unclescott58

Hey guys, I have tried foiling several times over the years. I hate the stuff. You will notice on the Revell Corvette I did use foil in hood vents. That I can do. Mainly I build models for fun. Not to impress others. When I was a kid I use to install spark plug wires in a lot of kits. I found it to be a pain so I don't do it any more. Over the years I've tried foiling window frames and body side moldings, mainly using the Bare Metal Foil brand, with results that have never pleased me. So for the most part I avoid it. I admire people who can do things like wire engines and foil trim. More power to them. I am not a very patient when comes to doing things like that. I mainly love cars and assembling models. If I had it my way, all models would be like AMT's predecorated ProShop series, from 10 or 15 years ago. I use to hate painting until I started using Tamyia lacquer in spay cans. I've always painted my models, even though I hated the results half the time. I even bought an air brush. I hated the work and expense of using it. If it wasn't for liking the guys in local model car club so much, I may have quit the hobby. Since switching to Tamyia and other lacquer paints, I'm finally happy with my paint jobs. Every Tamyia product I've tried I've been happy with. Now if Tamyia brings out chrome foil, I may try it again. Because just as much as I now hate Testor's enamel paint, after switching to Tamyia. I hate Bare Metal Foil. At the same time, thanks for the encouragement. But, for now I'm happy were I'm at with my model building. Scott

What is it? Scott

Oh, but you missed something in your build Chuck. You need a Ma and Pa for your Cofton. Just need to age them about 10 years. Scott

Nice Cofton BUG Chuck. Most Crosley guys consider them Crosleys. Scott

Wow! Again, fantastic. Scott

Several planes represented the Songbird in Sky King. The best known one was a Cessna 310B. Below is Songbird III, a 1960 Cessna 310D. Scott

Yes. I do a lot of subassembly if I know the parts are going to be the same color, and will not interfere with some other assembly step needed to be made down the road. Also I look at if will make it difficult to get paint everywhere it needs to be. Scott

Wow! Very nice. But, can you tell us more about the model itself? I'm assuming you used a Revell pickup for the cab? But, what else went into this build? Scott

I'm with you on the Travelall. Make mine a '69 or '70, 2-wheel drive, with the 392 V8. Scott

Looks like she needs a front drive shaft to make use of that 4-wheel drive? Scott

I agree with you on that. The 2014 is the first Vette since the '73 that I actually like the looks of. The '74s though 2013 were okay. But, they just do anything for me like the new one does. Scott

The COBRA motor. You can pickup one up with one hand. Bad motor with the coolants used at the time. Pretty good with modern anti-freezes. The replacement cast iron version was called the CIBA. Both motors were 44 cubic inches. And in stock form put out 26.5 horsepower. They can be modified to put out much more than that. The engine was built for years after Crosley quit building cars. Thermo King used them for years to run the refrigeration units on refrigerated trailers. There was also a BearCat (?) outboard motor that was power by the same engine. Scott

P.S. I like the Bronco. Scott

Watching it right now. 60.9 for premium. Scott

Never give up hope. That is a beautiful '58. Scott

Yeh. What Andy said. Scott

Man! Are those cool and beautiful models. The detail is fantastic! How long did it take you to build these kits? And being military, what scale are they? Scott

Okay, now I went hunting on line to see if I could find anything on the Aurora model model kit I remembered. Very little out there. But here is what I found. Wow! It does not look good. I understand this was aimed at kids. But even as a kid I would not have been happy with this. I wonder what kit would make decent model of Archie's car? The one that comes to mind is AMT's '27 T touring car. Yet that doesn't quite seem right. I've always assumed that Archie's car was more of a Model A. Anybody else got any ideas? Scott

Here's a few more Archie covers I'd like to share. Interesting to note, in recent years Archie gave up his jalopy and moved to a Mustang. Scott

As you can see here, Crosley set the Hot Shot to strip down easily for racing. Scott

This showed up in another post. Didn't Aurora make a kit of Archie's car at one time? I think the kit also came with models of Archie, Veronica, and Hot Dog, besides the car. From what I rememember, I don't think Archie's car was normally this cool in the comics, or in model form, as seen on the cover above? Scott

I need to comment on this one Greg. I think you picked the best of the Crosley wagons when you posted this one here. For those who don't know, if you look in middle of the grille, you'll see a little propeller. This a factory piece on '51 and '52 Crosleys. And does spin by the wind as you drive down the road. As Crosleys slogan noted, "It's a Fine Car". I love it. Scott

Also for laughs. Did anybody notice in the photo below, of Tom McCahill's dog wearing either goggles or sun glasses? Scott

I think your right! Robert, your comment made me laugh. Thanks. I needed that. Scott

Are rear spoilers really nessary on any front wheel drive car? Scott