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Hmmm, looking at my posted pictures, The signal yellow I used on the marker lights in the front bumper looks even worse than it does in person. It looked a little too yellow in person, and WAY too yellow in the images. Looks like "I am going to have to find something to "orange" thme up a bit. Suggestions??

I've made a small bit of progress on the 442. Body painted, BMF'd, first coat of clear applied. For some reason, I got a crazy amount of dust in the clearcoat, hoping that I will be able to wet sand it and get it smoothed out. Other problem is that my can of clear decided to vomit on the car, leaving a terrible finish. Ohhh, and some dummy forgot to put the decals on the body before the first coat of clear. Remembered them right before I grabbed the clear for the hood. Got the decals on the hood then before clear. The stripe on the right side started to rip a little though. BARELY noticeable after one coat of clear though it will probably show up well in pictures. Most of the engine bay area is complete, some small paint touch up area to address. Machined some new center caps for the Pegasus wheels, not terribly fond of the three spoke spinners that they come with.

I've made a small bit of progress on the 442. Body painted, BMF'd, first coat of clear applied. For some reason, I got a crazy amount of dust in the clearcoat, hoping that I will be able to wet sand it and get it smoothed out. Other problem is that my can of clear decided to vomit on the car, leaving a terrible finish. Ohhh, and some dummy forgot to put the decals on the body before the first coat of clear. Remembered them right before I grabbed the clear for the hood. Got the decals on the hood then before clear. The stripe on the right side started to rip a little though. BARELY noticeable after one coat of clear though it will probably show up well in pictures. Most of the engine bay area is complete, some small paint touch up area to address. Machined some new center caps for the Pegasus wheels, not terribly fond of the three spoke spinners that they come with.

Making progress, Chassis painted and assembly started. Body painted and wet sanded, will apply BMF next, then clearcoat it. Finding a few small details I don't like about my work, but that's part of this hobby I think. If I was happy with all my work, I would never improve.

Looking excellent, My favorite year of C10's. Ya, I might be partial to them since I drive one daily.

This is looking better for ride height to me.

Well, I am reasonably happy with the rear height, but the front just isn't going to cut it. Must come down much more.

Color is Testors Italian red. This is two coats right now. Will wet sand this coat and give it one more coat and see how it looks.

A very small amount of progress.

So I joined in on this swap - and - build thread and will be building the Olds 442. Original thread idea can be seen here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/126318-swap-n-build-cbp/ I have not started a build thread for my last few builds, got pretty frustrated trying to post pics via photobucket long before they screwed us. Yes, I know it is much easier now, I just kinda quite. So, I will try to get some pics attached to this build thread. Since and Olds is probably not a car/kit that I would have picked of the shelves at the hobby shop, I had to try doing some Googling for inspiration. I didn't find anything that inspired at all in 1:1 or 1:25. Everything I found was basically a stock purist appearing build. The small vision in my head was much better than that, without going very far from stock. So here goes, we'll see how my vision transfers to plastic. Car will be Testors Italian red, Pegasus wheels and some lowering. Again, not far from stock. Currently, the body is in primer, chassis pan has been painted and several of the small parts have been painted.

After spending some time looking at Google images of the 442 in 1/25 and 1/1 scale it seems to me that the people that build these Oldsmobile's are kinda purists of stock cars. Really didn't find anything that inspired me at all. So, I will be building this to the vision in my head. Hope it transfer to plastic reasonably well. I did some test fitting of the bumpers and glass to the body yesterday. All parts fit incredibly well. With that, I got the body into primer.

I have stared at this on auction a couple of times and wondered about the quality, great to hear that he does nice work. I have been stumped about which AMT kit it is using for a conversion though. Albeit, I have done zero research to find out. But nothing comes to mind off the top of my head except using a 53-56 truck frame and stepside bed.

So here is the kit that I received today from Modlbldr. Looks like a pretty decent kit so far, but probably not one that I would have picked off the shelves at the store. And that was kinda the purpose of this swap idea. Pretty sure I know exactly what to do with it though. I am a pretty big fan of restomod type builds in 1:1, so I think that is what I will be doing here. Odds are pretty good that the car will end up being red too, but I will spend some time with Google images and see if anything else stands out to me. Definitely will not end up with the kit supplies wheels/tires or at stock suspension height either. Saving this link here so I can find it later.

Glad to hear you like this kit. Can't wait to see what surprise I get. Ya, those wheels could be a great start to building a railcar.

Mystery kit on its way to Tom. Shipped out earlier today. No idea what I will be receiving yet, but looking forward to it. It's going to be tough to clear the bench for a new project though, propably going to have to "share" the bench space. On a different note. I am curious(and it might help others in the future) how you other traders came to your decision of what kit to "trade".

Mike. Your not alone, I can't find HD decals either. But I do see sever others that I might "need" to have.

Does anybody know of a source for HD decals? Or is anybody here able to make some?

I like this idea. Sounds like it could take a person a bit out of comfort zone which often helps our skill levels. I have too many projects on the bench to participate at the moment, but a few months from now might be doable. Ohh, located NW Oregon.

Well done. Barely looks like the same piece.

Do it. I think it could be hilarious, and informative. Ohhh, liking that long hood too.

YUP, all that stuff might get used someday. BUT, how many of those tools will get used by somebody getting back into the hobby that hasn't built a kit in 43 years. I still suggest getting a few small things, then think about what tools would help make the next kit better. Sure, in the long run, if you stick with the hobby you will spend that 3 bills. But absolutely not necessary for a first kit in 43 years.

I would have to disagree slightly with the last comment. I would suggest skipping the three hundred dollar bill comment. But rather, head to the hobby shop and pick up some basic supplies, couple decent paint brushed, a handful of colors of testors square bottle paints and a couple spray cans of the colors for your first kit, brush cleaner of choice, some tube glue or CA, nice hobby knife, and some sandpaper. I'm sure I missed something. It's still going f to coat a fair chunk of change, but get some supplies and see if this is the hobby that your childhood remembers it to be before spending too much money on it. Just by two pennies. Enjoy the hobby.

I would be happy to have yours too in excel format. Maybe with a couple cars still listed on it.

I too would be happy to have it in excel format.

LS powered and slammed to the ground, just my style.