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- Birthday 02/11/1955
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Bob Seagraves
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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.
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With all the great parts we now have, these are fun to build
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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VCG Resins makes a couple of nice 3D printed quick change rears that would work well on this kit.
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Check out Iceman as well. I buy from him on eBay.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Big time crazy... me like!
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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.