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[majel]

I am currently building a Ferrari 458 that I have done the engine cover glass outline in black two times now with terrible results.First time with sharpie, the trouble is they're not really a dark black, and trying to cover the first pass with a second coat resulted in a crappy finish. Stripped off the sharpie, taped the glass and painted black, glued to frame using Kristal Klear and got white (or clear) spots where the paint lifted. Stripped paint last night, going to tape and paint again and use a clear coat over the black before installing the glass. If the third time isn't a charm I may be forced to scream!

[Mark Crowel]

I just finished an "Eleanor" project recently. It's a restoration (use of the word "restoration" is open to debate) of a badly warped 1950 Studebaker promo. Here is the link to the thread that chronicles the process.

http://tscc-online.l...ration-project/

Also, what/where is the "purple pond"?

[chevyfever2009]

Whats your eleanor model kit the one kit you just cant find or get your hands on

Edited by chevyfever2009, 04 March 2013 - 11:02 AM.

[Evilbenny]

I cant seem to find a early 80's GMC 4x4, I think its a reissue of the Fall Guy truck, or a Cat bulldozer. I ve been looking for about two or three years. I have seen them on Ebay but I dont do the bay. Ive been to swap meets and have checked a few hobby shops that buy, sell and trade older kits with no luck. I know I will find them sooner or later, but I can use them as an excuse to keep going to all the swap meets.

[chevyfever2009]

I cant seem to find a early 80's GMC 4x4, I think its a reissue of the Fall Guy truck, or a Cat bulldozer. I ve been looking for about two or three years. I have seen them on Ebay but I dont do the bay. Ive been to swap meets and have checked a few hobby shops that buy, sell and trade older kits with no luck. I know I will find them sooner or later, but I can use them as an excuse to keep going to all the swap meets.

ive builf six of these trucks i got them from a friend who didnt like them

[Michigan Madman]

AMT '74 Plymouth GTX. None of the ones I've built have turned out well for me, for whatever reason.

[Gluhead]

The old Revell T-Bone Stake is mine. Every time I find one, it's just been bought.

[chevyfever2009]

Heres mine wish i could find someone with one

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[ValvEasy]

Nissan Skylines. The Calsonic R33 took me five months, and as soon as I was finished parts started falling off. The Fujimi 350GT would have been a fun build, but my apt was robbed, including my paint and tools. I took a break from building after that. And I swore off Skylines.

[MAGNUM4342]

My life in general is an Eleanor moment...

You are not alone! I don't know how many times i've woken up and said to my self "Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill!"  

[disabled modeler]

Mine is the parts my dads old collection needs...they have to be out there somewhere????

[Tom Geiger]

It's all three models currently on my bench.  I felt cursed the other night and just turned off the lights and walked away!  Here at the very final stages of the builds, I'm breaking things!  As I am fixing something I broke, something else snaps!  Argh!  I'm not going up to the model room!

[Custom Mike]

Any NASCAR kit I have ever tried to build has blown up in my face...I finally caved in and stopped trying years ago!

[sjordan2]

I just finished an "Eleanor" project recently. It's a restoration (use of the word "restoration" is open to debate) of a badly warped 1950 Studebaker promo. Here is the link to the thread that chronicles the process.

http://tscc-online.l...ration-project/

Also, what/where is the "purple pond"?

 

The "purple pond" generally refers to the use of a cleanser called Purple Power to strip paint from models. Available at grocery stores, hardware stores, etc. Lots of different alternatives. Some excellent tutorials on stripping paint and chrome at the top of Tips, Tricks & Tutorials section here.

http://www.modelcars...php?showforum=4

Edited by sjordan2, 07 March 2013 - 08:27 AM.

[Tom Geiger]

I was thinking about this thread the other day and thought I'd add my 1:1 car unicorn!

 

I bought a 1990 Dodge Caravan and I swear that car was haunted. It kept getting hit!   We live in the suburbs so it's unusual to get a dent but every time I turned around this thing had a new one.

 

+ My wife was sitting behind another car at a light. A truck tried to make the turn into the street and the car in front of her backed up to let him, and backed up right into the front of the Caravan.  My wife looked, saw no damage and let the person go. What she didn't see was the damage below the bumper. She creamed the front valence and punched a hole in the radiator.  I had to replace the radiator.

 

+ My wife got a flat tire in a store parking lot.  A guy agreed to change it for her. He put the car up on the factory supplied jack and removed the tire. Once he went to put on the new tire, he had to raise it a bit. So He stood the tire next to the hub and raised the car. The jack failed and the car fell down to the ground. The tire grabbed the fender lip and bent the entire fender upward.  The guy ran away! I got the crying phone call, and had to go there with my floor jack to finish the job. Had to replace the fender with the two tone paint on it.

 

+ We were at a wedding. Came out of the church to find a tail light smashed. Someone had backed into it. Damage to the bumper also.

 

+ My wife was in a store, came out and someone had dented in the drivers door. 

 

And I know I'm forgetting something... there was more.

 

Finally had enough of it and traded it in on the '96 Caravan we still own.

[johnbuzzed]

The JoHan '67 Fury kit.  I built one back in '73 and I have no idea of what happened to it.  I got another one in 1992, decided to "make it better" by using an Ertl B-body "chassis" and it turned into... scrap (stoopidstoopidstoopid...).  In all the years of attending shows and contests since then, I have yet to find another unbuilt kit and I won't buy from e-bay.  Oh well.

[Deano]

OK ... I have to ask:  why "Unicorn"?  I understand from the context what the concept is but why is it called a Unicorn?

 

Humor me.  I'm old; I'm confused.

[lanesteele240]

OK ... I have to ask:  why "Unicorn"?  I understand from the context what the concept is but why is it called a Unicorn?
 
Humor me.  I'm old; I'm confused.

Me too. And im just kinda old

[sjordan2]

Me, too (and I am also kind of old). I guessed that a Unicorn subject would be something very cool, beautiful and desirable that doesn't exist. But that's not the turn this thread is taking.

Edited by sjordan2, 07 March 2013 - 12:17 PM.