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Now that I have found the long lost side mirrors I am going to do something about that rear package shelf that doesn't belong their and come up with a boot for the roof. I remember now that the final assembly was a real pain. I might do another non Baldwin Motion version.

Thats What I'm talking about.BIG metal flake! BTW this was eight bucks.

Here is version of that I built real quick about 6 years ago.I need to finish up a few details(I just found the side mirrors).

One of the many names on the bottom is schylling.com. It is (of course) made in China,but distributed from Mass. At eight bucks, this was a cool find.The level of detail isn't bad. I'm always on the lookout for oddball 1/24 or 1/24 stuff when I go to Ocean State Job Lot and similar places. The fun is in the hunt!

I was thinking a real heavy metalflake like these things used to have. Like a candy blue with big silver flakes in it.

So today my ten year old drags me into Kiddlywinks( A toy store for the progressive mother or whatever) to help me shed excess cash. As she pulled me around I found a display of die casts. Mostly horrible small scale stuff,except for this cool dune buggy. It appeared to be 1/25 scale and it looked good,so I bought it and brought it home. I compared it to my Revell Empi Imp and scalewise it's right on. The chassis and engine are pretty useless but I think with a little kit bashing I'll have a cool dune buggy. So keep your eyes peeled,you might find model material where you least expect it!

Well,it raises the question,How many of any perfectly original or restored car do we need. How many factory correct model A's do we need? I think that if a car is a rare version then it makes financial sense to preserve it,along with the historical value of the car itself. On the proverbial other hand,modifying or restifying an older car makes it something useable for years to come. Let's face it,the braking and suspension systems on many older cars left a lot to be desired,especially when compared to what we drive today. So what's better,a perfectly restored original with four drum brakes that you are afraid to drive on the highway or a protouring chevelle with disc brakes and air conditioning that can handle and stop as well or better as a modern car? I don't think either is better,but I dont think we need them all to be one way or the other. If anyone is concerned about a 69 charger being ruined,consider what the tv show Dukes of Hazzard did to the Charger population. I'd rather see them restified,modified,pimped out or donked rather than be cannon fodder for some tv show! Why couldn't those guys have had a Pinto?

Does anyone remember the article on "plastidids"? They were bugs that ate the plastic away of MIB models. That was a good one.

An even 100 mph in a 73 audi 100ls.Bumper to bumper with my friends chevelle. 16 yrs old and it's amazing I'm not dead. That,however was fun.nowhere as scary as doing 85 in the fiat 128 sport we had. That thing shook rattled and I let up on the gas before it rolled!

I have thought of doing this and your results are excellent. I had a thought though. What if you took a wheel and spun it and took a picture of that then printed it out and cut out the center then actually covered the models wheels with it . Then the wheel centers would be blurred too.

That better be the delivery guy with those ribs I ordered!

I just thought that it was cool to see what our modeling ancestors had done without the kits that we have today. It goes to show what can be done when you put your mind to it.

I came across this in a 1951 Deltagram (a woodworking magazine put out by Delta tools). I wonder if this guy is still around.

Yes. This is the preferred method of the great Gerald Wingrove,who outlines his process in great detail in one of his books. It should work,and there are pigments available for tinting silicone.

Snow! they spend two days predicting the worst of the worse,everybody cancels everything,and the snow comes 8 hours late and 12 inches light. God forbid you need a loaf of bread on sunday,because apparently NO ONE had any in their house and raided the supermarkets en masse on saturday. I love driving in snow. I cant wait to take my new driver 16 yr old out and give him some practice. All the other idiots with the low profile tires and mitsubishi eclipses can stay home!

The 1972 GMC Sierra Grande pickup. My older brother and I built it together,we two toned it and used the custom grille. I lost everything but the bed and grille and air cleaner over the years. This was very disappointing as these are mega buck kits if you can find them. However I had a pleasant surprise not too long ago when I was doing an inventory of all my kits. I had a builtup chevy stepside kit that proved to be a GMC stepside,so now I have the cab and chassis to restore the kit.

Nonetheless this guys work is fantastic!

This subject came up elswhere. The solution, Throw a tarp over the miserable blob and use it in a diorama!

I bought some of that non ferrous welding rod..you know the one you see on tv where the guy repairs all kind of aluminum etc. I tried it on an old hubley kit and started to puddle the pot metal before the rod even melted. JB weld amnd bondo work just fine.