TFchronos

Welcome to the forum Tom!

Thought I'd take some time to redo the posts that were lost. The rims were chromed using Spaz Stix Mirror Chrome over a Rust-O-leum X2 Gloss Black. Made the aftermarket steering wheel that was on the 1:1. In my last update and after a lot of problem solving I was able to make all the decals needed for the car. They were printed on Testors White Decal sheets, one thing I would like to note about printing on this paper. They say to use these settings Plain Paper - Normal Quality - Portrait Mode. I'm sure results will vary between printers but for my printer (HP 6500A) I got better results changing the type of paper from Plain Paper to Matte Semi Gloss Photo Paper. The sharpness and color turned out a lot better. I did run into a slight delay the other day. After a closer examination of the rear of the 1:1 I noticed that the tail light area was painted black rather than body color (as I had it painted) So after removing, striping, and repainting the part I put it back on and proceeded to get the last of the stripes on. Yesterday I got two thin coats of clear on it and hope to put one or two more heavier coats on either today or tomorrow. Thanks for looking!

Yes a big thank you to Gregg for keeping this site running. Being tech savvy I can understand the troubles that can arise and salute him for being on top of it. This is a wonderful site and I am thankful to all the work he has done to keep it running Thank you again Gregg!

I'm cool with how it is, congratulations Erik! The Riviera sure is a beauty. And congratulations to everyone who got their cars to that starting line, they are all fitting of the title Cannonballer. I look forward to seeing you all again next year. Thanks again to Nick for starting and Rob for finishing it.

Here they are, the last time I checked the poll around 11- 12:30 ish last night. There was a total of 49 voters between the groups. Group A Erik's Riviera votes: 32 Group B Tie between Fred's Monza Skyhawk (no idea why I keep thinking it's a Monza, my apologizes Fred) and Dom's Mercedes. Votes 23 Group C Niko's Daytona. Votes 20 Group D My Dart. Votes 21

Well from the looks of it the forum was reset to around the 24th-26 of November, all posts, votes and most pm's seem to be gone. I'm not sure what Rob will want to do, wait and see if the mods have a way of returning everything or reset and retry the vote or let it be. I know who the top of the groups where as of 11 - 12:30 ish last night.

Very nicely done!

Very nicely done!

Sweet build, very nice sleeper!

Nice job on a fearsome Mopar.

Very nice build!

Very nice build!

Beautiful car!

Very nice, clean, sharp build, awesome job!

Beautiful model, nice job!

Very nicely done!

Beautiful car! It's a show stopper!

Beautiful models everyone!

That's one sweet paint job Mike, very well done. Matthew, that interior is almost as load as that engine is going to be. Niko, that's some darn fine engine detailing, looks great. No pics from me today, but I do have a little bit of an update for the Dart, it's not good either. I tried my hand at making the decals for the sides using Testors clear decal sheets. Bought the kit which had one clear and one white but got extras of the clear thinking they would work best. Got them printed, looked beautiful on paper got the bonder coat on it just like it said to do. When I got them off the paper I found that they were semi transparent and completely vanished against the black paint.... So fine I got one white sheet I'll make some changes and use it I thought to myself. Made the changes and tested it on another clear sheet to make sure it would work, worked fine on the clear sheet. So I printed on the white sheet and surprise, it failed horribly. So rather than going out of town to Hobby Lobby (which if I recall correctly only had clear, Hobbytown USA same deal, only clear). I ordered some from amazon and they should be here either the 28th or 29th. I've still got things to do to it so I'll continue working on what I can, hopefully I'll get the new paper in time and have a mad dash to completion.

Very nicely done!

Awesome job, very cool car.

Nice start, I'll be watching this for sure.

Awesome job man, it looks fast!

Yeah Dennis you're going to love it, next year will be my third year. It's a total blast building along side these guys and getting to watch all the shenanigans that follow. Still don't have a clue how I want to approach this theme, plenty of ideas, it's just which one do I go with.

Awesome work you guys! Some very nice rides coming together, hope to see you all at the line next week. Good luck everyone!