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I've flown several models all with disastrous landings. Usually because my foot follows after. Yours appears to have survived rather well! I've built two of these Dusters and final assembly is not the easiest.
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Ollie's strike again
THarrison351 replied to GLMFAA1's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Thanks! Thank you! Yeah, it went together very well. I used to have the later SC and a Mercury XR7, but I sold those on eBay. Monogram really did a good job on 80s and 90s annuals. Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! I agree! Thanks! Those lights are kind of fiddly. OK. I'll give it a shot.Thanks! Thank you! No, I no issues at all. In fact it's not even glued in. Once I glued the windshield and interior tub in, I slid the chassis into place until it was all aligned and friction held it. Thanks!
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Another one started over thirty years ago and put away. This one was missing some tiny pieces. Mirrors, lenses, and decals. I created new door mirror glass out of plastic stock and foiled them. I stole the interior mirror from a Mustang low rider convertible that I've stolen other parts from. I'm still missing the fog lamp lenses. When I opened the box it turned out I had glued the aero kit on as well. The included extra wheels and tires looked terrible. I don't have any modern low profile big wheels, because I don't build those type of cars as a norm. I decided to strip the stock wheels and paint them black. Not great, could use a bigger tire and be lowered. The color is Testors Sapphire blue decanted, and sprayed over flat black. The red body stripe is the body plastic covered in BMF. Then I sprayed the body flat black and covered the body molding in more BMF and masking tape. The only drawback was this new BMF leaves a sticky residue you have to remove. Painters tape worked for me. The interior is a mix of custom gray with with Tamiya TS15 Blue and flat lacquer. I used those glue on instrument decals you can buy on eBay. Not great, but better than I can paint. I was in such a rush to finish it and post tonight, I forgot to put on the license plate. How I found it in the box. Those wheels
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These are the tires that come with it. They have Goodyear branding. All I did to them was reverse them, smooth the surface and add the firestone decals. The rear wheels are what was changed. The front and rear wheels have the same depth in the mold. Even though the rear tires are wider when you assemble them, the rear wheel halves are stuck down in the tire too deep. What I did was added the outer portion of the rim from a Monogram NASCAR wheel
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This represents the 2D Coupe that competed at Daytona in 1966, the same year it was originally released. This is the 1996 release. A curbside that could be used for slot car racing. It represents the real car OK. I added some bigger exhaust tips, enhanced the rear wheels, velocity stacks, and detailed the rear wing. I opened the brake intake ducts on the side and front too. The rest was paint and better decals. I did not add the oil cooler. I didn't have one to add.
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Yep, Falcon had them too! Should have checked mine. I recognized them, but the 1964 Ford Galaxie popped up first.
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Looks great Randy! Wheels come from the AMT '64 Ford Modified Stocker.
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Thanks! Thank you! Thanks for the compliment! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thanks for the compliments! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks for the compliments! Thanks! Yours is very beautiful too! No wonder it won! Thanks! Thanks for the compliments! I know, and it was released again last year! Thank you! Thanks for the compliments! Thanks! Thank you! Yeah! Me too! Thanks!
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Not able to go to switch pages on individual topics.
THarrison351 replied to GMP440's topic in How To Use This Board
I've been having the same problems too and tried to use Edge and it made no difference. Also when I posted a new topic earlier, I had to use a different Fotki URL to post images. Never had this problem before either. -
Another one of the many kits I started and put away so many (30+) years ago. So, I pulled it out, noticed I was building it as a custom. Not usual for me. I even changed the induction to a dual carb tunnel ram. It's slammed and some kind of alloy wheels. Dummy spotlights? OK. I had fun with the paint. Factory like, but brighter. Rustoleum yellow and Testors metallic green. Various paint pens for the seat inserts. So. Much. Foil! Yes, there is a drop of glue on the windshield! Argh!!!! It happened when I was adding the blower fan housing to the firewall! I might try to sand and polish it out. After everything was initially painted. My new phone really makes that geen pop more than it actually does. This is what was in the box as I found it. So surprised it survived intact all these years and nothing was missing.
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This was one of the first kits I built as a kid in the seventies that looked good to me when it was finished. I didn't paint the yellow body, but everything else was painted. I had it for a long time(relative) compared to the ones that rolled because those were played with and would get bashed and eventually blown up with a firecracker or two. I also had the black street rod version, and like the Badman it was left in the plastic color and everything else was detail painted the best of my abilities. Eventually those were damaged and tossed along with most all of my childhood builds. So when it was reissued in 1999 I snapped one up. Finished it in 2013, and even with all the inaccuracies, it's one of my favorites.
