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  2. StevenGuthmiller
    I hear you. The backgrounds depicted here so far are very nice, but as you say, not enough time in the day. It gives me heart palpitations to think that the weeks spent making a back drop could have been spent on working on one of my models. But hats off to the guys who will take the time. Steve
  3. niteowl7710
    The sticker on the box lid in the video says - New 4 Piece Body. One would hope that means NEW NEW, and not "New"ly reissued thing we tooled up previously.
  4. Phildaupho
    I am not waiting. The grill area was turned upside down, the small inner lights filled, the parking light area under the bumpers cut opened and filled, the center part of the bumper from a 70 Mustang. I am building the Chaparral Trans Am racecar.
  5. porschercr started following Ferrari FXXK DK edition
  6. porschercr
    Nice stuff Dann..
  7. Can-Con
    What a sweet little roadster !! Love everything about it especially that it's built from spare parts. šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘
  8. porschercr
    I completely agree the engine on of the 2013 kit is by far better.. Cost wise, what would it be for the complete package? What I would do is, not use the blower or the intake. (2013) I'd fill that with plastic, As on the 2014 kit, (top of the engine) and use the intake cover from the 2014 kit. What I want to accomplish is.... https://www.rkmotors.com/vehicles/2107/1967-ford-mustang-gt Hopefully, that all makes sense. Trevor
  9. StevenGuthmiller
    Painting has resumed. I thought that I would try using a darker base of Duplicolor garnet red to see if it would darken the finish a bit. Doesn't appear to have done much, but that's okay. I was perfectly happy with the color anyway. So, a couple of quick coats of dark red, followed by a couple of Sunfire Red is where I stand until my next order of Scale Finishes paint arrives. A couple more light coats should do the trick. With any luck I can avoid the paint issues that arose last time. Steve
  10. iBorg
    Please.....NO!
  11. Rocking Rodney Rat
    I've added some additional signage since this pic was taken. The base is a display case so it has a clear plastic cover that fits over it to keep it nice and clean.... -RRR
  12. Ian McLaren
    Thank you
  13. Ian McLaren
    Thank you very much, Coming from you it means a lot! I've been following your D100 and I am just amazed at the quality and precision you are displaying in this project. The machining is great but it's your basic modeling skills that I find exceptional and together the results are spectacular.
  14. bisc63

