of blushing paints. I did a green 1940 Ford in November, I was working out of my finished basement then. It was COLD out... I'd go out into the stairwell, paint and go back inside, put the body right into the dehydrator.

Very cool build. I use a lot of VCG and Iceman parts. VCG has a couple of QC rears I like. One is make for the Revell 32 kit.

Very good! I have a stalled one I have to get back to. On side pipes, I make up "J" hooks and attach them to the inside of the body or the chassis. I use .010" thick aluminum flashing.

Big time crazy... me like!

I paint outside all year. I step out onto the deck, spray and run back inside. As of late, Duplicolor paints blush no matter what I do. Outside, Tamiya, the old Black Gold line and the Mopar touch up cans are very drama free. In a pinch in really snotty weather. I place a cardboard box (with the front and top sides cut out) on an old snack tray in the finished part of the basement.