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Danbury Mint 1951 Hirohata Mercury by Barris Kustoms. For some this is a Holy Grail of diecast. It sort of was for me. My true Holy Grail car would be the 1934 Ford "The California Kid". As to this one, the first time I saw one I thought how remarkable it was they were able to create so many fine details in a production model. From the movable vent windows and spot lights to the tiny frame rollers at the back to prevent the bumper from scraping, it's amazing. One other detail you'll notice if you handle one is the way the doors open. They pull back and hinge, a two step operation. The doors fit incredibly tight.
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review of '57 T-Bird, 1/25 scale, w/ photos
THarrison351 replied to fiatboy's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
The only one I've built is the pre-painted ProShop version, so my changes were limited. Still has the parting lines too, because AMT did not remove them before painting the bodies -
Second aircraft completion in a year after a thirty plus year hiatus. Not a great representative, but it's finished. This model is closer to the first Model 35 than production versions. I discovered these things as I built it. The first Model 35 sits on a pole out in front of the hangars I work at. It looks like a Model 31 because it has the Longhorn wing on it, but it's the first Model 35. I modified the cowling to be closer to bucket style reversers. Added fuel dumps to tip tanks. Caracal decals and Tamiya paint. Foil for the shiny bits. Planes are tough compared to cars. This one gave me no place to hold it while painting. Windows are incorrect on both sides. Didn't realize until I started decals. They gave a decal for the missing left side, but on the right side there is one extra window forward the emergency escape hatch and there should be a window behind the emergency escape hatch. I could have added some missing antennas too, but just didn't feel like making them. I can't understand why this has a cabin, you can't see anything past the cockpit. When I was in the Air Force I refueled a C-21 once. It's kind of like fueling your car. You fill through the wing tip tanks, those red circles. You fill one wing halfway, then fill the other full, then come back and finish filling the first wing. Who knew after I retired from the service, I'd work for Learjet now Bombardier. I never worked on too many 35s, mostly Model 60s and 45s before I moved over to Flight Test. I don't miss working on the tiny buggers. Initial paint before foil and decals. Tested Molotow pin on the window tape before simulating the polished edges around the openings Drilled a hole and a piece of tube for the dumps in each wing fuel tip tank Simple mods to make it look like bucket style thrust reversers, paint and foil did the rest First mock up. I thought it was going to be a quick, simple build
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Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! The redline tires were done initially from the box photos because I didn't like the skimpy kit tires. I apparently didn't do any internet research or something when I started on it or I would have found proper tires the wheels were cemented into the tires. I didn't have any good Cragar SS wheels and wide tires to do it correctly Thank you! Thanks! I liked the show too! Thank you! Me Too! Thanks! Careful in in that street! Thank you! That's good to know if I ever do it again Thanks! Thank you!
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Very Nice! You have also answered a question I've had for years. That air filter assembly has been in my parts bag for years and I've always wondered what it came from. I used the 442 chassis to build an AMT 1969 Chevelle years ago.
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OOH the green one! Turned out really nice! I have the maroon one with the silver dusting. I used it as the basis for my Joe Weatherly NASCAR #8 I just repainted the body and changed the interior to NASCAR specs. Left all the other painted parts as is. I really liked all the ProShop and CustomShop cars. I built a lot of them. Only missed a few.
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Not sure if I picked this up from HL or Wal-Mart when it was reissued twenty odd years ago. I started it, changed the tires, and put it away. It's finished now. Easy kit other that the typical flash removal and trial and error fitting. The latest issues have better decals. Needs wider rear tires. If I come across some I like, I'll swap them. There were none in my parts or any of my unstarted kits. Swapped the bug catcher too. The original was just sad. The only other modification was the forward chassis to interior tub mount. There was too much space, so I added a couple of interior retainer washers to fill the space. They fit perfect. All paints were Rust-O-leum 2X How I found it in the box. That was the original bug catcher
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The Galaxie decal sheet has the "C" stripes and the gills to do the GT version, but no GT badges that I can make out on the sheet. Still a nice sheet. Would be nice to have correct mag hubcaps and a 429 4V engine instead of the two engines that were never made available for it. Not looking at the kit, the 428 maybe made to look like a 390 seeing how they share everything externally.
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I built an AMT Custom Shop when they first came out in the 2000s. Really easy kit to build. Foiled over the printed silver trim. Had to paint the roadster deck black. I can't remember what color it came painted, but it was wrong.
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Yes, but for the exterior color of iris mist and the bucket front seats covered in expanded morrokide, there were only three color choices. I believe that would be the letter code P for the color choice in your display
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Thanks! This is an original color, and for the interior color choice there were only three, parchment, black or plum. I tried to match the plum, but came up short. Here's what I was shooting for. Thank you! Thanks! Yes it is except, for the carburetion and the drive is a chain instead of a belt Thank you! Yeah, the axles are too narrow and so are the wheel backs, I added pieces from other wheel backs to widen the track. If you look at the picture of the car with no paint, you can see how narrow the track is before I modified the wheels.