jrherald420

Thanks, guys!

Just got my trade with MsDano85gt, guys i couldnt have asked for a better person to trade with!!! Its refreshing to deal with a guy like him, if only all the people would trade like this. Deff made a modeling friend for life!! Thanks!!!

There is come cars that can pull off not doing the panel lines but this green just needed it...bad.

I look forward to seeing it built!

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lol Thanks, i dont mind it now ive done several cars. Its very easy now. On this one the rear window is one solid piece of foil and each drip rails are 3 scraps on each one. The windshield is 3 pieces and the hood foil is done from 4 pieces of scraps from the winshield. I have over half a sheet left and ive done i think 6 cars so far from that half sheet.

And heres one with the door lines darkened. All the lines have been darkend but i didnt think i needed to post more than one picture of it done. IMG_9749 by jrherald420, on Flickr

Thanks. I am going to do a wash on the door and trunk lines. Just needs something there.

I built this one for my wife. The car is her dream car and the color is what her new 2013 Ford Festiva is, well pretty close to it anyways. Its Testors One coat Lime Ice lacquer with the Wet look Testors clear coat. Didnt do any detailing to this one because the wife didnt want it to have any. Its just going to sit on the shelf in her office. I did BMF the trim though. Not the type of work i like to do but it makes her happy and when shes happy i get to buy modeling supplys and not get yelled at for it!! IMG_9742 by jrherald420, on Flickr IMG_9743 by jrherald420, on Flickr IMG_9745 by jrherald420, on Flickr IMG_9748 by jrherald420, on Flickr IMG_9744 by jrherald420, on Flickr

Yeah both of my 1/12th 57 Chevys were 40-45.00 shipped.

Im a sucker for the big kits!! Thinking about starting the 57 Chevys i have today. What does a kit like that go for in the Netherlands?

sweet

Sounds like user error to me.......

I can say from an Ex-r/c racers view that Hobby Town had a ###### selection of r/c's. You are only as good as the product you have on hand. I only drove Losi, X-ray and AE and they carried none of that there. It was only Traxxas and the cheaper ###### i would only let my son play with. If there was a local track closer than Nashville he would be hopping in that department.

Austin the main reason that your HS is closing is the rent he pays. He is in a major location and it costs lots of money to stay there (100.00 a sq ft and its a 3000+ sq ft building= $$$$$$). If he wanted to relocate to an older part of town his customer base would follow him to the new location. He is just done with the business and thats it. He gave up a long time ago and is tired of dealing with it.

The biggest complaint about most hobby shops is the cost of the kits. Being a single income family with a 2 yr old i can not see paying 5.00-10.00 over what Hobby Lobby charges at a normal price not using a 40% off coupon. Most have a great selection of spray and bottle paints that i will buy but not the over priced kits. There in one hobby shop in my town that is 95% R/C. They have their kits priced about 1 or 2 bucks lower than Hobby Lobby and they keep all the newest ones stocked. Its not a huge selection but it stays stocked with fresh new kits. ***FYI Walmart has models here in Smyrna TN, the section is always trashed and most of the kits are 22.00-27.00 each.

lol.. Is quite handy when you are cutting 2 diffrent angles and strait cuts all at the same time. Such as making trusses for my garage.

Some thing i havent seen mentioned here is the cost of the Lease. Most hobby shops have an outragous price per Sq Ft to pay for each month as many can not afford to buy a unit or building. Being in the construction trade for so long ive talked to may people we have built for and they all say if i cant get $XXX.00 per sq ft from the empty shell (the person leasing the unit has to pay for their own build out, that alone can be 20,000+ dollars) they own they will just not rent it at all. Pretty stupid mentality. Sadly i have seen these buildings i have built stand for 2-3 years with no one in them. The whole time the owner is paying out of pocket for the building. Its plain old greed. One thing i have seen is if a hobby shop has an R/C track close to them or even one inside or behind the building or set up an onroad track one morning on the weekend they are pretty much set as thats what people like to see and will draw in customers. Selling trains and models will follow if you have one huge attention getter like a race going on. Most owners dont want or care about doing this but to me its just like putting up a billboard or running a tv ad saying LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE!!!

Looking great! I love the color too.

Got a 69 Camaro Z28 model for 50% off at Michaels, also got another sheet of 1/32 inch plywood for half off at Michaels. Hit the Hobbytown USA 40% off closing sale and got 6 more cans of paint, 6 bottles of paint, a sheet of carbon fiber decal, 2 pre-wired distributers, a roll of springtime grass for diorama building and 2 bottles of wood glue. Grand total of 58.00 spent there. Then the wife and i went to Hobby Lobby where we got 2 more cans of paint for 40%. And the wife found this sweet picture for 35.00, the cops lights flash and the sky lights blink (yes thats Elvis and Marilyn Monroe). It was a good day!! Untitled by jrherald420, on Flickr Untitled by jrherald420, on Flickr

I use the Chopper to cut them to lenght but it can not rip them down. I ripped all these studs down by hand out of a 3" wide board. Not fun, used a metal ruler and a X-acto knife and cut like 60 studs that way. Hobby Lobby and Michaels both sell the 1/16x 1/8 x 24" strips for .79 cents each. Much easier to do it that way. Ripping them down sucks a lot! lol

Thanks Jim!

And here's what im thinking about for the flooring. Untitled by jrherald420, on Flickr Untitled by jrherald420, on Flickr

Thanks Charlie! Heres some more work......I have a box with holes in it now! lol Still going to put some bracing inbetween the studs in the walls. Could not resist the urge to put cars in it. Now you can see why i made it taller, wider and longer than the plans say. I am building this to display the Superbird for the most part. Untitled by jrherald420, on Flickr Untitled by jrherald420, on Flickr Untitled by jrherald420, on Flickr Untitled by jrherald420, on Flickr

Fate......you MUST build it now!!! lol