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At that price I wonder how you ship it without any damage. If I'd buy one, which I wouldn't, I sure wouldn't want to receive it broken.

I had a text conversation with the Vice President of the club yesterday, March 15th. The show IS STILL ON for the 29th. He told me he would update me if it changes.

Cool. I'll be down that way later today.

Three of mine: Revell L.A. Chopper, Would really like a Knucklehead. Pricey if you can find one for sale. I'd like the Panhead kit too. JoHan Javelin '67 Mercury Cougar

The only other paint besides DupliColor I really use is finger-nail polish because most of them are pearls. I have a small collection of those too.

Nice score Brian! I think my DupliColor stash is bigger than my model stash. I like their paint.

I bought this kit back in the day at a hobby shop. I'm fairly certain that it is 1/25 as these two ads describe in the title. https://www.ebay.com/itm/MPC-DODGE-PICKUP-TRUCK-OFF-ROADER-MONSTER-TRUCK-MODEL-KIT-1-25-Started-As-Is-/184194268878?hash=item2ae2d57ece%3Ag%3AqCwAAOSwOR1eXRbG&nma=true&si=euuJAKMOB8Q%2B4O%2BwJsFUxdkJdYs%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 https://www.ebay.com/itm/MPC-DODGE-PICKUP-TRUCK-OFF-ROADER-MONSTER-TRUCK-MODEL-KIT-1-25-/133280942882?hash=item1f0829cb22%3Ag%3APuYAAOSwVTpd~p0-&nma=true&si=euuJAKMOB8Q%2B4O%2BwJsFUxdkJdYs%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Welcome to the forum John! What part of the "Burgh are you from?

Pretty good outcome. Looks good. I have not tried this but looking at your pic gave me a couple ideas. On the next one, a Dremel type tool using various round bits may get you some dents. Small holes drilled through should give you the rust holes. Filing two or three small holes drilled close together could possibly give you some jagged edges. That would be for where the rust has eaten the part completely away.

It looks like DupliColor Mirage blue/green to me. It depends on how the light hits it as it changes between those two colors.

Very cool looking project you have going on. I like the direction you are going with.

Welcome to the forum from another 'Burgh member! You may not have seen it yet but you may be interested in trying to get to this: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/149277-pittsburgh-pa-area-contest-vendors-3-29-2020/

I plan to be there one way or another. I haven't sent my money yet but you may find me behind a table. I'll be the old guy with a bushy mustache and goatee. And I'll probably be the only one there wearing their cheater glasses on their head. I should be easy to spot.

Here's four Corvettes I recently purchaased. Two came today, two a few days ago. Revell Stars & Stripes...sealed inner bag MPC Night Stalker...open/complete AMT USA-1...sealed MPC '60 Corvette...sealed.

Put on by the South Hills Modelers Association. March 29, 2020 Be there or miss out! Info here:

I believe the general rule of thumb is to typically spray the lightest color first. From your picture you may be able to mask what would be the aluminum color off with something like cut to fit sticky notes. I wouldn't think that they would remove the paint, as long as your surfaces have been prepped well, when you remove it. I'd overlap the pieces and use Scotch tape to seal the overlap. Or a low tack tape of some brand.

Sorry this won't be much of an update but it's where I'm at. I started to assemble the engine and realized that I should paint it as I build it. I believe that if I glue too many parts together I won't be able to get paint in all the nooks and crannies so bare plastic may show. Or I'll get runs etc trying to do it. I learned to use an airbrush in the '70s and have always used lacquer. I understand what I can and can't do with lacquer and I understand most of it's pluses and minuses. I paint outside mostly because of my cat. I don't think he needs a lacquer buzz. I'm in the process of trying to make a paint booth setup but that is just a bit in the future yet. I need to start using water based paint. I've put it off far too long but now is as good a time as any. Actually, more so. This is going to involve a real learning curve for me. I have some spare bodies to practice on. I have decided to go with one system. I'll be using Createx paints. I like the various options in their line. I've been watching their videos on how to thin, primer, mix etc. I hope to start spraying here shortly. I still need to buy a couple more things yet. I had painted a hard hat once using water base and I didn't like it. I did not do enough research on it and that is why I got an unpleasant result. I figure I can paint everything on this build except the cab and related parts (I have the lacquer based paints I plan to use there already) with water base. This should definitely help me in the long run. And not that I haven't done anything, I got the parts together to make a winch for the bed. I'm not sure what is on the tail of the bed now but I guess it's supposed to be some sort a winch representation?!? I still have a couple tweeks I need to do to it yet and one is painting it, go figure. This thing caused me much consternation. I had to remake it 3 times to get it this far. The rubber band is just holding it together for the pic of course.

I do my model building in the basement. My workbench is also my computer desk . My Buddy doesn't get on it. When I'm away from it I be sure to put the chair in. He doesn't jump up on the counters either. I do let him sleep on my bed and the couch. Seems better to me than the floor but the floor is what he usually sleeps on. He is a good cat, turned 10 last August. Indoor only all his life. Maine coon so he is rather large. A pic of him doing what he does best:

You can't. If you want it deleted a Mod has to do it. On the right hand side of your first post you should see where it says report post, move your cursor over toward the funny shaped thing on the right and it should be there. Click on report post and in the box ask a Mod to delete the thread. If you just want to edit the title to say milling you should still be able to do that.

It made me look.

Thank you Charles, your process should help me. I appreciate you taking the time to explain it. I doubt it is that difficult and I do understand the importance of keeping the frame square.

This is extremely well done Tom. Excellent! And thank you bringing it back. It will be reference material on my BRBO.

It's great to see you entered JT. I'll be keeping an eye on your build. And I'm glad to see you back and building.

I'd love to see some pics JT. I will take all the advice I can get. I haven't put glue to plastic yet as I found that my workbench was much too cluttered. I barely had room for a 1/25th model and this will dwarf that once it starts moving along. I now have about a 30" X 20" work area to use. I had to move almost all my tools to a different area and I'm still sorting that out. I'm continuing to formulate my plan for this build too. I should be able to start on the engine soon.

Nicely executed models. Well Done! Your photographs are very good too. Taking it outside makes it stand out. I sure wouldn't mind seeing more pics, especially of the LoneStar. A LoneStar is my entry in the BRBO and I will use your pics as food for thought. If you have any build suggestions I'd like to hear those also. You can post on my build thread or send me a PM. EDIT: I didn't realize the post was from a couple years ago until after I posted the above. Sure the pics have the date on them but unless I turn that feature off before I download pics it would show from 1/1/1912 with the camera I use. Still a nice build and I will be studying the pics.