Greg Pugh
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Sorry fellas, I was hoping for a hat too but my wife didn't get me one. Lol
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The quality of the chrome on the tree was pretty horrible. Everything on it will be painted or shot in alclad anyways so I stripped it all. I will probably have the wheels replated.
I also got the heads installed, all seams sanded smooth, and I got the engine/trans combo and oil pan shot in primer.
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Wow! A lot of work there but it looks like you've got it under control!
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Well, we're underway. I cracked open the box tonight. Had a cool little flood of memories looking over everything. Like a good boy, I'm starting with step one.
First modification from being box stock is that the oil pan needs to be stripped of it's chrome.
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Nice. Could we have a closeup of the paint rack?
It's nothing special really but it works. It was a lap-style TV tray that my wife was going to throw out. I had an idea and saved it. I made the shelves out of Home Depot yard sticks and installed them in the underside of the tray. It's not quite big enough for what I need but it's proved to be quite handy. I will probably be building something similar but larger sometime in the near future.
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I'm pretty excited to get started. Thank you!
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Thank you all!
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Some really nice work going on here!
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And here's my model room as of today...
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Well, model-wise, 2016 wasn't all that productive. I got only one done. The reason for that, is that 2016 was majorly productive in other areas. I bought out my business partner so my wife and I are sole owners of our restaurant now and we bought a house. The house is an older home that needs a lot of work, which also takes a lot of my time, but it will be our dream home and we couldn't be happier. And although I only got one model done, I managed to get my new model room about 80% completed. This is the first time that I've had my own space that I didn't have to share, whether it be a home office, spare bedroom, etc. This room is all mine and it's only for model building! It has been so much fun getting it all set up and put together. And with the big accomplishments of 2016 in the rearview mirror, and my new space to build, I'm hopeful that 2017 will be an epic year for building!
Here's my only build for the year. It's a Revell Lil' John Buttera '27 T Touring car. I built it to replicate the box art. Fun little build.
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I need another project like I need a hole in the head but this one had to get started. Yesterday was my 40th birthday. I wanted to post but got too busy and didn't have the opportunity. My grandparents are/were very special to me. We lost grandpa 27 years ago but grandma is still with us. On my 10th birthday, knowing how much I loved model cars, my grandparents bought me a model kit for my birthday. I put it together and did a fairly good job from what I remember anyways. Lol. I thought it would be cool to buy another one and take another run at it as an adult. We're in the middle of renovating our home so progress might be a bit slow but I wanted to start this thread as close to my birthday as possible.
So here's me on December 30, 1986 and me again on December 30, 2016
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You never heard the old phrase "life begins at 40"?
No, but I like your style! Lol
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I'm 39. Will be over the hill in two months from today.
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Holy moly!! That Nomad is a knockout!!
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That's awesome!!!!
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Absolutely gorgeous!! Love everything about it!
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DANG!!! That's awesome!!
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After some flying plastic, I had this in front of me;
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Very nice-looking build, Greg. Sorry to hear about the crazing, but the interior looks spectacular. I'm sure the finished body will be just as nice.
Thank you Art!
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I feel your pain. I am about to take a body out of the Golden Pond (brake fluid) and put another in. Attempt #5 on a decent black paint job on a 64 Belvedere.
Maybe I will see you at Floyd's show next month
Third time was the charm on my last two paint jobs. I'm hoping that's the case here too. I will be at Floyd's show. I was hoping to have this thing done and there on a table but that's clearly not going to happen so I'll just be there to gaze and buy some more headaches at the swap meet. Lol
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Well, this is fast approaching my most expensive model I've done to date. I have spent the last couple of days very carefully trying to smooth out the front end of this car and despite my efforts, this one's a goner too. Last night I turned off the light, came upstairs, and ordered another kit. I can't believe the nightmare of a time I've had with this thing! But...
I have a plan now. I've decided to step away from Duplicolor all together on this one. I've been in contact with Mike at MCW and he's going to mix up a bottle of this color using his paints. I will still be using the Tamiya primer and of course I will test and proceed with caution, but I think his paint will not be nearly as hot as the Duplicolor. I've used his stuff in the past with good results.
In addition to this delay, my wife and I are signing papers for our new house tomorrow. So as you can imagine, I'm going to be busy with that for a while. My wife wants me to make my hobby room our first project however so I'm hoping I'll be back at this one soon. Thank you for following along.
Stay tuned...
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When is the last time you drained the air compressor tank. You may be picking up some moisture laden air. Just a thought on the sudden paint craising.
I have two in-line water separators and I drain them every time I use the airbrush. Thank you though!
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maybe try "sealing" it with a coat of Future first...
other peeps swear by it, I haven't gotten to the point of trying it due to other life issues.
I have not tried using it either. Probably should at some point.
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AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!! This car is driving me CRAZY!!
I laid down some color today. I shot the hood first to kind of test the waters. Paint went on smooth as silk so I turned my attention to the body. I laid down about 5 mist coats followed by one final heavier coat, all was going well and then...crazing again!!
Weird part is that it mainly seemed to do it on the front fenders. Maybe the primer wasn't laid down heavy enough up front....?? Anyways, the crazing is light enough that I think I can lightly wet sand it out, maybe lay down another light coat, and it might smooth out. I'm hoping that it'll be good enough to get lost under a couple of clear coats but we'll see. Still, I'm excited to see it in color finally!
#11 Darrell Waltrip '84 Monte Carlo WIP
in WIP: NASCAR
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I wanted to install the nose and rear bumper onto the car before painting it. Problem is, that the nose covers a small portion of the core support (if that's what it's called in this application) when installed and it looked like it would be a bear to mask and paint afterward. So, I decided that I'd paint it now, then mask it off when I go to paint the car's body.
So first, I masked off the body and painted the area flat black.
Then, I masked off the flat black and painted the center section in Model Master's Aluminum Plate
And this was the outcome.