    58 Impala

    bisc63 replied to cruiser66's topic in WIP: Model Cars

    Looks good cleaned up, and I really like that red. Stylists seemed to be groping about quite a bit for 58 models by all the US car makers!
  15. CabDriver
    Thanks for all the nice replies everyone! This technique is only really sensible when youā€™re trying to emulate light flames over a dark base, honestly...trying to cover black with light colors can easily result in a lot of paint build up that you have to then cover with a lot of clear to get level again, and obviously the more clear you add the more youā€™re hiding details and filling in panel gaps and so on. Doing it this way allows the absolute minimum number of layers - and, provided you can visualize how itā€™s MEANT to look at the end works ok I think! Definitely more thinking required than just masking the flames in a conventional way though... I design and cut the masks myself - Iā€™m just using the basic Silhouette cutter and Oramask masking film which is pretty cheap and easy to get hold of. The same trick works for just drawing (or tracing) them out on some tape and cutting them by hand though, which is how I used to do it. Lazy Modeler sells some great looking masks on eBay - I actually started selling a range myself but thereā€™s a lot of scammers on eBay and eBay is quick to refund everyone for every little problem so Iā€™ve stopped doing that. I was getting, like, ā€œpaint bled under the mask when I used a spray can - I want a refundā€ and ā€œI tore the mask putting it on the car, I want a refundā€ and ā€œI ordered these and posted pictures of them on my Instagram but they never arrived so I want a refundā€...so, yeah, leave that to Lazy Modeler šŸ™„šŸ˜‚. Just a cheap one from eBay, same as this; https://www.ebay.com/itm/164127624071 Ive never had a brand name one so I canā€™t compare, but these work ok for what Iā€™m doing now just fine! Ditto my little $40 compressor - no fancy tools here, aside from the vinyl cutter that I like for masks. Createx is generally fine to airbrush right out of the bottle, but they sell a thinner that Iā€™ll use occasionally too. Their paint is fairly thick out of the bottle but it lays down great, doesnā€™t seem to hide all the detail and doesnā€™t normally need more than a drop or two of thinner depending on how you like to paint. Iā€™ve got pretty ok at spraying it right as it comes I think, but if youā€™re used to regular lacquers youā€™ll definitely notice the difference in how it flows. Main thing is, even painting it ā€œwrongā€ and not thinning it so itā€™s watery like a lot of people seem to do it atomizes great and lays down fine for me!
  16. Chris Smith
    Cool car for sure, coming along nicely.
  17. bisc63
    Amazing how much the red stripe adds to those wheels! Nice build.
  18. AmericanMuscleFan
    Thanks for your kind words Speez! Maybe I'll bring it to a model car show in the Montreal area (when this thing is over of course ...) then you would be able to see it in person if you participate in this type of event. Take care, Francis Not sure yet, dyno tests will be done later but maybe 25 times slower than its 1:1 counterpart... LOL! Take care, Francis
  19. vamach1
    The Boss 351 has a correct grill but the wrong bumper (73) and it did NOT have a Boss 351 engine of course. So a grille and some decals and that was about it. The 007 kit may or may not have the turn signals below the bumper - we shall see. Anyone know the release date?
  20. bisc63 started following 1966 Chevelle Wagon
  21. bisc63
    I agree on your points about the stance; you're almost there! Pretty attractive wheel choice, too. I remember fondly some of the 80s hot rod aesthetic, and a clean, monochromatic paint scheme on a shaved body can really make a statement. I would add that blacking out the remaining chrome trim was a popular "euro" look over here as well. By all means, smoke the the rear windows, and paint the engine block/heads the color of the car!
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  23. Dale Gribble
    I started by prepping all of the mold lines, applied a lacquer primer. Spazstix silver basecoat was then applied. I cut a piece of masking paper 1/8ā€ smaller than the trunk decal, and used small loops of tape to stand off of the trunk for a soft edge. I applied the hood decal before the Kandy coat was applied. I used 4 coats of Kandy blue SpazStix On the entire body . After it cured I removed the paper and tape , then applied the trunk decal . I added the foil before sealing it all in with Nason 497-00 clear coat and a fast hardener. For the roof I used testors textured interior tan spray paint .
  24. Sugar Creek Racing
    The major surgery on the ramp bed is complete. If I use the kit fuel tanks, the bed would be that far back. I still have the exhaust stacks to go in the gap between the cab and the bed and figured I could fab a rack for a couple spares for the truck on the front wall of the ramp bed. Keep thinking it would look better with the bed closer to the cab.
  25. unclescott58
    A fun and odd one in today's mail. Roden's 1/72 Opel Blitzbus Ludewig "Aero" (1937). A neat little model of an odd looking pre-war Opel bus. What's not to like? Roden makes another odd looking Opel bus in the same scale that I should be getting in another day or two. I love weird things like this. Speaking of weird things, I got a Greenlight die-cast '68 Nissan Patrol in today's mail also. The vehicle itself is not weird part. The the vendor shipped it to me is. He took a brand new in the package toy, folded the top of the packaging over, and a stuffed in a box. ????? šŸ˜« I don't get it! As a collector this no longer new to me. I'm keeping it. But, I've ordered another from another vendor. I'm waiting to see what the first seller has to say, before I leave any feedback.
  26. JollySipper
    It's together for the last time! and I've gotten the engine bay all buttoned up....... All that's left is to finish the header, then it's on to Under Glass......
  27. cobraman
    You can't have too many projects ! šŸ˜€
  28. AmericanMuscleFan
    Very nice start Ian! A lot of well crafted details done so far and your Nitro Funny Car is on a very sound foundation. The use of the jig pays off and I will seriously consider making one for my next build. Well done sir and I will come back to check on your progress!
  29. espo
    Went to the local market to get some odds and ends plus a couple of nice Filet steaks for our Friday Night dinner. Fridays have always been an evening that we sort of have an at home dinner date. After putting everything away after shopping I notice that the steaks I bought weren't in the bags I brought home. I drive the 5 miles back to the market and the two young girls that were the checker and bagger now know nothing about me or the steaks and their supervisor suggest I go to the Customer Service Desk. They finally told me to go and get two more steaks and called it even. Finally someone at the Customer Service Desk mentioned that they were training some new employees and the felt that is what happened. The bagger never put the steaks in my bag and probably gave them to the next person in line. Someone got a couple of nice Filets for nothing.
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