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Oops! I figured out my boo-boo with the tires after I took the photos. Thanks for the input. Adios, Larry.

Both are brush-painted. The white kit plastic was not primed, but was washed with alcohol. Adios, Larry.

Oh, my Lord! That is just lovely. Talk about understated elegance. Adios, Larry.

The taillights were added after these pictures were taken. I trimmed the ones from the kits self-adhesive stickers and placed them in the depressions in the trunk lid and sealed them with Johnson's Future. I will try the wash. Maybe a little Pollyscale Grimy Black thinned with isopropyl alcohol. Thanks for the input. Adios, Larry the Airplane Guy.

Some of these airplanes are modified with different propellers and some are stock. All have been brush-painted in bright civilian colors that are typical of racing planes as well as cars. The decals are airplane markings and from AMT kit sheets and aftermarket car sheets by Gofer Decals. They are inspired by the real race planes that flew in the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio during the late 1940s and the modern Unlimited Air Races at Reno, Nevada. The military planes all have contra-rotating propeller units replacing the stock propellers. It gives them a totally different look of being even more powerful than their stock real-world big brothers Adios, Larry the Airplane Guy.

For our Model of the Quarter Club Build, the members of my local club are each building the same kit. We all have different interests so we each will put our own unique spin on the finished model. I am an airplane builder, so I chose a color palate that utilized WW2 airplane camouflage colors. The kit has a choice of open-wheel or full-body. I chose the latter. Construction is totally OOB. The car is hand-brushed Xtracolor German Luftwaffe RLM 75 Grauviolett(Gray-Violet) over Xtracolor British Navy Fleet Air Arm Sky Grey. The chassis is the lower body color. Xtracolor camouflage paints are gloss right out of the tins to make application of decals easier than having to add a gloss coat to flat military paints before decalling. I am happy with my "Gray Ghost". Adios, Larry, the Airplane Guy.

This little guy was built OOB. It is brush-painted Testors #1114 Gloss Yellow from the little bottle. The interior is Testors Flat White and Pollyscale Grimy Black. The one piece undercarriage was freehand brush-painted. The tires are painted grimy Black. The decals are from Gofer Decals and the scrap-box. Bare Metal Foil in 1/32 was a challenge. This kinda brings back memories as I owned a '60 Falcon and a '62 Mercury Comet, which got me through high school and college. Adios, Larry the Airplane Guy.

This is my second attempt at a Tu-tone paint job. The build is totally OOB. The model is brush-painted Xtracolor Gloss International Orange over Testors Gloss Light Yellow. The interior is Vallejo Vallejo Light Rust acrylic. I would love this as my daily driver. Adios, Larry the Airplane Guy.

My Dad had a '41 Chevy pickup as his gas station shop truck. It didn't look like this one. Built OOB. Truck bed is the kit decal. The truck is brush-painted Humbrol Gloss White(with 2 drops of True Blue added to the tin to mitigate yellowing over time) and a home-mixed shade of Orchid Purple. I had to wrestle with the body, frame, and hood, but I got it together. Adios, Larry the Airplane Guy.

Where I grew up, the Sinclair station across the street had a '50 Chevy Stepside painted in these colors. The model is built OOB with the exception of the wheels and tires that I bought on eBay. The bed was brushed Testors Flat Black and then most of the paint was rubbed off with a soft cloth dipped in charcoal lighter fluid(naptha). The bed's wood color is two coats of Tamiya Turn Signal Amber applied by brush and a coat of Future overall. The body is brush-painted with Testors Gloss Black and Xtracolor RLM62 Grun(a pre-WW2 German Luftwaffe aircraft color). Adios, Larry the Airplane Guy.

No clear coat. Small and medium camel hair watercolor brushes. Adios, Larry.

My seventh 1/25 build. Built OOB with rubber bed-liner from .005 painted plastic sheet.. Decals by Gofer decals. Truck is brush-painted with Testors square-bottle #1124 Green. Adios, Larry.

