bobss396

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.

I still run across end mills, slitting saws, many many drills that I have salvaged over the years. I sold a bunch of high-end carbide cutters to a couple of shops some years ago.

2 more of the ladies.

3DSCALEPARTS Is good if you can wait for something. Another on eBay is Juan4you.

This car was just a partial body and chassis, bent and rusty. All the good stuff was long gone.

Chicken fricassee Spanish style. Easy to make and one pot, made yellow rice on the side. I used 5 drumsticks, 4 big Perdue thighs cut in half. Skin on... part of what makes the sauce. 6 to 8 cloves of garlic, pressed. A medium onion chopped, red and orange bell peppers chopped, couple of minced jalapeños. Capers, not too many. Half a jar of green olives, a bay leaf. I really don't measure anything. I'll wash the chicken, cut off any big pieces of fat. I season that with Adobo, oregano and basil. I added some fresh cilantro at the last minute. No added salt since the capers and olives are salty. I add black pepper. Then EVERYTHING goes into a gallon ziploc bag, store overnight in the fridge. I use an 8 quart Farberware pot, coat the bottom with olive oil, put everything from the bag in the pot. Add one small can of tomato sauce. Cook on medium heat, do not let it burn or stick to the bottom of the pot. I turn it down after about 15 to 20 minutes. Total cooking time is 50 minutes to an hour. One day I will show you guys how to make perfect white rice.

Once you turn 65, every doctor asks: Have you fallen in the past year? Of course I lie like a rug.... I'm nursing a knee injury right now, I'll be going slow today and will ice it up. Raining here, a good excuse to do some model work and curl up with the cat. I have been on a tear with yard, garden and pool work. Feel better!

I tend to use TS-13 or TS-65 with strictly Tamiya sprays. I have used it over Duplicolor and it was fine.

I had seen an R code '64 for sale om eBay... it was the most clapped our rusted hulk you could imagine. But... it went for crazy money, like around $7000. I guess it was good for the vin number and a few other things. There wasn't much R left in it.

I have one of those kits I picked up last year. I did build the annual one as a kid. You did a lot of great work, wow. This is one kit that deserves 100% new tooling, like the AMT '66 Riviera. I would imagine that a lot of those parts would work on this kit.