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July 3rd, a deadly quiet day at the office with the sales staff either off or "working remotely" ?. I decided to make a pencil drawing. I didn't like how thin the graphite looked so I started highlighting with a fat, black marker which was very clunky. I found some 25 year old Pantone markers, only the fat ends worked so I was basically burying the problems with problems. With further touchups with a 25 year old felt pen and a white pastel pencil, I finished. Been a long time since I tried markers, now I remember why I never liked using them. BTW, I traced the basic outline so don't give me too much credit.

Nice work Andrew, came out very nice.

This is one of those offerings I call a "canvas" kit. Its relatively straight lines (not many compound curves), vintage features and plentiful custom parts make it a canvas of creativity for customizing, chopping, shaping and kit bashing. I love it.

Wow, those are beautiful.

Featured in the David Carradine movie "Cannonball!" Doesn't end well for ol' yeller.

Thanks for posting the pics Steve, was glad to see them. I'd just driven back from Iowa the night before and just didn't have it in me to hit the road early for another long road trip. Maybe next year.

Fun and challenging project. Turned out good and it's right up Snake's alley. Yeah, he'd be pleased.

Astonishing news. This is depressing. I once even posted a thread acknowledging his contributions that keep this forum talking and buzzing. I could conceivably see activity here dropping slightly in the wake of his absence. RIP.

PAPYRUS!!

Cadillacs seem to be a preferred platform.

Yup, pretty much the hunter's Ramada back in the 70's. Love the nostalgia here. Looks good to me Chuck.

COOL. I've never seen one of these done as the box art. I like it.

This is great. Don't fail me on the taillights. They need to step that gap to the protruding fins. Glad you brought this to us, very cool.

On a couple of these, real or not, my skepticism tells me not to believe everything you see.

Yes, I've seen vinegar, salt and eggs darken brass and copper but to me it often seems to cover unevenly.

Beautiful Porsche Anton, Congratulations.

There are many products readily available to help with this. I use this product on almost everything I'm trying to tarnish, but there are many similar products. I got mine from a stained glass store but there are similar products at larger hobby stores that offer metal craft, glass cutting or soldering products. Some nice brass, like hinges or clasps sometimes have a clear coat protective layer which will need to be stripped off. Acetone works for that. If your friend has large pieces for cars and motorcycles, he should inquire about acids dips which I have no experience with. These are some drywall anchors I blackened for a steampunk nerf gun blaster. At full strength blackening happens immediately but it can be managed by diluting with water. These were blackened, rubbed with a cloth, then lightly buffed with fine steel wool. I built this sci-fi blaster box from scratch and all the metal pieces on this and the blaster (except for the round canister and box handle) were darkened, including screw heads and other shiny bits. The rest was model paints and stain.

For a couple years our club met in the conference room of our old city airport. A new one had been built and the old one was very lightly used. I met with the airport authority director and he was quite happy that it was being put to use. Didn't pay a cent in rent and I'm sure if we wanted to host a contest that would've worked well. Plenty of parking and restaurants close by. That scenario is probably not available to you but might help you explore outside the box.

Time to go to the big box hardware store paint sections. Many have a good rack of small Testors bottles for under $2.

Not what I'd hoped to hear Mark but I'm grateful for the info. Thank you.

Is there a kit that features these taillights with the oval bases? The AMT 56 Ford has similar lights but I believe they're more consistent with the Merc wagon and have rounded bases. (Photo courtesy of Jim Stepanek)

I did get a six door limo once, but it was really messed up.

Tried it, along with any other term I could think of for long roof. I even tried "van roof" and I got a notice about using restricted verbiage. Maybe it thought "van roof" was a proper noun, a person's name. I also got restricted using the term "shooting brake."

I had to explain this very car to my buddy at work when I showed him the pics since there's hardly another American car like it. On some of the prompts I had to specify "American" car, since a lot of results on certain pictures had a distinctive European influence. Think Austin FX4 London taxi.

That's a huge step Gary. Now that monkey's off your back.