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Bleu and Brie fixing to nap.

Engine turning in scale, I saw that someone used a round pen eraser held in a drill chuck and it worked. I built my 1st Badman, I was probably 12. I thought that it was a GREAT kit... I recently got another.... hoo-boy does this take a ton of work to look 1/2 way decent.

Most of the Modelhaus stuff brings a good buck. Someone on eBay sells some now and then and they are like $250 and up.

In 1975 I came VERY close to buying a 1962 Caddy hearse for $600.... I had my hand on the $$ in my pocket while on the car lot. Bailed at the last second due to family pressure not to buy it. That is a nice build. I need a tow car for a stock car trailer and this may work out. Ideally I would like the Johan ambulance, but they are pretty expensive.

I pin quite a bit of my stuff. I use .020 brass wire, .032 and ,047 brass rod quite a bit. I bought 3 lengths of 1/32" stainless steel pins from McMaster-Carr, 1/8", 3/16" and 1/4". I'll save the core from wire wrap wire which is .010". I have used staples to attach door handles and mirrors in the past,paper clips too, also floral wire which is dirt cheap. I have 2 pin vises with drills in them permanently, .027", .039" for distributor wires and 1/32" pinning. Of course I use mainly CA glues. Sometimes it sets up real fast.

I sold 2 at a show last year, sealed kits from 1978, they sold fast. The last ones I have are opened, but they should still fetch a decent price. Likely a wash with the new kit pricing which I bet will go for $40-ish.

Keep 2 for sure. My girlfriend having the 2 sister cats, she always says that it was a good move. They are a lot of fun.

Thanks. I still am not liking the small diameter tires, I may try something else that fills the wheel wells a little more.

Mr. Ivan checking out his new box.

Time for me to blow out my Midnite Cowboy stash while they still hold value.

He was really the only one who could run hard with the #3 car. Gone way too soon. He was good in Indy cars too.

I don't bake out anything hand painted and for that I use Tamiya or Vallejo acrylics. Otherwise I use rattle cans only. A couple of lacquer-ish primers, car touch ups, Extreme Lacquers and Tamiya for the most part. I started having issues with the primer bubbling (Mr. Hobby brand) so I let them gas out for 15 or so minutes then into the dehydrator. Now I do that with everything. After 2 hours for the primer, I can top coat over that. The rest of the paints I'll go 2-3 hours before doing another coat of color-sand between coats.

Just right... I approve.

Nice idea, looks sturdy. Where did the case come from? I could use something like that.

I forget exactly what it ended up as. The only decent parts were the chassis and vin plate. It may have been a desirable production serial number car.