I painted the gasket on the glass with a Black Sharpie. I tacked it where it touched with Formula 506 Canopy Glue and used the same stuff to fill all of the gaps when the tacks dried. I wiped the excess off with a damp Q-Tip. I'm pretty satisfied. Adios, Larry.

The kit windshield id about 3/32" too small around its perimeter to fit in the body shell. I can't get enough points of contact to even get a dry-fit without it falling through. Has anybody else had this problem? Does anybody have a suggestion for dealing with this problem? I am an airplane modeler with limited experience building cars and trucks. Adios, Larry.

Show and contest in 38 days. We hope to see some of you folks here. Adios, Larry.

Tiger Con 2013 will be held at Hickman High School, just three blocks from Interstate-70 on the 9th of November. Show contact info: TigerCon 2013 Registation: www.CMSM-IPMS.org c/o Scott Adams 3004 badger Ct. Columbia, MO 65202 centralmissouriscalemodelers@gmail.com Thanks for looking. Adios, Larry.

Hi, Mark. Can you share a little backstory as to how and why a railroad would operate a tugboat. Yoe have made a beautiful model of something unique. Adios, Larry.

This is my first ever attempt at weathering a model. The truck and trailer are painted faded Olive Drab to show a well-used vehicle. The Airfix M4 Sherman was painted a darker shad to indicate a vehicle fresh from overhaul. The mud, dried mud, dirt , and dust was Walmart acrylic craft paint thinned with alcohol and applied in varying thickness with several brushes. The M19 is bed-loaded with supplies for the unit receiving the refurbished tank. I had a lot of fun with this project. Adios, Larry.

Road rage back in the day. He could have run a funeral parlor(hence the coffin). Another fine build. Adios, Larry.

This momma and brat have got faces only a mother could love. Cool build with great workmanship. Thanks for posting. Adios, Larry.

Thanks for posting this. I owned an '80 Granada ESS two-door coupe. It was one of the last of the original body-style Granadas. It was Silver-Gray Metallic with a matching Vinyl landau top. It had the basket weave 15" wheels a Burgundy interior. In my opinion it was one of the best looking cars that I ever owned. I kept it for 5 years and traded it in on an '86 Ford Mustang 5.0 ragtop(mid-life crisis upon turning 40). Well done on your build. Adios, Larry.

I built one of these in '67 or '68 for my little brother. I bought this one from e-Bay for a stress relief project. It is built old-school with tube glue. I brush-painted it with whatever enamel paints that were lying around on the bench at the time. I like him. He is my modeling mascot now, as he sits where he can watch me butcher plastic at my bench. Adios, Larry.

http:// This is my third and latest 1/25th build. It is the AMT '36 Ford coupe that was built from an e-Bay glue-bomb. It is the 25th anniversary(1981) release of the 1966 kit. I brush-painted it Humbrol(U.K.) Gloss Lime Green. Interior is Primer White and acrylic yellow craft paint. The engine is the stock flat-head. It is OOB except the rear tires came from the "40 Ford Tudor sedan and the window glass is cut from a sheet of clear packaging material, as the kit glass was unusable. I am a 1/72 airplane builder and I don't own an airbrush. I had to prime the whole model with Plastikote White rattle-can primer after stripping off the original crappy paint. Adios, Larry. Here is the '36 with its stable-mates, the AMT '40 Tudor and the AMT '32 Vicky. All are brush-painted and built 98% OOB.

Well done, sir! Your color scheme would look right at home on a Rolls Royce, Daimler, Bugatti, Packard or a Dusenberg. Adios, Larry.

Hi, Scott. Welcome from a fellow Missourian. I take it from your handle that you are from Chicago. When I was a teenager, used to hear the ads for the U.S. 30 Dragstrip on WLS radio, at nights on my old AM radio. ("Sunday! Be There!"). Welcome. Adios, Larry.